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minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·3 days agoSomething that big and heavy on a kid’s arm is going to get uncomfortable after like ten minutes.
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 days agoOne watch, the Garmin Bounce, weights 37.2 g. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/714945#specs Hardly heavy.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI have a Pixel Watch that’s about that size (36g IIRC), and I don’t like wearing it, and I’m a grown adult. I got my kids cheap Casios, and they’re like 20g. Way better.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agoThat’s not so bad. I was looking at the picture in the article. That thing is enormous compared to the kid’s arm.
minus-squareMNByChoice@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoUnderstandable, the watch is the photo does appear large. Kid’s arms are tiny.
Something that big and heavy on a kid’s arm is going to get uncomfortable after like ten minutes.
One watch, the Garmin Bounce, weights 37.2 g. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/714945#specs
Hardly heavy.
I have a Pixel Watch that’s about that size (36g IIRC), and I don’t like wearing it, and I’m a grown adult.
I got my kids cheap Casios, and they’re like 20g. Way better.
That’s not so bad. I was looking at the picture in the article. That thing is enormous compared to the kid’s arm.
Understandable, the watch is the photo does appear large. Kid’s arms are tiny.