Brands and products
There are various wearable sports technologies that can be purchased, fitbit and garmin are two of the most popular companies producing these products.
Fitbit
The company fitbit was founded in 2007 when the co-founders James Park and Eric friedman decided to create a wearable fitness and health product using wireless technology and sensors. The first Fitbit product that was released was the Fitbit tracker in 2017, it was the first smartwatch design released and priced at $300. Steps taken, distance traveled and calories burned are just some of features it had at release. Today the latest Fitbit product is the Fitbit
Versa 2, it’s priced at £199.99 and has 24/7 heart rate tracking, music control, sleep tracking, female heath tracking, 50 meters water proof and much more.
Although the fitbit versa is the best fitness tracker produced by fitbit at the moment, it is still quite an expensive product, as an alternative i would recommend the fitbit charge 3 priced at £129.99 it is still rather pricey however provided all the fitness tracking capabilities as the versa 2 but at a lower price which i would recommend. Similarly one could argue that you should spend a bit more money and upgrade to the versa 2 since it is clearly the superior fitness tracker but if price is a specific issue then of course you could buy an earlier fitbit model like the charge 2 currently priced at around £80.00 or buy a cheaper product like the fitbit inspire priced at £69.99, the inspire series is much like the charge series but is designed to be an affordable fitness tracker where as the other designs are meant to represent the best at a high price.
Purchasing a Fitbit definitely isn’t for everyone however if you are very serious about your health then it is an essential purchase. For example it gives fitness and sports enthusiasts the ability to track their workouts and it gives people with serious health problems the ability to track their health in real time and over a period of time.
Garmin
The company garmin was founded by Garry Burrell and Min H. Kao under the name Pronav. Their first product was a GPS device/unit, they later renamed the company to Garmin. Garmin is a technology multinational company based in the United states of America and specialises in mainly gps devices for sport and outdoor activities. Garmin prides itself on its user friendly products and superior quality. Garmin has a wide variety of fitness tracking devices most of them are designed like high-end smartwatches for example the Venu watch priced at £329.99, some of its features include, animated on screen workouts, built in preloaded sports applications, virtual coach, water proof, music capability, payment capability and safety and tracking features. The safety and tracking features are particularly interesting, it has a built in automatic incident detection when doing outdoor activities.
The Garmin Venu although the best fitness tracking product/smartwatch Garmin offers is highly priced at £329.99 this is of course more money than the average person would spend on a smartwatch and fitness tracker. However Garmin does offer more affordable fitness tracking devices for example the vívosmart 4, its currently priced at £79.99 some of its features include Sleep monitoring, blood oxygen saturation level tracking, body’s energy level, workout tracking and social media capability, this product is better for fitness enthusiasts that don’t want to spend large amount of money.
Purchasing a Garmin fitness tracker/device can be quite expensive since their products are generally more expensive than the products fitbit produces however they are built with better level of quality to them, The Garmin products are Worth the purchase since as fitness trackers they work really well, they have an easy to use interface and track fitness using advanced technology this has lead to their products being priced rather highly.
Which company should you buy from?
Both companies produce high quality and sufficient fitness tracking products, personally i would suggest that fitbit produces the best products in terms of price and capabilities however it all down to the users preference, the potential customers looking for a fitness tracker should look at a wide range of fitness tracking products and choose one that fits their sports budget and style.
[1]Information about fitbit, Retrieved march 5th, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitbit#Products
[2]Fitbit versa 2, Retrieved: march 5th, 2020, from https://www.fitbit.com/uk/shop/versa
[3]Fitbit Charge 3, Retrieved: march 5th, 2020, from https://www.fitbit.com/uk/shop/charge3?color=black
[4]Information about Garmin, Retrieved: march 5th, 2020, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmin
[5]Garmin Venu, Retrieved: march 5th, 2020, from https://buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/p/643260
[6]Garmin vívosmart 4, Retrieved: march 5th, 2020, from https://buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/p/605739
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