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Garmin is well known for its navigation products and running watches, but it's a company with more to offer in the wider consumer space too. That's exactly where the Garmin Vivofit activity tracker is aimed: a wearable wrist device able to track your dail...
Year-long battery life, keeps things simple, clear display, accurate, affordable point to activity tracking, waterproof, ANT+ for optional HR monitor...
No screen illumination, no altimeter, no vibration, optional heart-rate monitor not comfortable...
The Gamin Vivofit does exactly what you want a simple activity tracker to do: track your daily steps, distance travelled, calories burned and then present that in a format that's easy to understand. The device even learns your habits and automatical...
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One thing that the majority of activity trackers have in common is a built-in rechargeable battery. Most trackers will deliver between four and 10 days of usage on a single charge, but you need to remember to keep them charged up or risk missing some of y...
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techview.co Updated:
2015-02-06 17:40:49
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Garmin have already established themselves as one of the front runners in fitness devices. So, when they decided to get into the fitness band market, we couldn't wait to look at how they've further improved upon devices that can be bought from direct comp...
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techlife.net Updated:
2015-02-06 17:40:49
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Unfortunately, the same decisions that allow the Vivofit to have such impressive longevity are also the cause of some of the strap's biggest frustrations.Firstly, that monochrome LCD screen doesn't have a backlight. Come dusk, you're going to need some ex...
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Everybody is getting into the fitness game, and Garmin is no different, as. the GPS maker embraces fitness more than the typical cardio and swimming watches, and making a wearable for anyone keen to see how they're going.The next fitness gadget set to per...
Never needs to recharge, and when it runs out of power, you just replace the battery, Comfortable to wear, Works as a watch, too...
Doesn't light up in the dark, making it impossible to read unless the light is on, No automatic syncing, Seems to miscalculate steps, App doesn't explore areas enough, leaving you with limited information, Won't intercept phone calls or messages, even tho...
Garmin's entry into the ever-growing fitness band arena is an interesting one, but it presents more issues than it solves. We are huge fans of the no-charge concept, because that takes away one of the things that bothers people about devices they have to...
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Unlike TomTom, Garmin had the idea of creating its own serious running watch quite some time ago. The first Forerunner surfaced all the way back in 2003, but it's taken until now to come up with a product fit for this brave new age of the 'casual' fitness...
Always, on display, Year, long battery, Inactivity meter is a great reminder...
No backlight, No altimeter...
Before you head into the quality of its various fitness features, the Vivofit's always-on display and year-long battery life make it a wearable winner - possibly the only one that could replace your watch right now. Luckily, the fitness stuff is good too...
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It has a "fairly rudimentary" screen that is beneficial to saving battery, said T3 technology critics.They concluded that it was one of the "nicest" designs on the market with a strong battery life.Video source: Future PublishingIs Nike 'pulling FuelBan...
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Garmin is no stranger to the fitness game. In fact, we're only surprised how long the company has waited before dipping its toes into the waters of the activity tracker scene. The new Vivofit is available on its own or with a heart-rate monitor. Is it the...
The Vivofit is a great activity tracker, but there's still some work to be done on the software side of things. Also consider the Polar Loop.Tags:GadgetsBest prices todayRetailer Price Delivery Price comparision from, and manufacturersShare this article...
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gadgetshow.channel5.com Updated:
2015-02-06 17:40:51
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In 2014, pretty much every major tech manufacturer is now pushing the idea that fitness and tech make perfect bedfellows. There’s a battle raging to see who can win a spot on your wrist and quantify your entire life, and there can only be one winner.Sa...
The Garmin Vivofit ticks every box you’d expect from a wrist-bound tracker. It tallies your steps, calories burned, distance travelled, sleep patterns, and heart rate if you wear the optional monitor. Thankfully, the step counting is very accurate. In our testing it proved hard to outfox, although we ‘ll always allow a small percentage margin for error.Enter your age, sex, weight and height and t...
Notice we said ‘perfunctory in daylight’ about the display? To achieve that stellar battery life Garmin has had to make some compromises, one of which is forgoing a backlight. It’s not a deal-breaker, but we’d have liked to have seen a Casio Classic-style button-operated light. As it is, the display is basically unreadable at night. There’s also no vibration for alarms or meeting your goals, a gr...
For £100, there’s a lot to like about the Garmin. Its weaknesses are minor and very forgivable for that epic battery life, while its movement bar and auto-adjusting goals are great twists to the existing formula. If you want to be really proactive and...
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First reviewed: 6/5/2014 The Garmin Vivofit is now available for £79.99 from a number of retailers, that's around £10 more than some other trackers that don't come with screens or year long battery life. What is the Garmin Vivofit? The Garmin Vivofit is a...
Water-resistant design, Personalised step goals keep you motivated, Year-long battery life...
No backlight for display, No Altimeter, Troublesome syncing and uploading data...
The Garmin Vivofit is an affordable fitness tracker with great battery life that's a few features short of being the best to buy.Next, read our Best Fitness Trackers roundup...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated:
2015-02-06 17:40:51
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Garmin Vivofit is rerouting the incredible short battery life of wearable gadgets by launching an always-on fitness tracker that lasts more than a year on a single charge.We were able to wear the Vivofit fitness band without wearing down the battery at CE...
Battery lasts more than a year, Alwayson display is easy to read, Comes with two band sizes, Inactivity meter is a great reminder...
Can't see it in the dark, No GPS functionality from GPS company...
Garmin is a GPS navigation company taking a new direction in the wearable fitness market. Sure, it peddled cycling monitors and running watches for over a decade now, but Vivofit represents its first attempt at a more mainstream device. CES 2014 has made...
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The actual vivofit unit features a small (30 x 12mm) LCD screen with a side-mounted button for cycling through the various options and feedback information supplied by the device. Due to the size of the screen, only a limited amount of data can be display...
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wareable.com Updated:
2015-06-13 09:13:50
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Garmin is a goliath of tracking, and its GPS products have ruled the roost for much of the last decade. Like Polar, the wearable tech zeitgeist has brought the general consumer to Garmin's front porch, and the Vivofit is the company's first fitness tracke...
Interchangeable strap, Survives the swimming pool, Pairs with heart rate monitor, Inspired one year battery life...
Style far less than universal, Lack of automatic syncing, Awkward sleep mode, Pairing woes...
The Vivofit has its faults but the year-long battery life is a stroke of genius that makes the most wearable activity-tracking wearable you'll find. Add in skills like waterproofing, heart rate tracking, inactivity reminders and sleep stats and this is a...
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In the ever-expanding pantheon of wearable fitness trackers, Garmin is looking for an open seat, ideally at the Cool Kids' Table (CKT). Garmin makes some of the best GPS sports watches out there, so expectations were high for the company's first tracker...
Year-long battery life, Two straps included, Heart rate included in HR bundle...
No pendant, Mediocre web apps, Uncomfortable clasp...
LikeYear-long battery life.Two straps included.Heart rate included in HR bundle.Don't LikeNo pendant.Mediocre web apps.Uncomfortable clasp.For $160, this is a hard pass. It has a few good ideas (like the Move Bar), but they're poorly integrated. Even the...
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Wearables have literally flooded the technology market over the last eighteen months, it seems as if we cannot go a single week without a manufacturer releasing a new model, as the need to gain a one up on their competitors ever increases.Now Garmin is en...
Easy setup and useful crossplatform application; Accurate sensor information for precise performance measurements...
Lackluster screen is poor in heavy sunlight...
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