Regular mechanical watch. I don’t care about my notifications, I just want what is effectively a piece of jewelry. I prefer the watch to a bracelet because I also appreciate the worksmanship and design of the analog machine.
Obviously you would need plenty of extra solar power for this but Hydroelectric dams are giant batteries when run in reverse. Charge them up with extra solar power and then use the energy at night
I had a Fitbit for a while but I hated having to charge it, so I know I'd hate a smart watch.
Something tells me I'd enjoy having a mechanical watch but I don't really have the motivation to drop a fair amount on something I may or may not like.
folks are used to battery tech being so important from cars due to energy density and weight being so important. But stationary energy storage can be simple. hydro-electric dams use water flowing downhill to generate electricity, and use excess electricity to pump water uphill. You can have a simple motor lifting a weight with a pulley as energy storage.
It's never needed new technology to solve, it's been intentionally held back so rich people can continue making money off all that oil extraction equipment and land leases they bought.
I’ve worn both, but I’m just looking for watches that can do 24H time. Smart watches are nice for setting alarms and cooking timers. Regular watchss don’t need to be charged and are much more durable and usually less expensive. I’ll probably continue to switch back and fourth.
Smartwatches don’t really get updated for more than a few years anyways, which is a bummer.
I wear a Garmin fitness/ multi sport watch. It has some smart features (shows notifications) but is not touch screen. I run/work out and use the watch to track that.
I over a week on battery wearing it t 24/7 and running around 20 miles a week.
I’m using Huawei gt2 pro watch, its great. 2 weeks battery life, it can measure your sleep, stress, hearth rate, steps etc and tell time obviously. Only problem I have is in order to connect watch to my phone I need to use Huawei health apk (its not on play store anymore all thanks to USA) and sign in with Huawei id. But I also like regular watches
I like to wear a smart watch that looks like a regular watch. I have a Withings. It does basic notifications, has the usual health functionality such as heart rate, workouts etc. But the battery lasts a few weeks between charges.
I wear a basic watch so that I can keep track of the time without opening up my phone all the time. I discovered that when I wore a smart watch I was constantly peaking at my notifications and paying less than quality attention to my family. When I gave up the smart watch I was less distracted but still found myself wasting time when all I intended to do was check the time
You are absolutely not supposed to do that. In fact, you’re supposed to do the opposite. Letting your car idle to warm up kills it faster because the oil pump isn’t running because the car isn’t moving.
The exception to this is:
A) when it’s really freezing cold out, and then still not more than a minute (not “at least a minute”. No more than a minute. 30 seconds is plenty in winter. To be clear, if it isn’t cold out, this doesn’t apply, and you shouldn’t wait at all.
B) if your car is ancient, like with a manual choke or similar. Well over 40 years old.
This is 100% correct. There’s a lot of “tips and tricks” that are extremely out dated, and typically for vehicles prior to the implentation of fuel injection.
The oil pump is running but it is generating less pressure at idle.
You should however keep the revs lower, not as low as idle as you point out but also don’t red line it. If it’s a turbo try not to generate lots of boost either.
Oh so if the manufacturer says so? So it’s not in fact a myth or lie? With three exceptions.
One thing I have found really annoying about Lemmy is there are tons of trolls just here to be contrarians. I’m here for debate and to learn. But so many people are just assholes, miserable in their life and looking to bring down everyone else. Unnecessarily rude.
to be fair, the last point more so covers margin cases that are more likely to be covered if the user/driver informs themselves than trying to list every margin case here.
You are absolutely not supposed to do that. In fact, you’re supposed to do the opposite. Letting your car idle to warm up kills it faster because the oil pump isn’t running because the car isn’t moving.
That is absolutely not true. The engine runs the oil pump, so the pump is working as long as the engine is spinning, assuming the pump is not faulty, of course. I’m not aware of any car engine ever built where that isn’t true.
That being said, idling your (modern) car for longer than a minute, or as long as necessary to defrost the windows in the winter, is a waste of fuel and, consequently, emissions. It’s also an unnecessary wear on mechanical parts, but not because the engine is cold or hot, but simply because it’s in use.
The car doesn’t have to be in gear for the oil pump to run. If the engine is running the oil pump is on. That’s why there’s a red light that looks like an oil can when the key is on before you start it but it turns off when the engine is running because there is oil pressure. If that light is on when the engine is running you need to shut it off immediately or you’re going to be replacing an engine.
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