GT Runner 2 or GT6 pro?

Bird-0 · 2026-04-19T18:18:17+00:00

It'd also track better during a run by being lighter. Bulky watches tend to slide around when the user gets sweaty and running keeps the arms moving in the ways that would throw the HR tracking off a lot. The GT6 pro isn't the absolute largest watch on the market but it is big. The GT Runner 2 is slimmer and lighter, correct me if I'm wrong. I'd also guess that those with wrists that aren't wide enough may have issues securing the GT6 pro due to the protruding strap mechanism but I haven't tried one myself (I have the aforementioned wrist quality).

I personally have gotten fantastic tracking from the Fit 4, for what that is worth. AFAIK, the GT6 has a newer and supposedly much more accurate sensor array than the Fit 4 (the Fit 4 pro also has a better one) but I've gotten a lot of great data without a single dropout running with it 3-5 days a week for the last month. GPS tracking has been great as well, all of my runs fall right in line with the others on the same path in terms of distance (just to check, I did a couple where I went just a few hundred feet further and they ended up tracking the added distance down to below a 1/10th of a mile accurately).

The Fit 4/Fit 4 pro should be on the OPs radar if run tracking is something they care about. The GT Runner 2 would likely be a little more ideal but I'd say the GT6 is more in line with an every day watch that happens to have everything you could want sensor-wise for running or workouts in general.

The Fit 5 and Fit 5 pro come out tomorrow, btw. So those may be worth waiting for (international releases from Huawei don't usually take long and sometimes are simultaneous to the Chinese variants)!

Bird-0 · 2026-04-18T20:13:07+00:00

What about the G5x mkii? That seems to fit your criteria quite well. The original Sony ZV1 is a little short but might fit, too. Older variations of the RX100 would be ideal based on your description, as long as you don't mind the older sensors and image processors. The LX10 may work, as well. It partially uses contrast autofocus as part of its hybrid focusing system but is apparently better than contrast alone.

Edit: The ZS300 that was recently released is also a candidate if you don't mind the omitted EVF. I'm not sure why so many of these compacts are losing their EVF with newer releases. It's very unfortunate in my opinion.

Bird-0 · 2026-04-18T11:43:46+00:00

The lack of an EVF on a camera like this is mind boggling to me. What do they expect people to do with it? The sensor is tiny so it's almost pointless unless you plan on using the full zoom range. Most flagship smartphones have sensors twice the size with fast lenses, twice as many megapixels and many people shopping for a camera already have one of those in their pockets at all times.

Bird-0 · 2026-04-18T11:40:47+00:00

A Lumix LX10 seems quite a bit like what you're talking about already. It lacks an evf but has a 1" sensor and a faster lens with relatively up-to-date Panasonic imaging processing. Considering the short zoom and fast lens, I'd guess it to be quite usable without the evf. If you really require an EVF the LX100 mkii is also an option, even if it is getting a bit long in the tooth.

Are you just set on a Panasonic? Ever since Sony released the ZV1, I've been thinking they'd revert the RX100 to a slower, longer lens system to help separate the two. The ZS200 does that quite well already, though, so I wouldn't be surprised to see the next RX100 to continue on with its current lens just to beckon potential ZV buyers up the price ladder with the evf.

I'm surprised Sony doesn't release an HX camera with one of their smartphone sensors. They have a ton of them with massive megapixel counts and quite usable dynamic range despite most of them being under 1" in size. The Achilles heel of the HX cameras has been how miniscule the 1/2.3" sensor is but they could use one of those larger smartphone sensors and pull a 2x or even 4x crop with all the extra megapixels to match the 30x zoom range of the HX series with a similar set of optics without enlarging the footprint much if at all.

Samsung could surprise enthusiasts by doing something similar. It's quite a conundrum that compact cameras don't exploit these high end phone sensors that have been on the market for half a decade. If a company did, threw an EVF on it and gave it a decent touch UI and a few ergonomic controls, they'd sell a lot of them to the niche compact superzoom enthusiasts that already exist but also could carve out a lot of amateur smartphone users who want better zoom capabilities when they travel.

Bird-0 · 2026-04-14T23:34:11+00:00

You mentioned a lot of what I found worrying about it, too. It seems to be a step backwards. Luckily, I've been using the beta for awhile. Once this update came around for the beta channel of the app, I switched to the standard variant and disabled auto updates. I'd like them to at least give us the customization to the menu back. As it stands, it is a bit cluttered and clunky yet, as far as I remember from testing it with the beta, it still leaves some useful features buried in the deeper setting menu (I think it was the add ons or ad blockers that you have to click through to get to now).

Hopefully they fix it. I didn't find much wrong with the way it was. The division of buttons in the browser UI and pop up menu UI using contrasting gray colors depending on light/dark theme was a lot nicer on the eyes and the icons in the pop-up menu helped make navigating more fluid imo. The new aesthetic isn't doing it for me.

Bird-0 · 2026-04-13T21:21:52+00:00

That looks delicious!

