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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's preview room I usually don't do many of these comparison videos but a bunch of you guys did ask me during the garmin vivoactive review that i just did here and basically told me to put it against the fitbit surge so just getting right into this here and i'm making us a quick video at a time of this video both are priced at two hundred and forty nine dollars retail but I'll place my links in the video description below that way you can check for the most updated prices and see if they've gone on sale again it's all in the video description now starting with the physical features the Fitbit surge physically it does feel smoother and just ever so slightly more pliable than the garments now if you look closely at the Fitbit a stiffness of the band does extend further down now when I do workouts with weights here I do feel the surge being slightly more clunky or big now with the vivoactive HR because of its hinge design being closer to display this does feel better with risk based vigorous movements and examples of course will be weight lifting in my case or those who do CrossFit either or both bands are comfortable to wear on a daily basis but the Garmin Trump's the Fitbit just by here now moving on to the display both are touch sensitive and both are very responsive to use but the Garmin does have more screen real estate and does add some colors while these Serge sticks with more of a black and white screen it's simple but it still works perfectly fine now with the garment when you do use it in dim lighting the screen is slightly harder to see over the Serge now in garments defense the vivoactive HR does offer bigger fonts to be displayed and in more ideal lighting conditions like Garmin does provide better visuals and more information for you to analyze over yourself now here's what each band offers and doesn't offer right on the wrist stack from the factory there gummer provides your basics like time date steps calories burned estimated distance in10sity minutes your most recent sport recording and weather widgets notifications from text messages emails some app notifications here and there and heart rate data now if you look at the fitbit side you have the same time it steps calories burning distance but you also get floors climb being displayed on the band itself Garmin doesn't show this now with doing a head-to-head comparison the Garmin does provide so much more data I mean a lot more right on the band itself now this is just one example here looking at the HR information itself you have your current heart rate at the top left your lows and highest heart rates and the top right has your resting heart rates within the last four hours now if you look at the Fitbit side of things it offers your current heart rate and that's pretty much it and fitbit's defense the search again does offer that simplicity if this is all the data that you need the Fitbit works perfectly fine now regarding sport profiles this is what Fitbit offers you can have a variety of these profiles to save and segment your workout right on your wrist and you can save up to seven on the surge now as for Garmin the vivoactive HR does give you more in the beginning but if you want to fully customize this after workout you can go into the app and customize it in any way that you want you can just rename that workout that you just did the choices are abundant now Garmin does offer that much more but you get again you just have to manually go in there and do it yourself unfortunately it's not already pre designated but again you do customize it now one of the last tidbits here that you guys need to know you can fully swim the garmin vivoactive HR while the search it's only splash proof you can pair an A and T or ANT+ heart rate chest strap with the Garmin if you decide you don't want to use the wrist tracker while the Fitbit it's exclusively risk based the Garmin from my test lasted five days and a little over 14 hours while the Fitbit surge lasted six days and seven hours worth of battery use now of course everyone's performs will be slightly different now both trackers do provide GPS part garment goes one step further here offering GLONASS which is Russia's own geo positioning system that with both satellites in the sky the Garmin in theory connects faster and is more stable to be answered to having both side by side I really didn't find much difference to make one truly better than the other so this leads us to the app experience from the get-go Fitbit has been for the longest time here well the easier apps to read and simply just flows for a day to day tracking well comparing with the garment one of the errors that Fitbit does well is the daily heart rate tracking both sport watches attracts basically 24/7 but Fitbit displays this information in a well-defined manner that's easy to read and to interpret now looking at the Garmin for day-to-day tracking it's really lackluster here is not much information for you to go on in regards to general heart health another vivoactive does offer more detailed heart rate zone though for basically your own analysis after each workout that is while Fitbit again which workout it only offers cardio or fat burn analysis it's really slim but now in regards to accuracy most wear space trackers do have some variation when I test the surge I've found it to have a lagging indicator it just simply didn't keep up with my chest strap after 20 to 30 seconds after nearly every workout then the surge would match what my chest strap was offering my ass for Garmin it did perform better for my experience but still offered a slight amount of lagging information here after I performed interval training basically when the heart rate climbs and drops and continues this a band flow pattern but if we flip this around and take a look at a bigger picture who's buying these $250 gps-enabled sport watches these are geared towards a bit more dedicated active individuals now for example those were running that needs GPS for accurate distance speed paced splits etc the grameen does phenomenal in that aspect we're looking into details about each workout here and using running as a perfect example Fitbit does provide distance pace average heart rate split times and a map with an overview of your route basically a Garmin side not the prettiest thing to look at but if you're analytical and looking for ways to see weak areas or wanting to improve certain aspects of your run Garmin literally has all this information just look at that screen there so to conclude this brief comparison video the Fitbit surge offers a lot of simplicity ease of use and for the average consumer that is something pleasing to the eyes where it doesn't overwhelm you the garment on the other hand provides a lot of data I mean a lot they basically throw in the kitchen sink but I do admit though it does take a slight bit more time to digest and understand everything with Garmin but once you do the people active HR will most likely give you the information that you need to make improvements on your performance now as for everyday general tracking and basic running the Fitbit wins in that regards so I hope this video helped you in some way I know I didn't do anything fancy here or no fancy editing that is but let's see how this video does maybe I'll do some work down the road if you haven't already be sure to LIKE and subscribe to my channel here and find me on Facebook Twitter and or Instagram you guys take care I'll see you in the next one bye