UPDATE: The Garmin Vivomove Style DOES have quick replies!!! (I will show you more in my "one month later" video!)

@angrymanhands

4 жыл бұрын

How do you scroll through messages on the either of the phones. I want to get one for my wife, don't know which one yet, and all I really care about is the message notifications.

@oecus2786

4 жыл бұрын

@@angrymanhands if you live in the US the miles app has an offer for 30% off any Garmin product (not sure if the offer is still there). So if you end up choosing Garmin you could get the luxe for the price of the style or the style for the price of a fossil.

@carlosveloz2476

4 жыл бұрын

Could you just tell me how to activate them?

@tdn1312

4 жыл бұрын

I don't want to bug you. But can you do a review on Skullcandy Crusher wireless?

@MikeOBrienMedia

4 жыл бұрын

No guarantees. I'll look into them but I don't normally review over ear headphones on my channel and I'm not sure if they'll fit in my budget. It's a possibility though

This was the comparison i needed! I was contemplating both watches for a while now. Thank you!

@MikeOBrienMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Glad this helped! Which did you choose?

@mronion597

4 жыл бұрын

@@MikeOBrienMedia I choose both, but my money choose nothing. So I am stuck here.

My Garmin HR arrived this morning 🌞Thank you for your videos as I had no clue how to choose! 💕

Really wish you compared both their notifications as that's the biggest thing for me when choosing between these two. How does a phone call/missed call look on both, how do text messages look on both, how do other app notifications look on both, and how both watches handle looking at previous missed notifications. Other than that another good video.

@randyb3576

4 жыл бұрын

Oecus Past notifications stay on the watch like the pebble. Delete one, or all. So you can scroll thru them in case one is missed. The HR now receives notifications from all apps.

@tarik9864

4 жыл бұрын

@@randyb3576 Do you know if you can set quick answers on the Fossil Watch?

@randyb3576

4 жыл бұрын

@@tarik9864 The HR received an update couple months ago to enable canned (3) message replies to Phone calls, so we expect responses to text soon. fingers crossed. Love these HRs, have replaced my Pebbles, Wears and Gear S3 easily. Actually i have 2 that are diff sizes/style.

@LewysC

3 жыл бұрын

@@randyb3576 I just ordered a HR for that exact reason. It seems like a good Pebble replacement with a unique spin on the e-ink display

@balazsszentesi6360

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly! NONE of the reviewers focus on that extremly important part! How notifications look like on each modell and how can you scroll e.g. in a longer text back and forth...:0

The price of the Garmin just kills it for me. Even though the fossil does less, it looks better and does everything I need.

@-reprisal3137

4 жыл бұрын

PepsiFiend I agree. I think that if you want a watch like the Garmin Hybrid for 300 bucks you’d be better off just buying a smartwatch.

@sonnycruz7032

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. Plus seeing these two watches side by side shows which one is easier to read at any angle. The primary reason I wear a watch is to read the time quickly and easily.

@randyb3576

4 жыл бұрын

And this Garmin only has 5 days battery, I’m getting 18 on my HR.

@Matanumi

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the only comment worthwhile here...the price shuts this watch down

@TankTheSpank

4 жыл бұрын

It's not water proof. Light splashes from washing hand is the best you can do on Fossil. Dealbreaker.

Hello Mike. Thank you for this review. I was looking for a comparison between those. What about the huawei gt2? Can you make a review about that too? 😬

I'd take the Garmin, without question. It seems to be more my style, just the right amounts of smart and watch combined for my preference 👍🏻 Love mobile tech, especially wearable tech, just got a Galaxy Fit to have a simpler, cheaper band to wear and like it a lot. I can't get over how beautiful that Garmin is though, might wanna spend some of my income tax on that beauty 😍 Love watching your reviews, always edited perfectly, most info I care about that I can get all in one place, so keep it up man, great work 👍🏻

Thx for this quite deep review. U did huge amount job!

Just wanna check, does both have cycling in the exercise mode? The previous Garmin watch can only do running

This video was so helpful! Thank you!

With the Fossil one, can you control camera shutter on Android?

How accurate is the garmins heart rate sensor in the gym? I had the vivosport and it was accurate for running and cycling but anything else, even rowing, my heart rate would drop to my resting. I think had something to do with using my hands.

