I have a FitBit Charge HR and I love it.
The Charge HR has a more secure clasp than the Charge and other previous models. It's a basic watch buckle clasp.
The Charge and Charge HR have a sensor that triggers the display to show the time when you raise and tilt your wrist, which I love. Previous models had no watch or made you press the button to see the time. That was awkward when you had your hands full. Now I just bring my wrist up and I can see the time. Love that.
The watch is not waterproof, so I simply connect mine to the charger while I brush my teeth, shower, and get dressed in the morning. That keeps it charged all week. (If you have it set to sync with the phone all day instead of doing a manual sync, that will drain the battery much faster.)
If you are doing Weight Watchers and use their app, you can also link your FitBit account. When you sync your FitBit with your phone/computer, it shares the information with your Weight Watchers app, tracking all your fitness points.
You can set silent alerts which I use to buzz my wrist at certain points to keep track of my water intake and activity. I have two to remind me in the AM and PM to make sure I've finished all the water in the bottle I take to work each day. I also have an alarm for the afternoon to remind me to take a break and go walk around the office to get my steps in. (My office complex is huge and every afternoon you'll see individuals or groups of people going for a walk at the same time every day. They've posted a "healthy walk" map in all the hallways to show which path you can take and how many times around you go to equal a 1 mile walk.)
I was not walking many steps on average before I got my FitBit. I tracked my average for a week and then set my daily goal to be 1000 steps more than my average. Every time I hit my goal for a week, I increased my goal by another 1000 steps. I've quadrupled the number of steps I take per day by doing those increases and by just being more aware of my activity level. Days I work from home I make sure I take breaks to walk outside or even walk in place in the living room for 5 or 10 minutes at a time. I even dance around the kitchen or march in place while I'm making my coffee or waiting for something in the microwave.
FitBit also has excellent customer service. When my FitBit broke in December, I contacted them and they replaced it immediately, no questions asked. (Except for where to send it.) I had the new FitBit 3 days later - and again, this was right before Christmas, where everyone was super busy and shipping was slow!
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