As so, there you have it. A smart wearable by Samsung that hopes to give users a better look into their daily fitness. When taken in the context of fitness trackers, the Gear Fit 2 finds itself among an incredibly crowded market filled with companies that have a lot more experience in the fit world.

Easy to wear...able (ha) - Screen is well sized and easy to use - 4GB onboard storage for local music files - Can play music to Bluetooth headsets - Plenty of tools to track more than just workouts - Automatic tracking of activity and sleep

- Battery life largely varies depending on usage - Lack of apps in Tizen ecosystem - Heart rate tracking inaccurate during more intense workouts - Heart rate monitoring off for all but cardio activities - Replying to notifications is severely limited - No alarm despite sleep tracking

The Samsung Gear Fit2 around my wrist thinks I am the world's most ambitious stair-climber. On Tuesday, the sensors packed inside believed I'd climbed 96 flights. At the most, I climbed 70. OK, fine. More like ten.

Better than your average fitness tracker with an AMOLED screen, music player, GPS, and notifications; Great price for feature set; Comfy fit; Automatically recognizes some types of exercise

Android-only phone features; It's waterproof, but wearing it in the shower can confuse the barometer; Not many apps available for the band itself

There's no perfect fitness tracker. The good ones achieve a balance, working around the inherent flaws that plague the product class: namely battery compromises, awkward UIs, and managing Bluetooth connections. The Samsung Gear Fit 2 achieves this balance.

Comfortable for most; Great display; Feature rich

Too bulky for small wrists; Alerts tough to feel; Only compatible with Android smartphones (as of this writing

There's no doubt that Samsung packed a lot of value into its $179 Gear Fit 2. This small and attractive fitness tracker has a colorful display, a heart-rate monitor, GPS and 4GB of storage. It also automatically tracks your activities and delivers notifications from your smartphone.

Inexpensive for features; GPS; Bluetooth; heart-rate monitor; Built-in 4GB of storage for music; Automatic activity tracking

Only works with Android phones; Display is hard to view in sunlight; Short battery life

The Samsung Gear Fit 2 is more evolution than revolution. Unlike other fitness trackers, it adds valuable smartwatch features to a slim and simple design but that seems to come at the price of inaccurate, and oddly vague fitness readings.

It's slim; sleek and hardy with a waterproof body; That screen is utterly; utterly gorgeous; Its smartwatch skills can rival Android Wear

Fitness tracking feels more like fitness guessing; The Tizen store remains fairly empty; Although improved; Samsung's smartphone apps are still problematic

The Samsung Gear Fit2 doesn't really fit the category assigned to it – rather, it's a wearable that falls somewhere between fitness tracker and smartwatch . In other words, it's not quite either.

Affordable price; GPS and top features; Crisp display; Comfy fit

Low battery life; Lacks compatibility options; Questionable heart rate tracking; Text-reply is limited

disappointed to find it is not compatible with my samsung tablet. this was the reason I bought it so was surprised to find it does not sync with the tablet

Worthwhile. Light. Simple to use. Only 2.5 days charge

A year after the initial purchase and it stopped counting steps. I've gone through the factory reset, updates, and made sure the counter wasn't paused and nothing works. Trying to get it serviced is also a mess. If it wasn't for this major issue, I'd give it 4 stars.

Ive had this product about 6 months, overall its pretty good but there is a few features id change. The auto tracking irritates me. If youre just going about doing day to day stuff, it will detect youre doing a workout, which i personally dont like and i don't think really give an accurate reading...