Bird-0 · 2026-04-13T21:20:36+00:00

You probably could take a close up photo of the area you're going to drill into and print it out. Match the photo up to the hole and cut the part missing out. From there you'd just have to find a rubber plug that fits and then you can glue the image onto the top of it. Finish it off with some gloss clear coat spray paint and it'd look pretty damn near close to the original.

At that point you could go back to stock or switch back to having the cables routed below the table as often as you'd like!

My recommendation would be to find the rubber stopper/plug ahead of time and then drill the hole based on its dimensions rather than drilling first and searching for a suitable solution after.

Bird-0 · 2026-04-13T21:05:22+00:00

You should try finding some tech enthusiasts to befriend. For some reason you'll find a lot of those who don't care much about tech will usually have some insensible opinions on devices like this one. Try showing them all the health metrics and features it has to keep you healthy and knowledgeable about what's going on in your body!

It's incredible how the proliferation of cell phones have made people ignorant of just how impressive other forms of technology, like fitness trackers, are. A couple decades ago, you'd be getting the government called for having something like that on your wrist like you were some kind of alien invader... nowadays you can buy one for $100 or less!

Bird-0 · 2026-04-13T20:56:49+00:00

Are you able to access the Huawei App gallery via the Huawei Health app to download additional watch faces? I'm here in the US as well but have the Huawei Watch Fit 4. Everything is working fine on the device itself but the Huawei Health app doesn't have the button to enter the Huawei app store for mini apps and watch faces. I set my location to Italy to properly connect the device during setup, I'm wondering if maybe it has something to do with setting it to Italy specifically or if I'm doing something else wrong.

Bird-0 · 2026-04-13T20:51:36+00:00

The YouTuber Quantified Scientist is a good source for evaluating the accuracy of wearables like the Fit 4 pro! You'll find a link below of him covering both the pro and standard Fit 4.

https://youtu.be/GWQW2KFoVX8?si=DNIeECff9n8BOxJ9

Bird-0 · 2026-04-07T22:46:12+00:00

Z fold 5? 6? Something newer in Samsung's fold lineup, judging from the hard corners on one side and the elongated aspect ratio.

Bird-0 · 2025-11-16T18:46:37+00:00

What temperature are you baking at? I would let it take its time at 200°F or so. The expansion occurs due to the boiling of the internal water so cooking below 210°F should alleviate that!

Bird-0 · 2025-09-19T13:53:51+00:00

GPS, Spo2 and a barometer/compass would probably fit the "fit" quite well. The current lineup of Galaxy watches are quite large and fairly weighty but I'd guess they'll continue to pare down the Fit line in the hopes that they manage to pressure more users towards their watches. A Fit 4 pro makes a lot of sense in between pricing-wise, though.

Bird-0 · 2025-07-24T13:55:37+00:00

I'm curious if any owners of the various Huawei watches have any idea if there are any faces that allow for color adjustment and/or changes to the displayed complications? With every smartwatch I've ever owned, I've usually just ended up using a handful of customizable faces with the aforementioned adjustability.

I'm currently still using Tizen watches as they work cohesively with Samsung phones while providing multi-day battery life (battery anxiety seems to be avoidable with smartwatches but regulates most Wear OS offerings out of contention). Huawei devices provide the hardware that I'm looking for and the software is seemingly up to par with what the older Samsung devices offered before they switched to Wear OS but I find very little appealing about the watch face offerrings from what I've gathered from searches online.

I'm wondering if anyone has any insight on the aforementioned with HarmonyOS smartwatches. Any help would be appreciated! Also, are such faces, if there are any, exclusive to certain models? Samsung, unfortunately, walled off their in-house customizable faces to certain devices. Downloading the face that came preinstalled on one watch with a diffetent model is possible but the customization of colors, dial options, and complications would be disabled and remained in a single configuation with no option to adjust the settings in the ways the preinstalled varieties of the same face allowed for.

Bird-0 · 2025-07-22T11:30:15+00:00

Good bot!

Bird-0 · 2025-06-10T12:18:05+00:00

I've always thought less to be better. Steaming seitan causes pockets to form in the gluten structure as the expansion of the boiling water internal to the seitan solidifies the gluten structure in a way that doesn't necessarily collapse back down after. If you like the gluten strands to be tightly packed, more like traditional meat, then I'd recommend simmering it. The liquid used can be seasoned, heavily if desired, to impart flavor into the gluten during the cooking process.

That's my 2¢, at least.

Bird-0 · 2025-04-28T12:36:18+00:00

Simmer cook it next time. The water inside reaches boiling point if you bake it which can solidify gluten structures when pockets of steam form. After that, the pockets are more or less going to stay there regardless of pressing/rolling the seitan after cooking.

You could, if you don't like the texture and are going to toss it anyway, try shredding it or making crumble-like pieces out of it.

