My "long" bike loop is 42 miles. I'm a bit older and plod along around 12mph. It takes me about 4 hours to complete the loop.
My old Apple Watch model 0, while monitoring the ride with the exercise app, would run out of battery about 35 miles into the ride.
My newer Apple watch model 3, without cellular (presumably saving some battery) lasts the whole ride and has over 60% battery left. I haven't had to worry about my watch battery since upgrading, but I do make it a habit to charge every night while sleeping.
I take my phone with me on the ride, and listen to audiobooks and podcasts with AirPods from the phone while on the ride. I can't speak to the impact of listening to podcasts from the watch (which is now possible with the latest OS).
I've found that using the watch to track my exercise helps keep me motivated. My AirPods never fall out while riding, although I only ride on pavement.
I like the Nest in my house and installed one in my Mom's house.
That was a mistake.
Two weeks ago my Mom woke up without heat and some sort of battery message on the Nest. She lives 700 miles away so I wasn't able to go over and fix it (this battery problem had not hit the news at that time). The Nest was disconnected from the WiFi so it was "offline" and I couldn't adjust the temperature remotely. She ended up calling a furnace guy to do a house call and replace the Nest with a simpler thermostat.
I still like my Nest (particularly the "automatically turn down heat if it detects you are not home" feature), but I'm an IT guy and can handle problems. The Nest was not the right product for my Mom.
There are two versions of Cisco's 5500 LAN controller software:
1) the normal version
2) the special version which is only recommended for Russia where "Data DTLS Payload encryption" is regulated by the Government.
Ironic that Snowden fled the US and went to Russia.
Which version of software do you want on the wireless infrastructure you use?
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My "long" bike loop is 42 miles. I'm a bit older and plod along around 12mph. It takes me about 4 hours to complete the loop. My old Apple Watch model 0, while monitoring the ride with the exercise app, would run out of battery about 35 miles into the ride. My newer Apple watch model 3, without cellular (presumably saving some battery) lasts the whole ride and has over 60% battery left. I haven't had to worry about my watch battery since upgrading, but I do make it a habit to charge every night while sleeping.
I take my phone with me on the ride, and listen to audiobooks and podcasts with AirPods from the phone while on the ride. I can't speak to the impact of listening to podcasts from the watch (which is now possible with the latest OS).
I've found that using the watch to track my exercise helps keep me motivated. My AirPods never fall out while riding, although I only ride on pavement.
But did they know it would blend?
That was a mistake.
Two weeks ago my Mom woke up without heat and some sort of battery message on the Nest. She lives 700 miles away so I wasn't able to go over and fix it (this battery problem had not hit the news at that time). The Nest was disconnected from the WiFi so it was "offline" and I couldn't adjust the temperature remotely. She ended up calling a furnace guy to do a house call and replace the Nest with a simpler thermostat.
I still like my Nest (particularly the "automatically turn down heat if it detects you are not home" feature), but I'm an IT guy and can handle problems. The Nest was not the right product for my Mom.
There are two versions of Cisco's 5500 LAN controller software: 1) the normal version 2) the special version which is only recommended for Russia where "Data DTLS Payload encryption" is regulated by the Government. Ironic that Snowden fled the US and went to Russia. Which version of software do you want on the wireless infrastructure you use?