Thứ Bảy, 3 tháng 12, 2016

Review best fitness trackers 2016

If you're looking for a fitness tracker, your goal must be to improve your physical health.
Is every fitness tracker the same? Absolutely not. Some fitness trackers have heart rate monitors, some do not have.
Heart rate monitor tracking allows you to exercise targeting your heart rate zone which is proved to train your heart efficiently. After 1-2 months workouts like this, your resting heart rate maybe reduced and your health issues might be gone. That's why if you're serious about exercising, choose a fitness tracker that has built-in heart rate monitor. Below is my review of best fitness trackers in the market at the moment.

This is the review top fitness trackers 2016

I take into consideration the price, design and function of each one.


1. Review fitness tracker: Fitbit Charge HR

  • Design and comfort: Rubber strap. 5 color options: black, plum, blue, teal and tangerine. Comfortable to sleep with
  • Tracking beyond heart rate monitoring: Workouts, distance, floors climbed, steps, active minutes and calories burned. Automatically monitor your sleep and wake with a silent alarm. You can see time of day, call notifications, daily stats on the OLED display
  • Water Resistance / Waterproof: Water resistant. Not suitable for swimming Compatibility: Bluetooth devices
  • Battery life: 5 days
* Conclusion: Fitbit is favored by even President Barrack Obama. Design as well as functions are really nice. Its biggest cons are small display screen and not suitable for swimming.

2. Review fitness tracker: Fitbit Charge 2


  • Design and comfort: Band is interchangeable. Sreen are 4 times bigger than Fitbit Charge HR. 5 color options: black, blue, plum, teal and lavender.
  • Tracking beyond heart rate monitoring: Workouts, distance, floors climbed, steps, active minutes and calories burned. Automatically monitor your sleep and wake with a silent alarm. You can see time of day, call notifications, daily stats on the OLED display. Enhanced with Cardio Fitness Level which indicates how fit you are.
  • Water Resistance / Waterproof: Water resistant. Not suitable for swimming
  • Compatibility: Bluetooth devices
  • Battery life: 5 days
* Conclusion: Fitbit Charge 2 is quite a good choice if you prefer wearing a fitness band to a fitness watch. However this model is still not suitable for swimming. Read my full review of pros and cons of Fitbit Charge 2

3. Review fitness tracker: Garmin Vivosmart HR


  • Design and comfort: Sleek design. 3 color options: black, imperial purple, midnight blue
  • Tracking beyond heart rate monitoring: Steps, distance, calories, heart rate, floors climbed and activity intensity. Receive text, call, email, social media and calendar alerts. Control your music and your VIRB action camera
  • Water Resistance / Waterproof: Water resistant to 50m. Safe for swimming
  • Compatibility: Bluetooth & ANT+ devices. Garmin Connect app 
  • Battery life: 5 days
* Conclusion: This one is a very good choice among fitness trackers of same price range. 

4. Review fitness tracker: Polar A360

  • Design and comfort: Colorful touchscreen
  • Tracking beyond heart rate monitoring: Workouts, steps, distance, calories burned, sleep quality, and activity 24/7
  • Water Resistance / Waterproof: Water resistant to 30m. Safe for swimming
  • Compatibility: Bluetooth. iPhone & Android devices
  • Battery life: 2 weeks
* Conclusion: This one is more expensive than others but it has colorful touch screen and battery life is up to 2 weeks. Worth a try! 

5. Review fitness tracker:  Pebble 2+HR


  • Design and comfort: 5 color options - Black, white, aqua, flame and lime. E-paper. 1.26-inch display with a 144 x 168 resolution
  • Tracking beyond heart rate monitoring: Sleep and activity tracking. Built-in microphone, record voice notes. Music control.
  • Water resistant: 30 m. Safe for swimming
  • Compatibility: Bluetooth. No wifi and GPS; can work with both iOS and Android devices
  • Battery life: 7 days

* Conclusion: I'm not a fan of Pebble's design. However, good price for offered functions. You can find my detailed review of this smartwatch here

6. Review fitness tracker: Mio Alpha

  • Design and comfort: Black color Tracking beyond heart rate monitoring: Total exercise time. Timer/Clock
  • Water Resistance / Waterproof: Water resistant to 30 m. Safe for swimming
  • Compatibility: Bluetooth devices
  • Battery life: 20+ hours
* Conclusion: Cheaper but less functions than the mentioned wristwatch. Suitable for high intense workouts such as: running, cycling. 

7. Review fitness tracker: Samsung Gear Fit

  • Design and comfort: Light and durable with a curved Super AMOLED display. Interchangeable bands and screens
  • Tracking beyond heart rate monitoring: Quick reply to messages. Reject calls with messages. Control alarms
  • Water Resistance / Waterproof: Water resistant
  • Compatibility: Android devices
  • Battery life: 3-4 days
* Conclusion: Short battery life and just can work with Android devices. Samsung Gear Fit 2 still have these cons.

8. Review fitness tracker: TomTom Spark Cardio

  • Design and comfort: 7 color options
  • Tracking beyond heart rate monitoring: Bluetooth music player. Measures time, distance, speed, pace, calories burned, and sleep
  • Water Resistance / Waterproof: Water resistant to 40m. Safe for swimming
  • Compatibility: Bluetooth devices
  • Battery life: 3 weeks (without using GPS + music)

* Conclusion: If you're a sports + music fan, you should consider this one. Plus it has many color options for you to choose.

Source: Heart rate monitor review

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