Fitbit Inspire 2 best price – where to buy?

What is the Fitbit Inspire 2 best price? Track your time in light, deep and REM sleep, then get a Sleep Score to better understand your sleep quality each night. It’s functioning flawlessly. It was a great price, is very easy to use, and really is a good little motivator. You will love the gentle alarms, the relax exercises, and the little reminders to drink water and exercise. The sleep tracking is really fascinating and a personal goal of mine to work on. Know details in Fitbit Inspire 2 review.

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Comfortable, lightweight design
• Comes with free year of Fitbit Premium
• Heart rate feature
• Excellent app
• Tile integration
• Week-plus battery life
• Comes with one year of Fitbit Premium

Cons

• No on-board GPS
• No altimeter
• Basic functionality
• Small screen
• Lacks a color display

Specs for Fitbit Inspire 2 best price

• Size: 1.47″ l x .66″ w x .5″ h
• Water resistant: 5 ATM (50 meters)
• Battery Life: Up to 10 days
• Sleep tracking: Tracks light, deep, and REM sleep plus gives you a sleep score
• GPS: Can synch with your phone (No built-in GPS)
• Workout programs: Fitbit App (free) or through Fitbit Premium ($9.99 per month)
• Compatibility: Apple iOS 12.2 or higher and Android OS 7.0 or higher

Fitbit Inspire 2 best price

The Fitbit Inspire 2 costs £89.99 in the UK, $99.95 in the US, €99.95 in the EU, $129.95 in Canada, and $179.95 in Australia. You can buy it directly from Fitbit, or from Amazon or any of the usual tech stores wherever you are.

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Fitbit Inspire 2 review & best price

Build

It has a robust aluminium buckle that is secure – indeed it feels more secure than the new Infinity Band.

Design

Fitbit curved the Inspire 2’s edges and slimmed down its depth, so it sits more flush to your wrist. The Inspire 2 is slightly larger than the Inspire HR to allow for a bigger battery life, but retains its predecessor’s unobtrusive design. The tracker measures 1.47 by 0.66 by 0.50 inches (LWH) and features a small grayscale OLED touch screen surrounded by a thick black bezel on all sides. It’s light and comfortable on my wrist, and slim enough to wear alongside bracelets.

Band sizes

The Inspire 2 comes with a black, white, or pink silicone band that fastens with a plastic buckle. In the box, you get small and large bands that fit wrists measuring 5.5 to 7.1 inches and 7.1 to 8.7 inches in circumference, respectively.

Lightweight & water-resistance

At 37g, it’s lightweight and comfortable. The tracker itself is the central black part with the screen. It is water-resistant up to 50m, and comes with two sizes of silicone wristbands included, so you can choose which fits you best. Fitbit lets you print out a guide to finding your right size.

Screen

It has a monochrome OLED touchscreen display rather than a colour screen that would enable onscreen workouts and smarter apps. You can now brighten Inspire 2’s screen if you want better outdoor visibility, and Fitbit claims it is 20% brighter than the previous generation.

What Fitness features you are getting in Fitbit Inspire 2 at best price

You can set yourself targets for calorie burn, distance and time, and the Inspire 2 will give you real-time updates when each is reached. It can automatically recognise when you are exercising: running, hiking, cycling, swimming, yoga, dancing, kickboxing, working out, and more. Indeed, there are over 20 exercise modes you can track with the Inspire 2. Swim tracking includes lengths, duration, distance and pace. You need to add the pool length in the Exercise app first, but swim tracking is otherwise automatic.

Heart rate

Knowing your resting heart rate (RHR) is also a key fitness indicator. A lower resting heart rate can indicate more efficient heart function and cardiovascular fitness. Poor sleep, stress and weight gain can raise your RHR. Walking, cycling and swimming are great exercises to lower your overall resting heart rate.

Sleep tracking

As with all of today’s Fitbits, the Inspire 2 offers sleep tracking. You can check both sleep duration and the quality of your sleep by checking your periods of Light, Deep and REM sleep.

You get a sleep score so you can motivate yourself to go to bed earlier, and in a better state for proper rest: dropping the caffeine, and practising some mindfulness with Fitbit’s guided breathing sessions – personalised by your heart rate.

Battery life

The tracker has the longest battery life of any Fitbit device: up to 10 days on a single charge, twice as long as its predecessor. After more than five days of testing, my Inspire 2 still had 60% battery left. In comparison, the Charge 4 lasts up to seven days, or up to five hours while using GPS. The Inspire 2’s lithium-polymer battery only takes about two hours to completely charge. 