Hey! Which of these watches works better with the Calendar app on iOS? I tested the Garmin Vivoactive 4 last year and I didn't like the way it worked with the calendar: it could sync events from the Calendar app on iOS to the Garmin Calendar app, but wouldn't notify me if I didn’t have my phone around because the watch just mirrors notifications on the phone, but I need the notification triggered by the watch itself. These days in a remote work environment I have so many online meetings every day, so good syncing with Google Calendar is probably the smartest feature I need for a smart/hybrid watch :)

Thanks a lot for this! I now know which one I'll be getting.

I think it comes down to this, causal day to day wear fossil hr looks good and has the basic features to get you through the day. Garmin has more features so it be better suited for those more active with their smartphones and more into fitness analysis.

How well does the Garmin work with the iPhone?

I'm having the fossil smartwatch and i LOOOOVE it. I disabled the facebook notifications because it was vibrating ever message i was receiving (and i have couple of group chats with friends) and the battery is lasting me mor than 2 weeks ;) 1 only think that I'm missing and i hope it will change sooner or later, is that i would like to use the watch together with "Sleep As Android", for morning alarms and snoring tracking :/

@LeftyPencil

3 жыл бұрын

any change in sleep tracking ability? goes it currently go to Google fit?

Fossil updated it's App a couple of days ago also added a lot of cool customizing options.

Great analysis bro... U just went inside the watches... Thanks man

at the end of the day, they are 2 groups of people that wants a smart watch. The fitness people and the everyday person who uses it as a secondary screen for notifications and things other than fitness. Hope theres 2 versions of it.

Thanks for the great video - quick thing the Luxe actually still only has connected GPS through a phone just like the Style

Do you guys know if there are any similar hybrid watches out there?

This video helps me a lot! thx for your review

Your review seems to be honest. You earned a subscriber.

Great comparison! But why are the hands of the Fossil watch always juuust below the 9 and 3 o'clock markers when they move out of the way? Bad camera angle? That would drive me nuts...

@SimoneDePascalis

4 жыл бұрын

He should recalibrate them via the app

Is the fossil hybrid hr suitable for swimming and or intense training

Fossil is a way better for me, as you said it's a great solution for a digital detox and it looks great as a standard elegant watch

can you do an updated comparison between hybrid watches? Using current lineups.

Great review, was wondering how the Garmin looked like during an activity and your video answered it to me. Can't wait to see your "one month later" video, especially for the quick replies which is for me a killer feature. When is your video due ? I am also hesitating between a Vivomove style and a Venu (because they make refund offers for the holidays here in France) and in the end, there is only a $30 difference between both of them. Currently I have a Fitbit versa 1 and each time, it is the same mess with the updates, I always fear bricking my watch, draining my battery or having screen responsiveness problems.

Dose any of them support right-to-left notifications ??

It would be nice to see how the Zetime 2 by MyKronoz compares with these 2

On iPhone the Fossil does use your phone GPS to track a workout. It shows a map and distance, etc. Maybe they added this after the video.

Can you make a comparison video of Fossil hr hybrid and the Garmin Vivomove 3/3s? Seeing that these two watches are much more similarly priced

@palashbhaumik42069

4 жыл бұрын

Also considering for most people the biggest drawback of the Vivomove Style will be its price

You are so good in how you compare it, thanks a lot, I was going to buy garmin but find this fossil thanks to your

What kind of band is that on the garmin watch and what is the brand?

Great review! Have liked and subscribed. So if you could choose just one, which one would you choose?

@MikeOBrienMedia

4 жыл бұрын

If you can afford it, the Garmin is probably my preference. But the battery life on the Fossil may convince me otherwise in a few months. It's hard to say honestly

Your channel is awesome man.

How do you only have 138000 subs? This was a great vid

@MikeOBrienMedia

3 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your kind comment! I'm working on improving my quality and growing the channel slowly!

Hi Mike, Thanks for the great video reviews. My first smart watch was a Galaxy S3. I really liked the look of the available watch faces, but no matter how good they looked when on, they only stay on for a few seconds …. The always on displays are so dim that they were useless. I am not into fitness tracking, but like to check my steps each day & occasionally my HR. I bought a Garmin Vivomove HR earlier this year & have been happy with the looks (I have received quite a few compliments on the look of the watch gold/black). The digital readouts are very low resolution & not easy to see in bright sunlight. After seeing your reviews of the Fossil Hybrid HR I have ordered one. I like the fact that it looks like a traditional watch & is easy to see in bright sunlight. Is it possible to 'invert' the display from black to the white background (as on the gold versions of this watch)?

@randyb3576

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin Ho Actually the background is customizable, so the background can be change to white. I have an airplane on my HR watch. Pretty cool looking.

