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Best Apple Watch for heart monitoring? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Ok-Cow-6065@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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My cardiologist suggested that I get an apple watch to monitor my heart rate since I have an arrhythmia. I wanted to ask what model would be best/ would suffice for heart rate monitoring/fitness.

I am a medical doctor living a relatively sedentary lifestyle and is not very keen on any added features that would add to my anxiety like notifications popping up. My forearms are pretty slim and would prefer a watch that isn’t too big as well.

Your help would be much appreciated.

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[–] kiddredd@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Series 9, 41mm (there's no diff in battery life between 41 and 44mm.) As for anxiety-producing notifications, they are easily turned off and/or customized. Me, I recommend getting cellular as well, for the occasional call and being able to leave your phone behind for errands and walks, etc. They are great.

[–] Ok-Cow-6065@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was also contemplating between cellular vs non-cellular. Despite the cellular’s obvious perks, I was wondering how much higher the EMF emitted with cellular would be compared to the GPS-only. And given that I would probably be wearing this 24/7, would the radiation be equivalent to sleeping with a phone strapped to your body? Though it is still too early to have any prospective studies on symptoms or risks of malignancy developing in the long term, I would like to know what avid users like you think.

[–] kiddredd@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

This is not a thing I worry about, as my understanding is that the risk is negligible, if it exists at all.