24/7 except when it's charging. I mean it's a watch. Other people wear non-tri watches 24/7 so I don't see what the big deal is.

That said I got a pretty rad watch tan going on so I should probably take it off next time I'm at the beach.

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24/7 except when it's charging. I have the Fenix 5s but got the version that comes with a suede strap and the silicone one. I try and only wear the silicone strap for workouts. I was actually just looking at the stainless steel straps as an alternative to the silicone.

When I run, when I swim and occasionally when I bike (but usually only if brick planned). And, sometimes when I lift just to track time.

Do you wear it to track HR or? Otherwise i dont see why you would wear it e.g. at home?

I wear mine when swimming/runnning/fitness and sometimes wear it for biking just as a backup/to see time of day.

I wear mine all day but take it off at bedtime.

I like having it on while at work to get notifications without having to pull a phone out of my pocket.

I don’t need all the bells and whistles of an Apple Watch and like that my garmin stays charged for a week or better, even with all the workouts I do.

I need to try using the vibrate alarm system again. My phone alarm has been waking up one of kids when I get up to train early in the mornings.

Workouts only. Have other expensive watches that require some wrist time.

I started wearing my Garmin 935 daily mainly because ai started taking on climbing a lot of stairs and found it was more accurate than the Apple Watch. Just curious if others noticed if the stairs climbed/altitude starting becoming less accurate after all day/daily use? I though I caught a conversation somewhere where some peeps were discussing it. I do see flights of stairs skipped.

I wear my Timex Ironman watch all day, every day.

I like seeing my HR, pulse ox, tracking steps and sleep among other things. I realize all the measurements aren’t perfect, but I am interested in the data and trends.

I wear my good old Timex IM watch 24/7. Mostly just to tell time and check the date, but also to time track Intervals and sometimes swim Intervals.

I wear my Garmin 920XT when I go for a training ride or run. I’ll also wear it for a race. It’s sort of neat to see where I went (or at least where it thinks I went) during an open water swim.

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I probably wear it too much... for races! I sit there in transition changing modes... has cost me time in short races. But, on the other hand it has saved me when timing mats didn't read my chip.

I only wear my Swatch during racing and training... Sometimes the faceguard gets stuck in my wetsuit though...

Hello trueff and All,

Garmin 945 ... Worn all the time .... Like you ..... I had some skin irritation from constant wear and now I alternate wrists each 24 hours or so.

My case of skin irritation may not be typical as I have had some collagen depletion with the passing of time and ultraviolet exposure.

My original Fenix was too cumbersome to wear all the time ... but the 925 form factor is just like a 'regular watch'.

I only use what I want of the 945 capabilities and do not concern myself with the unused capability that I know is there.

I think there is a market for 'Device 101' classes ... but for present YouTube https://www.youtube.com/ works for many applications .... but I think there is room for more device coaching.

Hopefully AI will become ubiquitous and solve this 'gaposis' (yes it is a word) we have with our all our time consuming devices .... which seems to be driving a backlash against a tidal wave of 'evidence based' data.

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24/7

Garmin Fenix 5x Plus

I need to track sleep patterns. Pulse Ox was useful in training for Boulder this year.

Also, I heavily rely on it for calories burned. 3500 or 4000 in a day is one thing, but when you start hitting 5000, 6000+, it’s nice to see how many calories roughly you will need to eat. It helps me greatly.

Also, I do 2/days and 3/days sometimes and use the battery heavily on GPS mode - this watch had the biggest battery I could find (32hrs GPS mode).

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I have a Fenix 5s and I wear it constantly, as long as it isn't charging. It's comfortable, and I actually look at the data to guide decisions about working out.

Had a 920XT and only wore if for workouts. Too ugly. Just got a Fenix5s and wear it all the time. I do take it off at bedtime though. When I was a little kid, I remember my father telling me to take the watch off when I went to bed or I'd get lint from my bedsheets under the glass. Started wearing his old dive watch when I was 10 so I took it off every night and have been doing that with every watch since out of habit.

Wear it all day expect with sleeping. Picked up the Fenix 5X Plus DLC so looks like a fashion watch and get lots complements daily on it. Best of both worlds.

Never in the pool

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FR920XT - only working out/racing. Rarely otherwise. I also have a Suunto Spartan Trainer Wrist HR. I use this only for travel - it's nice to leave the chest strap at home. This one is small enough to wear as an 'everyday' watch and I do that a bit. But not to sleep and 80% just for working out...

Just training and racing. What kind of data are you obsessed with during a non-workout part of the day?

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I haven't been doing much running or cycling lately, but when I do I'll wear it for run and bike probably 50% of the time, and almost never for the swim. I did wear it for last weeks open water swim so I could measure the course.

never in the pool.

Pretty much it's a race only device.

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About as much as I wear a watch with a calculator on it.

Polar V800; 24/7 except when charging. I like getting the sleep metrics, and it's a pretty decent looking watch.

I got new Garmin 935 as a gift from the Wife. She bought it for me because the insurance company judges whether or not you're active enough to be worthy of their healthy rewards benefits by counting steps. Any other type of non-stepping activity be damned. Therefore, I wear my watch during the day. I take it off for the bike, pool, and bed.

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I have a fancy dress watch I used to wear but the damn thing goes through a battery every 20 months or so.
Also, I was constantly taking it off and switching to my tri watch and then not bothering to switch back.
So, I have a $500 watch sitting in drawer now.

My new Coros Apex is a fairly nice looking watch so I don't mind wearing it with a suit to formal events.

I wear my 935 all the time except when I'm sleeping. I have an expensive high end watch collection that I basically don't wear anymore... since all they do is tell time... ;)

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People take off their watch?