@kevinho8442

4 жыл бұрын

@@randyb3576 Thanks RandyB, Yes I realised that I can use a photo & took an image of a white sheet of paper & used that for the background. It looks good, though I wish that I could get the same white face as the Charter rose gold models ie White background with black fonts & black outlines. That combination is easier to read, I think.Thanks for your help.

What about Withings?

Mike, Steven here from Malaysia. Great review for both these watches from two known well respected brands (if my memory doesn't fails me, Fossil should be part of the Timex group). Well, here's the quagmire I have with me, the Garmin Vivomove Style is a wicked hybrid coloured amoled smart watch, then again, after their release of the Venu, which coincidentally at the same time the new Vivosmart came into play, I'm still kinda weighing in on which should I get? Yes, the Lux version has the integrated GPS, but for the price hike, you can somehow get the Venu though, on the other hand. Your views and thoughts on this?

How long does the E-ink display last on the fossil hybrid watch? I've seen reveiwers say the E-ink display starts to fade of after a few months.

@joesafro6146

2 жыл бұрын

I've had mine for around 9 months and it still looks like it is new out the box

Fossil has announced they will support tons more apps for notifications coming in the new year!

@randyb3576

4 жыл бұрын

A software update now allows notifications from all apps.

Is it accurate on a treadmill?

Hi Mike. I've just found your channel. Do you know of any hybrid watch that supports Google Pay? (NFC)

\\\New Subscriber/// Hi Mike, can the Garmin show dual time or another time in another time zone on any of it's screens? If not, which smart watches can? Great video's keep them coming... Martin from London UK.

I just got the Fossil HR coming from the Fossil Commuter....I friggin love this watch.

@arhamghouri8643

3 жыл бұрын

How is it over 2 months

@georgem3211

3 жыл бұрын

How is it over 7 months?

Great comparison! The price is a huge deal; the Garmin is honestly just way too expensive. I do think it's the better watch, but the price difference is massive.

@MarcO-mu5cq

4 жыл бұрын

I quite agree with you, the big problem of the Garmin is the price of this last one that puts it out of game versus Fossil and Withings Steel HR Sport. It is my opinion.

Hey there I always notice in fossil that the hands were not alligned when they were horizontal in order to see things .. can you please tell more about it ? Is it a problem and persists even when it shows the actual time?

@emile7973

4 жыл бұрын

Jashn Tyagi You can calibrate the hands manually via the app. 2 weeks in wearing the watch and it stayed alligned.

@iHawkXJ

4 жыл бұрын

@@emile7973 Okayy thankss for the help man

Hi Nice review I subscribed. I like the fossil so far. I have a newer one that has a metal handle and faux crystals. I work out on the beach every morning before work so for me it claims you can wear it swimming. Please update the video explaining a little more of the actual functionality of the watch. Time setting etc. I use the fossil for deep breathing and love it while I work out every morning beach or park its the way to go. Thanks

I’m waiting for a hybrid smart watch with the style of the ones reviewed with ECG any recommendations?

@matrhein

3 жыл бұрын

@Canuckwineguy Check out the Withings Scanwatch! It‘s a really beautiful watch in itself, can record afib episodes and medical-grade ECG .

@canuckwineguy

3 жыл бұрын

Mathias Rhein thanks I have a gen 1 Withings I’m still using.... I will check out new model..... appreciated!!

that single hair stuck at the back of garmin tho xD

Please explain what the buttons on the Fossil hybrid smartwatch actually do -in layman’s terms, PLEASE!

I want a full screen watch with no bezels. Is there any? Preferably with Amoled. Galaxy Watch Active 2 has thick bezels.

@Oscar-xw7nt

4 жыл бұрын

No screen bezel or hardware bezel?

I'm still on the fence, what's more worth it? $190 CAD for the Fossil or $250 CAD for the Garmin?

My biggest question is if I can shower while wearing the fossil hybrid hr? That may be the one factor that makes me purchase the garmin instead. What is your experience?

@hdproactiveistanbul1278

4 жыл бұрын

Nicole Phillips I have the Fossil and the vivomove hr. Fossil is 3 atm, meaning hand wash only - no shower. Garmin is 5 atm, mesning swim and shower safe

Please do the Zeblaze Thor Ultra... or something else FULL ANDROID? Also curious how these compare to Redmi Watch 4.

