This one's all about the Index. It answers some questions that Pebble owners might be interested in (assuming these features come to the Pebble watches, as promised), but there are unfortunately no updates about PR2 or anything else (though he does say they've shipped 10k PT2s).
I bought a few metal watchbands for my new PT2 to see which ones look good with it. Long story short, I have a couple watchbands to give away to other Pebblers. One of them is my favorite (pictured on the right: VIncero Modern Steel Matte Black, $89), and the other is a matte/shiny one that is a budget pick (left side: Straphabit Beads of Rice Black, $49).
I made a review video that shows how each of these (and another band) look on the PT2 from various angles.
For those who are curious, I ended up with these bands to give away because my Vincero purchase triggered a coupon that I planned to use to buy another Modern Steel band (in 20mm) for my Pebble Round, but it required a minimum order of $150. I hated to see it go to waste, so decided to get an extra band at a pretty hefty discount, and just give it away. The Straphabit folks were kind enough to let me include theirs in a giveaway as well, instead of shipping it back to them. So that's the backstory!
I'm doing a drawing on Friday, from a pool of anyone who follows me on twitter (I mostly tweet facts/photos about Pebbles these days) and RTs one of my Pebble unboxing/review videos. I'm not a professional youtuber or twitter-person—this just seemed like the easiest way to track who had "entered" and connect with others in the Pebble community.
The winners can choose how they want their watchbands shipped and will be asked to cover the shipping fee. But there's no 'handling' fee (I've got plenty of boxes from Amazon lying around), and the watchbands themselves (MSRP $89 and $49) are totally free. I'm willing to ship to anyone in the world, and if you're in the Bay Area maybe we can just meet up for a handoff!
I hope this isn't seen as spammy in the reddit community. I'm literally giving these away for free, and I don't use affiliate links or anything like that!
I got my PT2 a couple weeks ago and have been tracking the battery life pretty closely. My first charge made it to 11 days, and my second charge is looking closer to 18, presumably thanks to firmware updates and lighter use. Yesterday was my first day with only 5% drain (my highest was 20%, despite no abnormal activity/workouts that day).
I'm curious to know what others are seeing. Have any of the updates made a big difference for you? Have you noticed a difference when using watchfaces that have a second-hand versus those that just update every minute (I use the latter)?
I was one of the early PT2 recipients, and I've just posted a review of several metal watchbands that I scoped out for my watch. It's pretty tricky to ascertain what color a watchband is from photos on a website, so hopefully the various angles and lighting sources in this video can help Pebblers decide which band would work best for them.
I'm also giving away a brand new watchband (a dupe of my favorite one), for anyone who's interested in that!