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When it comes to choosing the best fitness tracker, you have a lot of choice. You can spend a very small amount of money for something that isn’t much more than a digital pedometer, or a lot of money on something that looks very fancy and covers everything from running to snowboarding and beyond. Garmin’s vivosmart HR+ is an update to the existing vivosmart activity tracker that incorporates built-in GPS as its key new feature, but it fits firmly in the premium space in both pricing and feature terms.
The vivosmart HR+’s asking price pretty much puts it out of contention for the more casual jogger, but then this isn’t a wearable that’s particularly aimed at that market anyway. It's much more a product for those dedicated to a fitness regime who want a device that can handle more tracking features than an ordinary fitness tracker, but for comfort or style reasons don't want to go down the full fitness watch path.
Still, that's a busy field with plenty of other alternatives, such as Microsoft's Band 2 tracker, Samsung's Gear Fit2 or any number of Fitbit devices such as the Fitbit Alta or Fitbit Blaze.
The vivosmart HR+ retails in Australia for $349.
HR+ is different from other activity trackers — not because it lacks any of their features, but because of what it includes that they don't. Get it today from Amazon.
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