16 T3 MARCH 2022
Horizon
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GARMIN VIVOMOVE SPORT
£159, garmin.comA hybrid smartwatch needs to do two things.
It needs to pack in a bunch of smart health and
movement tracking functions, and it needs to,
for all intents and purposes, do absolutely
everything it can to look like it doesn’t.
Garmin’s newly sportified and waterproofed
Vivomove hits the mark perfectly, hiding its
notification display under the dial and
swooping its ticking analogue hands out of the
way only when you want to reveal it via its
touchscreen; when it’s hidden, this is slim and
stylish enough to pull off those analogue watch
vibes handily. It’s far below the weight and size
of the Vivomove HR Sport before it. The smarts
package is pretty extensive, including a pulse
oximeter. But there’s no GPS, so serious
runners may wish to look elsewhere for a more
smartwatchy smartwatch which does.
T3 SAYS: Stealth health for most stylish wrists.
LARQ BOTTLE FILTERED
From £48, livelarq.comWhat Larqs! The old Larq Bottle, which we
love, has now had ‘PureVis’ appended to its
name, signifying that it runs on Larq’s
trademark UV purification tech. This new one
doesn’t: it’s far cheaper, and instead employs a
two-layer activated carbon and Nano Zero iron
filter at the end of a low pressure straw. The
former layer promises to remove contaminants
and chlorine from your draught, while the latter
deals with heavy metals, leaving you with
cleaner and tastier water – you can, if you’re
brave, fill it from a stream. There’s two-month
life for the filter and, naturally, a double-
insulated stainless steel powder-coated bottle
which means far fewer Evian bottles hurled in
the bin. Bring a PureVis cap along on your next
adventure and you can even switch ’em out for
double the purity.T3 SAYS: We’ll drink to that.IMAGE SOURCE: GARMINIMAGE SOURCE: LARQ