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DW got me this for my birthday. Before this I've only had a pedometer and wondered what all the fuss was about the Fitbit. Now I get it. I just had to tell someone about the Garmin Vivofit so you guys are it.
This device is very cool and has some features that are right for me:
- Just put it on the wrist and you have your readout right there.
- I can readout in steps and my preferred miles. Also calories, date, time.
- Can sync it to a computer or smartphone (which I don't have).
- Battery lasts for a year or more. No recharging.
- Looks kind of nice. Other color bands available, mine is slate grey.
- Shows some red bars when you are inactive as a reminder to get up and do something (see photo below).
- Monitors your sleep too if you want to go that far.
Here is a very good review of the Vivofit (plus a good site for general fitness items): Hands on with the new Garmin Vivofit & Vivoki Activity Monitors | DC Rainmaker
Here is a picture of the Vivofit:
And here is some of the reports you can get by sync'ing your device with a computer:
On the step report Wed and Fri were run days, Sunday you can see I was down with a minor virus. The sleep profile for last night was my first stab at it. You can see I got up a lot to take a leak but between these times I have pretty deep sleep I think. I remember reading you don't need that much sleep hours if you get some really deep sleep. Doc says I'm OK on the frequency stuff.
I also took it to the track and it was right on the button. A walk of 1 mile was read out as 1.00 mi. Wow! It might not be as accurate on hilly walks but for level walks it looks great. One of my friends said "Only you would take it to the track".
There is suppose to be a software update that adds a run setting to get more accuracy on runs. At this point it read about 18% higher for my 1 mile run on the track.
Anyway, I am enjoying playing with it.
This device is very cool and has some features that are right for me:
- Just put it on the wrist and you have your readout right there.
- I can readout in steps and my preferred miles. Also calories, date, time.
- Can sync it to a computer or smartphone (which I don't have).
- Battery lasts for a year or more. No recharging.
- Looks kind of nice. Other color bands available, mine is slate grey.
- Shows some red bars when you are inactive as a reminder to get up and do something (see photo below).
- Monitors your sleep too if you want to go that far.
Here is a very good review of the Vivofit (plus a good site for general fitness items): Hands on with the new Garmin Vivofit & Vivoki Activity Monitors | DC Rainmaker
Here is a picture of the Vivofit:
And here is some of the reports you can get by sync'ing your device with a computer:
On the step report Wed and Fri were run days, Sunday you can see I was down with a minor virus. The sleep profile for last night was my first stab at it. You can see I got up a lot to take a leak but between these times I have pretty deep sleep I think. I remember reading you don't need that much sleep hours if you get some really deep sleep. Doc says I'm OK on the frequency stuff.
I also took it to the track and it was right on the button. A walk of 1 mile was read out as 1.00 mi. Wow! It might not be as accurate on hilly walks but for level walks it looks great. One of my friends said "Only you would take it to the track".
There is suppose to be a software update that adds a run setting to get more accuracy on runs. At this point it read about 18% higher for my 1 mile run on the track.
Anyway, I am enjoying playing with it.