I've had a busy month. I've been running, cycling, swimming, rowing and hiking. And I've done all of this while wearing a single watch, Garmin's Vivoactive HR. Unlike many of Garmin's other products, the watch won't appeal to just athletes. It's an everyday fitness band, but with smartwatch elements. It gives Fitbit a run for its everyday-fitness money and is a compelling solution for anyone with an active lifestyle.

The Vivoactive HR's versatile, multipurpose function and design make it one of the better smart GPS fitness watches on the market.

There's a wealth of features here, including all-day activity tracking, phone notifications, built-in optical heart-rate sensor, GPS, multiple sport profiles and an always-on display; It can be worn in the shower and while swimming.

It's bulky; there are occasional connection and syncing problems; and the mobile app is confusing.

Product is fab, however it made my arms tingle ( something to do with a small number of people being sensitive to the magnets apparently) so I had to return it. Otherwise I would have definately kept it.

It does what it is meant to do; Its comfortable to wear and the data received seems to be consistent with other devices I have but in a more convenient

A number of the app's needed to be installed afterwards; which seemed a little wrong to me

So yes, there are other more chic watches that will do some of the same things. For a few quid either side of ￡200 though, depending where you shop, the understated Vivoactive HR is packed to the gills with long-lasting easy-to-use and rewarding fitness cleverness.

Five day battery life; Tracks a variety of activities; Leave your phone at home: it's got GPS

ASBO bracelet chic; Few downloadable apps

Five day battery life; Tracks a variety of activities; Leave your phone at home: it’s got GPS;

ASBO bracelet chic; Few downloadable apps ;

Impeccable , montre conviviale , belle qualité , facile à comprendre

I bought this bundle to track runs and swims, sticking with Garmin as I've a Garmin bike computer. Comfortable on my small wrists, though sometimes press buttons accidentally on wrist/cuffs. Good functionality for tracking steps, run, walk, pool swim, bike, sleep, and golf (not for me).

Have had watch since it first came out and it is super. Have biked, swam, run, hiked, slept, you get the idea all the time all summer and still looks like new. It has preformed like a champ.

When researching smart watches, this received good reviews (always a good starting point!) I didnu2019t know 100% what I was looking for in a smart watch but 2 features that really appealed were it had built in GPS and its waterproof which many rivals around this price level donu2019t offer.Iu2019ve...

Considering it is essentially what they do, Garmin were pretty late to the party when it comes to the fitness tracker market. They have done GPS running, cycling and swimming watches for years but for some reason they have only recently started offering an integrated step counter and heart rate...

Tracks swimming ; no waiting for satellites

Not elegant; no swimming GPS