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So funny. Pool swimming is the only time I take it off. It helped me develop a range of speeds. My slow and relaxed is slow and relaxed and when I am swimming fast I have more focus on what I am doing.

This is the correct thing to do. Though shalt not wear a watch in the pool.

Always except while charging. Fenix 5 sapphire, and i use it for hr, sleep and calorie tracking.
Sometimes i wear an omega for more formal occasions, but I prefer the Fenix.

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I gave a Garmin 935. I only wear it when training (swim/bike/run) or racing. Never any other time. I hate wearing a watch and have no value in the data that doesn't come from training/racing.

All the time except Bedtime. I would not wear to job interview.

A couple of weeks ago we went to a wedding, as I walked up to our table the guy at the table asks:

"are you a triathlete?"
me: HUH, What?
"the watch"
Oh yea and I have the tan line to prove it

Turns out his wife is a KQ Bound triathlete.

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During a very weird summer that saw me change careers, pretty much the only exercise I have done is swim in an outdoor pool and walk the dogs. Usually I run or bike, and as fall creeps up, I may run some more and maybe bike to work.

That said, I wear a newer (bought this year at Walmart) Timex IM watch. I have worn it every single one I’ve been in the pool: I’m trying to use my watch to help me gauge the progress of my summer tan. I have a pretty well-defined Tyr polymesh square-bottom tan line. Only a few more weeks to work on this, and then it’s over. Cue Seasonal Affective Disorder, until I start running on weekends and biking to work.

945 24/7

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The number of times someone at work sees it, asks why I'm wearing a weird watch, and the I proceed to tell them about my triathlon badassery.

I wear mine during training and racing.

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All day everyday. Except when it’s charging. I also take it off to shave since I use an old style brush and don’t want to falsely register steps. I think most triathletes use these modern “super watches” I’ll call them as an all in one. It gives me phone updates, and serves as a fitness tracker as well. Plus you can always be really old fashioned and use it as a watch 😂.

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I still lapped everyone on the couch!

Same here, I have the 5X and it's always on. For formal occasions I have a nice metal strap I'll swap out and it looks pretty sharp. I may even go as far as to adjust the watch face to a more formal face for those events, and switch back to my A race countdown face after.

I only take it off for sexy time.

But then you don't get "credit" for the "activity"

I keep forgetting to hit the button when I'm headed into T3.

Garmin Fenix 5, 24/7
If you stay ready you dont have to get ready! Never know when you might have to run 10k.
And I wear in the pool!!

I had the same issue pop up with my Fenix 5X and later 5X plus.
I cinch it down for workouts for best HR readings.
Loosen for every day wearing.
Take it off at night when sleeping. Don't really need the data for sleeping. I usually know if I slept crappy or not at night.

Allowing the skin to breathe at night got rid of the irritation that started resulting in blistering.

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Fenix 5x plus, wear pretty much 24/7. Have the dlc titanium band I put on for work, switch to a rubber band for swim/bike/run.

Vivo Active HR - all the time except to charge

+1 Garmin Fenix 5 that i wear pretty much all the time. It's very usable as an everyday watch and keeps track of some stuff i find usefull.

It's my watch. I wear it all the time. Weekly I clean the back of it and under the band with an alcohol swab. I have a ridiculous watch tan.

I’ve got a Suunto 9 and I wear it all the time. I train almost every day so knowing myself, if I don’t have it on I’ll forget it ..

It’s got a daily tracker which I didn’t care for initially. But having it now I’ve realised how fidgety I am because even on a no training day, the number of steps I take is well over the average .. and I’ve got a desk job ..

Like you, I found that some of my older watches (Garmins, Timex and Suuntos) irritated my skin after a while but I haven’t had issues with this one yet. My older watches gathered a white powdery dusting and the wrist bands have broken. It’s esp bad if I’ve been swimming a lot.

Wait... it comes off?

24/7. But I tossed the stock band immediately and replaced it with a custom cloth webbing band I made. What that means is that my skin is in contact with the webbing and not with the watch back. Not sure what difference that would make.

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I ended up getting the Garmin Fenix 5X Plus and I wear it 24/7. It does sleep tracking so I leave it on for that. Best purchase ever! I am still using the silicone band with no issues either.

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With my 935 I can avoid the rash if I take the watch off for a few hours after each workout to let the watch and skin dry. Otherwise I wear it almost all the time.

I had a Samsung Galaxy Bluetooth 46 mm, which I wore continuously during the day. I used it to record swims, runs, and bike rides. The watch transmitted the data to Samsung Health on my cell phone, which forwarded the data to Strava. I was satisfied with the watch until it went into an infinite reboot loop while I was swimming laps at my local YMCA. Samsung wanted $430 to repair it, which is substantially more than the original purchase price. It was still in the warranty period, but the warranty doesn't cover water damage. Can you believe that?!!! Samsung sells a sports watch with a swim mode, but the warranty doesn't cover water damage!

I’m still rocking the Garmin 235 with a triathlon IQ app.

I wear it 24/7. It’s the only watch I have, It looks great, easy to read, gives me my phone notifications, tracks my steps, HR and sleep and it’s my alarm clock. It has been through 2 home remodels and has a fine mist of paint from my old and new house that will likely never come off.

The tan line is epic!

When/if I ever upgrade to a 935/945 or whatever the future holds, I’ll wear that one 24/7.

I’ve got a Garmin Fenix 5+ that only ever leaves my wrist to be charged.

While I do have several major niggles with it (the HR can be comically inaccurate at times, ditto the GPS for running on occasion) - overall its a pretty great watch, and looks good enough that wearing it to work is more than OK.

What’s nice is that it’s really no larger than the Timex Ironman watches I’ve worn for decades, but then does all of that other cool high tech shit.

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