Garmin Forerunner 165 vs Huawei Watch GT 4

“SpO2 is usually around those values, to check if it works properly you gotta see if its able to detect a drop in your oxygen saturation when it happens, which is not a scenario you get in your everyday life. I sincerely don't care much about SpO2 parameter, if I'd be in need of checking mine or someone else saturation I would never use a watch. Yet, in a YouTube video the reviewer went on a plan and measured his blood saturation there and GT4 overestimated all values (giving ~98/99 when his saturation dropped due to altitude). Once again, don't care about this parameter but I wouldn't trust that watch in recording it. I'll use this conversation to ask you a few questions about the GT4 if you don't mind, I think that this will work as well to understand if buying it or going for the balance. - I see you answered about the altimeter, thanks for that! Does it also track staircase steps? - is there anything like Readiness? - how's the gym app? What does it do, which infos and functionalities gives? - does the watch allow playback control of Spotify and tidal? (I'm more interested in tidal) - how's the compatibility for no-huawei android phones? (in case you got one). Do you miss out smth? If you can answer some of these question I'd really appreciate!”

“personally I think the FR165 would be a bad choice as its a much more running, swimming & cycling focussed watch with very little on the outdoor recreational side. It does have hiking, but its got no water sport options. While you could always use other to track paddling activities you would miss out on paddling specific metrics like stroke rate etc. Despite not having elevation data (post activity in the app the app will populate this data based on your gps fixes) and a hiking activity (can just use walking) the vivoactive 5 (VA5) would probably be a much better fit overall for you at the same price level. Note the standard FR165 doesn't have offline music - so would need the FR165 music version, which is generally more expensive than the VA5. [https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/compare/?compareProduct=1057989&compareProduct=1285545&compareProduct=1055469&compareProduct=886785&compareProduct=886725](https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/compare/?compareProduct=1057989&compareProduct=1285545&compareProduct=1055469&compareProduct=886785&compareProduct=886725) Comparison of suggested options - you can see how from an activity point of view the FR165 really is much more focussed on people serious about running, swimming & cycling - has very few leisure recreational activity types that it will track. Personally would suggest looking to see the original Epix gen 2 (non pro non sapphire version - will have 16GB storage) is going for - as its old now and is often at a serious discount, making it super attactive and will easily cover all your needs. if price wise it the Epix isn't there there, and VA5 isn't a go, then would suggest looking at the fR265 as I think it will give you next best fit (or the venu 3 as they are normally similarly priced in most countries) - [https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/compare/?compareProduct=1057989&compareProduct=1285545&compareProduct=1055469&compareProduct=886785&compareProduct=873008](https://www.garmin.com/en-GB/compare/?compareProduct=1057989&compareProduct=1285545&compareProduct=1055469&compareProduct=886785&compareProduct=873008) (Venu 3 instead of FR965).”