A great review! Had my Ultra a few weeks now and I love it. I moved from Garmin as I wanted more of a smart watch with fitness features. My Garmin is brilliant, but really naff when it comes to smart watch features, which is fine as Garmins shine in other areas, just not for me. I had the 6 Classic before but just wasn't 'sporty' the Ultra is totally more what I was after and much better battery / performance. Works fantastic on my runs and workouts.
I got mine 3 days ago, been wanting it since it came out, I really like it, I’ve learned more and more through reviews and tips, I like it better than anything out there. Great review. One of the best I’ve seen. Subscribed.!!!😊
Thank you for reviewing this watch from the exercise perspective! I've had a Garmin Epix2 for a few years and due to some waning battery life, and lack of more smartwatch features decided to get the Samsung Ultra and so far I really like it. Heartrate accuracy is right on par with a Verity Sense band and awfully close to the Garmin heartrate strap. Thank you again for your insights!
same as u i have epixpro2 and i use s24ultra...away for a month travelling and wife convinced me to try iphn15promax which i hate with apple watch ultra2...so i ordered a samsung ultra watch should arrive a week after i return from greece... got a question... does it work with the google side of things ie google calendar can you not only see but add appointments to google calendar? and google wallet to tap to pay? thanks...enjoy ur watch
Wow, I didn't expect a reply. Your channel helped me understand smartwatches and fitness trackers like Polar and Garmin. After watching your reviews, I chose and bought the Ignite 3. I'm currently enjoying it a lot. Thank you for helping me to understand. Have a great day! Edut: Seems like the Samsung watch has improved a lot from the sensor perspective. So expecting the same sensor is used in Watch 7, similar results may be expected. But Samsung always finds a way to make things bad. Will wait for your review before checking it
Another RU-vidr that knows the gear sport! They have done an incredible job at Samsung. I was to the point of going back to Garmin, but wow this is a perfect smart watch. It’s a great smart watch. All the kinks from the watches before our fixed the accuracy right on point the slowness and lag gone being able to start a workout plan And track it from the watch and it actually counts in the phone wasn’t possible for whatever reason last year but this year that’s fixed. I started a work out program to date to test it and once I finished on the watch only when I linked it to the phone, it asked me if I wanted it that out to be applied to the workout plan. So I’m happy well worth the price I expect even quicker better accuracy next year but from where they started and where they are now it’s a huge jump. Great video for years you and DC Raymaker completely trashed these watches and you were right because they were horrible, but this year they did good darn good actually! For all the inaccurate grammar errors blame it on the Apple iPad I’m using.
Hope it was worth the wait! I don’t just use a watch for a few days and call it a review, I like to provide true, in-depth detail so I appreciate the patience! 👍
@@DesFit you are indeed a true reviewer. I have been honestly waiting for your review to make my decision. Thanks a lot for such great work you put up for these reviews. Really really appreciated!
Thank you very much, sir. This is an excellent technology review. I appreciate your practical and real-world demonstration of the watch's capabilities.
Thanks Des, got the GW7 so looking forward to that review. Though i think under the hood its very similar to the ultra? Glad to see HR accuracy has improved, now if only it paired to something like a Polar HR strap 🤞
Yup exactly, both watches are the same specs minus the battery life. I also went for the regular watch 7 too myself after using an Apple Watch Ultra these past couple years
Thanks for the info for using "other" for weight training 👍. I love it, and I'm coming from the garmin Epix gen 2 😂. It works great with the Peloton app and bike 🎉 I love all the health data 😀 especially doing the body comp .. Wow, amazing ! Great review, as always!
It’s just the running portion that seemed to fumble it up, if you’re not running during a hybrid workout then the circuit training or weight machine profile seem to work fine 👍
Hi, I have the watch 7 and as much as I like it, when doing a workout on my Peloton bike plus, Guide or app, the heart rate data stops transmitting and freezes when the screen isn't on (on the watch) or even if I use always on display it stops updating the heart rate data when the screen on my watch goes to always on display. If your watch ultra works perfectly then I wonder why my watch 7 doesn't 😢
Two days with the Ultra after departing from the GearSport years ago and moving to the Apple Watch and Whoop. All good so far, but Samsung needs to add “weightlifting” to their exercise options.
You can add any custom exercise and set the parameters. However, it appears that Samsung has added 31 free-weight exercises, maybe for more accurate tracking than just a broad category of weightlifting. You can add your own though.
