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

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

Display

You'll get a display with both devices. Here, both Wearable have an integrated color display. The display of The Garmin vivofit jr. sports 0,55 " and is smaller than the vivofit jr. 2. Here, the diameter is 0,60 ".

Waterproof

Both, the vivofit jr., as well as the vivofit jr. 2 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., or the Garmin vivofit jr. 2 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.

Both devices store the recorded data up to 28 days.

Motivation & Community

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

The Garmin vivofit jr. 2 unlike the Garmin vivofit jr. offers you a motion reminder. This will motivate you to move regularly.

Collecting badges and rewards is only possible with the Garmin vivofit jr. 2. With the the Garmin vivofit jr. you do not have this function.

With the Garmin vivofit jr. 2 you can start competitions and thus compete and duel with others. This motivates and is also fun. This is not possible with the other device. 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.