Garmin vivofit jr. 2 vs vivofit jr. 3 - Where are the differences?

Let's have a closer look by comparing the differences between the two Wearable vivofit jr. 2* and vivofit jr. 3* made by Garmin.

Display

You'll get a display with both devices. Here, both Wearable have an integrated color display. The display technology is the same with both devices, and have a MIP display. The display of The Garmin vivofit jr. 2 sports 0,60 " and is smaller than the vivofit jr. 3. Here, the diameter is 0,79 ".

Waterproof

Both, the vivofit jr. 2, as well as the vivofit jr. 3 are waterproof, and have no further difference in this feature. Both Wearable can be used under water in depths of up to 50 m.

Battery

The battery of both products lasts the same with 365 days.

GPS

None of the two devices, either the Garmin vivofit jr. 2, or the Garmin vivofit jr. 3 have integrated GPS.

Heart Rate Monitor

A fitness watch without a heart rate monitor is basically useless and not advisable to buy. That's because your heart rate is one of the key elements of different calculations. For example, many devices without a heart rate monitor claim to count your calories burned too. That number will hardly be right without having access to your heart rate.

A major setback for both devices is that they don't feature a heart rate monitor. That means that the accuracy of readings, such as your calory count, is way off and not very useful.

Measured values

Both Wearable offer you the possibility to record your sleep time. However, none of the two devices have a sleep analysis function.

The Garmin vivofit jr. 2 stores the recorded data up to 28 days. With the Garmin vivofit jr. 3 the data is stored up to 14 days.

Motivation & Community

Motivation is for many people one of the fatktors for buying a fitness tracker.

In order to motivate regular exercise, both devices have a movement reminder.

So that it doesn't get boring and you have even more reason for active movement, both devices offer you the possibility to collect badges and rewards.

With both devices you have the possibility to compete with others in competitions. This is fun and encourages you to stay on the ball. A small disadvantage of most devices is that the competitions can only be made with devices from the same manufacturer. For example, Garmin and Fitbit cannot be connected by default.

Bracelet

Being able to change your fitness watch band is a great advantage. You'll only have to worry about the color of the device itself, and not the color or material of its accompanying watch band. For pretty much every device, you can get cheap watch bands that will fit your device. You can make use of this advantage with both devices of this comparison.