

Speaking of sleep tracking, the Inspire 2 can tell you how well (or not) you sleep each night when you wear it to bed. Fitbit Inspire 2 review: Sleep tracking and other health features In addition to new mindful meditation sessions with Deepak Chopra, guided nutrition programs, workout plans, advanced sleep tracking and more. When you activate your included free year of Fitbit Premium, you’ll get even more health and wellness tools.

You can get encouraging activity reminders and invites for challenges with your Fitbit contacts. For people who are looking to get more motivated, though, the Inspire 2 does as its name suggests. At $70, it’s easier to justify than a smartwatch if you’re mainly interested in quantifying your exercise.But as someone who usually works out more than that, I like to see more of my workout data at once, especially during cardio workouts where swiping on my wrist poses a distraction. Heart rate monitoring can be very useful for optimizing your workouts and monitoring stress, however, and this model improves on the basic Inspire with sleep tracking, goal-based exercise modes and workout intensity maps. You won’t find perks like built-in GPS (though it can use your phone) or on-screen workouts here.


The Inspire HR is a mostly frill-free tracker that focuses on step counts, calories and other fundamentals. That’s about as low as prices have gone for the wearable, and they make it a tempting buy when Fitbit normally sells a basic Inspire without heart rate monitoring for the same amount. You can also find it for $70 on Amazon and Fitbit’s site (along with a bunch of other discounted Fitbit products). Fitbit’s Inspire HR activity tracker is on sale at Walmart for $70, or $30 off its usual price. It’s more important than ever to stay fit - and thankfully, you won’t have to pay a lot to keep tabs on that fitness.
