4 Points-Guide To Help You Buy The Correct Fitness Band

For the budget

With at roughly half the price of a top-line Fitbit, Samsung's Gear Fit2 offers high-end features. This includes GPS for better distance monitoring during outdoor workouts, and automatic sleep tracking.

The screen is more vivid than on Fitbits, but it can be tough to read in direct sunlight. You'll need to increase the brightness, but works just fine as the battery still lasts six or seven hours with GPS use (and a few days without). The Fit2 also tracks squats, lunges and other strength exercises rare in a tracker.

While the Fitbit Blaze and the Surge notify you of missed calls and messages on your phone, the capabilities are poor compared with smartwatches. The Fit2 does better by offering limited message replies from the device, but it doesn't offer the app choices that smartwatches do.

For the performance

At 14,800 INR, Garmin's Vivoactive’s base model is all for performance. The newer ``HR'' version with heart-rate monitoring is available at 17,000 INR. Both have GPS, automatic sleep tracking and some phone notifications. They sync with a variety of devices, as with Fitbits.

Both Vivoactive models combine the best of Garmin's stand-alone gadgets for running, golfing and other sports. Runners are able to record times after each lap on a track, while other fitness devices typically limit you to auto-intervals every mile or so.

Neither Vivoactive model has a fancy screen, but that improves readability in sunlight and extends battery life _ plenty even for super-slow marathons. The devices are bulky for all-day wearing. Garmin is about performance, not fashion. And in another tradeoff for added functionality, Garmin's app isn't as easy to navigate as Fitbit's.

For the lifestyle

The Apple Watch is for those who want more than fitness on their wrist such as turn-by-turn navigation, or the latest weather. You need to carry an iPhone for full functionality. The watch is available at 20,200 INR.

Apple Watch doesn't have GPS, though it will borrow the phone's GPS readings if you run, walk or bike with it. This also calibrates the watch so that you can leave the phone home after a few workouts (sorry, calibration doesn't work for cycling). Unlike the Blaze, the watch won't record your specific route without a third-party app.

You're given goals on minutes to exercise and calories to burn customized based on your sex, age, weight, height and current fitness level. Apple Watch will prompt you to adjust goals that you consistently meet or miss. On rival devices, you typically have to take the initiative to go through those settings.
 

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