With Christmas around the corner, you might be thinking of gifts to buy your friends and family. You can never go wrong with a fitness tracker. Health and fitness is pretty universal--even though those who aren’t into it yet, might want to.
Fitness wearables are essentially fitness trackers that you can wear on your body--more commonly around your wrist. There’s a lot of options out there from being able to track your heart rate, your workouts, your calories burned, your distance ran or swam, your sleep, and more.
Read our list below for the best options that would suit you or someone you know.
Best Value: Xiaomi Mi Band 4
This fitness tracker is definitely the most affordable out of the entire lot at only $30 on Amazon. It also includes all the normal features you would find in your average fitness tracker such as steps, distance, calories, common workout types, heart rate monitor, and even sleep tracker.
The AMOLED display is less costly as most others and lasts for nearly three weeks without being charged. This wearable is absolutely going to be the best bang for your buck, especially if you are trying to get into the health tracking game, but not quite interested in the serious details.
Find it on Amazon here.
Most Stylish: Fitbit Luxe
The Fitbit Luxe is just a little bit sleeker and more stylish than its other products due to the stainless steel outer bezel (instead of plastic), plus you can swap out the silicone band for something with more of a jewelry-aesthetic. The shape is also a bit longer and slimmer.
On top of that, this Fitbit is still going to provide you with its regular exercise modes, heart rate, sleep and step tracking.
Find it on Amazon here.
Best Multisport: Coros Apex
If you’re someone (or know someone) who likes to do a variety of sports both inside and outside--running, cycling, biking, swimming hiking, strength training, triathlons--then this is the watch you want.
Coordinate your watch to match with your chosen workout, and you’ll be able to track your calories burned as well as the energy you have left for optimal recovery. It also has a GPS system and nearly 3 weeks of battery life.
The only stand-out design part about it is that there is no touchscreen. Instead, you operate it more like a traditional watch, which also accounts for the fact this might appeal to more serious athletes.
Find it on Amazon here.
Best for Running: Whoop 4.0
Whoop is mainly about the science behind exercise and recovery. The band itself is free, and what you pay for is the subscription to all of your data and analytics, which can all be found in the app.
Whoop allows you to track your workouts with resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and respiratory rate rather than bands that rely on simpler metrics, and the software can give you personalized coaching that takes your personal fitness, strain and recovery factors into account.
Find it here.
Best All Around: Fitbit Inspire 2
The Fitbit, arguably the leader in the wearables game, takes the top spot for best all-around fitness wearable with the Inspire 2. It serves as the template for which other fitness wearables are based off of.
It counts steps, distance and has sleep tracking features. It automatically recognizes when you’re doing a variety of common workouts and starts tracking-over 20 kinds of workouts in all. It’s waterproof to about 150 feet and you can wear it into a pool to track swim workouts. It also has a heart rate monitor, 10-day battery life, and a touch screen. All that, and you can find it for under $100.
Find it on Amazon here.