I ended up getting the Vivomove luxe as I could not be bothered waiting for the fossil hybrid to come here. I wanted luxury so got the luxe with navy blue leather band and it's real quailty. Love my luxe and feel it's the better watch. Buttons pack up after awhile and love how the luxe has no buttons to catch or get pressed by mistake. Love the Oxy sensor and unlike previous garmin watches the sleep tracking is accurate but the Oxy sensor does suck more from your battery. But yes noth watches are great, but as Garmin is the more mature products has more features and can add any app notification whereas the fossil is limited and feel the garmin app is better and watch firmware being more mature again maybe less buggy.

@randyb3576

4 жыл бұрын

Dennis Rogers Wow, at that cost it should be nice. Battery life is willfully lacking for a hybrid. The HR has notifications for all apps now, and the background is customizable. Granted it’s not as flashy.

That you cannot swim with the Fossil for me really kills it for me. Atm if I had to chose a smartwatch, I'd chose the Garmin Vivomove style, Honor Magic Watch 2, or Hey 3S.

Awesome comparison

@MikeOBrienMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Why didnt you take vivomove 3 or HR? Those would be similar to fossil. Not to mention Withings steel hr...

I got me a vivomove style, the same one you have, I really wanted the stainless steel one for the watchface but the price man...

@DB-kl6xs

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Carlos, and are you happy with it after the first month?

@carlosveloz2476

4 жыл бұрын

@@DB-kl6xs I love it

@jash6836

3 жыл бұрын

Are you still happy with it?

@jeremiahcarranza9351

3 жыл бұрын

I got the Vivomove Luxe in silver with the milanease band and black watch face and it gets here tomorrow pretty excited👌🏽

good review

Wonder if they measure pulse on a sausage to.

Besides style and sports appealing asthetic it's useful frequency resources given swift convenience reach easier on top of that

Wich is the better one, when fitness is not important for me?

Please calibrate watch hands position on your Fossil Hybrid HR.. My OCD hurts when watching your videos with them.. Thank you!

The Garmin interface reminds me of the James Bond watch in 007 Golden Eye on N64 lol. The future is here fellow nerds!

Thank you for being like a fool for us for a week. Sincerely.

India is starting to listen. 👂

Isn't using the Fossil watch higher up on your hand like that going to worsen its ability to measure HR and other stuff?

@MikeOBrienMedia

4 жыл бұрын

That's why I wore them on different wrists when I ran, to make sure they were as accurate as possible

I am very torn with these two watches been using pebble since the dawn of smartwatches and nothing else comes close to what I want. Aesthetically the fossil fits the bill but software Garmin wins all day. Really hard for me to choose what's better.

@randyb3576

4 жыл бұрын

B Weber Maybe it comes down to sports monitoring, to me the Garmin is just another touch screen Smartwatch. The hybrid is a beautiful traditional watch with smart features, and I’m getting close to the 20 day battery as I always turn my phone off. I’d take the Fossil HR over any of my 12 Smartwatches.

Excellent review. Thank You

I wish the Garmin had function buttons would help the looks. The screen tapping is not as sensitive

My favorite tech reviewer

The Garmin kind of prices itself out of the market for me. It just seems like a worse galaxy watch or Apple watch but for more money since you can usually get either of those really cheap with a phone purchase. The fossil makes more sense as just a normal watch but with a crazy amount of functionality compared to a normal watch.

Thanks for this good comparison...to me the Fossil is the winner, because the arms on the Garmin are only a gimmick. Small, hard to see and overall way less aesthetic then the Fossil. The Garmin with decent and "glowing" arms would be the clear winner...

I envy with you guys, since I want these watches so much but neither Garmin nor Fossil bring them to Indonesia 😣

@mandalorian7044

4 жыл бұрын

Garmin udah ada yang jual tapi mahal banget. Nunggu fossil nih lama banget

Great breakdown on these two options but for me I'll stick with a non hybrid.

What really annoys me about ALL the hybrid watches I’ve looked at is that there is NO SECOND hand. Anyone who works in healthcare will understand what I mean (we use a second hand to measure pulse/respiratory rate) - many times a day sometimes at short intervals. I had an Apple Watch but the short battery life is frustrating, especially as I didn’t use most of the apps. I mainly use it to alert me to texts/phone calls while at work (also great at home for on call) and the alarms and timer. Aside from steps I didn’t really use all the activity/exercise functions.

@cynthiajasmin5474

2 жыл бұрын

The sport version of Garmin Vivo has a digital option for second hands.

@trevorkettlewell

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. I've got a fossil sport that has the option for choosing a face with a second hand, or a digital readout with seconds, but I'm looking at a hybrid because it's a better 'always-on' display (the sport is good but goes to an 'ambient' screen until you 'wake' it with movement or touch - no second hand, not so good to glance at in all lights). I emailed Fossil yesterday asking if the HR had a seconds option - such as allocating one dial to be digital seconds, or having a digital second hand - but they haven't replied, not that hopeful. But looks like no better with the Garmin, and in reading/watching several reviews no-one mentions this.

