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I am looking to buy a wearable device from Garmin and am currently considering 3 devices: 1) Vivosmart HR+; 2) Vivoactive HR; and 3) Forerunner 235. Does anyone have any experience with these Garmin products or others? I am not a runner, so I think that the Forerunner 235 might not be worth the cost. I would like to monitor heart rate, and steps at a minimum.

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Love my vivofit...but it is an earlier version. Love: how it syncs, how it keeps track of steps, how it syncs with my fitness pal to help keep track with my calories still available after exercise...and especially that I NEVER have to take it off, even wear it in the shower, and it runs on a watch battery so I don't have to charge it ever. but being female, I wish it was a little better looking since I haven't taken it off in 6 months.

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Have a VivoSmart here, really like it. Garmin makes some solid fitness trackers. I had originally planned on picking up a Fitbit but the fact that the VivoSmart was waterproof (the HR+ is also) sealed the deal for me. I never take mine off.

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I have a vivofit2. I love mine for all the reasons that @@freelee mentioned above. Its all the reasons I went with garmin instead of fitbit. Now that I am running, I wish I had paid the extra for the HR version, but when I bought it, I went with the most basic that had the time on it so it doubles as a watch. If and when it dies, or perhaps when I just feel a bit rich, I will likely upgrade to an HR version. I do have to say that it seems like there are lots more options with HR than there were when I bought mine in December.

pam

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I ended up ordering the Garmin Vivoactive HR. The features that I liked include heart rate monitoring from the wrist, step counting, sleep monitoring, and large display.

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I got the Vivoactive HR

Because it is Water proof and gave me the detail I wanted to upload and track on my phone

I really like the "Move" nag

Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

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I have a Garmin Vivosmart HR and I love it. Much better than the fitbit.

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