My Bodymedia Review

echamin

I've been wanting to try the Bodymedia Link Armband so I finally got it at Costco online. They offered 12 month subscription with purchase and it was also on sale for $119 with free shipping.

First day it was a bit confusing how to set it up and stuff but after watching a few youtubes, got it. Plus I have a iPhone 5 and currently it's not compatible but I was able to make it work. Didn't sync up on it's own but worked ok as long as I pressed the sync button on the armband. But they recently updated their app (for the better) but it didn't sync anymore with the iPhone 5 so I would have to upload it onto my computer. Also if you're doing MFP, you only need to enter the food...not the workout.

I wore it for a few days and can get obsessive. I think I was checking it every 10 minutes. lol.

The thing I didn't like was when I worked out, the calories burned didn't match up to my Polar HRM. When I would burn 460 calories on my HRM, it would only say I burned 200 calories. It didn't bother me much since they do give you extra calories burned from your daily activities...but still, that's a big difference. I do like how it tells you how many steps you took so if you didn't walk as much, it did make you move more to meet the goals for the day. I also like how it tells me how I slept BUT, on the third night, it did wake me up from the beeping...maybe I didn't wear it tight enough? Dunno...but that was annoying. Plus wearing it 24/7 can be good and bad....the good is you don't realize you're wearing anything...but sometimes, if you have it on a little tight, it can feel a little constricting on your arm. Also since it's winter, no one realizes I wear it but if it was summer, I'm not sure if I'd want to wear it out everyday.

It's a pretty neat device but I think I'll be returning mine and just go back to using my polar HRC. It's great if you're the obsessive compulsive type...but for me, it was quite distracting.

jaz050465

Lots of people like to use a Fitbit for daily activity and a HRM for e excise