Top 10 Sports Fitness Watches Reviewed and Rated

The Vivofit offers an amazing display and feature package at a reasonable price point. The following information is displayed on the band: Steps taken,
your remaining goal, distance traveled, calories burned, time & date, and heart rate.

The VivoFit 2 builds on the technology of Garmin’s first version by adding wireless syncing, a back-lit display and audio cues for being idle for too long. This activity tracker offers so much more than other models at this price point, including a watch style wrist strap that displays the time 24/7. The battery will last up to an entire 12 months, compared to 5-10 days for other bands.

The Garmin VivoFit 2 is completely water-proof. It is also compatible with Garmin’s chest strap if needed. The move bar is also a great feature.

The Garmin app has been revamped, offering an easier platform from which to view your data. The app works on both Apple and Android devices. You can also view your information without a phone on the Garmin Connect website.

The Garmin Fit 2 is a perfect step up if you want the time to be displayed on your wrist and have a great introduction to general all-day tracking.

Alta HR is FitBit’s top-end model. It features a slim, stylish design with an impressive 7 days of battery and all-day monitoring of your heart rate and fitness parameters. It has the same features as the original Fitbit Alta with the addition of heart rate tracking. With this device, you are able to track your steps, calories, distance, active minutes and sleep. To view your stats, you simply tap the screen. The monochrome LED on the Alta HR will also display notifications for incoming calls, texts and calendar alerts. However, the display is rather narrow, so messages can be difficult to read.

The heart rate sensor on the Alta HR measures your pulse at five-second intervals all day long. The Fitbit app will then transfer this information into graph form and produces a personalized Cardio Fitness Score for you. There are a number of swappable bands that can be used with the Alta HR.

The Fitbit Charge 3 has been out for a while. Yet, it still provides one of the best overall experiences for the average fitness consumer. The band is very easy to wear, with a thin enough profile for most people to appreciate. It is neither too big nor too wide. It doesn’t provide full email reading capabilities or give you a weather report, but the Fitbit makes up for it by offering one of the best apps available.

The data collected is only as good as how the end-user interprets it and how they can adjust their lifestyle accordingly. In addition to the usual data display of steps taken, time of activity, heart rate, estimated distance and calories burned, it also records flights of stairs climbed. This is measured right on the wrist.

With the Fitbit Charge 3, you can also see a chart of your heart rate throughout the day and night. It also provides for food logging and water intake recording. If you want the overall package of all-day tracking, Charge 3 is a sure bet.

Here is the first watch on the list that has a personal training feature, allowing you to create up to a 7-day plan that adjusts to your individual fitness and exercising needs. It even offers guidance in real-time during your workout to keep you motivated.

It is also the first watch on this list that is really waterproof, not just water-resistant. It can maintain function up to 30 meters in depth.

It does all of the fitness tracker things, like count calories and steps, monitor heart rate, track sleep, but it also measures stress recovery. It includes guides to follow to balance out your exertion through activity and rest.

The Suunto 3 Fitness is suitable for a wide range of sports; swimming, hiking, running, gym workouts, cycling, and several more.

The battery life can last up to 5 days at full activity use. And it is available to use across all Suunto apps.

In addition to hitting all the marks for basic fitness needs, like tracking heart, calories, and steps, the Versa also offers onboard storage for up to 300 of your favorite songs to fuel your workouts.

It features 15 different sports modes like running or swimming and has an impressive water-resistant rating of up to 30 meters.

The Epix is meant to be more of a specific use watch rather than an everyday wearer. It is equipped with all the basic fitness tools. It also has built-in advanced features like an altimeter, barometer, and compass. This allows for accurate elevation data, weather predictions based on the air pressure readings, and ease with navigation should GPS not be working. And that makes it a great option for those who prefer to get outside for their movement activities. Especially those living in higher alpine environments or who do a lot of backcountry exploration.
It also has 8gb of internal storage so you can stock up on those trail maps.

It has a waterproof rating of 50 meters.

Because of the workload of all the features, the Epix falls short on battery life, with only 24 hrs of maximum battery life with full use. So be sure to grab a rechargeable battery pack with you to keep this watch running throughout your entire adventure.

A watch that features heart rate monitoring, advanced sleep-tracking, built-in GPS, and workout tracking. One of its special additions is the workout coach, a feature that provides guidance in real-time during your workouts to keep you on track.

The battery life has received mixed reports. With constant use or GPS activity, the battery may last as little as 7 hours. But on just watch mode, it can last up to a couple of days. And it's important to note that watch mode still allows you to keep track of your steps.

It also provides you with a personal cardio score to allow you to better understand your fitness level and set goals for improvement. You also get continuous automatic, wrist-based heart rate and simplified heart rate zones.

You can track the quality of your sleep and enjoy peaceful vibrating alarms. You can also view your smart notifications with a glance. An interactive display allows for easy visibility of all your statistics. In order to get the information you need, a simple touch of the screen will provide under your fingertips.

The battery for this device gives you up to 5 days of solid use even when the 24/7 heart rate monitor is on. When the monitor is switched off, you get up to 30 days of battery life. The TicBand has an amazingly light, ergonomic design that makes it comfortable enough to wear all day and all night.

The Instinct accurately monitors heart rate, fitness activity, and stress. It also comes with preloaded exercise and activity profiles for ease of training. You can stay connected with this watch through smartphone compatibility.

In addition to those basic fitness watch needs, the Instinct also provides extra features of 3-axis compass, altimeter, barometer, and multiple GPS systems to support navigation in challenging and isolated environments. And it has a nifty feature called TracBack that allows you to quickly find your route back to your starting point. It also has a nice battery life of up to 14 days.

For those extra reasons, this would be the best watch on the list for outdoor fitness enthusiasts who often spends extended amounts of time exploring the far reaches of wildlands. But with all those additions, comes a heftier price tag as well.
The battery life depends on how active the watch is. For watch mode, it can last up to 14 days. But only 16-40hrs in GPS mode.

It has a slimmer design, sleek and stylish look, louder speaker, and more advanced sensors, compared to their previous fitness watch models.

Series 4 makes a great fitness watch. It monitors heart rate and ECG, tracks activities, and even features new movement practices such as meditation, yoga, and hiking. It also features helpful technology that senses when a user has taken a fall by sensing sudden impact and movement forward or backward and will give the user the option to call for help.

The battery life is one of the worst on the list, at about 24hrs of moderate use. For everyday use, as it is intended, wearers will definitely need to make daily charging a habit.
The Apple 4 is also the most expensive on the list, making it quite inaccessible to many.

While it has some great cutting edge new features that we believe are truly going to revolutionize the future watch market, with such poor battery life, little water resistance, and high price tag, it made its way to our number ten spot.