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

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 read lots of reviews on this piece before it was available in Canada and they didn't disappoint. I am very pleased with this device. I use it paired with my Galaxy S7

Smart watch features; Screen Clarity; Custom watchfaces; comfortable; water resistance

Glass

As so, there you have it. A smart wearable by Samsung that hopes to give users a better look into their daily fitness. When taken in the context of fitness trackers, the Gear Fit 2 finds itself among an incredibly crowded market filled with companies that have a lot more experience in the fit world.

Easy to wear...able (ha) - Screen is well sized and easy to use - 4GB onboard storage for local music files - Can play music to Bluetooth headsets - Plenty of tools to track more than just workouts - Automatic tracking of activity and sleep

- Battery life largely varies depending on usage - Lack of apps in Tizen ecosystem - Heart rate tracking inaccurate during more intense workouts - Heart rate monitoring off for all but cardio activities - Replying to notifications is severely limited - No alarm despite sleep tracking

Samsung got my attention with the Gear Fit 2. It had everything I looked for in a fitness tracker: all-day fitness tracking, heart rate, GPS for tracking pace and distance when running, smartphone notifications, inactivity alerts and automatic exercise detection. It even had some features I never even thought I would use, such as onboard music storage, and water and caffeine tacking.

The Gear Fit 2 is a great-looking feature-packed fitness band, but its design isn't always perfect for hardcore workout warriors.

The Gear Fit 2 has a slim design with a beautiful curved AMOLED display that can show smartphone notifications and weekly charts; It also has GPS, heart-rate monitoring, onboard music storage for up to 1,000 songs, all-day fitness and sleep tracking, and automatic exercise detection.

Short battery life; The accuracy of the heart-rate sensor fluctuates during workouts; You can't wear in the shower or while swimming; No iPhone support; Samsung's S Health app can be confusing.

I have to give Samsung credit: it went from making a me-too wearable to making something that feels like a serious commitment, something that its intended audience would actually want to use. I'm talking about the Samsung Gear Fit 2, the company's new activity-tracking wristband.

Comfortable band; Tracks everything except swimming; Built-in GPS

Band still isn't very attractive; Display not visible in sunlight; Android only