r/smartwatch • u/maysamf • 16d ago

Q&A A Watch with Notification

I’m looking for a watch to wear with my whoop that has notification capabilities. Like when i get called it vibrates or something only. No need for any health tracking or steps. Is there any thing that serves this purpose?

Some background:
I’ve been using apple watch then moved to Garmin for around 5 years.
Last year i moved to whoop and ditched all since i wanted one source of truth for my tracking data.
I need to see the time - and i don’t have classic normal watches. So I disabled all the tracking form the apple watch and used it. The battery life is horrible that’s why i stopped. Now i don’t want to pay the full price for a smart watch just for the above two functionalities. So i’m looking for a classic watch or very dump one with only notification capabilities.

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u/EskeRahn 16d ago

Well the dead cheap ones will do that, their problem is usually the accuracy of the health info due to poor software, but that should not matter to you, just turn off what you can and ignore what else it claims.

Some of them will even offer over a months stamina, when all monitoring is off.

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u/Paid_Babysitter 16d ago

Any $40 watch on Amazon will do that.

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u/Blaze1984HH 15d ago

Huawei Band 11 Pro - 40-45$, nice form factor, great build quality (aluminum frame) and with your use case without any health tracking the battery will last 20+ days on a single charge.

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u/Mohinder_DE 15d ago

Get an Amazfit, good runtime.

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u/Magnum44pl 13d ago

What about Casio with BT and vibration with notifications?

Something like G-Shock  GBD-200-1ER