My experience moving from Fitbit to Garmin (after a year with Fitbit)
My first ever fitness tracker was the Fitbit Alta HR back in the day. After a few months I upgraded to the Fitbit versa which I spent about a year with it before I decided that Fitbits don't cut it if you're serious about tracking your fitness data.
I finally took the plunge to Garmin's more expensive Fenix line (after a couple weeks with a Galaxy watch active 2) and been happy with my choice. I'm on my 3rd Fenix today (Fenix 7X pro).
Fitbits were great for casual use, the app was extremely well designed and the social features helped meet many other people who I still follow on IG to this day. I just think Fitbit couldn't evolve and now that they been bought by Google things are going south real quick.
Fitbits are very limited in features, the HR sensors aren't much good and they can't connect to HR chest straps for improved accuracy. GPS is mediocre at best and you can't connect foot pods so no improved accuracy again and you don't get running dynamics.
And Google sealed the coffin by introducing a paywall that they call Fitbit premium. Garmins give you 10X more data than Fitbit and they're all freely available if you buy the watch.
The lineup still lacks anything durable enough to compete with Garmin's epix and Fenix or Apple's AW Ultra.
I remember back when I first bought my Alta HR, Fitbit and Garmin were in tough competition for the market, and many people (myself included) were banking on Fitbit. Today, Garmin wins everything from build quality to data, accuracy, features, and sensor support.
Overall I'll still have major nostalgia for my days with Fitbit, but I'm afraid they're gone for good.
My first ever fitness tracker was the Fitbit Alta HR back in the day. After a few months I upgraded to the Fitbit versa which I spent about a year with it before I decided that Fitbits don't cut it if you're serious about tracking your fitness data.
I finally took the plunge to Garmin's more expensive Fenix line (after a couple weeks with a Galaxy watch active 2) and been happy with my choice. I'm on my 3rd Fenix today (Fenix 7X pro).
Fitbits were great for casual use, the app was extremely well designed and the social features helped meet many other people who I still follow on IG to this day. I just think Fitbit couldn't evolve and now that they been bought by Google things are going south real quick.
Fitbits are very limited in features, the HR sensors aren't much good and they can't connect to HR chest straps for improved accuracy. GPS is mediocre at best and you can't connect foot pods so no improved accuracy again and you don't get running dynamics.
And Google sealed the coffin by introducing a paywall that they call Fitbit premium. Garmins give you 10X more data than Fitbit and they're all freely available if you buy the watch.
The lineup still lacks anything durable enough to compete with Garmin's epix and Fenix or Apple's AW Ultra.
I remember back when I first bought my Alta HR, Fitbit and Garmin were in tough competition for the market, and many people (myself included) were banking on Fitbit. Today, Garmin wins everything from build quality to data, accuracy, features, and sensor support.
Overall I'll still have major nostalgia for my days with Fitbit, but I'm afraid they're gone for good.