Fitbit: Health & Fitness 4+

Awesome...but needs a little tweaking 😉

I am absolutely hooked on my Fitbit! I bought the Charge 3 and I hate taking it off. I love the notifications it sends if I haven’t moved from my desk each hour, I love the fact you can challenge other friends and colleagues to weekend, or weekly challenges as well as track your own performance. It’s got me more motivated than any exercise book, or personal trainer. The only downside I find is that it’s not 100% accurate. My resting heart rate on an ECG machine compared to my Fitbit has a difference of 10 beats per minute...that’s a big number when you’re trying to work in fat burn mode or/and cardio. In addition, when I train with other people my steps are pretty much the same but when we e all walked a 12km walk (as we’ve done consistently this week), my Fitbit comes up with almost 2km less than the others! The only time it’s accurate is if I walk with my GPS on my phone and then sync the data after my walk/run. In addition the calorie counter has very limited good options and scanning them and sending them off is too time consuming. I find I’m using the “My Fitnesspal” app to monitor my food intake...please look at their app and try and make the Fitbit calorie counter more user friendly. Apologies for mentioning the bits that need “tweaking”, but it’s constructive feedback that I feel is important. All in all I am so chuffed that I have a Fitbit as its now become a way of life for me! Thank you to the Fitbit team of developers ☺️

Developer Response ,

Hi Jane,



We're delighted to hear that you enjoy using your Fitbit Charge 3 and love its features such as reminders to move and challenges!



As for your concern with heart rate tracking, please note that our Fitbit devices calculate steps differently from other machines. PurePulse LEDs (light-emitting diodes) on your Fitbit device reflect onto the skin to detect blood volume changes, and finely-tuned algorithms are applied to measure heart rate automatically and continuously. The heart-rate icon you see on the display tells you if you're in 1 of 3 heart-rate zones.



It's also worth noting that if you're doing an activity where your wrist is moving vigorously and non-rhythmically, the movement may prevent the sensor from finding your heart rate. If this happens, try relaxing your wrist and staying still briefly (about 10 seconds), after which you should see an accurate heart rate reading. For more on what impacts heart rate accuracy, please see: http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_US/Help_article/1565#ImpactsAccuracy.



Hope you'll also like the other features your watch has to offer!



Best,

Fitbit Support

Fitbit

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Updated review

ORIGINAL REVIEW : Have an inspire2 wristband which I would rate as 5/5. The charge stays on for days, it is sturdily constructed, waterproof and very reasonably priced. The software however is a 1/5. Very buggy as certain workouts disappear forever after a daily sync with the wristband, it’s expensive for what you get comparatively to other apps and the killer is that you cannot sync your data to other apps like apple health or analysers like welltory without purchasing a separate app to sync the data. Thank god I have other packages to see the workouts. Also the data views on the workouts are not detailed enough. The one redeeming quality is the plethora of information you can view on the app. If you are an amateur athlete, I would look elsewhere, however if you’re just getting started in wearables, its a pretty good entry point. The reason I gave this 2 stars is because the wristband only syncs with fitbit’s proprietary software. UPDATED REVIEW So I’m up to 4 stars as Fitbit has added some great premium content like meditation sessions with Deepak Chopra or Les Mills workouts. They are now adding personalized programs as well, such as workout plans. Also the software is less buggy, however you still need an external plugin app to sync to external apps, such as Apple Health. (doh). And you still can’t drill down and get detailed info about your workouts, only a general glimpse. But well done Fitbit, keep going.