Apple Watch.

I have had many (most?) monitoring devices over the years. I've worn them on my wrist, bicep, around my neck and on my head. They all suffered in varying degrees from reliability or poor software or lack of versatility / upgrade path.

The Apple Watch 2 is the best yet and I think this model leaves little room for jawbone or Fitbit other than as niche players.

The battery life on my Apple 2 is leaps better than the 1 and the apps coming out for monitoring are really starting to impress. With the new water resistance you can do swim workouts now.

It's got a beautiful display, can text, call, display photos, email, maps, email, call an Uber, play music wirelessly to my headphones, etc etc.

And the reliability has been and continues to be 100% for my original Watch and now this new one.

>the battery life on my Apple 2 is leaps better than the 1

Having to charge a monitoring device almost every day defeats the purpose, at least in my opinion. My Garmin needs charging once every 7 or 8 days.

Yeah, not having it on my wrist for the 15-20 minutes daily during my morning shower to top up the battery is a real deal-breaker /s

I have the original Apple watch and it's seen 50+ swim sessions (including ocean/river) without any impairment to the functionality or usability. Key point is to rinse it out with clean water whenever you exist (easy: shower).

The capacitive touchscreen isn't reliable when wet - have they improved that in series2?

I would love to only use my Watch full time, but its battery life is pretty bad. It barely makes it through a day. My Fitbit Charge HR, on the other hand, can easily go a week straight (literally; I wear it to sleep) without charging.

So I wear both. not a great solution, but it works for now.

A friend of mine had an electric mini for a year several years ago. It was awesome. They could sell a lot of these at the right price.

I repeat.

They had this car years ago. It was awesome.

I ran this for the Reeve Foundation a few years ago. The NYC Marathon is an incredible event - so much energy all along the route. It's like a 26 mile party. Envious!