What Is The BEST Fitness Watch? Health Experts List Their Top Five Smart Bands For 2021 Based On Sleep, Weight Loss And Workouts

Mar 25, 2021 | Published by Mailonline

Leading fitness professionals have named the Apple Watch the best to buy

Experts from the AIF said the top three are Apple, Garmin and Fitbit watches

Survey respondents agreed the most important thing was user capability

The top five was rounded out by Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch and Whoop Strap

Leading fitness professionals have named the Apple Watch the best health smartwatch that money can buy in 2021, revealing it out-performed other popular items from the likes of Garmin and Fitbit.

Experts from the Australian Institute of Fitness (AIF) said the wearable gadget, that starts from $299, is the best for weight loss, user friendliness and form and content, winning 24.20 per cent of the vote.

The Apple Watch was followed by Garmin’s range of smartwatches, which won 22.50 per cent of the vote and were named the best for improving your overall fitness and learning to run or improving your overall running performance.

The Whoop Strap (pictured) came fourth in the top five, but was ranked the best for overall sleep performance

Third place was awarded to the popular range of Fitbit watches (14.50 per cent), which offer millions the chance to track their steps, workouts, calories and sleep.

The top five was rounded out by the Whoop Strap (11.20 per cent), which gives a detailed look at your overall fitness level and was named the best for sleep tracking, and the Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch (9.60 per cent).

The survey’s respondents and experts agreed that the most important thing with a smartwatch is that it has user-friendly capabilities such as customisable display features and long battery life.

Garmin’s watches (pictured) won 22.50 per cent of the vote and were named the best for improving your overall fitness and learning to run or improving your running performance

What are the best wearables across categories?

WEIGHT LOSS: Apple Watch

IMPROVING OVERALL FITNESS: Garmin Watch

LEARNING TO RUN/IMPROVING RUNNING: Garmin Watch

SLEEP MONITORING: Whoop Strap

USER FRIENDLINESS: Apple Watch

FORM AND COMFORT: Apple Watch

ACCURACY OF TRACKING: Garmin Watch

What are the top five wearables voted by consumers and experts?

Apple Watch (24.20 per cent)
Garmin Watch (22.50 per cent)
Fitbit Watch (14.50 per cent)
Whoop Strap (11.20 per cent)
Samsung Galaxy Watch (9.60 per cent)

Source: Australian Institute of Fitness

They ranked this over tech features like a built-in speaker for voice command and enhanced sleep tracking.

Many also said they liked features such as heart rate monitoring capability, which can show how hard you are working in any given workout session.

CEO of the Australian Institute of Fitness Steve Pettit said: ‘Health and fitness wearables represent the largest growing sector in the fitness industry.

Third place was awarded to the popular range of Fitbit watches (14.50 per cent), which offer millions the chance to track their steps, workouts, calories and sleep (pictured)

The Samsung Galaxy Smartwatch came in fifth (pictured), with 9.60 per cent of the vote

‘The amount and depth of data that can be obtained from them is incredible, and information that was once only accessible to the most elite athletes is quickly becoming easily available and digestible to the everyday Australian.’

Other smartwatches that were included in the roundup further down the top 10 were the Motorola Moto, Huawei, Fossil Sport and Chest Strap.

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