Thanks for the review. I was interested in what you'd have to say. I've had far too many watches but currently, Marq gen 2, Epix 2 (got rid of the pro for the Marq), Galaxy watch 6 classic, galaxy Ultra, and a Tag Heuer Calibre e4. If the Marq had assistant integration and the ability to reply, I'd get rid of all the others. I'll likely keep just the Marq or GW Ultra at the end of it all, though I like different aspects of each. I can't get more than 30 hours from the GW Ultra, unfortunately. On the energy score side, best to keep just the wake up score. Garmin really is kind of useless after the start of the day. I get to 5 at the end of every day, it's just a matter of when. Resting during the day really doesn't matter. Welltory has been the best tracker of energy throughout from wakeup to going to sleep. It also connects directly with the GW Ultra and the results are almost spot on with my Polar H10. Keep the videos coming. Thanks!
Another great video from you, thank you. Good to see improvements but I am also on a Pixel watch so will stick with Garmin. Also fun to see your routes go past my house on Alpine - we are apparently neighbors. I will wave if i see you go by :).
Good to know about the Generic Workout vs circuit training. I will have to check this out! Agree! This is the best Galaxy watch yet for all the reasons you mentioned. Also, if you have 4GLTE enabled with your carrier (TMo is $9.99 /month) you could use the watch as a standalone to track your route. Naturally, this will use up a lot more battery with a network connection!
Will you be testing the Galaxy Watch 7 as well? There have been some reports that it struggles a bit more in GPS compared to the Galaxy Watch Ultra so I wonder if it has a different antenna design causing it to struggle a bit in certain situations. I don't use GPS on my GW7 for fitness and only use it for Google Maps but like you found on the GWU it locks my location far quicker than any prior Samsung watch I have used.
Would be good if he test the GW7, too. I saw a lot of others reviewers are saying the GPS of GW7 is inaccurate compared to others smartwatches with dual band GPS, include GW Ultra.
How do you manage to get 3 days of battery with AOD on, I putted mine AOD on always night mode and putted lowest brightness, and without workout, it struggles to get 2.5 days with AOD on and auto night mode with medium brightness now did you manage to get close to 3 days
Hey, i have a Pixel 7 pro and am thinking about buying my first SmartWatch. Ist the combination between SG Ultra and my Pixel Phone good, or would the Pixel watch 3 fit better? As i know just blood pressure and ecg are available just with a Samsung Phone. Thank you
why cant apple and samsung match garmin 1 2 weeks of battery life? all have oleds now, similar apps, similar tracking stuff hr, temperature, sleep tracking.... even xiaomi smartwatch can get newest to 1 week...
@@black79montecarlo123 i would trade keyboard reply to 1 2 weeks of battery any time. i have my phone all the time for reply, i need my health metric device last a lot.
Please study the differences between an Operating System and a Real-time Operating System. This is the main reason why smartwatches from Samsung, Apple, and Google have shorter battery life.
@@zckom88 if you studied you can say diferences, i will not waste time for this nonsense, if chinese brands like xiaomi and huawei cant get 1 week on very similar os, its not excuse
@@NostalgicMem0rieslook in the xiaomi, huawei specs… they measure the heart rate multiple times a day. Garmin does ist every second, that is what i want. Ind maybe samsung does also more measure points over the day and not only on demand. As i know, you can set the interval in the xiaomi watches… then you also lose some days… could be a nice video for @desfit …compare the default hart rate intervals 😀
I cant get more than 1.5 day of battery without tracking excersise. I have settings like you. Im losing 4% per hour on day and over whole night, 10%. Any suggestions?
The results of accuracy of sensors are good but plz plz do share that if watch 7 have the same sensors as ultra? Will the result equates to both the devices????
If it tells you when did you sleep, then why not waking you up after a completed cycles ? This feature is missing from the app itself and they didn't bother to add it to the new Wear OS ! It's just a calculation and alarm, the sensors are there !!!
Well, I can push 4 days and 18 hours out of my watch. And as far as the bottom part where the sensor is, I really haven't seen anything wrong with it to bother my skin. I don't get any rash. I definitely love it over the six classic which the sensor is now better and gives me more accurate readings and it has made my life for the better. I went with the titanium gray because it has the orange accents all the way just one more thing why watch an informative video and claim you have returned the watch if you don't have it anymore why stick to the end and watch the video? I personally don't do that. If I don't own the product at least for me, it has been a positive note and I love my Galaxy watch Ultra in titanium Gray. Every workout you do is much more consistent and accurate over the watch 6 classic all the time
Hmmm maybe i can get out of Garmin Connect hell ... my recent experiences with Epix and Edge 1040 has left me feeling underwhelmed. Garmin can complicate a simple training ride. Thanks for the review. Be well 😅
Awesome as always, Des. Like others, I'm anxiously awaiting your Watch 7 review, especially after the Fit File episode where you and Ray touched briefly on it and you were hinting at good GPS performance. Hopefully just a few short hours from now!?! 😉
I am so tempted to sell my white Garmin Forerunner 265 and get the Galaxy Watch Ultra. I really like the silver color although battery will only last up to 3 days the most while my Garmin can last 7-11 days. I am still on the fence so we will see.
