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Vívofit Jr. 2 Review: Hour 5
Feb. 16th, 2019 03:30 pmIt all started when I decided I wanted a heart-rate monitor. I was hoping I could find one cheap, but no, they are generally part of large expensive packages and they don't necessarily let me actually see my current heart rate as I'm running but they do love to keep track of my whereabouts on GPS. No. I guess I'm some kind of weirdo.
It occurred to me that heart-rate monitors for kids might be cheaper. And might fit better on my tiny wrist. No, that's not really a thing, either. (I think there was some kind of thing for kids with health problems, but it didn't look like what I wanted.)
But then I found a thing that did some other stuff I want:
* stop watch - so I can time my runs
* chime after 60 inactive minutes
* long battery life (not 16 hours, not 4 days, but 1 year)
* can do some stuff without syncing
* clock (time and date)
Bonus items:
* pedometer
* activity tracker (shows active minutes for the day)
* chore tracker (like Chore Wars)
* activities you can do when you achieve 60 active minutes for the day
* sleep tracker
* timers, like a 2-minute tooth-brushing timer
The ones I saw online were all super obnoxious, but at Target I found the Disney princess one that was just a mildly obnoxious color (pink) with subtle carvings of princesses. I wonder if I can cover it in black shoe polish and just have pink outlines of Disney princesses. I had read reviews that they were too small to fit on some kids wrists. So I asked if I could try it on before buying it. They must have fixed that because it fits me fine and has 10 more holes I could use to make it bigger (and 3 to make it smaller).
So, I got it. The official price is $80, but it's $60 at Target (minus $3 because I used my RedCard). So, not super cheap. But I now realize I might have been able to find a better deal online. (Also I should have gone for this black Spider Man one.)
Without syncing it, I can't use the stop watch, but I was able to get the ap for my iPad and sync to that. With a cute little robot icon. And then I went for a jog and timed it. Woot!
(If you want to find out more about this device, I recommend dcrainmaker's review.)
It occurred to me that heart-rate monitors for kids might be cheaper. And might fit better on my tiny wrist. No, that's not really a thing, either. (I think there was some kind of thing for kids with health problems, but it didn't look like what I wanted.)
But then I found a thing that did some other stuff I want:
* stop watch - so I can time my runs
* chime after 60 inactive minutes
* long battery life (not 16 hours, not 4 days, but 1 year)
* can do some stuff without syncing
* clock (time and date)
Bonus items:
* pedometer
* activity tracker (shows active minutes for the day)
* chore tracker (like Chore Wars)
* activities you can do when you achieve 60 active minutes for the day
* sleep tracker
* timers, like a 2-minute tooth-brushing timer
The ones I saw online were all super obnoxious, but at Target I found the Disney princess one that was just a mildly obnoxious color (pink) with subtle carvings of princesses. I wonder if I can cover it in black shoe polish and just have pink outlines of Disney princesses. I had read reviews that they were too small to fit on some kids wrists. So I asked if I could try it on before buying it. They must have fixed that because it fits me fine and has 10 more holes I could use to make it bigger (and 3 to make it smaller).
So, I got it. The official price is $80, but it's $60 at Target (minus $3 because I used my RedCard). So, not super cheap. But I now realize I might have been able to find a better deal online. (Also I should have gone for this black Spider Man one.)
Without syncing it, I can't use the stop watch, but I was able to get the ap for my iPad and sync to that. With a cute little robot icon. And then I went for a jog and timed it. Woot!
(If you want to find out more about this device, I recommend dcrainmaker's review.)