Garmin Vivosmart HR

Best GPS Fitness Tracker

The Garmin Vivosmart HR is not incognito – its purpose on your wrist is very obvious – but that design is slim and streamlined, and the digital face is more advanced and displays more information and data than many other fitness trackers we reviewed. The typical information you’d expect is there, distance, heart rate, calories, steps, floors, and it also syncs with your phone to scroll full texts, phone calls, social media and calendar alerts. This Garmin fitness tracker is full of useful features, including GPS tracking that many others do not have, making it our choice for best GPS fitness tracker.

Pros: GPS tracking makes for more accurate distance and elevation data as well as mapping your activity. This Garmin tracker is waterproof and suitable for swimming, diving and even snorkeling. 

Cons: The heartrate monitor can be finicky if not firmly against your wrist.

Tester Comment: “The Vivosmart HR device could tell when I was running and kept track, even when my phone died, and having the display indicate metrics like distance and heart rate is great! I can also get notifications from my phone and control my music, which is a neat feature for when my phone is tucked away.”

Key Attribute: Features

Best For: Higher-end fitness and activity tracking with heart rate monitoring and GPS tracking