- Comparison of the Emergency Satellite SOS in Smart Watches
Recent models of the Pixel Watch, Apple Watch Ultra, and Garmin support satellite emergency calls, often referred to as “Satellite SOS.” However, they implement this feature in different ways. Let’s imagine you are trapped in a rock crevice without your phone in the middle of nowhere—much like the situation shown in the image below, or…
- How to Record Your Urban Adventures (Beyond Hiking)
It is relatively easy to track a hiking activity with a smartphone or smartwatch – simply tap/press a button, go for a hike, and tap/press a button when you finish. All the data is collected, the track is recorded and ready for post-processing. Whether it is about personal bests or about creating spectacular 3D videos…
- Garmin’s Detection of Breathing Variations During Sleep: How to Use It?
With software update 14.15, Garmin added “detection of breathing variations during sleep” support to my Venu 3. Some other models have this feature out of the box, and others received it via update too. Unlike HRV and many other features, there’s no article about breathing variation detection on Garmin’s website – at least I haven’t…
- How to Get Your Tours out of Komoot
In my previous article “The Future of Komoot: Time to Look for Alternatives?“, I have described what has happened with Komoot. In short: Komoot was sold to a company, with a very questionable track record. This raises concerns about the future of the service. Additionally, some people could prefer to avoid the new owner from…
- The Future of Komoot: Time to Look for Alternatives?
Is It Time to Move On from Komoot? In many articles on gelberhut, I’ve mentioned Komoot—no surprise there. It’s the key tool for all my hiking activities, from planning to reliving my adventures (link to videos). But this might have to change soon. As most of you already know, Komoot has been sold to “Bending…
- A Year with Garmin Venu 3: The Good, The Bad, and the Badges
Wrap-up of the Year Time flies fast—very fast, actually. This week marks one year since I switched from the Galaxy Watch to the Garmin Venu 3.Since then, I’ve been using my Venu 3 24/7, taking it off only for showers and charging. Over the year, I walked a bit more than 3,900,000 steps and “climbed”…
Recent models of the Pixel Watch, Apple Watch Ultra, and Garmin support satellite emergency calls, often referred to as “Satellite SOS.” However, they implement this feature in different ways. Let’s imagine you are trapped in a rock crevice without your phone in the middle of nowhere—much like the situation shown in the image below, or…
With software update 14.15, Garmin added “detection of breathing variations during sleep” support to my Venu 3. Some other models have this feature out of the box, and others received it via update too. Unlike HRV and many other features, there’s no article about breathing variation detection on Garmin’s website – at least I haven’t…
In my previous article “The Future of Komoot: Time to Look for Alternatives?“, I have described what has happened with Komoot. In short: Komoot was sold to a company, with a very questionable track record. This raises concerns about the future of the service. Additionally, some people could prefer to avoid the new owner from…
Is It Time to Move On from Komoot? In many articles on gelberhut, I’ve mentioned Komoot—no surprise there. It’s the key tool for all my hiking activities, from planning to reliving my adventures (link to videos). But this might have to change soon. As most of you already know, Komoot has been sold to “Bending…
Wrap-up of the Year Time flies fast—very fast, actually. This week marks one year since I switched from the Galaxy Watch to the Garmin Venu 3.Since then, I’ve been using my Venu 3 24/7, taking it off only for showers and charging. Over the year, I walked a bit more than 3,900,000 steps and “climbed”…