Why can't they just do one together with every advantages😂

The fossil is very much a 1st generation product. I like the concept of the HR more than the Vivomove but that's just because I don't use fitness functions. The HR needs another iteration or two

@sonnycruz7032

4 жыл бұрын

For me, NFC and quick replies would make it the perfect hybrid.

The Garmins would be AWESOME if they had e-ink displays. Perhaps one of the modern quick refresh and perhaps even color ones (full color exists too!). There's something about those Fossils that I don't really like no matter whether it's the HR or the WearOS models. They've cut the wrong corners to keep cost down and no plain steel case. The black or tinted may look great when new but wears off ugly with time while steel holds up much better. If it has to be black then it has to be ceramic IMHO. Buttons look and feel cheaper than they should for the price. Garmin on the other hand is not perfect either. Most of all for such a simple smart watch it would be a lot more interesting if it had an always on e-ink screen. Blank it if you don't want anything to be displayed or you can have your home screen with useful info such as date, weather, heart rate etc. Always on displays no matter whether they're e-ink or transflective LCD is just so underrated. It's just so nice to have all your wanted information there without having to do awkward gestures or push buttons.

@andrewwhaley7639

3 жыл бұрын

Agree, the OLED is unreadable outside so really kills the concept. They should have embedded their regular transflective displays from the other models. A pusher would also really improve the experience too instead of random tapping until something happens.

那个布质表带叫什么啊 很好看

5 or 10 days on a single charge is very little time for hybrid watch. Withings Scanwatch can work up to 25-30 days on a single charge.

I’ve got a couple questions that no one seems to be answering and if they have been forgive me so if my phone where to die using the fossil watch would it continue tracking the time or is it completely reliant on the phone and would stop working and reply’s would be brilliant

@SimoneDePascalis

4 жыл бұрын

It works by itself as well. It also keeps measuring steps and heart rate. As soon as your phone works again, all you need to do is sync on the app or the fixed notification on the phone

@randyb3576

4 жыл бұрын

I was relieved the alarms work with the phone off.

8:17 is that ios only

I hope that the hands on my Fossil Hybrid HR are not as inaccurate as yours. If the pointers are horizontal, you can see that they are not pointing exactly at the marking.

@adskee69

4 жыл бұрын

You can actually re calibrate the hands in the settings on the phone. If they move out of alignment you can adjust them. I agree, it would drive me mad too, but it's easy to fix on this watch.

Hey Mike. I'm just curious. Are you brothers with Nate O'Brien?

@MikeOBrienMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Yes actually! How could you tell?

@dynnlopez5606

4 жыл бұрын

​@@MikeOBrienMedia I can tell by the facial resemblance and the voice as well. Cool!

@GeorgeArroyoMusic

4 жыл бұрын

Same here! Found Mike searching for smart watches and I already followed Nate for his great financial advice. Both upload quality videos.

I just ordered the Fossil HR with the steel strap for $111 (Normally $215) today. I haven't worn a watch in at least a decade, but I'm quite excited for it!

@nelsonchinys

4 жыл бұрын

Wow where did you brought it from with the price?

@HankTheTank23

4 жыл бұрын

@@nelsonchinys On their website. They're on sale, and then I used Honey for an extra 30% off.

@nelsonchinys

4 жыл бұрын

Niceeee thanks

@ando2421

Жыл бұрын

hey man, not sure if you’re still active on here , but i’m looking to get the new fossil machine gen 6. how was your experience with your fossil? would you recommend ?

@Ben-ev5se

Жыл бұрын

@@ando2421 lol just saw this amazing video today and didn't these watches existed. Im also tryna hear wht experience they got

Which one is better for receiving notifications and messages? Does is the Fossil have the black watch face? So that no one knows that this is a smart watch. And when the message arrives, everyone will be surprised.

The big problem of the Garmin is the price of this last one that puts it out of game versus Fossil and Withings Steel HR Sport.

So the batteries are rechargeable and not a replaceable coin battery?

@joesafro6146

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

Like customized best for you

You should review the withings steel hr :)

I watch your videos from India. I love fossil.

@MikeOBrienMedia

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Lux doesn’t have standalone GPS

Had to send the fossil back because the flick gesture is way too sensitive

the fossil for long is the best

I got the Garmin LUXE for £150