Wearing my Garmin vivofit 4 is a great motivator for me to get moving and helps me with living a healthy lifestyle

Garmin's budget wearable is a surprisingly solid fitness tracker, but there's no reason to wear it all the time.

1-year battery life, Always-on display, Garmin Connect app works with other ANT+ trackers

No GPS or heart rate sensor, Bad sleep tracking, Bulky, unattractive strap

I brought this just over a month ago. Colored feature is difficult to see at times. The wifi connection drops out frequently with Samsung phone. Difficult to retrieve information. Not accurate with steps and info. Would have rated higher otherwise.

Since you don't have to take it off to charge it and you can wear it in the shower, it actually counts ALL your steps!! Easy to sync to an App on your phone. the only drawback is that it's just a little bulky, but fashionable .

Garmin's most basic fitness tracker is back for a fourth edition with the – you guessed it – Vivofit 4. This sits at the very opposite end of the range to the Fenix series, Garmin's expensive, feature-packed sports watches.

Hits most of the basics well; Year-long battery life; Automatic exercise detection

Not much of a looker; Lacks GPS and HR sensors; Running accuracy not perfect

I love fitness trackers – I hate charging them every day. Garmin's new Vivofit 4 has 2 x SR43 coin batteries that in theory will last over a year. Alas, testing cannot confirm that. Ray Shaw [email protected] has a passion for IT ever since building his first computer in 1980.

Basic fitness tracker with a one-year battery life

Dull screen

Garmin is one of our favorites when it comes to fitness trackers. They tend to put out quality products, including their vívofit activity trackers, which seem to be their answer to the Fitbit Alta or Misfit Shine.

Simple; durable; easy to use; Improved display; Affordable price point; 1-year battery life; Waterproof

Does not pair with ANT+ HRMs; Data tracking is not perfectly accurate; No wrist HRM; No smart notifications

The Vivofit 4 is in a difficult market to compete in with stiff competition from the likes of Huawei, Moov and many more firms. But it's a generally good device and while it is missing some features we'd like to see on your wrist, if you're looking for a basic tracker it's likely this will make you...

Incredible battery life; A color screen; Low price

No GPS or heart rate; Lacks phone notifications; Sometimes difficult interface

It's comfortable to wear as it's adjustable. I like that I can wear it to aqua fit and it keeps track of my movements. I mainly got it to track my sleep and it seems fairly accurate. The app on my iPad is much easier to use than scrolling through the watch face though.

I brought this a couple of weeks ago! At first I thought it was faulty as it was a bit difficult to connect to the app! But my mistake I paired it to my bluetooth before the instructions told me too and the pair number wasn't 0000 or 1111 as the booklet says it may be!