I had a garmin 970 until fairly recently. Went from that and an android phone to a iPhone and Apple Watch. I kinda missed being in the garmin ecosystem (I also have the garmin scale and blood pressure monitor) and I felt the calorie burn on Apple Watch was pretty high for the whole day so I was pretty excited when the cirqa came out and have a lower calorie burn that felt more grounded. 

When I took it out of the box and put it on my wrist, yeah. It’s actually even bigger than I assumed it would be in person. The sensor sits just as high as my Apple Watch Ultra and idk? I thought the pictures here might just be close ups and making it look bigger than it is, but it’s definitely sizable in person. 

On the other hand, it’s incredibly light and comfy to wear. If I didn’t look at my wrist, I wouldn’t really even realize I was wearing it. Although when I wear my work jacket, it has gotten stuck on my sleeve. So…feels light. But still technically a bit big. 

Numbers wise it surprised me. I remember my 970 being very conservative with calorie burn compared. But my cirqa total daily burn is just as high as my Apple Watch. Kinda surprised me. 

It’s been a bit buggy. I set an alarm and deleted it but the cirqa must have not gotten the memo because it still buzzed at that time. I show no alarms active. So assuming that’s a bug. 

It syncs really fast. Faster than my 970 did. I also like the inclusion of usb c on the end. My 970 had usb A.  

It didn’t auto detect my workouts. The screen is also laughably blank when I took it to the gym. No other stats while working out besides heart rate? Even the cheapest Apple Watch from 2015 has stats and you don’t have to pay extra for some subscription crap. Seems a bit greedy to me. But oh well. I knew what I was getting into. 

I’m wearing both Apple Watch and cirqa on the same arm just to kinda compare numbers. Not totally sure if I’ll keep wearing it. Kinda up in the air at this point. Just a fun little test 

Got a cirqa a few days ago. My initial thoughts just for the hell if it