Survey: Which connected fitness gear do you use:

orenshani7
orenshani7 Posts: 34 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hi All, I would like to know which connected fitness gear do you use? Fitbit? Garmin? Samsung gear? or whatever? Why did you pick this particular one?

I am currently using a 20$ Chinese smart bracelet that I bought just because I needed a pulse meter, but I am thinking about something more sophisticated, I need something that is useful in the gym but that also counts steps and monitors sleep.

So what do you use?
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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    I have a Garmin for running, but don't have it connected, i log my runs manually
  • Lolinloggen
    Lolinloggen Posts: 466 Member
    Garmin Vivosmart for everyday use - Chose it as it is waterproof and I wanted a nice watch too
    Garmin Forerunner 235 for running and hiking as I wanted a non heavy GPS and already had the said vivosmart (and and Oregon for geocaching etc.)
    However for replacement once needed I am eyeing up the iwatch or Suunto The first as it integrates well with out iT systems and the second as it should be, due to the fact that it is European, GDPR compliant
  • MHarper522
    MHarper522 Posts: 108 Member
    Fitbit Charge 2 HR. I really like it.
  • igovern
    igovern Posts: 4 Member
    I loved Jawbone when I started a few years ago. But now my Apple Watch sole purpose is to track & record workouts. ⌚️
  • TeresaW1020
    TeresaW1020 Posts: 3,231 Member
    I have a Fitbit Zip. I like it because I can clip it to my bra or pants pocket.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    I have...
    - Garmin VivoSmart
    - Garmin ForeRunner 920XT
    - Garmin ForeRunner 935

    All are connected to my phone, none are connected to MFP.
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    I have a Fitbit Versa... I really like it and it's connected to MFP.
  • eikalipse
    eikalipse Posts: 21 Member
    i use samsung gear fit 2. its ok, does the job. Not happy that is has va small workout onborad choice. For workouts you choose if its vigurous or not .... hm. had microsoft band before, both. shame they are discontinued. Was going to get a fitbit charge 3, but seemingly their step counter is not great. As for watches, they can be bulky and uncomfortable.
  • tecat810
    tecat810 Posts: 4,832 Member
    Garmin forerunner 335. Love it
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Garmin Fenix 3HR. I'd love a 5X, but they are over a grand up here. I wear it 23/7 and charge it about an hour a day. Gives me most of what I need (but man turn by turn run directions would be nice for trail runs or cross country skiing) and was less than 1/2 the price. Still not cheap.

    It's connected to MFP. I don't really use it for tracking weight lifting, except as an activity. I never figured out how to have it track reps so it just tracks my time. But for running calories burned it seems spot on.
  • peggym4640
    peggym4640 Posts: 156 Member
    Garmin 935. Great connectivity to my phone and I like the versatile workouts. I do sync it with MFP as well. I had a Polar before this and it would keep dropping from my phone which was frustrating since I like the smartwatch part of these type of watches.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    Garmin Connect to feed data to MFP

    A Forerunner 735XT for routine activity tracking, running and swimming with an HRM Tri for running dynamics data.

    Edge 520 for cycling with Speed, Cadence and a Garmin HRM on my CX and road bikes

    Edge 520 with Cadence and a power meter and Garmin HRM on my turbo trainer
  • Badger_Up
    Badger_Up Posts: 2 Member
    Switched to Apple Watch from Fitbit Charge 2 last month. Better activity tracking IMHO. No problems integrating it with MFP. Only downside is that it needs to charged every night, so I need to use a sleep tracking app to monitor sleep time.
  • dewd2
    dewd2 Posts: 2,445 Member
    Garmin Fenix 5x because, yes @Tacklewasher, turn by turn directions are awesome! :) I upgraded from a Garmin Forerunner 630 because I didn't like the touch screen.
  • spiriteagle99
    spiriteagle99 Posts: 3,746 Member
    Garmin Forerunner 35. It's a good basic watch, less expensive than most of their watches, but with a better battery than the 15 or 25. It has most of the features I need. I don't have it linked to MFP, but it is linked to Runningahead, where I keep my logs.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    Garmin Forerunner 935.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    Garmin Fenix 5x.
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    I have a Garmin Fenix 5s. I want all the fancy performance data from the higher end Garmin devices, but I have child-sized hands and the 5s is the only device that isn’t the size of my face (more literally my palm-which is cumbersome as an all day activity tracking device).
  • Jadesfire93
    Jadesfire93 Posts: 92 Member
    edited November 2018
    Garmin Instinct with Garmin Connect for MFP. Really like it so far- I wanted something robust but not huge on my wrist, with HR monitoring built in (so a chest strap wouldn't be necessary). And my Vivoactive (2, possibly a 3- there's no number on it) broke, so I decided to go ahead and upgrade.
  • fuzzylop72
    fuzzylop72 Posts: 651 Member
    garmin forerunner 935 and stryd
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,309 Member
    I have a Garmin Vivoactive 3 (and Garmin chest belt) that replaced a lower-end Polar HRM watch (recently deceased) and chest belt, plus old Garmin Forerunner 205 that I was using for GPS pace/distance data (mainly for rowing). Desire was to get most of the functions I care about (immediate HR monitoring during exercise, GPS pace/distance recording for rowing that I can review post-row; and more casually, speed/distance for biking and walking). I'm so old that I always wear a wristwatch, so I wanted one that was functional for that, too, and not excessively grotesque or cutesy.

