Wore Garmin's CIRQA fitness band 24/7 for 4 weeks to see how it stacks up to other screenless wearables

Garmin’s CIRQA, the company’s first display-free smart band, was designed to track health, sleep, recovery, and activity without on-wrist notifications. In a four-week, 24/7 test, the device delivered strong Garmin-style metrics, including continuous heart rate, stress, skin temperature, Pulse Ox, steps, calories, and Body Battery. Overnight sleep tracking covered sleep stages, sleep score, HRV, respiration, and naps, and it supported 80-plus activities plus training features like VO2 max and training readiness. The main drawback was comfort: the CIRQA’s sensor felt unexpectedly bulky, and the band costs about twice the price of the Fitbit Air.