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Fitness trackers are available in various price categories and with a different range of functions. TechStage shows in a comparison test which device is suitable for which requirements.

If you want to buy a fitness tracker, you will find a large number of potential devices on the market that want to lure users with various features and often with low prices. We have tested numerous products in our fitness tracker theme world, all of which have an integrated pulse measurement and sleep analysis:

Fitbit Inspire 2 (test report) Fitbit Sense (test report) Amazfit Volume 5 (test report)

Xiaomi Mi Band 5 (test report) Beurer AS 99 (Review) Realme Band (test report) Fitbit Charge 4 (test report) Honor Band 5 (test report) All devices have strengths and weaknesses that we have in this comparison test weigh against each other to clarify which tracker is for which need and what customers should pay attention to when purchasing.

Fitness and pulse measurement What all trackers in our comparison test have in common are pulse measurement and step counter: The devices all measure the pulse via an optical sensor and record steps taken. The Fitbit Sense also counts the floors you climb every day. All trackers worked without any problems in the step counter test and reliably recorded the steps taken. They also all allow you to set individual daily goals using the app provided. If we have reached the daily goal, the trackers inform us about it.

The permanent pulse measurement also works reliably with all trackers: The deviations from measurements with the pulse belt were in the low single digits in any case Percentage range, whereby all trackers allow a useful long-term analysis of the heart rate. The Amazfit Band 5 and the Xiaomi Mi Band 5 also classify our pulse into different categories and indicate how much time we spent in a relaxed state, with light exertion and intense activity.

In addition to steps and pulse, all trackers also measure the calories burned during the day, but evaluate them relatively conservatively. In addition, some trackers offer an activity index that users can use to set specific goals for active minutes per day. The Amazfit Band 5 has the Personal Activity Index (PAI) for this, the Fitbit Inspire 2, the Fitbit Charge 4 and the Fitbit Sense offer a comparable function.

Training The trackers differ less in terms of training functions than in our previous comparison test. Almost all trackers have a sometimes very extensive portfolio of different sports that can be recorded with the device. Classics such as running, cycling and swimming are included here, as are yoga, cardio, weight training and sometimes more exotic candidates such as rowing on the machine or jumping rope (Amazfit Volume 5). The largest selection is offered by the Amazfit Band 5 and Xiaomi Mi Band trackers, the last one being the Fitbit Inspire 2, which only offers profiles for running, cycling, swimming, treadmill, weight lifting and interval training. The Beurer AS 90, on the other hand, falls again significantly because it is only Records sports in which steps taken can be measured. Overall, however, all other trackers cover a sufficient amount of sports so that amateur athletes should be satisfied with each of these devices.

All trackers are also waterproof and survive a trip to the swimming pool or under the shower. Some devices can also record running and cycling routes with an integrated GPS (including the Fitbit Sense and the Fitbit Charge 4). The other trackers use the GPS of the connected smartphone or measure the stride length. Even without GPS, the detection of the route length worked comparatively well with all devices – so you can also use a device without GPS if you don’t always want to take your smartphone with you. The Fitbit Sense even allows us to set the length of the lap while swimming and then counts the lanes swam. Most trackers also have training profiles for strength training, but none of them were really convincing in our test – the measurements of the individual repetitions were too imprecise.

Displays and controls Even if some manufacturers have improved the screens compared to previous models, some trackers fall significantly compared to their competition from. The devices all have a color screen, most of them with an OLED or AMOLED display, and can be operated using touch controls. This works everywhere without any problems, but the readability of the display on the Amazfit Band 5, the Fitbit Charge 4 and the Fitbit Inspire 2 leaves a lot to be desired – the screen is too dark in both cases in direct sunlight.

The Fitbit Inspire 2 also suffers from the fact that the display does not activate automatically when you touch it and we first have to press a side button before the screen appears. The Fitbit Charge 4 had a negative impact in the test when it came to touch operation because the tracker did not correctly recognize individual swipe gestures and the menus jerked.

The Fitbit Sense, Xiaomi Mi Band 5 and Honor Band 5 offer the best display, all of which convince with a sharp display and excellent brightness.

Apps Anyone of us If you want to use a tested fitness tracker, you must install an associated app on your own smartphone and create a user account. This works in all cases without any problems, but before we can use the individual devices to their full extent, we first have to click through various data protection declarations and consent menus.

If you can live with it, you will get good and clear apps for controlling the trackers across the board. All services provide intuitively operable statistics and menus with various information on collected data. The Zepp app of the Amazfit Volume 5 also has its own AI algorithm that analyzes the data and prepares its own recommendations. The Fitbit app focuses on maximum clarity and presents data from several days directly below one another, which actually promotes an overview. Beurer is apparently primarily aimed at an older target group and has therefore designed its own app to be rather simple and a bit conservative, almost old-fashioned. This also affects the overview and the rather cumbersome operation.

