App/garmin/fitbit HELP!!!!

[happyharris]

I have been using the run keeper app on my phone but I need a new phone and am training for a HM. Would I be better investing in a garmin?? Please let me know what works for you and why! Thanks in advance you lovely people!!😀

[ADR2009 Graduate]

Hi there! I use runtatstic on my phone which has always worked fine and I still use it sometmes. But I was treated to a Vivoactive (garmin) recently as a (very) belated Christmas present, and it's great. I'm sure there are more techy garmins out there, but the vivoactive is something you can wear as a watch on a daily basis - it is able to record running, walking, swimming, cycling and also has settings for treadmills if you run indoors. The bit I really love is that i can work it without wearing my glasses (I might squint a bit but the display is just big enough and the instructions simple enough that I can manage it without my specs!) and I can control my music from it too - so no more fumbling around in my pocket to retrieve phone and typing in password, while still trying to jog along without falling over)

[Curlygurly2 Graduate]

After months of waffling on about how great RK is, I've joined the Garmin gang and I'm a convert! My phone didn't seem to be up to the task of RK some days and kept stopping and starting, Garmin doesn't do that. I really like it and wish I'd got it long ago. x