Subscription

The Inspire 2 comes with a free year of Fitbit Premium, which normally costs $9.99 per month. That’s a nice bonus, especially since Fitbit’s other devices only come with either three- or six-month trials. When activating your membership, you’ll need to enter your payment information for automatic renewal, so be sure to cancel before the free trial ends if you want to avoid incurring subscription fees. 

How to setup Fitbit Inspire 2?

You’ll need to download the app (available for Android and iOS) before setting up the Inspire 2, and create a Fitbit account if you don’t already have one. If you already have a Fitbit account, tap your profile image, select Set Up a Device, select the Inspire 2 from the list, then follow the on-screen instructions. 

During the setup process, you’ll need to enter a four-digit code that appears on the Inspire 2’s display, into the app. Once it’s set up, the app offers an overview of the Inspire’s main features, how to change the band, and how to navigate its interface. The entire process only takes about 10 minutes.

To get calls, texts, and app notifications on the Inspire 2, go to your phone’s settings menu, tap Bluetooth, tap the information icon next to your device, and enable Share System Notifications. Then, from the Today tab in the Fitbit app, tap your profile picture > Inspire 2 > Notifications, and toggle on the ones you want to receive.

Cardio Fitness Score

The Fitbit app provides a way to view your cardio fitness score, which is otherwise known as your VO2 Max. Your VO2 Max measures the amount of oxygen your body is able to use when you’re doing cardio, such as using the treadmill in your home gym.

The Inspire 2 will give you a score ranging between poor to excellent. Your score is determined using resting heart rate, sex, weight, and age. To give you the most accurate score, Fitbit also asks you to run for 10 minutes on flat terrain to get a better picture of your fitness level. I think this is a nice feature and it’s motivating to see how I can improve.

Fitbit Inspire 2 Performance review

Fitbit determines your personal heart rate zones based on your age and resting heart rate. For me, Fat Burn zone is between 105 and 131bpm, Cardio zone is between 132 and 164bpm, and Peak zone is 165bpm and above. 

For every minute the Inspire 2 detects you’re in Fat Burn zone, you get one Active Zone Minute. For every minute it detects you’re in Cardio or Peak zones, you earn two Active Zone Minutes. During a 29-minute run, for instance, I spent seven minutes below my target heart rate zones, six minutes in Fat Burn zone, nine minutes in Cardio zone, and seven minutes in Peak zone, and racked up a total of 38 Active Zone Minutes. 

GPS Capabilities

The Inspire 2 doesn’t have built-in GPS, but it does have the ability to sync with your phone’s GPS. This is inconvenient for those who don’t want to have to bring their phones with them in order to track their running routes. On the plus side, with the connection of GPS to your phone, you’ll be able to view a workout intensity map. This will show spots on your route that were particularly challenging or easy. This map shows changes in your heart rate to know when you were pushing yourself.

Fitbit Inspire 2 vs Fitbit Inspire HR

Fitbit announced the Inspire 2 only a year and a half after the Inspire HR. The Inspire 2 isn’t entirely different from its predecessor, but there are a handful of minor upgrades:

Touch-sensitive buttons: The Fitbit Inspire 2 has a touch-enabled button on each side of its case, which will only register taps if they’re pressed at the same time. The Inspire HR only has a small physical button on the left side of its case. To be clear, these touch-enabled buttons are easier to press and far less laggy than the inductive buttons that can be found on the Fitbit Sense, Versa 3, and Charge 4.

Slightly improved case: The Inspire 2’s case is more pebble-shaped and rounded than the boxier Inspire HR.

Brighter, more vibrant display: Fitbit says the Inspire 2’s display is 20% brighter than the Inspire HR’s. Whites are whiter on the Inspire 2, too.

Improved charger: The Inspire 2’s charger holds a stronger connection to the device when attached. It’s also slightly longer than the Inspire HR’s, but only by a couple of inches.

Improved device navigation: Swipe down on the touchscreen to see notifications, exercise and relax shortcuts, timers and alarms, and settings. Swipe up to see device stats like the date and battery percentage, steps, calories, Active Zone Minutes, heart rate, distance, sleep, and more. Touch and hold both side buttons to reach quick settings (do not disturb, sleep mode, screen wake, water lock).

New colors: The Fitbit Inspire 2 is available in Black, Lunar White, and Desert Rose. The Inspire HR was only available in Black, White, and Lilac.

Active Zone Minutes: The Inspire 2 can track Fitbit’s new Active Zone Minutes metric, unlike the Inspire HR which only tracks active minutes.

Improved battery life: The Fitbit Inspire 2 can last up to 10 days on a single charge, while the HR could only last around five.

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