I love Insights. I'm 72 yo. I currently wear a Garmin Vivosmart HR+. I also own an FR70 (the one-piece watch where the band could not be replaced), FR201 (a brick for the upper arm), and Vivofit 1 (good watch, now outdated). The useful thing about Insights is they allow me to compare myself against a group of my choosing. They show that I'm in the 99% for duration, distance, and activities, but much much lower for pace. I'm working on improving my pace, just as I have for the last 72 years without much success.
I agree. "you have been more/less active than a normal Wednesday!“ is totally obsolete for me as I don't work 1 on 2 off between 15 and 24 hour shifts. I would love to turn them off but cannot find a setting to do this
Most of my insights either lack insight or are based on the measurement error of the device. The "Comparison of Floors Climbed" really stands out as I never take elevators. Lately I've been bothered by the "You are on Track to Meet Your Goal" insight around mid-day when work has me stuck at a desk and my step count is way below normal - Garmin has no basis for the optimistic prediction on those days and I resent being passively reminded that I'm having a desk-intensive day by an sophisticated device running a Stone Age algorithm. Another example - a 9 hour gravel/mtb ride with 1400 m of climbing (on the bike) with a few hundred metres of hike-a-bike descending down a steep rocky escarpment. On that day I got the lame insight about "taking the ups with the downs" rather than the obvious "congratulations on your 3000 kcal bike ride" - I was logging the ride with my Garmin Edge using Garmin Connect.
