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Garmin Vivosmart vs Adidas Fit Smart

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When comparing Garmin Vivosmart vs Adidas Fit Smart, the Slant community recommends Adidas Fit Smart for most people. In the question“What are the best fitness trackers?” Adidas Fit Smart is ranked 23rd while Garmin Vivosmart is ranked 25th. The most important reason people chose Adidas Fit Smart is:

Wearing it continuously, you can expect around 5 days of use. If you only wear it during workouts, it will last closer to a full week. The charger is proprietary, and you simply place the Fit Smart fitness tracker on it and line up the pins.

Specs

AltimeterNo

Battery Life5 days

Heart rateYes

Waterproofing164 ft. or 50 m.

GPSNo

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Pros

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Smartwatch-like functionality

Vivosmart is capable of showing smartphone notifications and control music playback.

Pro
Logs exercise

Pro
Week's battery life

Pro
Some customization options

Pro
Displays time

Pro
Good step counter

Pro
Long battery life

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MiCoach Train and Run app

You can set weekly goals and training plans through the fitness tracker's app. One downfall is that if you have a training plan set in the app, you can't also have weekly goals. Once you have a plan selected, it will sync with your phone so you don't forget when you wanted to workout.

You can also access previous workouts and achievements from the app, along with estimated times for 5k, 10k, half, and full marathon races based on your past running performances.

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Easy navigation

There are 3 buttons on-board. The first toggles between battery status, time, and the different training modes. The other two take you through MiCoach and free training modes. These buttons are easy to find, even with gloves on.

Pro
Colored LEDs show intensity

During workouts, the LED lights on the side change color to show how intense your workout is. White (74bpm) is none-light activity, Blue is warm up/cool down, green is calorie burn and boost endurance, yellow is intense training and muscle burn, red (182bpm) is short power bursts to develop strength and speed.

If you have a MiCouch workout selected, on-screen you will see an up or down arrow indicating whether you should pick up the pace or slack it off.

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Cons

Con
Companion app is difficult to use

The way the information is presented is confusing and incoherent and there's no logical way to find necessary information.

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No activity autodetection

Vivosmart does not automatically detect when you start to walk or run, you have to start and stop activity manually.

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Reps counting feature does not work for some exercises

Reps counting feature is not reliable, sometimes it misses few reps and with some exercises it can count 1 rap, even if you did 10 reps for example. And it can't detect when you start the exercise, so you have to start and stop the counter manually. In practice I frequently forget to start and to stop the counter so after some time I simply sopped using this feature.

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Difficult to check current time because display most of the time is turned off

In order to turn on the display, for example to see current time, you need to raise you hand and after some delay display some times turns on, sometimes not.

Other option is to double tap the display, which requires both hands.

If you frequently checking current time, it is really annoying.

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App requires you to provide personal data in order to work

You have to register in the app providing information about your age, gender and weight.

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App does not work without internet connectivity

It is not possible for example to enter your weight if you are not connected to the internet.

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No GPS data is collected

Con
Not for casual use

The Adidas Fit Smart fitness tracker lacks any daily activity tracking. Instead it focus is more on workout/running.

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Ugly design

While functional, the Fit Smart fitness tracker won't be winning any design awards. It isn't something that you'd really want to wear everyday to work.