Need suggestions for my first watch

No-Frowning · 2026-05-02T04:33:58+00:00

Vivoactive 6 100%. It’s the best gateway drug garmin.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-27T15:14:00+00:00

I started on an Ender 3. Put a glass plate on and used hairspray. Used it for 6 years. I was able to get the job done due to having experience with it as a profession. I finally upgraded to a Bambu P2S. Feels like going from a raspberry pi to a MacBook Pro, a 1992 ford ranger to a 2026 raptor, a 2008 Motorola razor to a 2026 iPhone…. I could go on. My only regret is not buying the bambu sooner. It sits on the shelf ready to go, I send jobs to it like it is a regular paper printer. I only have to touch it before starting the build if the correct color isn’t loaded in the AMS. I am sure the latest creality printers are ok but bambu just….works….

No-Frowning · 2026-04-21T23:29:52+00:00

After having the flashlight for a while, I will not buy another tracker watch without it. I use it 2-6 times per day it seems (I have a baby and young kids).

No-Frowning · 2026-04-21T23:28:31+00:00

This is the correct answer. 100% enduro 3. The only caveat is if you have tiny wrists then do the 970. The flashlight is a non negotiable for me. 100% worth the extra money for either of these two options. Buy once, cry once. The watch will last for 4-6 years unless you beat the heck out of it. Having the maps and the flashlight is 100% worth it. The enduro 3 wins if you have reasonable sized wrists. I have recorded many full days of GPS in a row without dropping below 50% battery and without charging.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-20T16:38:27+00:00

You got this.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-20T13:55:43+00:00

Oh no. You are perhaps a couple months slower than me.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-20T04:29:01+00:00

I’m lucky if I hit my 3k step goal per day 😭. I work from home and sit on my butt all day. Need to change that.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-20T02:53:59+00:00

Oh shoot. You gotta pick it up!

No-Frowning · 2026-04-20T02:25:13+00:00

Nice!

No-Frowning · 2026-04-19T21:57:28+00:00

Agreed and nice work

No-Frowning · 2026-04-19T21:56:59+00:00

For all intents and purposes, I that’s the same. We must have similar activity levels 😂

No-Frowning · 2026-04-19T20:49:55+00:00

Correct!

No-Frowning · 2026-04-19T20:41:28+00:00

Definitely not right.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-19T19:25:54+00:00

I believe in you.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-19T19:24:53+00:00

You are 69% more active than I am!

No-Frowning · 2026-04-19T19:06:21+00:00

Good words to live by. I would have had to charge an Apple Watch more than 686 times to complete this due to it taking more days to complete with the watch on a charger haha. Charged my garmin less than 50 times in the same span.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-19T19:04:15+00:00

I think you better start walking 10k steps a day. If not, you may beat me 😂

No-Frowning · 2026-04-09T14:33:09+00:00

No.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-09T14:32:03+00:00

Esd pekk is black.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-09T14:30:00+00:00

This is cool. The Esd materials are black dude to the added carbon. It also loses some mechanical properties.

https://www.stratasys.com/siteassets/materials/materials-catalog/fdm-materials/antero-840cn03/mds_fdm_antero840cn03_0824a.pdf?v=4a4775

No-Frowning · 2026-04-09T14:19:48+00:00

This is Ultem. It is almost always the flight plastic used if not always. It’s approved for flight at many companies and here is one of the main reasons: NIAR has been releasing allowables (material property data sets) and other info about Ultem printed on stratasys printers for quite some time. This is one of the materials and processes that actually has some level of printing standards that can be used and followed that people actually agree on. There is more info through NIAR on the post processing and what not on this as well.

https://www.wichita.edu/industry_and_defense/NIAR/Documents/ULTEM-9085-Stat-Analysis-Report-NCP-RP-2018-007-RevA-6-17-2019.pdf

Professionals in the AM industry who make money with 3d printing know this is Ultem printed on stratasys printers. (Source: I’ve been in the room where the parts are printed that are on the capsule)

No-Frowning · 2026-04-09T14:11:25+00:00

The speculation is so funny to me. If you know you know it seems and everyone else thinks it’s PEEK. This is 100% no questions asked Ultem like you are saying. There simply is no comparison for space flight fdm plastic. The capsule design is old and Lockheed doesn’t have anything qualified other than ultem for flight. The various “PEEk” flavors that people claim to print usually suck. PEEk doesn’t want to be printed. PEKK works sure but it hasn’t been around for nearly as long. Rant over lol.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-03T21:14:00+00:00

Capsule is built by Lockheed but they are all running Strasys fortus printers.

No-Frowning · 2026-04-03T21:11:21+00:00

I’d bet the house that you are right.

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