Polar Vantage M vs Fitbit Flex 2

While the Polar Vantage M makes for a passable Fitness Tracker for its asking price, the Fitbit Flex 2 simply doesn't make the cut and should be avoided by most people. In both cases, however, you might want to look at some better alternatives at the $260 budget range.

If you nevertheless want to learn more about the Polar Vantage M and the Fitbit Flex 2, however, we wrote a short summary of what we know about them:

Expert Reviews, a review site with a history of doing objective hands-on testing, has great things to say about the Polar Vantage M. In fact, it's "Best triathlon watch for beginners" in its "Best triathlon watch 2020: Track your training and events with the best multisport watches on the market" roundup, which points toward it being a good Fitness Tracker.

Moving on to the Fitbit Flex 2: it has performed really well in a handful of roundups done by reliable sources that perform their own objective testing, like TrustedReviews, Macworld, Techradar, and Tech Advisor - it was awarded the "Great for basic tracking" title by TrustedReviews, "Best Fitbit if you wear a watch" by Macworld, and "Ranked 3 out of 15" by Techradar, which marks it as a worthy candidate.

Our direct Polar Vantage M vs. Fitbit Flex 2 comparison of their review scores has shown that, out of sources that tested both Fitness Trackers, Expert Reviews and Techradar preferred the Polar Vantage M, whereas Pocket-lint and PCmag seemed to like both equally.

We also looked at which sources liked these products best and found that the Polar Vantage M got its highest, 10, review score from Expert Reviews, while the Fitbit Flex 2 most impressed reviewers at OutdoorGearLab, which gave it a score of 10.

Finally, we also compared their review scores to the rest of their competition - the Polar Vantage M earned an average review score of 8.4 out of 10 points and the Fitbit Flex 2 received an average of 7.9, compared to the 7.5 average of Fitness Trackers in general.