    I use the chest belt for intentional exercise, because wrist-based HR has a reputation for being wonky during rowing (probably too much crazy arm movement) and purely out of habit for spinning, my other regular exercise.

    I don't sync to MFP because, for me, the VA3 all-day calorie burn data is Just Wrong (TDEE/NEAT calculators tend to be wrong for me, too, and by approximately the same proportion; dunno why). I normally use the calorie estimates from on-water rowing and spinning to log exercise on MFP for lack of a better source, though I do pay attention to the rowing machine calorie estimates (after weight adjustment) as a double check. If anything, based on experience, the exercise estimates may be a little lowball for me, but that's OK.

    I haven't tried to figure out whether the step counts are accurate (I don't walk all that much, and super rarely for exercise), but they seem proportionally rational, i.e., if the VA3 says I walked twice as many steps as usual, that seems subjectively reasonable IME.

    The sleep tracking is laughably inaccurate. I don't think it's just me, or just this device: Overall, trackers have that reputation. The "flights of stairs" estimate is imaginative, too.

    Too often, it seems to me that people think of these devices as sources of deep, mysterious, personal technological insight, when they're really just tiny, kinda-complicated bundles of algorhythmic estimation.

    Fun and useful, despite the limitations, though.
  • logicalloss
    logicalloss Posts: 14 Member
    Just got my fitbit charge 3 (my blaze died after 2.5 year. So far I love it.
  • reflectionofme
    reflectionofme Posts: 310 Member
    Fitbit charge 3. Loving it and the battery lasts 8 days on one charge.
  • NorthCascades
    NorthCascades Posts: 10,968 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    The sleep tracking is laughably inaccurate. I don't think it's just me, or just this device: Overall, trackers have that reputation. The "flights of stairs" estimate is imaginative, too.

    Sometimes I'm in the REM stage when I'm wide awake. And sometimes I'm asleep when I'm reading something that isn't even boring. Some nights I get 8 hours even though my insomnia never let me get to sleep.

    But I agree with your conclusion. These things are fun and useful, as long as you understand their strengths and weaknesses, and know when to trust them.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Garmin 920xt with Garmin Connect & Strava. I wnet for the 920 based on its multi-sport capabilities (it has a built in triathlon setting) great battery life and display that even my decrepit old geezer eyes can read without glasses.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,309 Member
    NorthCascades wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    The sleep tracking is laughably inaccurate. I don't think it's just me, or just this device: Overall, trackers have that reputation. The "flights of stairs" estimate is imaginative, too.

    Sometimes I'm in the REM stage when I'm wide awake. And sometimes I'm asleep when I'm reading something that isn't even boring. Some nights I get 8 hours even though my insomnia never let me get to sleep.

    But I agree with your conclusion. These things are fun and useful, as long as you understand their strengths and weaknesses, and know when to trust them.

    We could be sleep tracker twins, I swear. <eye roll>
  • dewd2
    dewd2 Posts: 2,445 Member
    BrianSharpe wrote: »
    Garmin 920xt with Garmin Connect & Strava. I wnet for the 920 based on its multi-sport capabilities (it has a built in triathlon setting) great battery life and display that even my decrepit old geezer eyes can read without glasses.

    That's one of the first things I noticed with the 5x. I could actually read the screen. If I put more than 2 fields on my old 630 I couldn't read it when I was running. With the 5x I can see all 4 fields. Finally, a watch made for old farts. :D
  • epr31295
    epr31295 Posts: 6,213 Member
    I use the Fitbit ionic I absolutely love it and have no idea what I would do without it now! I used to log my workouts and hope that the burns were close but now the Ionic automatically detects workouts and uses your hr to calculate calorie burn. Plus I have loaded my music on it so I never have to find a way to carry my phone also!
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    Just started using the Fitbit Charge 3. Couple of niggles. I think the calorie count is quite high I am quite sedentary most days and it tells me I have been up more flights of stairs than I actually have. I do drive up a very steep hill every day and I think it might be registering this as several flights of stairs.

    Otherwise I like it a lot. I got it as it is waterproof and I shall be using it swimming and it syncs with MFP. I like the sleep function. HR seems fairly close so happy with that as well.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    edited November 2018
    I have a fitbit charge HR (i got it for my birthday I think 2.5 years ago). It's pretty cool. I can't get it to measure distance accurately though. I tried changing stride length and that didn't work. Steps counted isn't really accurate either, maybe that's why. Calories burned seems to be fairly accurate however.

    I would like to switch to Garmin though, and also something more watch-looking. Mine is just the thin band. But I figure my fitbit still works, no sense in spending the money on a new gadget yet.

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