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I like the monocrhrome. I want my tracker to be as small and low key as possible.

I feel like the smartwatch market is saturated with full blown 'watch' type and size devices but no company is actively developing these discreet little bands , which quite frankly are the only choice for hardcore mechanical watch lovers who still want to stay on top of their health. I dont need no fancy ,big screen(keep it monochrome), features and oversized band, just gimme HR,steps,sleep and basic readiness statistics, GPS would also be a plus and refine the device to where it looks miniscule , like a small bracelet and make it last a month in smartwatch mode. I wanna wear my classic analog watch and also am a fan of tracking my runs and looking at my health and i just look dumb wearing two watches but i still do it, because fck it.

Even though you say ultimately don't buy, as a female with tiny wrists, I chose this tracker mostly based on your video. I like the simplicity of the display, the size, and I think it will be a great first time fitness tracker for me. I'm bummed it's overpriced and that REI doesn't sell it as they seem to sell everything else from Garmin.

I've owned every fitbit charge from 1-5, every single one of them had to be replaced under warranty, and died shortly after warranty was over. I also own the vivosmart 4 and 5. Both have been fully functioning despite lots of physical wear and tear.

This is by far the greatest channel on KZfaq! Kudos to you👏👏👏👏👏

As a data analyst, I have watched many videos comparing Vivosmart 5 and other devices, but none of them gives me the objective numbers that I can rely on. I love your analysis and appreciate that you spent time to collect all that data. I'm going for the Fitbit charge 5.

The sleep tracking inaccuracy is definitely a deal breaker for me. I was hoping to get this for sleep and hr tracking since I don’t really need the bells and whistles of more expensive bands…

I find it strange, that Garmin does so badly in terms of sleep tracking, despite putting so much effort into developing a new sleep tracking algorithm...🤷‍♂️

I really disagree with the fitbit charge 5 recommendation, fitbits break so frequently they don't represent good value for money.

I was really hoping the Vivosmart 5 would score well in your tests since I've decided to swear off Fitbit after my experience with the Charge 4 which was ridiculously buggy (and the refurbished replacement unit they sent was even worse), plus their customer support was tragically incompetent and, often times, unintelligible in both written and oral communications (in English)! Oh well... Thanks for another brilliant video all the same.

Is it possible Garmin have updated/will update the algorithm to improve sleep tracking, or is it the sensors? I'd definitely go for this if they improve the sleep tracking.

I wish you went into the body battery feature! For me body battery is very helpful. I have ME/CFS and it seems to help me determine when I feel tired but don't really risk post-exertional malaise vs when ignoring my fatigue will set me back for days or more. I just use it for short walks and household chores, that's my "exercise". It was especially interesting to see my body battery crash completely when I had covid. I'm thinking of upgrading to another tracker, from my vivosmart 4, but would love to know if the body battery function is consistently reliable across Garmin devices and if any competitors have similar measurements. I guess it's just based on HRV, no? I also wonder if sleep quality affects the body battery calculations, because the vivosmart bands seem to be so bad at detecting sleep cycles. Your videos are always so informative! I'd love it if they shared some insights relevant to people with chronic disease, instead of just fitness tracking for healthy people. There seems to be little information for us, I expect because people are scared to give medical advice. But there's so much potential for tools like this to help people self-manage their symptoms. Any advice on a watch that combines good sleep tracking with a feature similar to body battery would be super welcome!

I used the Vivosmart 4 for about a year, and I can corroborate the results of the Vivosmart 5, because these are pretty much the results I always got when using it, so I was reluctant about upgrading to the fenix 7X Sapphire Solar, because I was thinking, paying €900 for the same crappy results? Well, the fenix 7 obviously has better results, but it's still significantly worse than Fitbit Sense 2 (which I also bought after looking at TQS reviews), Whoop and Apple devices. That said, the fenix 7 is okay at health stats. The oxygen saturation has gotten much better and the sleep monitoring has also improved a lot. Personally I believe it's an algorithm update that's needed for the fenix 7, but I'm not sure the Vivosmart can improve with an algorithm update. I'm probably gonna buy a Garmin Vivomove Sport just to get better health stats in Garmin Connect, and I'll wear the Vivomove until Garmin corrects the fenix 7. It's just a damn shame that such an expensive Garmin still doesn't hold its own against a cheaper Garmin like the Vivomove.

With all of your smartwatch tests, which one would you recommend the best when it comes to a smartwatch, with a good heart tracking, sleep tracking, a watch that detects sudden moves or falls? There was a news article a few weeks ago that an Apple watch saved a person's life by detecting someone was having a heart attack and called 911... I don't use iPhone, but Android, so I'm in a search for a "king" watch as good as the Apple. Cheers.

Hi Rob, after your review there's been a few firmare update, the device seems to be working pretty fine to me at this point, it would be cool if you would have the time to take a new test...just my 2 cents indeed :) I've been comparing the heart rate with a polar chest strap and results were pretty much accurate even with weights (apart biceps curls, where every wrist device seems to be struggling), even the sleep felt on point. I usually wake up at night and while fitbit stop recording my sleep once I woke up, even if I'm sleeping back few more hours (that's happening with all the fitbit devices I have), this little guy nailed it. I would be really curious to see if my personal experience would match a new test with your scientific approach! Thank you in advance, in any case:)

I wanted to love it but I will just stick with my Galaxy Watch 3. I almost went with the charge 5 but the paywall is unacceptable to me and it was uncomfortable in the strap department. Sadly I had to return it! Love your work!

