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Garmin Vivosmart HR Activity Tracker: Measure your daily activity with this device that helps you to set and maintain aerobic fitness goals. Vibration alerts let you receive call, text and e-mail notifications from your phone.

Customer Rating

5

Great Replacement for my Moto 360

on November 18, 2015

Posted by: IvanCheng

I bought my Vivosmart HR on its launch day to replace my moto 360 (battery life is the main reason. I also want an always-on screen) and here is my experience:

- Receive notifications from my phone perfectly - Gmail, Whatsapp, SMS, Phone call, etc.

- Unlike some of the feedback here, I find the HRM and the Sleep Monitor very accurate. For the Sleep Monitor, it starts and ends automatically so I don't need to switch the band into Sleep Mode before I sleep (like my previous Sony Smartband).

- And for HRM, one thing Garmin should improve is the Intensity Minutes. It would not trigger automatically. I need to switch it to Run mode (i.e. Timer) on my band. Otherwise even though my heartbeat is in Zone 2/3 for an hour of cycling, my intensity minute would still be 0. It works well if I switch it to Run mode.

I would recommend this to a friend!

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Garmin - Vivosmart HR Activity Tracker + Heart Rate - Black

Garmin Vivosmart HR Activity Tracker: Measure your daily activity with this device that helps you to set and maintain aerobic fitness goals. Vibration alerts let you receive call, text and e-mail notifications from your phone.

Overall

5 out of 5

Great Replacement for my Moto 360

By IvanCheng

I bought my Vivosmart HR on its launch day to replace my moto 360 (battery life is the main reason. I also want an always-on screen) and here is my experience:

- Receive notifications from my phone perfectly - Gmail, Whatsapp, SMS, Phone call, etc.

- Unlike some of the feedback here, I find the HRM and the Sleep Monitor very accurate. For the Sleep Monitor, it starts and ends automatically so I don't need to switch the band into Sleep Mode before I sleep (like my previous Sony Smartband).

- And for HRM, one thing Garmin should improve is the Intensity Minutes. It would not trigger automatically. I need to switch it to Run mode (i.e. Timer) on my band. Otherwise even though my heartbeat is in Zone 2/3 for an hour of cycling, my intensity minute would still be 0. It works well if I switch it to Run mode.

IvanCheng

November 25, 2015

Just one more comment - for the stair climbing, I found that it would aggregate even I was on an escalator. I understand that it is based on a built-in barometer, but I would suggest it to also consider the arm movement to improve the accuracy.