Amazon.ca Amazon.ca Deal of the Day: Garmin Vivoactive GPS Smartwatch with Heart Rate Monitor $179.99 (regularly $359.99) Garmin Vivoactive GPS Smartwatch Bundle $180!
get this dealGet outside and get active this spring using today's Amazon.ca deal of the day, as you can get a Garmin Vivoactive GPS Smartwatch with Heart Rate Monitor for $179.99 (regularly $359.99) with free shipping, for a total savings of $180.00!
Today's deal of the day price for this bundle is a new historical low price and for comparison, the standalone Vivoactive watch is currently $199.99 at Amazon.ca. Product features include:
- Ultra-thin, high-resolution, sunlight-readable colour touchscreen display
- Built-in GPS-enabled running, biking and golfing plus swimming and activity tracking apps let you view your stats
- Pairs with your smartphone to gently vibrate and display alerts for incoming calls, texts, email and calendar items plus notifications from social media and other apps
- Battery charge lasts through all your activities with up to three weeks in watch/activity tracking mode or up to 10 hours using GPS3
- Includes Vivoactive smartwatch, heart rate monitor, charging/data clip, manual
Don't hesitate, as this offer is available today only, February 21. Amazon.ca offers free shipping for all Prime members or on orders over $35.00 for those who aren't members.
While this item was in stock at the listed price at the time this deal was posted, Amazon practices dynamic product replacement -- once their stock of an item is depleted, it may be replaced with the same item sold by a third-party retailer for a different price. Double-check that the listed price and shipping fees we posted are still available before you buy.
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Perfect! Thanks for pointing out that pitfall; I will steer clear of those older cadence+speed sensors.
That's because FitBit operates as a "walled garden" and doesn't allow other apps access to their data. They however, very parasitically, are more than happy to collect anything and everything from any app/device that is nice enough to allow access to their API. It will suit them only for as long as they remain top dog in this business.
The bad-screen is dim in daylight and you have to press a button to light up like a $5 casio. The band is rubber like a $5 casio. I wish I can change to a nicer band. Notification is weak for a smart phone
So if you are truly a fitness person and want a great fitness tracker with watch, then this is very nice. If you want some style and coolness as a smart watch, then this is not it. There is no wow factor like an apple watch, but it does what it does very well
I wear this daily, and without any activities the battery will last 2-3 weeks. With my normal usage that includes a couple bikes or runs I find that I usually only have to charge it once every weekend.
I use it paired with my phone for notifications,a heart rate strap, cadence sensor and speed sensor (these ones at mec), but found it doesn't work with the older 2-in-1 Garmin speed and cadence sensor. The Garmin app is improving and integrates well with Strava (my rides are usually on Strava before I ever have a chance to check my phone), but doesn't seem to work well with other vendors (for example, the FitBit scale).
Was also going to get a Garmin foot pod to pair with for treadmill runs, but I find the distance on a treadmill accurate within 1% just using the watch alone.
Tracks indoor swimming by lap, but I've only used that a few times. Apparently works as well as tri watches that cost 3x as much.
I've also used the watch for a few rounds of golf. Upload a course and get exact distance to the greens - works great, except that it uses your global settings so you'll have to change from metric to imperial before your round if you want yards instead of meters to pin.
Activity tracking is fine. Tracks steps and sleep, and seems to be as good as any other tracker out there, but I don't pay too much attention to this.
The screen is dim, but I can live with that as a trade off for battery life, and there is also a manual backlight button which makes the screen easily readable, you can set the backlight to automatically turn on whenever you press a button or get an alert, or you can have it on all the time.
The only gripes I had about this watch were that it was often losing connection to my phone (you will probably see this come up in old reviews), but that seems to have improved drastically with new software updates over the past few months, and the alarm was too simple and buried way to deep in the menus, but the alarm functionality has also improved since I bought it. I thought about the new upgraded version with built-in heart rate monitor, but if you are serious about training by heart rate, I don't know if any of the watches do that good a job yet, whereas the straps are rock solid, and I don't know why anyone would care about HR during the rest of the day unless you are actually training.
For the price this watch is a great replacement for all but the most hardcore runners/bikers. Since I do both I was looking at the high end running watches or tri watches, but they're 2-3x the cost, and the lower end running watches don't pair to cycling accessories.
It's also not bad for a daily watch with basic notifications and amazing battery life; to upgrade an activity tracker if you want a little more functionality; or instead of a dedicated golf watch.
The non-heart rate monitor was on sale yesterday at bestbuy for the same price as this heart rate monitor version.
I have it paired with the Garmin cadence sensor and it works very well although as I recall pairing was a bit finicky but now that it's paired, it's very reliable.
Some Garmin devices support courses but I don't use them. I don't think this model does but I haven't tried.The GPS will tell you graphically how to get home if you set that option.
Yes, it integrates automatically with Strava through Connect. I have that setup. However, if you want to edit something after the sync (like changing the description of the activity) , you'll need need to do the edit 2X.
A couple of negatives about the VA.
It only partially supports Garmin's relatively new TrueUp feature which updates multiple devices for steps if you have them.
If you wear the VA on your wrist while cycling then no problem. If you want to mount it on your handlebars, you need to insert a piece of foil under the watch to create a ground. Without that, the touch screen will be unresponsive.
The newer version, with built-in HR monitor, actually uses the same screen, turned 90 degrees. I'll get that when this one dies.
1. How is it? Is it a decent alternative to an Edge device?
2. Any experience with a cadence/speed sensor? It says they're supported, but I'd like to ask for a first hand account.
3. This has GPS tracking; I assume it doesn't have any map support though, correct? As in, can you set a course on your favourite cycling app and then, at the very least get turn by turn directions, if not an actual map display?
4. Does it integrate directly with Strava?
Thank you in advance.
I'm gonna tag @Astharoh in this since he obviously has one; perhaps he cycles and would be so kind as to share his experience.
Here's a picture of the back of the watch, showing there are no heart rate sensors on the watch itself:
https://media.dcrainmaker.com/images/20 ... _thumb.jpg
The newer "Vivoactive HR" does have a hear rate sensor included on the watch:
https://www.amazon.ca/Garmin-Vivoactive ... B01BLQT7DM
Edit: Or just read what the guy above me said in a simpler and more concise way. :P
I'm not too interested in the sports/HR part but the long battery life is interesting compared to other smart watches.
And for thoses looking through the many different active wrist/band, here is a nice comparison of Garmin products:
http://www.gpscentral.ca/products/garmi ... rison.html
I like Garmin because of their online "Garmin connect" platform.
In my experience, manufacturers are quick to give up on mobile app developpement for 1+ year old fitness products. It's even worse when you are
On Android...