GARMIN VIVOSMART HR+ WW BLUE REGULAR

I love this watch. I have owned it for a while now. I find the steps accurate and out of 3 other kinds of the fitness watches none of them actually managed to do that. The heart rate is fairly good, it goes up when i would expect it too and down when I would expect it too. Times where I have had a bit of shock (i'm a nervous passenger) it jumps up. So although they say that you shouldn't' rely too much on what the heart rate says I find it fairly accurate. It is a tiny bit too chucky and it occasionally gets stuff under my coat when i'm trying to get it out but for what it can do I don't mind the size. It obviously isn't a designer watch but I like the look and am happy to wear it most places I go. However, i did take it off for a night out. I has time, date, day on the first screen which I never thought I would use but now use it all the time. It will usually last me about 4 or 5 days maybe longer if I never use the feature to track an exercise but I do use it to track an exercise most days. I find that it will track my hikess and went on a 7 hour one and it tracked me all the way around but it did then need a charge which is understandable. I love the app it connects to and the fact it connect to map my run which I always used before. It has had a couple of complaints for not connecting to the GPS quickly but I have found it fine there is a couple of days where it has taken about 5 mins but I usually just click it 5 mins before i go to exercise and it clicks in quickly so i cancel it then do it just before I go on my run. It has other features which i'm happy to discuss if anyone wants to ask me any questions abou this product as I love it. I do find that steps option is useless and is pointless but I just ignore it. Hope they sort it out or take it off altogether. I would also like to step my own laps rather than it being a set lap as I can then do it for swimming, also it doesn't have the option to track a swim, you can only track it as an exercise and manually change it later which is a tad annoying. I would like a timer as well if it had those couple of things this watch would be perfect. Great product, a little expensive but worth the money and the GPS is great.

Nice piece of kit, mechanically, superior IMO to the Fitbit (not least because it is properly waterproof, and can be connected to a PC mechanically via USB, rather than 'plug and pray' Bluetooth dongle), but the firmware/support (and Garmin Connect) still has quite a few bugs which need to be addressed in future releases. There is a Garmin customer Forum, but it is not very active (compared to the Fitbit one), certainly in terms of Garmin staff participation. I'll keep it, but it is "on probation". It has so far managed to crash/reset once (losing half a day's steps), and I am awaiting Garmin Support emailing me so we can discuss the error_log which is produced and stored on the device. Other issues are mostly minor but annoying (automatic lap set to miles when you asked for everything in Metric; Unable to set an time exercise period of anything other than 30min - well you can set it, but the device ignores any change; Unable to display Avg Speed during an exercise (again, you can ask, but you don't get).

Tras usar durante años la pulsera xiaomi mi band, me decidí a comprar este reloj para hacer deporte. Destaco sus puntos fuertes y débiles. - Muy útil que traiga gps incorporado, puedes salir a correr o a andar sin llevar el móvil - La medición de la frecuencia cardiaca es muy precisa a pesar de que no lleva banda pectoral, comprobado con un pulsómetro polar con banda pectoral, a penas hay diferencias. - Si llevas el móvil y vas escuchando la radio o música, puedes cambiar de pista o emisora tocando la pantalla - Estima muy bien los pasos y los km que haces - Tiene 4 modos de ejercicios: caminar, correr, cardio y otros - La aplicación de garmin es genial, tienes la opción de participar en desafíos junto con otros usuarios y motiva bastante para moverte. Desde que tengo el reloj, camino y corro bastante más que antes. Debilidades - El precio del reloj nuevo me parece desorbitado, no es un smart watch. Yo lo compré reacondicionado y me costó 68 euros. No debería de costar más de 120 euros - El altímetro no funciona bien, hay veces que detecta que subes escaleras pero otras veces no. - La batería dura entre 2 y 3 días, usando el gps y el medidor de frecuencia cardíaca continuamente - Solo lee los mensajes de texto de whats app, no puedes ver iconos ni imágenes. - La correa se ve un poco endeble, pero puede cambiarse si se rompe En definitiva, me parece una buena compra si lo que buscas es un buen reloj deportivo y preciso en sus mediciones. Si buscas un smart watch, este no es tu reloj

I was looking for a competitor for the fitbit and wanted something which would measure my sleep as well (I am a bit of an insomniac!). Great features are: Health Statistics: Sleep is definitely accurate, although there have been times when I've been awake and the Garmin records this as 'light sleep' probably because I've been sitting up reading etc - it is based on heart rate and movement. Heart rate recording is extremely accurate, when in the gym the machines I am using tally with the Garmin to within one or two heart beats, which is excellent. Walking - an interesting feature, because the more you walk, the higher it automatically sets your goal (although you can change it). Strangely, when you get a notification on your watch that you have achieved your step goal, it's quite satisfying! The watch itself: I don't wear watches and the idea of wearing one all night was alien to me at first. This one, however, is extremely comfortable and flexible, resulting in the fact that after one night I forgot I was wearing it. That's a big plus to me. I love the fact that on the watch you can choose an activity, choose outdoor GPS, then just press to start and finish and it records exactly where you have been. Problems: I tried numerous times to link the app on my phone to the watch, but it just wouldn't work. I have no idea why not as the instructions were followed to the letter every time. I gave up and installed Garmin Connect on my laptop and now plug the watch into my laptop a couple of times a day to download data, which does the job and also charges the phone. It's also fascinating to see what your resting/sleeping heart rate is and how this is affected by exercise in the course of a day. For example, my HR is higher taking the dogs for a walk than biking outside or on gym machines a lot of the time! Hence, you can adjust how fast you go or how much effort you put into exercise with such feedback. Overall, a comprehensive range of activities can be used - and you can also join 'groups' to share information with - whatever exercise you are doing. I'm so glad I bought this.

great product. First week in and I am quite happy with functionalities and reliability. Here are the main findings: 1. The interface is simple and responsive. 2. On the contrary to many other reviews, I find the GPS signal locking is reasonably fast. I can normally get a fix within 5 mins, sometimes even in less than 1 min. I am not sure if geological location makes any difference in this case. 3. the step counts for both running and walking are on the conservative side. but i am ok with this. 4. battery life is just ok. a half an hour run eats up a quater of the battery. so i think one charge will give you a maximum of three days' usage, if running daily.