Top notch content, as always! An unrelated question: Any idea why there a difference between the GT3 and the GT Runner even though they have the same sensor? I prefer the look of the GT3, but I want the most accurate (non-Apple) HR tracking and this leaves me in a bit of a pickle.

Always well done and incredibly helpful. Thank you!

Amazing review. Being a specialist doctor, Endocrinologist, I trust not many KZfaqrs. But you are just amazing. In fact I waited for your review last year before getting my fitbit charge 5. Best of luck dear

Hello, another great review. If you see this please do Xiaomi Watch S1 active and Xiaomi Watch S1.

Lower the weights for bicep curls so you don't swing like a sailor in a storm. 😁

Thanks for the review Rob!

Thanks Rob for making me cut the Vivosmart 5 off the list I put it on days before. This is absolutely no alternative to the mi band 6, and price wise it even becomes ridiculous. The FitBit Luxe is now available for roundabout 110€ und performs better in every way, though I don't know how its oxygen sensor does since you didn't test it. So, a release date of 10th of May for the mi band 7 is rumoured. Let's hope for the best. Also thanks for beeing so quick with testing after the EU product launch.

Will you review Suunto watches in the future?

Hi, I really appreciate your in depth analysis about all of smart band/watch. You already covered most of official app, but have you ever try compared the analysis using SLEEP AS ANDROID for sleep phases. I found that it's better than most of official health app (on my galaxy watch active 2, miband 4 and mi band 6. It's worth to try 👍

Thanks for the review Rob, it was just what i need to make the choice.... to not buy it jejeje. Im looking for a good weareable that can give a reliable hrv measurement. I know that whoop does the job prety well but the subscription fee is to high, moreover if they use your own data. Im a long long time garmin user (since forerunner 305) and i feel prety comfy with the platform, so i think that i have to save more and wait for the venu 2. Thanks for all your great work, keep doing it, your channel plus Ray and Des ones are the go to source to make the best choice in term of sport weareables. Thanks again!!!

background looks GREAT!

Just for comparison.. could you please make a review for the Vivosmart 4 too?

It seems a bit irresponsible to be recommending the Fitbit Charge 5 without warning viewers that the GPS and HR functions can't be used simultaneously ...

0:01 nice catch as opener, become a signature frame 😅

Another wonderful Scientific Review! Thank you. One new device deserving your attention would be Huawei Watch D. I would love to see it analyzed it by you. Only you can find out if the certificates are actually real.

Since you talked about Whoop Strap. What about Whoop Bicep Band? It seems a good choice for those who can’t wear anything on their sleeves or want to wear usual non-smart watch but still able to track Health statistics. Anyway, your Channel is very much appreciated sir Quantified!

thanks for review. i still watching it

Love all your videos! I say the information you share is just as valuable as DC Rainmaker, which is a high compliment. Please keep up the great work!

Fitbit are ok but you have to pay for your own data. Also I found the charge 5 awful at sleep tracking, cutting out several times. My charge 3 was much better and never failed. I’ve upraded to the venu 2 now because I hated Fitbit charging for features other companies are offering for free….

That price makes no sense. $115 for a monochrome screen, no GPS? There are trackers in the market for half that price with same features

Great Review...never saw like this. If automatic continuous stress monitoring & Body battery are my main things to track, would you suggest Vivosmart 5?

which wearable would you recommend for HRV tracking? Ideally liveview on the display and decent statistics in the app or export funktion. Thanks!!

Can you test and compare this to the VivoSmart 4? It’s around half the price on Amazon and it seems to have the same features.

What wearable do you recommend for sleep tracking? I was hoping this would do it but I'm going to cancel my order after watching this.

Thank you so much for you great work. Your reviews are amazing. If i could make a request could you please do a review on the Polar Vantage V2. Im considering purching it because i purchased the polar h10 after watching your videos. But i only trust your opinion and would like to see your scientific testing on it first. Otherwise ill be purchasing the GT Runner since i use android.

Have been waiting for this review, very very helpful as I was considering selling Fitbit charge5 and buying this Garmin band.. well you have actually saved me a hassle. I will stick to charge 5 for now even that it is far from perfect in sports tracking and my premium is running out in a couple of days.. I do cycle a lot and I use garmin bike computer, hr chest strap, speed and cadence sensors so already in garmin environment, app for a couple of years.. but vivosmart 5 is just disappointing.. Cheers!! Keep the brilliant work!!

Thank you for the amazing review, great job as always! Any chance that data can be more accurate with some possibly upcoming firmware releases? That's not unusual especially with Garmin. Thank you!

gracias por explicar tambien todos los aspectos, desecho en mi lista el vivosmart 5, vendi el fitbit 5 por ser un desastre en el conteo de los pasos.

