Garmin Vivofit 2

usability, reliability, design

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68% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

88% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Bedienbarkeit, Größe, Zuverlässigkeit, Design, Preisleistungsverhältnis

90% der Kundenmeinungen auf Amazon.de bewerten dieses Produkt positiv.

Year-long battery life ; Accurate enough step counting ; Waterproof to 5 metres

Not the comfiest thing ; Sleep and run tracking a waste of time ; The app could offer more useful analysis

A neat little fitness tracker whose battery life and waterproofing means you never need to take off. And if it were just that bit more useful and more comfortable, you would never want to take it off either. Still, a solid effort for the price.

The Vivofit 2 has an always-on display, one year of battery life, and can be worn in the shower and the pool. The new model adds a stopwatch mode, a backlight, audible alerts, inactivity alerts and a greatly improved wrist band.

There's no vibration, syncing isn't automatic and the Garmin mobile app doesn't provide detailed enough information or any smart coaching insights.

The always-on display and long battery life make the Garmin Vivofit 2 an appealing alternative to the Jawbone Up2 and Fitbit Charge.

The Vivofit 2 has an always-on display, one year of battery life, and can be worn in the shower and the pool. The new model adds a stopwatch mode, a backlight, audible alerts, inactivity alerts and a greatly improved wrist band.

There's no vibration, syncing isn't automatic and the Garmin mobile app doesn't provide detailed enough information or any smart coaching insights.

The always-on display and long battery life make the Garmin Vivofit 2 an appealing alternative to the Jawbone Up2 and Fitbit Charge.

Swappable bands in a variety of styles ; Good step-tracking ; Long battery life

Cheap, non-touchscreen display ; Limited data-tracking ; Minimal sleep-tracking

The Garmin Vivofit 2 offers some key improvements over its predecessor, but its entry-level status means a notably limited feature set.

Accurate, detailed activity tracking ; Always-on, backlit watch display ; Interchangeable bands ; Long battery life.

Doesn't sync automatically ; No diet tracking ; Lacks sleep alarm.

The Garmin Vivofit 2 is an excellent fitness tracker for monitoring steps, distance and sleep, and chic wristband options let you wear it as a watch.

Fazit: Garmin überarbeitet sein Garmin Vivofit und macht dabei alles richtig. Im Gegensatz zum Vorgänger hat das Display eine Hintergrundbeleuchtung, und der Tracker synchronisiert im Test automatisch. Der Preis scheint zudem mehr als fair.