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Spigen Rugged Armor Case for Apple Watch
$ budget-friendly within watches & tech
A few dollars of matte plastic that stands between your watch screen and every doorframe, trail rock, and weight rack it will ever meet. Unglamorous and effective. Screen protectors and spare bands live in the same category: boring accessories that cost less than one repair.
Best for: protecting the watch you just paid for
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Worth knowing about watches & tech
- Buy last year's model. GPS did not get meaningfully better in twelve months, but the price got meaningfully lower.
- If your heart rate data looks insane, the fix is a chest strap, not a more expensive watch.
- Do not chase your VO2max estimate. It is an algorithm's guess, and it dips every time you run in the heat.
- Tighten the watch one notch above your wrist bone before hard workouts; loose optical sensors read cadence as heart rate.
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