I will use Vivosmart 4 because the next version is not big update

Please could you tell me if the ANT+ will always be on & emit radio signal or only during pairing & remaining time it will be off? ( eg will it still be searching) I understand you can switch off Bluetooth on these devices but would like to be able to cut out all radio transmissions when not needed. Thanks

Hey Rob! Any chance you might review the Mi Watch S1 (and potentially the S1 Active)? Such a huge fan of your work!

Very interesting again!

Should i buy the Mi Band 8 over the Garmin Vivosmart 5?

This was a great review. I’m looking forward if you ever do a dreem 2 vs Zmax head to head test which one is a better machine

Very informative, thank you

With the helpnof ur 50 watch videos, i bought huawei band 6 and it's really helps me to be more productive than before. Thanks a lot

Which one of them is best for tracking overall daily calorie burn?

Thanks a lot for this one. Could you please do a review of the Xiaomi Watch S1?

As always super info

0:00 every time he does that i jump thinking he's going to drop it

Hi Rob, one question can the measurement of any watch improve if we use it on the opposite part of the wrist (anatomically it would be the front part where there are no hairs)?

Great video! could you upload the heart rate correlation values table with the so far tested watches (i want to choose which watch is the best)?

Please do the Haylou RT2!!! Thanks!

Awesome that since you've made comparison of heart-rate accuracy, those are now included in all of your videos. Seems we are still missing a killer device that would be superior with both heart-rate as well as sleep tracking. Blood oxyzen sensors seems to be in general mediocre at best compared to the dedicated devices

good review. do it with poco watch pls. could you compare poco with redmi watch 2 lite too

On the graph , I see the polar pacer pro , very interesting.

Your videos are great

Hi Rob... Are you gonna try the new cardiomood? It looks like a whoop or something like that but cheaper subscription

I know people like to compare it to the Fitbit Charge 5, but the Luxe is a better comparison in terms of size and features. The Luxe is selling for $90 right now in some places. So imo, Garmin really dropped the ball with this pricing on this product. Which is a shame because some people actually like the looks of it.

can it broadcast heart rate?

can you conduct a detailed review of garmin forerunner 55 whose current offered price is 150 usd in my country?. i need a watch eligible to monitor my sleep, stepcount accurately.

which do you prefer, vivosmart 5 or huawei band 7?

So what's the best overall tracker without a subscription cost?

My battery life is a day with all extras cut off-down to 10-5% by 9ish pm. With everything on (vo2 etc) I’m out by 6ish pm. It’s so bad I think the battery is bad and am going to see about a warranty replacement.

I noticed there is Polar pacer pro on a comparison graph. Are you going to release a review video of this watch?

Can you review ECG features of SmartWatches and compare it with Medical ECG Device ?

Can we expect poco watch review?

Why don't you do vivosport clip? Or have done please inform link.

can you add the polar watches to the sleep chart? it would be good to know where they stand

I noted that Huawei bands and Honor bands are not in the correlation graph of external cycling, could you add these up?

great thanks!

It is a shame that the VIvomove Sport has the best garmin sleep tracking but no sleep score. Garmin should give this feature the vivomove sport....

Looking for a small band to sleep with... How is the vibration alarm strength?

My vivosmart 4 is terrible at sleep tracking. I have to run a stopwatch and combine that data to figure out how I slept.

what does the y axis represent? what is the worst sleeping stage?

Please do a scientific review of the Xiaomi S1 Watch or S1 Watch Active

For people who doesn't like watches, it seems more and more that the only reliable option is the Fitbit Charge 5. It sucks because of the subscription. I'll wait for an Apple ring. Or it'd be great for apple to make a band.

Could you consider on doing a video about Realme band 2 please

In my experience, Charge 5 has terrible sleep tracking. I often wake up at 3 or 4 am and cannot get back to sleep for 2 or 3 hours, but it usually tells me that i have slept through the night and gotten 10.5hrs of sleep, when in reality i have gotten 6. I appreciate the info tho, I had been thinking about getting the vivosmart 5, but am rethinking it now. Thank you.

Hey , can you do an accuracy test to magene h64 a known cheep chest heart rate monitor vs polar H10 an accurate known one ?

I had to subscribe :)

I wonder if we can find a beautiful watch with an accurate sleep tracking, smart alarm feature and battery life above a week. I know fitbits but are not so beautiful and kind of back in technology

What better watch is Samsung Watch 4 Classic or Huawei Watch 3 or Huawei Gt3?

It costs like 5 times more than Mi band 6 and it loses to it in all categories. Who is buying it?

Why i just watched this after buy vivosmart 5 :(

Battery life (w/o any battery conservation) lasts ~1.5 days w/o charging.

Garmin is dead for the price

subscription service equals immediate disqualification as far as I'm concerned

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how come you dont do the step tracking anymore?

Garmin Vivosmart o Garmin Vivomove Sport????

I don't know why i guss you have some negative feeling towards garmin devices ..

i have low heartbeat, some time about 33 bpm: i am using vivoactive 3 element: how can i made alert when my heartbeat under 37 bpm: Thanhs anyone can anwser me: !!!