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Originally Posted by metallicat
So as an update to this, I bought a FitBIt Charge 2, and at first I really enjoyed it and thought it was great. And then I started running with my clinic instructor, and the distance accuracy is incredibly poor on my Charge 2. My instructor is a marathon runner and knows the routes, and I trust her distances. We ran 8.xx km the other day, and my watch said it was 9.33 km or something. It was off by .5 - 1 km over that distance, which to me is unacceptable.
So it's getting sold. Too late to return it now unfortunately.
But I'm trying to decide now on what to get to replace it. It is down to the Fitbit Ionic and the Garmit Vivoactive 3. Both seem to be very good and they have a lot of similarities. Just not sure what to do at this point. I might buy both and return the one I like the least.
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I have a Polar which is passable; I have had some messed up runs every once in a while or ones where it lost the GPS signal or simply tools minutes to get a GPS fix; I think I would personally opt for an Apple Watch next. I believe in some reviews HR and GPS is really comparable. Anyway, I would check that the watch gets quick fixes. I hated standing around waiting for my watch to get a fix. The main reason for that, I believe, was my beginning and end points were always different, but when tracking in my phone I never had that problems. Also cloud cover, something covering you watch, can make tracking inaccurate.
Was the route actual 8.xx km? You csould confirm on Google or Strava just to be sure before you sell the watch.