Top fitness trackers (wearables) reviewed: Modern fitness trackers not only keeps a count of the steps you take, it also shows you calories burnt, heart rate and more health related parameters. Several traditional watchmaking companies and even smartphone brands now make their own version of fitness trackers. Planning to buy a new smartphone? Buy a fitness tracker instead. Not only will they motivate you to stay fit, fitness trackers are a cool fashion accessory as well (at least as of now…in India).
Best smartwatches in India
Casio Baby-G BGA-240
With the aim of expanding its presence in the fitness watch market, Casio recently launched the Baby-G BGA-240 fitness watch in India, thus expanding its Baby-G lineup in India.
The wearable is designed to cater to young India women, looking for a fitness fashion accessory.
Key Features of Casio Baby-G BGA-240: Integrated fitness tracker, Shock resistant and can be submerged in water by up to 100 meters (328 feet), available in various colours
The watch can be bought directly from Casio stores in India, or you may buy them online.
Samsung fitness-centric smartwatches
Samsung Gear Sport is a fitness-centric smartwatch. The rotating bezel further allow users to easily change settings. It comes with a built-in heart rate monitor and water resistant down to depth of 50m.
Samsung Gear Fit2 Pro fitness tracker
The Gear Fit2 Pro, a GPS-enabled advanced fitness band, offers decent activity tracking, great functionality as a second screen for your smartphone and effective handling and display of notifications. It’s comfortable, good at its job and decently priced as well for what you’re getting.
Both Gear Sport and Gear Fit2 Pro are able to track your swims, walking, running, and cycling among others.
Best Fitness Trackers in India
Fitness Trackers are still among the more popular wearable devices in India, despite the rising popularity of smart-watches.
A fitness tracker (or activity tracker) is basically a device (can be an application as well) for monitoring and tracking fitness-related metrics such as distance walked or run, calorie consumption, heartbeat and even quality of sleep.
The wearables market in India is rapidly growing, specifically in urban areas, with popular vendors being Xiaomi, GOQii, and Fitbit.
Wearable fitness trackers will shrink in future and evolve to the stage where they can be implanted into the body, as per the report.
WHOOP Wearables
WHOOP, a leading wearable fitness and health technology company, produces products for high-performance athletes and wellness-conscious individuals. The company’s wearable products will now be availble in India on the Flipkart platform.
WHOOP wearable, along with the WHOOP app, lets you track various fitness parameters, and offers in-depth analysis and personalized insights.
iVoomi Fitness Trackers
iVoomi, a Chinese electronics manufacturer, has introduced a new fitness tracker — iVoomi FitMe in the Indian market.
A unique thing about this tracker is that it comes provides Air Quality Index (indicator of pollution levels) about your surrounding area, a feature that is not commonly available on all fitness trackers.
Apart from measuring your heart rate, the FitMe tracker is also capable of step tracking, distance covered (GPS), calories burnt, as well as sleep tracking. Once paired with the smartphone, the iVoomi FitMe can also display alerts and notifications related to calls, text messages, and social media updates.
The tracker is water and dust resistant, and shock and scratch resistant as well. The company claims that FitMe has a typical usage time of somewhere between 3 to 5 days.
Here we take a look at the top fitness trackers in India:
Fitbit Charge 2
The Fitbit Charge 2 is loaded with features and is a great choice if you want a relatively high-end fitness tracker.
Fitbit Charge 2 measures active minutes, calories burned, steps taken, distance traveled, tracks your sleep, and offers smartphone notifications . The Charge 2 comes with features such as multi-sports tracking through which you can track various activities such as walking, weight training, treadmill running, cycling and interval workouts.
The Charge 2 comes in a variety of color options and supports interchangeable straps.
Xiaomi Mi band 2
Xiaomi Mi Band 2 offers the best value for money. Priced only a couple of thousand rupees, the Mi Band 2 comes with an OLED display, activity and sleep tracking functionality, smartphone notifications as well as a heart rate scanner. The display shows the time, heart rate, step count, etc.
The Mi Band 2 looks pretty basic, but is water/dust resistant and is geared towards heavy workout and gym sessions. The Mi Band 2 is controlled through Xiaomi’s Mi Fit App which is available on both iOS and Android.
Fitbit Flex 2
The Fitbit Flex 2 has a simplistic design, minus all those extra features, which you probably may not use at all. It is just a fitness tracker and nothing else. It records calories burnt, steps taken, hours slept and distance traveled. You can view this information through the Fitbit application on your smartphone, as the device does not come with a display.
The Flex 2 is perfect for those who just want a simple device that works well. Its available in a variety of colors and styles and also features interchangeable bands.
Garmin Vivofit 2
Garmin Vivofit 2 comes with activity and sleep tracking, calorie monitoring, as well as the ability to display the time (comes with a display).
While most fitness trackers need to be recharged once every week, the Vivofit 2 is powered by a regular coin-cell battery that allows it to be used for 1 year at a stretch. The Vivofit 2 does not offer any smart features.
Garmin Fenix 3 HR
The Garmin Fenix 3 HR is not cheap but its the ultimate tool for hardcore fitness enthusiasts.
The watch comes with a 1.2-inch ‘Chroma’ display, a wrist based heart rate monitor, wireless connectivity and in-built GPS. The watch can also be used while swimming as it is water resistant up to 100 metres/10 ATM.
The additional fitness focused features is why its expensive. It comes with an altimeter, barometer and a compass. It also analyses and displays your daily intensity minutes, measures your oxygen levels during exercise, has VO2 max level indicator.
Vivofit 4 fitness tracker (Garmin India)
Tracks steps taken, distance covered, calories burnt, monitors sleep as well as suggests personalised step goal for the day.
Displays standard features such as time, date, daylight saving, alarm clock, timer, and stopwatch.
Its water-resistant
Alert that indicates you have been stationary for too long.
Claims to have a battery life of over a year, with a single recharge.
Available in various colour variants.
GOQii Life Fitness Band with Personal Coaching
GOQii Life Fitness Band with Personal Coaching. GOQii brings to you a personalized healthy lifestyle coaching in order to reach your fitness goals.
- You get lot of information about your lifestyle
- You develop positive habits
- It motivates you to work hard
More features of the GOQii Life Fitness Band:
- This doesn’t come with a separate charger. USB integrated charger present on device. Connect the core to USB port of laptop, power bank or any mobile charger for charging; separate charger is not required.
- This fitness tracker tracks several things — daily steps, Calories burned, Distance covered, Active hours and even your Sleep pattern
- You get a qualified personal coach and a certified doctor who review your fitness related data so that they can guide you to achieve your health goals
- Whatsapp, SMS, Email and call notifications on a large OLED display
- Up to 14 Days Battery Life
- The band connects wirelessly to your smartphone
With the GOQii 3-Month personal coaching with Fitness Tracker, you get a fitness tracker and access to a qualified personal coach, who will review your data and guide you to achieve your health goals.
Its a complete package to help you live a healthier and fitter lifestyle, thanks to a combination of advanced wearable technology, world’s leading experts, coaches and your karma.
So what happens after 3 months?
At the end of 3 months, if you chose not to renew your subscription, you can still continue to use the device and the app with it’s full functionality, but you will not have access to the human coach.
Key features of GOQii 3 Month Personal Coaching with Fitness Tracker:
- Tracks daily Steps, Calories burned, Distance covered, Active hours, Sleep pattern, Kama points earned
- Connects wirelessly to your smartphone
- Compatible with most iOS and android smartphones
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