COMPARATOR / Health & Fitness Tracker
Also known under the name of Fitness tracker, the activity tracker has established itself as an essential tool for both athletes and non-athletes. We'll keep it short: this comparison has only one goal, to help you find the best activity tracker to follow you on a daily basis..
What is a tracker for? To track. Yes, but there is a way to do it. So, if you are more of an athletic or sedentary user, you are not going to be looking for the same products. The tracker is mainly used to calculate the number of steps / strides taken in a period of time by calculating the acceleration.
This is how many claim impressive details, but in reality it's a whole different story ...
KEY POINTS
Use / Comfort
Bracelet or clip? Multiple functions or extremely simple navigation? As often, you will have to determine the use you want to make of it in order to then refine your search.
Precision
Yes, a tracker calculates the steps and the distance traveled thanks to an accelerometer. This is also the first characteristic that comes to mind when talking about this type of equipment, whether you are a sportsman or a sedentary user. We will check here if the promises are well kept… or not at all.
Features
In the competitive market for smart objects, pedometers have had to adapt and now offer other functionalities that complement the basic tools - the latter are more or less useful! Thus, we can cross the integrated Wi-Fi, automatic calibration, smartphone / app compatibility or even the direct integration of many sources of feedback.
TEST PROCEDURES
Each tracker will go through measurements on various terrains, with various movements and conditions. For more explanations, don't hesitate to take a look at the Activity Tracker folder, everything is explained there!
