There's no beating the practicality of a smartwatch -- it can tell time, nudge you to get your steps in, and even make calls at times of trouble -- but it's a product category that has become notorious for being messy; messy in that there are now too many proprietary charging cables and docks involved. 

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While most smartwatches, for fitness or not, come with dedicated chargers, the problem lies with how they're designed -- usually in the form of a charging puck, or a magnetic pin, or a jumble of both. And even if they do support wireless charging, it's often a proprietary format that prevents the watch from working with third-party accessories. (It's also another cable that you'll have to manage, whether it's situated on your office desk, kitchen, or bedside.) Garmin'sV