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Add to SafariWhen comparing Fitbit Flex vs Garmin Vivoactive HR, the Slant community recommends Fitbit Flex for most people. In the question“What are the best fitness trackers?” Fitbit Flex is ranked 10th while Garmin Vivoactive HR is ranked 19th. The most important reason people chose Fitbit Flex is:
The fitness tracker itself is a separate part from the wristband that can be taken out and put in a different band. There is 10 wristband colors to choose from in the official store, and custom bands available from third-party vendors.
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Pros
Pro Replaceable wristband with lots of style options available
The fitness tracker itself is a separate part from the wristband that can be taken out and put in a different band. There is 10 wristband colors to choose from in the official store, and custom bands available from third-party vendors.
Pro Comprehensive reports of your daily activities
The fitness tracker offers stats such as distance traveled, steps taken, calories burned, weight changes, calories consumed from foods and drinks, restless and awake states of sleep, etc.
Pro Integrates with over 40 apps so you can get the info that's most important to you
The fitness tracker can be integrated with a variety of apps that together can offer more in-depth and complete overview of your health and fitness patterns.
Pro Visually displays your daily progress using LED lights
There are 5 LED lights that, after double-tapping the wristband, display progress towards a goal. Each light indicates 20% progress towards the goal and the tracker allows choosing between steps, calories or distance to display this way.
Pro Tracks weight goals
Fitbit Flex lets users create a meal plan and log their progress from the dashboard menu.
Pro 5-7 day battery
Fitbit Flex will last up to a week on a single charge.
Pro Real-time Bluetooth syncing
Flex constantly shares data over Bluetooth, meaning that the device doesn't need to be taken off in order for the data to sync to an iOS or Android device.
Pro Social layer can increase motivation
Information regarding goals and progress can be shared with friends, and users can even challenge each other with goals.
Pro Quick food and drink logging
Because of Fitbit's database of foods' nutritional information, food and drink logging is easy.
Pro Comfortable
The lightweight rubber band is very comfortable to wear.
Pro Good display
The fitness tracker has a large backlit full-color touch-display that's sunlight-readable and responsive.
Pro Easy to use
The fitness tracker has two buttons, a back button that also locks the device and a start button that also enters settings, and an intuitive touch interface that is controlled with swipes and taps. The learning curve is close to nonexistant.
Pro Step, stairs, heart monitoring
Cons
Con Oversensitive pedometer overestimates your step count
The fitness tracker's step counter often counts movement unrelated to walking or running as steps. It ends up reporting more movement than has actually happened.
Con Hard to get the tapping right to active LED display
The double tap to activate the LED display lights must be the appropriate pressure and timing in order for it to work correctly. This can be frustrating to some users.
Con HR monitoring does not work during swimming
The fitness tracker's heart rate monitoring gets turned off during swimming.
Con No sleep monitor