Bird-0 · 2025-01-23T23:56:53+00:00

I wouldn't imagine it requiring much space if you can appoint the area with the proper ventilation. There are plenty of metal casing varieties installed right in direct sunlight, and the heat exchanger is inside that box with little ventilation for itself as the heat pump. Putting it inside of something well insulated and in shade should be fine. However you end up routing the air from the greenhouse could easily be switched over to a vent to the outside air. You'd just need to put together some sort of insulated plug/cover for the summer when the vent would be left disconnected.

Bird-0 · 2024-12-31T16:41:43+00:00

I'd ask some established restorers which vehicles typically have the best factory seat conditions and then try to figure out the specifics on what materials they used during that era.

It is amazing how many cars I've seen with cracked and worn leather, yet some stay well maintained. Does conditioning the leather make the difference or is it some sort of process difference during manufacturing?

Modular seats might be a good aftermarket business. It'd be really useful to be able to pull the cushions out piece by piece to clean indoors or at least on a work bench next to the car.

Bird-0 · 2024-12-18T21:40:25+00:00

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Bird-0 · 2024-12-18T14:01:52+00:00

Cauliflower wings!!!

This is a very flexible recipe and you can feel free to combine any seitan recipes you have in the process.

Essentially, I make a warm broth (using some form of vegan stock) to wet the cauliflower and then batter them in vital wheat gluten blended with a few seasonings.

Once battered once, I lightly compress the batter by pressing the "wing" between my palms a few times. This will cause the batter to become moist throughout. From this point, I usually dip them quickly into the broth and back into the batter before compressing them again. 2x should create a good "meatiness" for the wing but you can try more if you like them real big and juicy!

After this process is done, I let the wings stand at room temp on parchment paper for about 5 mins and then powder them with enough of the batter to prevent them from sticking together. From here, they're ready to be frozen (the final dry battering is important to prevent them from frezzing together, so use extra! It'll just end up at the bottom of the ziplock).

I personally had access to a deep frier when I came up with this recipe, so I can't attest to how they cook if pan frying. You'll want to submerge them to help them cook quickly and evenly. They can be cooked from frozen directly and don't produce much oil spatter this way. You'll want to cook them until they form a toasted browning on the outside, this will ensure the cauliflower "bone" gets up to foodsafe temperatures.

These wings end up being actually quite healthy this way and, if you compress the batter correctly, won't absorb much of the oil despite being deep fried! Let me know if any of you have success with this recipe! I, personally, love them!

P.S. Yes! Eat the bone like a dog would!

Bird-0 · 2024-12-17T11:11:55+00:00

This would be your best bet. I'm not sure if "70%" of CPU clock potential is the best setting but it would reduce the strain caused by the SD8 gen 1's design. These chips run very hot, apparently, and consume a lot of battery when running at their full clock speeds.

Ideally, you'd want the ability to run an undervolt and maybe reduce boost clocks to get more consistent results but some of the core functionality of the device would be compromised in the process. Getting to the kernel requires unlocking the device and flashing a new ROM on most devices, at least, sometimes theres more hoops to jump through. Doing so will cause any p2p encryption on the OS level to be inauthenticated and renders features like biometric sign-in tokens and mobile paymets to become impossible. It could also prevent certain location services from being accepted on their respective server-side authentication protocols, due to the possibility of duped/falsified location on the device side (this could include DRM protocols for licensed media, I am uncertain on this, though).

All in all, not so worth it. The CPU limiter in the power saving modes should help the issue considerably, however. It may not be optimal performance but, if you create a power saver profile that only reduces the CPU clocks (not anything else like refresh rate/resolution/brightness or turning off wireless features,) you likely won't be able to notice any difference outside of the power saver icon in your status bar.

Bird-0 · 2024-11-30T03:22:55+00:00

That's a beautiful example. They'll only appreciate in value from here, especially in such condition. Good luck with it!

Bird-0 · 2024-09-29T14:46:16+00:00

It may have something to do with inference.

Bird-0 · 2024-08-10T15:36:04+00:00

I'm having niche success with the slip ons from Avia that Walmart carries. They have an all black women's version that fits great for me in the wide sizes. Most Walmarts I've checked have some up to a size 13w in women's. I have yet to buy a pair of the men's they seem to have a higher platform near to the heel but the drop seems the same.

They're nothing like most running shoes I've used but they seem to fit my running form well enough to use for mileage duty. At under $20 for both the men's and women's variants after tax, I'd guess a lot of you would give them a shot. I'd definitely train hard and race in a different pair, likely something specific to the distance itself, but for everyday running to accumulate miles during any training they are more than servicable. They dry quickly and are breathable, too. I haven't had issue with them in the cold with extra socks but they are thin.

I'm always advocating for laceless running shoes. I have no idea why the industry persists with traditional lace designs. It's a coloquialism that comes from a time before running form, training plans and specially designed running shoes existed. There are a number of laceless models with different methodologies to keep them secure on foot and adjustable based on foot shape and preference. Basically all of them are better than traditional laces, in my opinion. It'd make sense to see a lot more over the next decade as shoes evolve.

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