Garmin is a well-known navigation electronics brand in the United States, and its aircraft GPS and handheld GPS products once accounted for more than 50% of the North American market. With the rise of the wave of intelligence, Garmin has also launched a series of smart wearable devices in a timely manner. Under the general trend of color screen in the bracelet market, the bracelets produced by Garmin still mostly use black and white small screens, which are much inferior in appearance. However, due to the excellent accuracy of the product recording, it has a good reputation among professional athletes and amateurs. In particular, it is worth mentioning that Garmin's full range of bracelet products have a high waterproof level, and swimming enthusiasts can buy with confidence.
 
Featuring outdoor sports, vivosmart HR and vivosport have built-in Garmin's signature GPS technology to accurately record the path and pace of running and cycling. Among them, vivosmart HR is priced at 799 yuan, because it still uses a black and white LCD screen, it performs average in products at the same price.
 
What's more recommended is the price1299elementvivosport,It is vivosmart HR's color screen upgrade,Due to the excellent performance of a number of recording accuracy,This bracelet was rated as the best smart bracelet by the wirecutter website。 In addition to the on-screen upgrade, vivosport uses the new Elevate optical heart rate technology, which further reduces the size of the sensor while improving accuracy, making the bracelet lighter and smaller, adding a lot of points to the wearing comfort. Garmin's passion for data analysis is also evident in vivosport, with VO2 max monitoring that allows athletes to set endurance training intensity to improve performance.
 
It should be pointed out that the smart bracelet battery capacity is limited, while GPS recording consumes a lot of power. The daily battery life of vivosmart HR and vivosport is 5 days and 7 days respectively, and if GPS is turned on, the battery life will be reduced to 8 hours.
 
If you do indoor sports more often, you can consider buying the vivosmart 4. Since it doesn't have GPS, the vivosmart 4 is slimmer than the vivosport. At the same time, in terms of exercise, heart rate and sleep monitoring, the accuracy of vivosmart 4 is also improved compared to vivosport, with a high score of 81 points from Consumer Reports in the United States. The bracelet is priced at 1199 yuan, but it still uses a black and white OLED screen, the display effect is slightly inferior to that of products at the same price, and the distance tracking and calorie data are also inaccurate, which is also a common problem of most smart bracelets.
 
The vivofit series is positioned as an entry, and the price is in the range of 500-600 yuan. Powered by a coin cell battery, the series provides only the most basic exercise recording, without GPS and heart rate monitoring. Thanks to the "simple configuration" design, the vivofit series has a year-long battery life, which has almost no rivals in the industry.