SAMSUNG Galaxy Fit 2 Bluetooth Fitness Tracking Smart Band – Scarlet (US Version)

After trying then returning an off brand activity tracker, I looked into the Fitbit but was not impressed with the reviews and what it offered. Since I am a diehard Android user, I decided to see what Samsung had to offer. Then I found the Galaxy Fit2. Boy, did I fall in love!I already used the Samsung Health app for my steps but with adding the Gear app and syncing both together, it has been...fun, exploring and playing with the various options it has. The steps are my most monitored as I don't run or jog. Unloading the truck one day at work, I smiled when it vibrated and gave me an encouraging "Dynamic Workout" message! I can't wait until the summer when I can use it while swimming!The battery life is amazing. I went about 7 days before having to charge again. I also like it can help you keep track of your water intake. I drink water all day, every day, but it's helpful to go to the water widget and tap the plus sign every time I finish a bottle of water. I also had the choice of a variety of watch face displays, and it's in color...unlike my friend's Fitbit. Another plus for me is that there are no buttons to push; its completely a touch screen.My issues are very few. 1) The Sleep tracker is hard to understand. I'm going to have to go online and see if Google can show me a place to go to read up on this. If I get to a point where I get it, I'll update the rating for the Sleep Tracker. 2) While the watch and band are comfortable, I did start getting some irritation on my wrist where the band is, not the watch part itself. I purchased 2 different brands of replacement bands, so we'll see if it helps. It was easy enough to rub some anti-itch gel around the spots that got irritated and go on with my day.Overall, this is a great investment and not expensive. I would personally recommend it to anyone looking for a decent activity tracker!

I'm not a tech junkie nor do I know the ends and outs of smart-watches or fitness trackers so I'll only speak to how the Samsung Galaxy Fit 2 fitness smart band works for me.First off, I'm used to full size watches so the thin profile of this band feels different. It's clock face options are limited but effective. I was able to select a clock face that let's me see exactly what I want. You can't customize the clock face and from what I see there's no developers building other options so if you like to customize you'll be out of luck at the moment.The sleep tracking function is really good. Works well enough to caption those 3AM wake ups that haunt me nightly. And when I say wake ups, that's exactly what happens... on the dot 3AM and I'm awake. The visual display of sleep details shows the time I'm awake. I've not seen this in other sleep trackers. The sleep score seems to be spot on as well, I can only go off of how I'm feeling in the morning. Low score matches sleepy mornings.App message and notifications works well but it can be sluggish at times. Some apps may not transmit well to the band but then again, it's a fitness tracker and not a smart watch interface for my door locks and tv alerts.I'm really happy with the battery life. I run FULL BORE on this band, meaning I don't limit anything. My "turn on" by motion is always running, I have the backlight at 100% and all alerts that I can receive are also turned on. Normally any other smart watch I've had would tank battery life in a couple of days but this band seems to carry for over a week on a single charge. I'm aggressive with my bands so you may get more life out of yours.And for fitness tracking. 100% transparency! I've not been really good at working out with the band on but the step counter is always on and working. It seems to be within a tolerable level of accuracy. I count my steps and watch as the counter updates and looks like it may miss one or two steps per every 100 actual steps. I'm still learning if there's a way to zero in and calibrate the counter. The heartbeat monitor is also a nice function that seems to work well enough. And there's also a stress level meter that I can say works pretty as advertised.All in all if you want a fitness tracker and don't mind not having a talk to text function of a smart watch this band should be one of the top on your list especially if you're not tied to any Apple products and like Samsung and Android.

It was a little confusing getting the watch up & running. It didn't start working immediately after charging, but I think it was due to not saying yes to all the required items in the user agreement. I still don't really understand why they need access to all of your contacts, your files & photos. Anyway, once I agreed and rebooted, it started up like a charm. Pretty intuitive & easy to figure out on your own, but the user manual is brief and to the point. My only confusion was understanding what a long tap was and that the bottom center of the face is the " button" to turn it on.FEATURES: I was most interested in tracking steps, cycling, heart rate, stress tracker and most of all, the sleep tracker. All are easy to use and provide the info I'm looking for. Can't speak to the accuracy yet, but it seems about right to me.BATTERY LIFE: I'm on day 3 of 24 hour use & battery is only down about 10%.EASE OF USE: Wish there was a power button on the watch itself, a bit of work to manage the watches features via the 2 apps required for use, but not horrible. You don't need to be connected to your phone for it to track info, but eventually need to sync it through the app. BTW, I have a cheap samsung go phone, and it works & syncs just fine.Visually, it looks sleek, not cheap, and right sized for my female wrist, but I think it would look fine for a man too. It's easy to read in the sunlight providing you have the brightness level up a bit. Also has numerous choices for the watch face, so you're able to tailor it to show the features that are important to you. So far, I'm very pleased with it!