Fitness trackers / smart watch that actually work?

ritzvin

garystrickland357 wrote: »

I bought a Garmin Fenix 5X and I have been completely satisfied with the way it performs.

Just looked it up and started drooling.

NorthCascades

Tacklewasher wrote: »

garystrickland357 wrote: »

I bought a Garmin Fenix 5X and I have been completely satisfied with the way it performs.

I'd love a 5X, but can't justify the price for my use. I have a Fenix 3HR that does all I need, just missing some specific stats and the turn by turn stuff, but was less than half the price of the 5X.

Fenix 3HR can do turn by turn. It can't invent a random route for you, but if you set one up in advance, it can guide you through it and tell you to go left on Spruce in half a mile. I've done it many many times.

They've probably improved this by now but I would create the route in Ride With GPS because it would put the street names in with the turns I needed to make.

Also, you can load waypoints into the watch and have them show up on the breadcrumb trail, which adds a lot of context.

cwolfman13

EvgenyP wrote: »

Fitbit is the best one out there and is most accurate and advanced. I'm using fitbit surge for over 2 years already. Heart rate detection is very nice. I'm assuming newer ones are even better.

Not even...I have a Charge 2 and it was inexpensive and basic and I only bought it to start watching my steps. As soon as it dies I will be getting a Garmin for more advanced fitness tracking.

OP, get a Garmin product.

Tacklewasher

NorthCascades wrote: »

Tacklewasher wrote: »

garystrickland357 wrote: »

I bought a Garmin Fenix 5X and I have been completely satisfied with the way it performs.

I'd love a 5X, but can't justify the price for my use. I have a Fenix 3HR that does all I need, just missing some specific stats and the turn by turn stuff, but was less than half the price of the 5X.

Fenix 3HR can do turn by turn. It can't invent a random route for you, but if you set one up in advance, it can guide you through it and tell you to go left on Spruce in half a mile. I've done it many many times.

They've probably improved this by now but I would create the route in Ride With GPS because it would put the street names in with the turns I needed to make.

Also, you can load waypoints into the watch and have them show up on the breadcrumb trail, which adds a lot of context.

So, just the mapping it can't do.

Huh. Gonna have to play with it.

I see on the 80/20 resource page that I can upload .fit files and have more flexibility than just run/walk with it so am going to play with that next.

fishgutzy

garystrickland357 wrote: »

I bought a Garmin Fenix 5X and I have been completely satisfied with the way it performs.

That was the first one I bought.
I swim a lot. Also use it for hiking.
But I still enter manually into MFP because I prefer the lower number from the MFP data base.
But it awesome for tracking my swimming.
Last November while I was in China I did over 130 miles swimming. Didn't have to track in an Excel spread sheet.

603lee

New to mfp, found this thread while looking for fitness watch info. I have a Garmin Vivoactive H/R and I do love it, I just wish it wasn't so large. I've gotten used to it over the last three years but I'm starting to look around.

I had a fitbit before the Garmin but returned it because it counted my steps as I was sitting at my desk talking with my hands (something I do a lot).

I like that the Garmin tells me to get up and move, learns and adapts to your daily activities, counts stair flights climbed, has the wrist hr monitor and synchs with my phone. Oh and the band is replaceable.

Just wish the face was a little smaller.