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FitBit, your thoughts please

AuntG — Tue, 05 May 2020 17:19:59 GMT

They seem to have an equal amount of 5 star and 1 star reviews. I just don't know what to think. Basically, I want something that tracks my steps. I'm not techie so syncing with a device isn't of much importance to me. Please share your thoughts on FitBit or other pedometers (I want something to wear on my wrist like a watch).

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Valstybaby — Tue, 05 May 2020 17:32:14 GMT

@AuntG wrote:
They seem to have an equal amount of 5 star and 1 star reviews. I just don't know what to think. Basically, I want something that tracks my steps. I'm not techie so syncing with a device isn't of much importance to me. Please share your thoughts on FitBit or other pedometers (I want something to wear on my wrist like a watch).

Have my Firbit Versa 2 about a year and don't know what I would do if it broke. I would probably buy another one that same day. You can have Alexa remind you of things even if you don't have Alexa in your house because it's in the Fitbit. I now can't live without mine and my twin sister feels the same about the one I bought her. Don't think you'll be sorry.

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hopi — Tue, 05 May 2020 17:31:39 GMT

Love my Fitbit Versa 2. It looks like the Apple watch. Do not get from Q they sell refurbished ones. You sync it to your smart phone or IPad. You get a lot of info on the watch immediatley. It is kind of easy to do. It keeps track of great stuff sends you a weekly email of your progress.

It helped me to figure out that the blood pressure medicine prescribed to me was way to high.

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pigletsmom — Tue, 05 May 2020 19:54:57 GMT

I love my fitbit. I have the Charge 3 and now of course there's a 4 that I want.

You might want to look at the Fitbit Inspire. They have it with or without a heart rate. They also sell an accessory so you can take the band off and use it as a clip on pedometer.

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Mmsfoxxie — Tue, 05 May 2020 20:20:19 GMT

I have a Fitbit Charge 2 that I got from QVC and it's a love/hate relationship. Tracking my steps is a given but I love that it tracks your sleep and is synced to my WW app. If it broke tomorrow, I'd be trying to decide which model to replace it with.

What I don't like about mine is that it doesn't always track stairs correctly. I can go up and down my steps as part of my exercise routine and sometimes it tracks it, sometimes not. Sometimes I know that I watched all of a movie or late night talk show but because I dozed off 15 minutes prior, all of that shows as sleep unless you read the detailed info. Your activity minutes don't show up until you've done a continuous 10 or 15 minutes so if you stop before that, you don't see those minutes. The straps break a lot. The reason I haven't bought a newer model is because I'm not very good with too much sophistication in electronics. Just ask my track phone, lol.

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wagirl — Tue, 05 May 2020 21:49:09 GMT

@AuntG---I have one---and it is great for tracking your arm movements----you wear it on your wrist so everytime you move your arm, it counts it---I wore it on my ankle one day, did just as much activity as when it was on my wrist and didn't make it to my 10,000 steps, in fact was hundreds of steps less----kind of misleading, altho the tracking of your sleep is interesting---I won't buy another one----

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pigletsmom — Tue, 05 May 2020 23:13:22 GMT

@Mmsfoxxie wrote:
I have a Fitbit Charge 2 that I got from QVC and it's a love/hate relationship. Tracking my steps is a given but I love that it tracks your sleep and is synced to my WW app. If it broke tomorrow, I'd be trying to decide which model to replace it with.

What I don't like about mine is that it doesn't always track stairs correctly. I can go up and down my steps as part of my exercise routine and sometimes it tracks it, sometimes not. Sometimes I know that I watched all of a movie or late night talk show but because I dozed off 15 minutes prior, all of that shows as sleep unless you read the detailed info. Your activity minutes don't show up until you've done a continuous 10 or 15 minutes so if you stop before that, you don't see those minutes. The straps break a lot. The reason I haven't bought a newer model is because I'm not very good with too much sophistication in electronics. Just ask my track phone, lol.

@Mmsfoxxie

On the Charge 2 you can tell it to start tracking the walk except now I can't totally remember how to get you there. I think if you click the button it takes you to a screen with exercises and then you tap on it until you see walk and the click the button to start. If walk isn't showing you can add it in your account so it shows up on the fitbit.

Also I really like the magnetic bands that you can get on Amazon. I really hated the bands that come with the fitbit.

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willdob3 — Wed, 06 May 2020 01:23:41 GMT

@AuntG

The FitBit watches are very inaccurate. They count a lot of movements that are not stepsxand don’t count others that are. I’ve got a FitBit One that is good at counting steps but one of my biggest regrets is buying a FitBit watches. Total waste of money. They tried replacing it for me a few times but they are all bad.

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AuntG — Wed, 06 May 2020 01:30:16 GMT

Sorry to hear that @willdob3 . Someone else mentioned it counted arm movements as steps. I guess I'll just track the minutes I walk because it's really the pedometer portion I'm interested in. 30 minutes = 3000 steps if I'm lucky.

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Mmsfoxxie — Wed, 06 May 2020 02:52:32 GMT

I guess we can have a debate on whether arm movements should count as much as steps. IMO, arms movements are just as important. The objective is to move...be it arms or feet. It has to be rather vigorous arm movements, though, because I don't notice those numbers going up with slow movements during housework or gardening.

There are times when my arthritis in my feet bother me and my walking gets limited and chair exercises with arm exercises is all I can do and you can work up a good sweat.

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PilatesLover — Wed, 06 May 2020 17:50:55 GMT

I've become addicted to my Fitbit. I guess that's a good addiction. It syncs with my WW app so I know how many points walks and exercise earn for me, which nudges me to move more and get more steps in.

I like to see how I slept, too.

The heart rate display taught me that my inhaler was interfering with my heart rate when I use it. There's not much I can do about that if it's allergy season and I need the inhaler, but at least I understand why my heart is beating like that and I know that it's temporary. It taught me that restricting caffiene when I need the inhaler helps to keep my heart rate more stable.

I don't use the options for tracking food, water, the community, etc. but a lot of people find benefit from them.

I'm on my second Fitbit, an Alta HR. If it died today I would head right over to Fitbit and buy a similar model.

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hckynut — Wed, 06 May 2020 18:31:01 GMT

I don't personally own any model of FitBit, but know many that do. Most of them like them, some I believe, are almost addicted to them. Any tool that promotes movement, accurate or inaccurate, to me is a good thing.

As far as cost? That is up to the person's budget and desire to own one, and how important they will be to keep them moving.

I have never been a fan of multi-use worn fitness devices. When I ran my 10k road races I wore a chronograph with which I could record and save my 1 mile split times, and total race time. It's only other function was the "time of day".

My chest worn Heart Rate Monitor does only 1 thing, accurately shows my HR. It also, when set, shows the time of day. I wear it only during skating and my in home workouts. At home I do not need the wrist receivers, as the machines I use have a built-in Polar Transmitter.

I am not interested in sleep/calories/steps, or any of the other functions, so for me $$$ wise it would not be practical or beneficial. But to others, hey! If it gets you moving, seems like it serves it purpose.

hckynut 🏒