Manufacturer: Garmin
From the Venu 2 GPS smartwatch to the fashion-forward Lily, Garmin makes some of the best and most beautiful wearables on the market. But not everyone cares about advanced features and fashion-forward designs. If you're looking for a simple, easy-to-use fitness tracker, the $149.99 Garmin Vivosmart 5 might suit your needs. It monitors all the basics 24/7, including your activity, calories burned, heart rate, steps, and sleep, plus a few more advanced health metrics like your blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), energy reserves, respiration rate, and stress level. It's a suitable option for newcomers to fitness tracking, but trails our Editors' Choice winner in this category, the Fitbit Charge 5, which has a superior color touch screen, built-in GPS, and contactless payment support for the same price. Average Aesthetics, Long Battery Life Garmin makes a lot of different wearables, so it can be confusing to differentiate between them. The Vivosmart 5 sits above the $79.99 Vivofit 4, Garm...
Garmin's Vivosmart 5 fitness tracker is light on excitement, but makes it easy to keep tabs on your activity, sleep, and other key health metrics.
All-day heart rate, respiration, SpO2, and stress tracking; Good battery life; Automatically tracks certain activities; Emergency assistance features
Black-and-white screen with no always-on setting; Minor accuracy issues in testing; No built-in GPS; Doesn't track heart rhythm or skin temperature variations; Lacks contactless payment support
Lightweight, comfortable fit; Streamlined, swappable design; Comprehensive tracking features; Seven-day battery life;
Underwhelming display; Slightly fiddly interface; No built-in GPS tracking;
The Garmin Vivosmart 5’s bigger screen is nice but the extra features are nothing to write home about
Larger screen; Feature packed; Brilliant app without paywalls;
No ‘must-have’ new features; No GPS; Screen still small;
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