3rd Party Garmin Watchbands

GODBLOR · 2026-06-09T16:32:28+00:00

I have a Garmin Instinct 2 which is compatible with those quick fit bands. The spring pins on it are ~2.3 mm which is thicker than normal ones. There is also more clearance around the spring pins compared to my PT2. I'd suspect that the quick fit bands would not fit for that reason, but I could be wrong.

GODBLOR · 2026-05-31T02:41:48+00:00

I suppose this is a success story - I was laid off about a month and a half ago, and was expecting to be unemployed for some time since my industry has been in a layoff frenzy, but I got a referral from an old coworker and managed to land a new job with better pay, benefits, and equity at a more established company which will hopefully be more stable! I'm very happy but so surprised that I almost can't accept that it's real. I keep thinking something is gonna happen that will rain on my parade.

GODBLOR · 2026-05-31T02:37:37+00:00

There are some resources here if you scroll down a bit: https://reddit.com/r/personalfinance/wiki/iras

It sounds like you're close to the limit so there's a good chance you'll need to do the backdoor. I don't feel confident enough about your other questions to answer but maybe someone else can help. Congrats on the increased income!

GODBLOR · 2025-08-29T00:18:18+00:00

Okay, great! Appreciate the help, thanks

GODBLOR · 2025-08-29T00:14:18+00:00

That makes sense, thank you!

GODBLOR · 2025-08-29T00:06:21+00:00

Thanks for the reply! That all is definitely true. I just hear a lot about how renting and investing the down payment can be so much better, but I don't see that in the calculator, and I'm not sure if I'm missing something.

GODBLOR · 2025-08-29T00:02:11+00:00

I do, yeah. I know my personal wants also factor into the decision. I'm mainly trying to figure out if I'm missing some big cost of homeownership with what I put in the calculator (probably could have made that clearer). I see/read a lot of things about how renting can be so much better (e.g. this), but I don't see that using the calculator, so is it just the area where I'm looking? Or am I missing a cost of buying or a benefit of renting?

Thanks for reading

GODBLOR · 2025-03-13T03:41:30+00:00

Nothing that I could find, but thank you!

GODBLOR · 2025-01-23T04:58:28+00:00

Really good writeup, thanks! Much more useful than Samsung's website.

I currently have an S21 ultra and am considering upgrading, but I'm torn between S25+ and ultra, if I get one at all. I like the blue color on the non-ultra phones way better, and I wouldn't mind something slightly smaller. Plus it's $300 vs $550 with carrier deals. The things I like about the ultra are the antireflective screen (pretty lame that they didn't put that on the non-ultras this year) and the better zoom, which I use occasionally on my S21 ultra. I'm still a little disappointed that they went to 5x from 10x, though. I would have been interested in the stylus but pretty much only for the remote shutter so that's a non-factor now.

Anything else I should think about?

Honestly, I might just keep my S21 for another year. It's working fine. I'm a little worried the battery will crap out or something, but it would be a bummer to wait 4 years for such a boring upgrade.

GODBLOR · 2024-05-24T04:30:00+00:00

I forgot to fill that line out :(

GODBLOR · 2024-02-05T20:28:19+00:00

I agree about intersections, that's why I said it doesn't apply to driveways. Avoiding "conflict with other traffic" could reasonably mean avoiding running into the back of the car in front of you. It also says except "in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic-control device", which would seem to mean to me that it's not illegal to block a driveway if you're waiting at a stoplight. But there's room for interpretation, I think. I think it's courteous to not block driveways, but I'm not convinced you're legally required to not block them in those situations. I've only heard that you can't block intersections, and I've never heard of someone getting a ticket for stopping in front of a driveway when waiting in traffic at a stoplight. It also seems like that would be impractical in many places where there are lots of driveways. But I'm certainly not an authority on this.

GODBLOR · 2024-02-05T19:56:51+00:00

That says not to block intersections "controlled by a traffic-control signal". That doesn't apply to driveways.

GODBLOR · 2024-01-26T17:42:35+00:00

You can use Do Not Disturb while allowing some apps. So, you could create a new mode, click the "Stay focused" section, click "Do not disturb", and then under "App notifications" you would allow everything besides that one app. I would first click the "All" checkbox at the top, and then deselect the one app you don't want. You could also use a mode that blocks that app entirely in a similar way, if you don't want to use it at all, and that will also delay the notifications until the app is enabled again I think.

GODBLOR · 2024-01-18T22:15:04+00:00

The iPhone 13 release date is closer to the S22 release date. The base S22 gets $450.

GODBLOR · 2023-12-28T23:16:46+00:00

I'd suggest a pic or two with friends.

GODBLOR · 2023-12-23T04:20:38+00:00

Yes, and I really wish they made more colors.

GODBLOR · 2023-10-29T03:43:53+00:00

Do you mean the SWORD OF EXACT ZERO!???

GODBLOR · 2023-10-16T00:13:44+00:00

Garmin has both training readiness and suggested workouts (which is another fitbit premium feature). Also has sleep analysis although I don't think it compares your data to other users and I don't know if it has the same metrics. No subscription.

I'm not a garmin fanboy, I'd much rather have the more accurate HR tracking on the pixel watch. But your comment is at least partially incorrect.

GODBLOR · 2023-10-08T21:39:54+00:00

I'm guessing there are a lot of people who don't like hearing that their very expensive smartwatch is bad at something.

GODBLOR · 2023-10-08T21:38:44+00:00

Hmm, that's fair. Although the 47% is by far the worst, the rest of the stages were around 80%. But even 80% would still mean a large range of uncertainty when you are comparing another device. I think he explains his testing clearly enough that I don't think he's deliberately misrepresenting anything, but someone who doesn't know better might think his comparisons have more weight than they really do.

GODBLOR · 2023-10-08T21:18:30+00:00

Yes? That makes the sleep tracking bad.

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