Garmin Vivofit 2 - $94.52 (Was $118.15) @ Dick Smith eBay

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LWinno on 26/06/2015 - 16:31 ebay.com.au (414 clicks)
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An excellent activity tracker that has good reviews. Tracks: Steps, Goal, Calories and Distance. The optical HRM on watches are unreliable, so if you want to do it accurately you can do it properly with this watch by pairing it with a chest strap. You don't need to charge it. It has a 12 month battery life which you can easily change when it's due.

Many rate it as good or better than the Fitbit Charge HR. Search Youtube for comparison reviews.

I've been keeping an eye on this and at $94.52 this is a bargain.

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  lplau on 26/06/2015 - 16:40

  Actually you are wrong about watch type optical HRM not being as accurate as chest straps.

  I believe there is comparisons between strap and Mio Alpha 2 which suggests they can do a optical hrm to be just as accurate.

  http://www.wareable.com/sport/mio-alpha-2-review

  I remember there was a graph comparison somewhere but can't seem to find with my phone.

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    peter05 on 26/06/2015 - 17:08

    the OP is not wrong, typically with optical ones you ahve to wear it quite firmly. as a wristwatch i personally would not want something on my wrist that's on tight and uncomfortable.

    also the accuracy will vary with how fat you are, the optical sensor is less accurate the fatter you are.

    you will also find during exercise that a chest strap will be far more accurate as it's on firmly and won't shift around, sweat also affects the optical sensor

    the optical one is better for day to day HRM tracking but i would stick with the chest strap for any monitoring you would want to do during exercise

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  SrMoure on 26/06/2015 - 16:43

  You could get the chest strap and pair it to your phone. Steps and other stuff xiaomi band for $25

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  PlasticSpaceman on 26/06/2015 - 16:46

  Excellent price. I have the original Vivofit and agree it's good. The new one has a couple of extra features - the biggie being a display backlight which would be nice to have. The 12 month battery is the big win in my eyes, along with the 50m waterproof rating meaning getting it wet is not an issue…. sadly it doesn't track swimming, but perhaps that might come via a firmware update sometime…. can always hope!

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    peter05 on 26/06/2015 - 17:11

    it will never work in the water because the devices can't communicate wirelessly in water, the ANT+ signal is too weak

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      PlasticSpaceman on 26/06/2015 - 17:13

      Not to track heart rate, but strokes…. in theory it should be able to do that in the same way it tracks steps, but it doesn't….

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        peter05 on 26/06/2015 - 17:14

        ah i see what you mean, apologies for the misunderstanding. i think the algorithms will be more complicated for that as everyone's swimming style varies. even the expensive watches have difficulty tracking swimming correctly. I think they ahve stroke length down pat but the GPS disappears as soon as your arm goes under water

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  highon2str on 26/06/2015 - 16:51

  Hardware wise better than the charge however I have the charge HR and having HR is a nice function, plus the fitbit software and app are better.

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  pichxlonco on 26/06/2015 - 21:31

  the only thing i dont like about the vivofit trackers, is the Garmin Connect system, its pretty bad, lacks of features and crashes constantly, i have the impression that the fitbit app and other apps that can read info from it are way better, but please correct me if i'm wrong.

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    BuyoTheCat on 26/06/2015 - 21:55

    I have forefunner sync data to garmin connect, but I link my garmin connect account to endomondo and i view my running stats in endomondo

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  tlaing on 27/06/2015 - 08:22

  You could get the Vivosmart (the model one up from this one) for $99.00! I wouldn't bother with this old model for a few dollars cheaper than the Vivosmart.

  See: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/196951

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    Winno on 27/06/2015 - 15:39

    Vivosmart at $99.00 is a good buy. But I like the Vivofit 2 mainly for the backlit display, the 12 month battery and it's more customisable. The extra features on the Vivosmart are non-essential for me, but I understand if others prefer it.