All trackers also allow notifications to be shown on the display. Users can set separately which apps are allowed to send such notifications in the respective smartphone app of the tracker.

Fitness tracker in comparison (2020) (9 pictures) Visually, there is little variety in the cheap fitness trackers, but inside they differ significantly.

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Sleep Even if the meaningfulness of the sleep analysis of fitness trackers is still limited, show the devices we tested show long-term trends. The devices measure our pulse and, in most cases, automatically notice when we fall asleep and wake up. The respective apps show how much time we spent in which sleep phase. Fitbit trackers evaluate our sleep with a special sleep index that includes all measured sleep data and enables our sleep quality to be compared over a longer period of time.

The Xiaomi Mi Band 5 analyzes our sleep and then makes additional recommendations on how we can improve our sleep quality. Apart from the Beurer AS 90 we felt the measured data on all devices at least subjectively as credible and reliable. The Beurer AS 99 had problems with the sleep analysis: It was inaccurate Measurements of the waking phases and once the sleep tracking stopped in the middle of the night for no apparent reason. We have to work with Beurer AS 99 also activate the tracking separately before sleeping. The Beurer app then does not provide any information on the heart rate during sleep – a no-go in our opinion.

Finally, all trackers have an integrated vibration alarm clock, which always worked reliably. The Huawei Band 4 and Fitbit Inspire 2 also have a special do not disturb mode that we can activate in the tracker’s menu as required. The devices also lay comfortably on the wrist while sleeping, there were no unpleasant pressure points.

Battery life Depending on which functions we activate on the trackers and how intensively we use the individual tracking features, the battery life varies. Almost all devices in our comparison test lasted at least a week with activated notifications and regular use including training functions.

The Fitbit Sense had to lose some battery life when the GPS function was activated and it brought it with a training session including GPS per day for five days. At the bottom of the list is the Beurer AS 90 with only four days, while the front runner Amazfit Band 5 and the Xiaomi Mi Band 5 easily hold out two weeks.

The advantage of all trackers: The battery can be charged very quickly and takes a maximum of one hour. Corresponding charging cables are included with all trackers, but these differ depending on the model and rely on different connections. We didn’t notice the latter negatively in the test and we found them to be user-friendly throughout.

Particularities The individual trackers from our comparison test mostly rely on a similar look and comparable features, but most of them have Devices have a few more unique features. The Amazfit Band 5, for example, supports voice control using Amazon’s Alexa – a feature that no other tracker can offer.

The three Fitbit devices include a free year of Fitbit Premium when purchased. The service offers, among other things, training programs lasting several weeks with instruction videos, virtual competitions with other Fitbit users, mindfulness and meditation exercises, and detailed health reports. The Fitbit Sense also allows you to answer and make phone calls and can be controlled by voice.

The Mi Band 5 from Xiaomi compares our sleep data with that of other users and gives us based on it individual recommendations for our sleep hygiene, while the Honor Band 5 also measures the oxygen saturation of the user in the blood. The Beurer AS 99 and the Realme tape do not have any additional features worth mentioning.

Conclusion Although all of the fitness trackers we tested have individual strengths and weaknesses, a few clear winners and one clear loser emerge in comparison. Our overall winner is the Fitbit Sense, which with just under 122 Euro costs by far the most, but it delivers the best overall performance and provides users with an all-round carefree package. This is not only due to the excellent display, but also to the wide range of different tracking functions as well as the integrated voice and telephone control.

As the price-performance winner, the Xiaomi Mi Band 5 comes off with us, which scores with an excellent display, a very long battery life and extensive training functions. The cheap price of just under 30 Euro makes this tracker a real bargain. Almost equivalent alternatives are the Honor Band 5 and the Huawei Band 4, closely followed by the Amazfit Band 5, whose screen, however, cannot keep up with that of the competition.

We liked the Fitbit Inspire 2 less, the Compared to the Chinese competition, it offers too few features for three times the price, and the Fitbit Charge 4, whose display leaves a lot to be desired in terms of brightness and control.

The two taillights, which we currently advise against buying, are in our comparison test of the Beurer AS 99 and the Realme Band. The Beurer AS 99 suffers from an old-fashioned presentation and awkward operation – both exist it is better and cheaper with the competition. In addition, the Beurer AS does not have 99 sufficient tracking functions for athletic training. In the test, the Realme Band showed clear problems with heart rate measurement and sleep tracking, which is why we cannot make a recommendation here either.

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