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I've had my fair share of wearables over the years so I have a lot of experience to go off of with regards to comparing this to other devices available, both past and present offerings. A few months ago I bought a 44mm Galaxy watch active2 due to it being the best smartwatch available, in my opinion, all things considered. I enjoy the watch a lot but picked this up recently as I just got into a warehousing job where you're always using your hands and there's quite a bit of metal, concrete, and other hard surfaces around. Wearing an expensive smartwatch with a large face on my fairly thin wrists is just asking to get a cracked screen or scuffed casing so I purchased the Galaxy fit for fairly below it's $99 retail price brand new just to keep track of time, vitals, and allow me to have my phone on silent and in my bag while still receiving calls/notifications discretely. The device itself is actually very premium feeling. The metal casing instills a sense of confidence that the device will hold up to wear and tear and thus far has held up well (I did get a pack of screen protectors for it just to keep the glass from scratching). The only other pure fitness tracker I ever owned was the gear fit2 pro that kinda preceded this device and while it lacks the integrated GPS of the fit2 pro (I use my active2 to track runs) and the ability to link up a pair of bluetooth headphones, it does pretty much everything else the fit2 pro did while maintaining 4-7 days of battery life (I get about 3 full days with a bit to spare but I keep constant heart rate monitoring and stress tracking on which eats away at the battery). I haven't used it to track fitness outside of automatic walk tracking as I use my active2 for workouts (I can imagine the Galaxy fit wouldn't give very accurate distance tracking on outdoor runs w/o GPS and that's the majority of the fitness activities I do these days without a gym membership). Unfortunately, I feel a lot of people getting a fitness tracker are doing so for the fitness aspect as it's literally in the name so my review may not help much in that regard. Sleep tracking is great and automatic, the device itself is extremely svelte and light which makes it great to wear to sleep as you don't feel it digging into your wrist. All in all, I feel this device is so close to the feature set of a "true" smartwatch that it's justifiable for someone to get one who wants in on a wearable for the other benefits (and the primary reason I got into these types of devices in the first place) without having to spend hundreds of dollars. It can receive and quick reply to text messages and emails, accept/deny phone calls, and keep track of all your other notifications with your phone silenced (there's even an option in the settings to only show notifications while wearing the device so it won't repeat while it's on the charger). Anyone with a smartphone can use these features. They allow people to stay more present when around one another without their heads buried in their phones while at social events, spending time with friends/family, or just in general walking around (not many seem to have the peripheral vision to use their phones and walk simultaneously lol). The OS is fluid, the battery life is great, and it has enough smartwatch features like music control, quick response messaging and call accept/deny to make it an easy device to recommend to anyone. The screen is also surprisingly bright and vivid, something I wasn't expecting in a device this cheap and focused primarily on battery life (the screen is a bit small though, less than 1" diagonally but manages to list shorter messages well all things considered). It even manages to be legible in direct sunlight, something of a pain point for my gear fit2 pro that I remember specifically. There's no app store or additional watchfaces available but the device comes preloaded with all the essential apps and a decent selection of faces (I use the one with calories burned, heart rate, battery life, current weather, and the time/date as it displays the most info out of all the faces at a glance). One last thing to note is the charger, the device charges fairly slowly (anything over 25% should get your through a day) but the great part is how easily the device snaps onto the charger. This is something Samsung's smartwatches have been known for but the magnetic aspect is only half the trick (my fit2 pro had pin connectors and you'd have to realign it a few times to get it to start charging), wireless charging is really what makes it simple! The device can be popped onto the charger with just two fingers which makes it great if you charge bedside and don't want to fumble on the dark with a clip on charger. Great product and it works best paired with a Samsung phone as all the apps needed are already installed, it will work fine with any Android or an iPhone but you'll have to download a couple apps (iPhones don't have the call accept/reject feature though).Read full review
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this is a good buy, for a connected watch/activity tracker that is durable and has good battery life. It's got a nice colorful display with lots of options and displays lots of notifications while connected to my phone. It's also water resistant. The step counter is very inaccurate and too sensitive - arm movements add to steps so that a quick shower adds 300 steps for example. A typical day's activity is exceptionally high when compared to other trackers that I've used. For me the positives are enough.
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Works well with the Samsung Health app and phone. The best feature is the sleep tracker, even records naps. A good overall fitness tracker for a variety of activities. Tracks heart rate and distance (although may inflate the distance a bit)
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the product itself is good for the money. however, the biggest problem with this product is the band. Its very hard to use. .
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I use this smartwatch to track the basics, which for me are sleeping, walking, and various other physically-exhausting tasks. It does so well, and the only things I don't like about it is that it tracks my driving when I'm in my truck as cycling but not when driving in other newer vehicles (maybe due to the many tiny bumps in the roads other vehicles absorb better?) and that you can't answer calls from the watch but can decline them.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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