The Samsung Gear Fit2 around my wrist thinks I am the world's most ambitious stair-climber. On Tuesday, the sensors packed inside believed I'd climbed 96 flights. At the most, I climbed 70. OK, fine. More like ten.

Better than your average fitness tracker with an AMOLED screen, music player, GPS, and notifications; Great price for feature set; Comfy fit; Automatically recognizes some types of exercise

Android-only phone features; It's waterproof, but wearing it in the shower can confuse the barometer; Not many apps available for the band itself

There's no perfect fitness tracker. The good ones achieve a balance, working around the inherent flaws that plague the product class: namely battery compromises, awkward UIs, and managing Bluetooth connections. The Samsung Gear Fit 2 achieves this balance.

Comfortable for most; Great display; Feature rich

Too bulky for small wrists; Alerts tough to feel; Only compatible with Android smartphones (as of this writing

The Samsung Gear Fit 2 is more evolution than revolution. Unlike other fitness trackers, it adds valuable smartwatch features to a slim and simple design but that seems to come at the price of inaccurate, and oddly vague fitness readings.

It's slim; sleek and hardy with a waterproof body; That screen is utterly; utterly gorgeous; Its smartwatch skills can rival Android Wear

Fitness tracking feels more like fitness guessing; The Tizen store remains fairly empty; Although improved; Samsung's smartphone apps are still problematic

There's no doubt that Samsung packed a lot of value into its $179 Gear Fit 2. This small and attractive fitness tracker has a colorful display, a heart-rate monitor, GPS and 4GB of storage. It also automatically tracks your activities and delivers notifications from your smartphone.

Inexpensive for features; GPS; Bluetooth; heart-rate monitor; Built-in 4GB of storage for music; Automatic activity tracking

Only works with Android phones; Display is hard to view in sunlight; Short battery life

The Samsung Gear Fit2 doesn't really fit the category assigned to it – rather, it's a wearable that falls somewhere between fitness tracker and smartwatch . In other words, it's not quite either.

Affordable price; GPS and top features; Crisp display; Comfy fit

Low battery life; Lacks compatibility options; Questionable heart rate tracking; Text-reply is limited

I love the Gear Fit 2 fitness tracker. It works well and is very light on the arm. It's very comfotable and the large screen is easy to read. I read the reviews that complained about the band design so I replaced my band to prevent losing the tracker.

Wrist band broke after 3 months and now it won't charge. Technology is OK with my Samsung phone, will never buy another one. For the price, not worth it. Has the quality of a cheap toy.

A year after the initial purchase and it stopped counting steps. I've gone through the factory reset, updates, and made sure the counter wasn't paused and nothing works. Trying to get it serviced is also a mess. If it wasn't for this major issue, I'd give it 4 stars.

I have had mine for about a year and the strap is the worst ever it unclips at least once a week I even bought aftermarket ones and the same thing

Worthwhile. Light. Simple to use. Only 2.5 days charge