Love my G Watch R. Originally purchase a moto 360 until I read about the flat tire situation on the bottom of the screen and antiquated processor inside; then returned it unopened. Works well as a time piece and notification center. If you purchase understanding the limitations of current smart watch technology due to its infancy you won't be disappointed. The guts and display of the G Watch R are as good or better than everything out there right now. 2 days battery life.

Battery life is over 2 days for me. Pretty good, but all week would be awesome. Better than my Galaxy S4 phone. Bright clear display. Good watch face options especially when you get an app like Facer. To me, buying a $300 watch should include a $300 caliber band. A black stainless band should be the standard. I gave it 4 stars because of the band and battery life.

I am rating the LG R 5 stars because it's the best smart watch on the market. That isn't to say it doesn't have a flaw or two. Hardware: It lasts a full 2 days and charges really quickly. I usually just charge it for about 15 minutes every morning. I really like the fact that it looks like a regular watch when the screen is off. And like that I can put any band I want on the device. I recently switched it out for a rubber sport style band with a nice metal clasp. Cost for the band was just $8. Software: I do really like that all notifications go to the watch not just ones with specific apps. And I really appreciate that you can choose apps to block from notifications. I don't understand google decision to default to the phone for step counts when they are connected. I will leave my phone on my table when I am walking around and it ends up counting 0 steps. Same is true when I run on the treadmill. There are a lot of people complaining about that so I see them fixing it soon. And I think it would be a really nice to be able to have the heart rate monitor periodically check your heart rate. Say every 6 hours. Also wish it had stair count and sleep tracking. All in all I do recommend the watch. The software issues that I see will most likely get fixed in future releases. And the only hardware change that would be really great to have is a battery that lasts a week. But I don't see that coming for a number of years.

For me this is not what I am after. I’ll echo a little bit what others have said. It looks like an average affordable ($50) watch. It seems very well constructed and I expect it would last for some time. The screen is bright and clear, and I was able to get more than a day’s use per charge. I guess what fell short for me is the usefulness in day to day activities. I tried it for 3 days and ultimately decided to return it. What I Liked: - Receiving Notices of Texts, Calls, Alerts (cards). - Heart Rate Monitor (reading about 10% high compared to a professional grade blood pressure reader which it pretty good I think) - Easy to use / bright display - Band was comfortable and lightweight (but ugly to me) - Good Responsiveness - Good Battery Life What I did not like: - Instead of looking like a good quality watch, it looks rather cheap (like a teenager’s first watch). At least is looks like “real” watch instead of all the other ones out there. - Android Wear Cards (can’t customize, can’t control what shows up) - Most of the faces are bright and somewhat cartoonish. - Most of the time the watch only shows limited information forcing you back to the phone. Example; “OK Google, when is the next showing of The Hobbit”. This should easily come up on the watch, but instead I only get “open on device”. Similar results with many other requests - Can’t plug it in and used it as an always on night clock (it goes 100% dark while on the charger) - Can’t change the color of Cards, would prefer Black Background and white letters for more discrete viewing (example in a movie). The white it too bright. (This is an Android Wear problem, not the watch) - The Step Monitor is way off. I get better results from the phone than the watch. The watch is off by a factor of about 10X compared to my phone in my pocket or my wife’s Fitbit. - I really struggled to get the screens I wanted. For example if Runtastic was in “pause” mode I could not get that card off of my face until I restarted Runtastic. Often I would swipe a card away and it would just come back or open up full screen. I assume with more use I would learn the commands better. - The Band is fine, but nothing special, and it is a little hard to get on/off. At least it can be replaced with other commercial bands. Summary, I would say the problems are 80% Google Wear vs. the Watch. I assume after some time the kinks will be worked out and it will be more useful. But by that time there should also be more choices on the market, and maybe some that are more attractive or more features. I still think this is the best watch out there today based on Android Wear. If it was super attractive I might keep it. If it was super functional I might keep it, but as it is neither I will return it.

Pros: - good battery life (usually two full days) - nice looking (but not as nice as the Moto 360) - screen is very sharp - "Always on" mode. It looks like a real watch even when you're not looking at it Cons: - No light sensor, so it must be manually adjusted occasionally, especially at night - doesn't always "wake up" from ambient mode when you life up your wrist to issue voice commands