You're getting the same on the Venu Sq too, though we'd argue with features like MoveIQ and adaptive step counts, it does better job of motivating you to move. Fitbit has a stronger and wider collection of official bands that work with the Sense with plenty of third party options available.

Transform your Garmin watch band's look without the hassle, all of our replacement Garmin Venu sq bands are made with high quality material and are extremely simple to install, making sure they are securely attached at all times. Every Garmin Venu sq band we sell at Fitstraps comes ready to wear and complete with the tools and screws required for attaching.The Garmin Venu Sq 2 is a great choice for those who want a reliable running watch that doesn’t look as geeky, or cost as much, as some of the classic Garmin lines. It offers OLED gloss, paired with long battery life and the stats it records are more reliable than the Fitbit Versa 4’s. Not to mention that it costs a good bit less than the admittedly slightly better-looking Garmin Venu 2 Plus. This is a great style for day-to-day wear. Taking you effortlessly from meetings in the office to evening drinks with friends, the Milanese Loop Strap will compliment just about any outfit – including both smart-casual and formal attire – and is suitable for a wide range of occasions. The Venu is Garmin's smartwatch that's designed to straddle sporty and stylish looks and this band definitely veers towards the former. The 18mm option comes in 10 different colors and is available in large and small sizes. If you don't have a Venu, it'll also work with the Vivomove Luxe and Style, Forerunner 645, 245 and Vivomove 3.

The Sense in comparison features a 1.58-inch, 336 x 336 AMOLED display. So you're getting more screen and in our experience a better quality display overall on the Sense. It's a little sharper, brighter and nicer to view. The Sq's display certainly isn't bad, but the Sense feels like a big step up. When it's time to hit the hay with the Sense it will go to work monitoring your sleep stages including REM sleep giving you a sleep score to help you get a sense of the quality of sleep. The days of the Garmin watches with bands you couldn't remove are firmly a thing of the past. If you want to simply get a replacement band, or give your Garmin a smarter look, it's much easier to do that.Your new band should come with pins of its own. Use those and keep the old ones attached to the other bands. Simply insert the new strap into the lug and use the provided tools to screw in the screws at either end. What we found in our testing is that those numbers to ring true. If you can live without having the screen set to always-on, you'll get around a week's worth of battery life. The heart rate monitor performance on the whole for health and fitness purposes should serve most well, and is definitely the option to go for if you care about having accurate heart rate when it's time to get sweaty. In terms of how you operate this watches, there's touchscreens on both. The Sq uses a 1.3-inch, 240 x 240 liquid color display.

Missing sensors: The Garmin Venu Sq does not have an altimeter for measuring elevation or a gyroscope for angular velocity.

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If you care a little more about your mental wellbeing, both of these smartwatches aim to serve up data. Ultimately though, even with some insights hidden behind Fitbit's Premium platform, it's the watch you go for if you want serious health monitoring features. The original Venu Sq was capable of going for up to six days in Smartwatch mode. It also offered up to 14 hours of GPS battery life. The Venu Sq 2 promises significant improvements on both those fronts – and it really does deliver a much better overall battery performance. The Sense feels like one more for casual workout fans, while you're going to more in the way accuracy, data and insights on the Venu Sq.