Small/Medium Vivofit 4 Activity Tracker - Black

They say the battery lasts a year, mine has just died after 18months and it was very cheap to replace. Not having to take it off to charge it every few days made this the best fitness tracker for me by far. As its waterproof too, I've only ever taken it off for airport security and its been brilliant. Sleep tracker is pretty accurate. As is the step counter with the exception that it does count steps if you're travelling in a bumpy vehicle, but I found that to be the case with other brands too. For the first six months I used it only as a watch and step counter and it did that brilliantly. After that I've started playing with some of the other features including the period cycle. It does take a couple of tries to remember how all the buttons cycle through, but it's fairly intuitive and you can customise your display via the app which is great. Overall I've tried 3 other fitness bands in the past decade and this is head and shoulder my favourite, mainly for the battery life. (and you can light up the screen if you need to read the time in the dark)

What I like with these activity trackers is that the battery lasts for months and it doesn't need charging every few days. I previously had version 3 for many years which died so this is a great replacement. I only need basic functions so it's ideal. The app works well and by keeping with the vivofit range all my data is in one place.

Ok, the headline maybe doesnt match the star rating. The Vivofit 4 was purchased in November for as a Christmas presant for my daughter, Only a week ago she decided to take the item out of the box to wear it but ikt didn't work. Followed all advice on Amazon and I was pretty sure it was a battery issue. Contacted seller who said to return item but before I did I purchased a couple of batteries to try and 'self help'. Sadly the Vivofit would not complete the set up and would stop half way as in the photo. I sent the item back and got a full refund the day afyer they had received it. Disappointed it did not work but I find customer service in these eventualities just as important. Would have no issue buying from the issuing company again.

Its a good fitness watch but unlike most garmin watches you cant change the strap. It only lasted one year before the strap broke.

Very easy to use if your looking for simplicity and wanting to keep tabs on your daily steps which was the main reason I chose it. There are other options if required for the more adventurous. The only problem I have is trying to see the screen being as small as it is. It was a great price and well worth the money. I'm

Note: I would have given this a no star grade, but it doesn't allow that. Purchased this for my 11 year old son for Christmas, he wore is swimming (as claimed ok) and it then started playing up and then died. Spoke to Garmin and they said to replace the batteries (at my cost), although they claim on the box that they should last 12 months, not 2. It still wasn't working just trying to connect to sync device via wireless and wouldn't click through the options on the device, eventually the batteries died again. Spoken to Garmin again and they have agreed to replace the device, but only after I send them back the faulty one (at my cost). We have had other Garmin devices without any problems. I would not recommend this product to anyone, it is rubbish and Garmin Customer service is well below what I would expect acceptable. Amazon Customer Service has been excellent, they are sending me a replacement item for next day and a return label for the faulty item and they apologised. Even though not Amazons fault. Well done Amazon.

Easy to use, and I think Garmin is a good quality.

I use this to keep track of the number of steps I take every day, number of intensity minutes, and sleep. I don't have a smart phone, so have to use Garmin Connect on my computer - which works fine. Sometimes it's annoying that 'intensity minutes' don't start clocking up until you've been active (eg brisk walking) for ten minutes solid, so you can't stop to speak to someone or you'll have to start from the beginning again! But I suppose it's to keep the heart rate up, and probably makes sense.