Reddit reviews Garmin vívoactive Black

Yeah, whatever it takes. The hardest step in running is over the threshold of your door.

Let's start from the ground up.

Socks: Choose from any of the Smartwool Run Socks. They are expensive, but awesome! If you get blisters easy or your feet get cold easy, try the injinji toe socks

Pants/tights: I wear tights when it's less than 40 F out or windy. Again [Smartwool] makes a good pair of tights. But really, just go to a local discount store and get some running tights, most of them are similar. for pants over running shorts, I just use sweats or any ol' athletic pants that I can find.

Underwear: Saxx makes some nice undies. Read about their design before you knock em. I wear underwear when I'm running in tights, but not in shorts because shorts have a liner.

Shorts: Nike has a lot of really cool designs for shorts. I have a couple pairs. When you are looking for shorts, think about pockets, do you want pockets or just one in the back? Anyway, Nike has you covered.

Singlet: I have a bunch of fun singlets. I wear a singlet with it's over 55F-ish. Nike has a bunch of good ones. I have a Saucony singlet, which I love because it's really light. I also have one with cats shooting lasers our of their eyes, an american flag one, and a bunch of other holiday ones. Just do a search for running singlets and you will find all kids of fun ones!

Shirt: For fun shirts, I got some of the superhero compression shirts, and they are fun. usually I just wear any ol' performance fabric shirt. During the winter I wear a long sleeve [New Balance](http://www.newbalance.com/pd/beacon-half-zip/MT53202.html?dwvar_MT53202_color=Harbor%20Blue%20Heather#color=Flame Heather) running shirt. I wear a lot of high visibility because I don't like cars running me over. I bought mine at tjmaxx

Jacket: I have a Asics rain jacket that I wear when it's raining, and I have cheapo Fila jacket that I wear when it's really cold out (no link sorry). Check out all the stuff from Asics.

Vest: I have a Nike Aeroflot vest that is Awesome! I bought it at Ross for $20 and could never recommend someone spend $200 on a running vest. I also have a thin high visibility vest that I use as a wind block, I think it's from walmart.

Hat: Nike hat. I got it in black and high Vis.

Glasses: Get the cheapest polarized sunglasses you can find.

Pack: I don't have a pack yet, but i'm trying to decide between the Ultimate Direction and the s-labs.

Tech: I've got a Garmin Vivoactive. But any ol watch will do. Check out DC Rainmaker for GPS Watch Reviews. I also have a headlamp, and some red flashy lights that I use when it's dark.


OK, That's enough about that. Please don't buy this shit at full price, Go to discount stores or look online. Don't go try stuff on at your local shop, and then buy online (that's a dick move). Wear whatever you want, whenever you want, and if anyone says anything, tell em' to fuck off. Good luck out there! Keep up the good work.

I posted it elsewhere in this thread, but my Garmin VivoActive gets ~18 days of battery life, has an always-on colored screen, is very thin, and has GPS if you want it. There is a newer version with heart rate monitoring that I bought my dad, and he loves his.

You're going to want a triathlon watch, but I don't have any specific recommendations for you as I've never bought one.

This one is 4* on Amazon.

Not OP, but I use the Garmin VivoActive watch to track my runs. Its cheap right now, since they just released their 2nd version (the original version works just fine). https://amzn.com/B00RE1UL52

If you don't want to upgrade tech, I suggest mapping your runs on mapmyrun.com. That way you can either setup a course or see what you did (you just have to remember your route)

Which one do you have? I just ordered https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00RE1UL52/ref=ya_st_dp_summary it comes today.

Were you speaking of the Vivoactive? Or Vivoactive hr? Here's The Vivoactive
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I used to wear a wristband that says: "Be content, but never satisfied." It was given to me by my track and field coach for good performance, and getting PRs (breaking previous records).

Now, I currently wear my Garmin Vivoactive, which looks pretty sleek. The functions include the following:

• Run
  
• Bike
  
• Swim
  
• Golf
  
• Walk
  
  It helped a good amount in losing weight, and tracking my workouts. I'm also motivated by the step-tracking. It can also easily be dressed up and down, similar to a pair of chelsea boots.
  

It comes down to "what do you want it to do?"

If you want smartphone integration and you have an Apple phone, there's really no question.

If you're just looking for no-frills GPS tracking then there are a bunch of Garmin watches that could fit the bill just fine. I've been using my VivoActive for a while now and it does a good job.

At a slightly higher price-point you can get wrist-based HR and that sort of stuff, if you want.

Best advice is to figure out what you think would be useful, read some reviews (DCRainmaker is great) and drop the hammer on something that fits within your requirements and budget.

The Garmin Vivoactive is just over 8 mm thick.

Isn't android wear and it isn't round but it is thin.

Hey the Garmin Vivioactive sounds like it might fit the bill.

From what I've heard it has some strong pros and cons.

+Long battery life (they claim 3 weeks)

+Sturdy build

+Reliable software performance

+Very thin and reasonably sized

-Screen is comparatively small and low resolution

(probably why it lasts so long)

-Screen is very dim, apparently hard to see sometimes


Also the new Pebble stuff is coming out in a few months, they look pretty good too.

The deals will be closing very soon though (for a product you won't get until the fall.)