Look in incoming garmin subscription. I was going to get the fenix 8 when it's out but with the sudden announcement of subscriptions, that makes me think differently about garmin
I have a garmin fenix 6. Can’t imagine anything better. Zero “nits” screen is more visible outdoors and always perfect. Battery life is 20 plus days. Notifications always work and I can deny calls.
My thoughts exactly. Really what else do you need, people act like they want a phone on their wrist, but 99% will only receive notifications and control the volume on their earbuds. These watches look gorgeous, but they're not practical, and the battery life is just a deal breaker, I already have to charge my phone every night, ear buds every 3 days, laptop every few days if I'm taking it to work, I don't need one more thing I'm having to constantly worry about.
I returned my fenix 7 pro SS and I do not regret it. I do miss the MIP and, more usefully, the flashlight. But, the availability to turn off/on my alarms at night when I'm to lazy to reach for my phone is amazing. I get 3 days worth of battery in between charges. I wish it was better, but eh, I charge it while I shower. To me it's much easier than my fenix. But hey, it's two different products and the watch ultra 7 was more for me.
@@sethdbrown30Not a Samsung but Apple Watch user. I do like to have cellular connectivity because I don’t take my phone out for most of my shorter runs. I like to maintain contactable at all times. I can stream any music or podcasts I want from Spotify and live radio if I am just too lazy to care about the playlist. Multi day battery life is a good advantage but it is not enough for me give up all the smart features that smartwatches have. It is not hard to put your watch on the charger as you shower to get it back up.
Got mines a little over a week ago, today the action button stopped working along with the green optical sensor that reads my vitals. Will be returning!😡
It would've been nice if they put 700mAh battery, would've made the watch last 3 days with full heavy use and work and maybe stretch it to 4 days around around 5-6 days of battery of light use would've been nice.
@jesuscervantesj82 What are your settings? Did you receive the new battery update? I'm on low brightness, AOD is off, LTE always off. I get 2 days with one workout while streaming music. I'm coming from an Epix Pro Gen 2 that I'd get 26 days!
Not sure, I've been waiting for 3 years for a Samsung watch to be accurate, this one unfortunately is the same as the others. I'd rather get the 6 classic since it's as inaccurate as all the rest, but much more beautiful than the others. I mean, why do you need this data if it's not accurate? At least you'll have something nice on your wrist, that works with other functions, CHEAPER and I'll wait for the next one, hopefully Samsung copies Apple watch's accuracy.
I was run a 32Km Trail with 900Hm and start with 100% Battery after 3h the Samsung Galaxy Watch was direkt off without any warning. The Ba Battery was empty. I used DisplayOn+GPS+LTE+BT (for Round Slits). Samsung coniform alredy a problem with the Battery and will exchange my Samsung Galaxy Watch. Soewon try to run more the 3 h nonstop with DisplayOn+GPS+LTE+BT ?
No accounting for taste, but that is an ugly watch lol. Seems they're improving though. Hopefully in a few iterations I'll actually consider one of their watches, since Garmin is abandoning MIP I have no reason to be loyal to the brand.
Give us a rectangular screen. No more circles! Circles are inefficient for displaying text. It is not 1890 anymore. Smartwatches do not have hands that turn in circles. Circles are bad displays for smart content. Why do you think computer monitors are never circles? I know, everyone is going to scream "SAMSUNG COPIED APPLE" if they release a rectangular watch despite the fact that Samsung released rectangular watches long before Apple even had a watch. Samsung shouldn't let that bother them - there will always be an obnoxious Apple fanboy crowd who prefer to live in a bubble of delusion.
I hope samsung just buys whoop and save us the hassle Aura ring and all current smart watches are bad honestly. The garmin is an exception because it's niche for certain people who need it. Just toys Great review though ty
@@VirtousStoic Oura ring is so accurate to be honest (except for the subscription part). Samsung ring is no where near perfect with its senor accuracy. I donot want Samsung to buy other companies as that would lead to tech stagnation because of no competition.
@HeoZeo the whole world is a monopoly Apple and Samsung are literally monopoly At&t and Verizon monopoly the rest of the companies in America are irrelevant unless u need budget monthly plans and phones then the other brands are good. Ofc with at&t breach Verizon is now the goat Life isn't fair, the world doesn't care how me or u feel about it And the Aura ring is useless since it gets in the wah of gym activities It's only good for sedentary life or cardio. Not weightlifting etc And whoop is more accurate than the Aura ring Ciao
