Fitbit Versa 2 Health & Fitness Smartwatch with Voice Control, Sleep Score & Music

Love Fitbit. I wanted a larger screen size from my prior version & this was perfect 😊 Easy to use & good value for money

I've been a long-standing Pebble Time wearer, but wanted something a bit more up-to-date, and was interested in having heart rate measurement. Battery life is great - easily 5 days with constant use, and only an hour or two to charge back up. I need to have to my phone on me anyway during walks/runs etc. so the Connected GPS is fine for me. The app is packed full of information, although I will say the interface is a bit confusing - just try tapping on everything and there's often more data hidden behind. I'm finding the calorie budget and food logging functionality really useful and have lost a couple of pounds after only a couple of weeks. The heart rate and sleep tracking has proved more interesting than I was expecting. Screen visibility is fine indoors, outdoors. It's a bit plasticky to be honest, but I'm not really worried about the looks anyway. Notifications work well, and give you ability to clear them from the watch, and for some apps delete, open on phone etc. (I'm on Android). There are lots of guided workouts and things from the phone app that I haven't tried yet, but my free trial of Fitbit Premium hasn't convinced me it's worth £9.99 a month yet. Connectivity has been absolutely fine on a Pixel 3a (Android 10). Love the single button on the left side of the watch (I'm right-handed) - simplifies interface, and means it doesn't get accidentally pressed during press-ups, handstands etc. It's not a computing powerhouse like the Galaxy Watch Active or Fossil Wear watches in terms of app choice etc. but I personally don't want to play around with apps on a tiny screen, and not having to charge every day is the absolute clincher for me - I just don't want to find myself away from home unexpectedly for example, with a dead watch because I didn't charge it yesterday. In terms of accuracy, it definitely has a tendency to record movements incorrecly as steps - I'm a drummer, and have to take it off if I'm practicing/playing otherwise I add thousands of extra steps! However, overallI'm very impressed.

The FitBit Versa 2 lives up to the name as being one of the most versatile watches within a good budget. Obviously you can buy super tough smart watches with all the tricks in the book but most of time they’re large, weirdly shaped and have so many features which you just don’t need or will ever use. The sleek shape of the Versa 2 makes me forget I’m even wearing sometime and has truly become a part of me. It has benefitted my fitness and general health with stats and guides that everyone should want to know. As well as providing useful tools for your day to day life. A truly sleek and easy to use smart watch with a great community to socialise with.

First and foremost, the set up of the Versa 2 was a HUGE headache. I ended up being on the line to customer support 4 times over a 2-day period of trying to set up the watch. But after it was all said and done, the watch in general is fantastic and I love it. It's genuinely made me more aware of my calorie burning vs calorie intake, steps (didn't realise how little I have been doing during lockdown) and which exercises burn the most calories.HOWEVER, and this is a big gripe I have with the watch, the heart rate is NOT ACCURATE for HIIT workouts, and obviously in turn that means the calories burning is not accurate (for example, me and my friend did a HIIT workout together and we are very similar in weight and size, and I burnt 300 calories for an hour and she did 500 calories).After a series of unhelpful phone calls to the customer support (who told me to do a factory reset after how bloody long it took to set it up in the first place, yeah right), I realised that the watch cannot pick up your HR accurately when you do exercises that bend the wrist. Because, when i went for a run for 30 minutes, I was predominantly in my peak HR zone for the entire period, but when I did a HIIT workout (also out of breathe the entire time), it sometimes had my HR as resting.... this was because I was doing burpees and push ups etc which involved bending my wrist significantly. SO, moral of the story - if you want this watch predominantly for tracking accurate calories burned through HIIT, then it's bloody annoying. But, if you are more of a runner, cyclist, doing leg day, it will work a treat.Also, I have only tracked my sleep a couple of times because its not accurate either (but I'm not too bothered about that) - one night when I definitely could not sleep for hours, it was showing as in light or deep sleep... not great.Finally, spotify is great on here for Alexas round the house because it instantly picks up Alexas on your watch without needing your phone. However, if you want to play something on your phone or through earphones, the watch doesnt pick up your phone unless you literally open Spotify on your phone... which defeats the point. Once connected and playing music though, it shouldn't lose connection to your phone (until you pause a song...).You can see the trend here, but for everyday use and steps, it's good and I will continue to use!

Easy to set up via app, genuine Fitbit product.Charge lasts well, performs well as an aid to your fitness journey.