Wearables allow users to monitor their health, receive alerts for potential health issues, and preemptively contact a doctor. The most well known are smart watches and fitness trackers. This article discusses how people use wearable tech for healthcare, and the limitations of these devices.
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Top 5 Safest Headphones for Runners
This post with videos compares the top 5 safest headphones for runners. It includes a table comparing the key features of the top 5 safest headphones for runners.
7 of the Best Fitness Trackers
This video-packed post presents our picks for 7 of the best fitness trackers. Includes chart to easily compare all of the activity trackers! All of these fitness trackers offer excellent ways to track your workouts and a range of other health stats, plus offer other fitness and health features as well. Tracking your workouts is one of the best ways to improve your health, because tracking motivates you to exercise more.
Apple Watch vs. Garmin Forerunner
If you are in the market for a new smart watch, you may be trying to choose between the Garmin Forerunner vs. the Apple Watch. This post compares these two high quality smart watches, to help you choose.
The Amazing Fitbit Success Story
The amazing Fitbit success story is a case study that all business owners can learn from. Success did not come to Fitbit by luck or accident. It was the result of great products, great business strategy, and clever partnerships. It started with one man’s desire for fitness, and has grown into a global community of people who are united by their common goal: being as fit and healthy as possible, even within the constraints of very busy lives.
Review of Upright Go Posture Trainer and Corrector
I recently found an affordable gadget, the Upright Go, which has helped me lot with my posture, so I wanted to share it with our readers. I am not a gadget junkie (like a certain husband I could mention!), but I do love this one.
Jaybird Tarah Bluetooth Headphones – Review
Jaybird Tarah Bluetooth Headphones – Our Review. These wireless headphones are ideal if you want the convenience of Bluetooth wireless headphones, but don’t want something heavy around your neck. The sound quality rocks, and the price tag is affordable.
How to Use Your Garmin Vivoactive 3 to Record an Activity
This is a handy step-by-step guide to show you how to use your Garmin Vivoactive 3 to record activities. It is surprisingly quick and easy to use your Garmin Vivoactive 3 to record your favorite activities.
Garmin Vívosmart 3 Activity Tracker to be Used for Major Research Project
Are you one of those people who wonder whether activity trackers provide useful and reliable data? Well, you may be reassured to learn that hundreds of researchers plan to use one of the most popular activity trackers, the Garmin vívosmart 3 activity tracker, in a multi-million dollar research project.
Amazon Prime Day Sale Starts Monday!
Amazon Prime Day, one of the biggest sales of the year, starts tomorrow. This post sums up the key reasons to join Amazon Prime, and rounds up some of the best deals available on this year’s Amazon Prime Day.
Powerbeats3 vs Jaybird X3 Headphones
This is an in-depth comparison of Powerbeats3 vs Jaybird X3 Bluetooth sports headphones. It includes a comparison chart of all key features, to help you choose between them. These Bluetooth wireless sports headphones are popular with millions of athletic music lovers. But which of these premium Bluetooth headphones are better?
Amazon Announces the New Echo Spot
The Amazon Echo family has a new addition – the all new Echo Spot. This compact Echo has a small screen. The Echo Spot enables you to take advantage of second-generation, far-field voice recognition to watch video briefings, see music lyrics, weather forecasts, to-do and shopping lists, browse and listen to Audible audiobooks, and much more. And of course, you can do all of this hands-free.
Jaybird X3 vs Jaybird X2 Bluetooth Headphones
After years of updates that did not change much at all, has Jaybird finally hit the sweet spot with Jaybird X3? This post comparing Jaybird X3 vs Jaybird X2 Sport Headphones has the answers! Jaybird Sport Headphones are among the most popular premium Bluetooth Headphones for athletes. This post compares Jaybird X3 vs Jaybird X2 Sport Headphones to help you choose between them
Bose SoundSport Wireless Headphones vs Jaybird X3 Sport Headphones
Bose SoundSport Wireless Headphones and Jaybird X3 Sport Headphones are two of the most popular, premium Bluetooth Headphones for athletes. This post compares Bose SoundSport Wireless Headphones vs Jaybird X3 Sports Headphones to help you choose between them. Includes a chart that you can use to compare the key features of both sets of headphones.
Review: Garmin Vivoactive HR GPS Smart Watch
This is an in-depth review of the Garmin Vivoactive HR GPS Smart Watch. This best-selling fitness tracker is a four-in-one device: an activity tracker; a sleep tracker; a smart watch with notifications; and a GPS device to track your runs, hikes or bike rides. As such, it is an ideal fitness and activity tracker for dedicated athletes, particularly athletes who usually exercise outdoors, and athletes who do a variety of sports. For example, it would be an incredibly helpful tool for a triathlete.
How to Set Up Philips Hue Lights and Connect Them to Amazon Echo
Video – Step by step demo of how to set up the Philips Hue White Lights Starter Kit and connect it up so you can control it with Amazon Echo, aka Alexa. You will need to repeat part of this process every time you add a new light bulb to your automated light system at home. This video shows how to set up your Philips Hue lights, and how to integrate them into your Smart Home network. It also shows how to download and use the Philips Hue app on your smart phone.
Video: Garmin Vivoactive HR Unboxing and Set Up
Here’s my video showing the unboxing and set up of my Garmin Vivoactive HR. This best-selling fitness tracker is a four-in-one device: an activity tracker; a sleep tracker; a smart watch with notifications; and a GPS device to track your runs, hikes or bike rides. It’s very clearly a fitness tracker, not a fashion statement, so the Garmin Vivoactive HR is best suited for serious athletes who do a lot of sports, and who work out every day.
Fitbit Blaze Review
Fitbit Blaze review – here’s an in-depth review of the Fitbit Blaze fitness tracker. Includes a comprehensive table showing all the key features of this best-selling, good-looking fitness tracker.
The Best Selling Headphones of 2016
Here’s a handy guide to the best selling headphones of 2016! The most popular headphones of 2016 included over-the-ears headphones, in-ear Bluetooth headphones, and the best possible noise cancelling headphones.
The Best Selling Fitness Trackers of 2016
Here’s a handy guide to the best selling fitness trackers of 2016. All of these fitness trackers offer excellent value for money, and will motivate you or your loved one to be more active and healthier. And they look good too!