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Advantage of vivoactive 4 over Forerunner 255?

Dear community.

I am a Fenix 6x user and am now searching for a watch for my mother in law. My two favourites are currently the Vivoactive 4 and the Forerunner 255, with a preference for the Forerunner. Main use case will be tracking walks and hikes and also the live tracking feature for when she walks alone. She is definitely not a runner, so she will not use the running features of the forerunner, but what speaks for the forerunner anyway is the great battery life and better GPS.

The cheaper price and the touchscreen would be advantages of the Vivoactive, but both are not as important as a good battery life. Do you see any other advantage that the Vivoactive could have over the Forerunner 255?

Thanks in advance for your opinions ️

0 Vizi over 2 years ago

Forerunners 245 and 255 have Resume later option, Vivo does not so it can not pause activity for more than 15 mins. Otherwise, I think Vivo 4 or Forerunner 245 would be be better for her. She does not need 255, it is just pricier for what she does not need.

0 #Matthias# over 2 years ago in reply to Vizi

Thanks for your reply. I did not consider the 245 so far. I have done a quick round of searching and I think that actually the 55 would be an interesting option. It probably has slightly less functions, but double the battery life of the 245.