Fitbit Flex - Any Opinions?

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  • sunshinestater
    sunshinestater Posts: 596 Member
    Buford, the app is working now, but I agree about the customer service. Had a problem with my very first Fitbit and they were a great help. My husband has that one now, and it's held together with Super Glue at this point! He's probably hoping I'll learn to love my Flex so he can take my One.
  • LadyThanata
    LadyThanata Posts: 91 Member
    I'm on day two with the flex.

    It wont sync anymore with my Android phone. It worked yesterday and earlier today and then stopped.

    It often logs steps for when I am just sitting around, blow drying my hair or showering.

    I'm not sure how much I understand the calorie portion. It says today I burned 4k in calories because i walked 9 miles around the village and Chelsea piers in NYC. when I log the amount of minutes walking at a 2.5 on MFP it says I burned 1k in calories.

    The clasp is a B I T C H. Took me forever to get comfortable. You have to mush the clasp down first and make sure its completely flat and then on a 90 degree angle push one at a time the little pegs.... Seriously took me 25 minutes to figure this out yesterday.

    It's comfortable enough to wear to sleep. I wore it last night without a problem.

    I think I would have enjoyed my walk today if the app would have worked on my phone ( Droid 4).

    I told myself- I would give it one week- If I don't like it- I'm returning it to Best Buy.

    Anyone else having issues?

    Also- its on my NON-dominate hand. When I woke up this morning and checked, it said i walked 45 steps, from my bed to computer ( about 3 feet)..... Maybe I set it up wrong?

    It sits tightly against my wrist, should it be lose?
  • sunshinestater
    sunshinestater Posts: 596 Member
    I have mine s.ightly loose. Tonight I was 77 steps away from 10,000, so I deliberately counted out the steps and it vibrated right on the 77th. I'm sure it's not always that accurate, but that was pretty cool.
  • LadyThanata
    LadyThanata Posts: 91 Member
    i losen it, to where i can slightly tug it back n forth. lets see how tomorrow fares for me.
  • kar328
    kar328 Posts: 4,159 Member
    Mine just showed up in the mail. Originally had some shipping issues with Best Buy, the tracking number didn't exist on the UPS site even though it briefly showed me tracking info. I'm supposed to be getting a $20 refund for the inconvenience. I need to go get it set up. Looking forward to playing with it.
  • willdob3
    willdob3 Posts: 640 Member
    i dont understand the love for these, arent they just posh looking pedometers, or am i missing something?

    This is exactly what I thought...until I spent hours researching them. Now I want one, too. There is a lot more to them than just counting steps.
  • kgoodman0108
    kgoodman0108 Posts: 158
    I really wanted one, until I read reviews once it was released. It's just a fancy pedometer, in my opinion. It doesn't count stairs like other Fitbit's, and does not monitor heart rate. I do boxing, and it wouldn't serve much of a purpose for me... besides telling me how may steps I take around my office.
  • positivespin29
    positivespin29 Posts: 13 Member
    I had to return my Jawbone Up, it broke after two weeks and I read waaaay too many people giving feedback on forums that they had problems, broke, returned, exchanged and still had problems. So, I have been holding out for the Flex band and should be at my door today. Can't wait! I've enjoyed the FitBit One for a couple of years and it's opened my eyes to my activity, sleep, miles, etc. I love it and highly recommend FitBit products. They're solid, never have had any problems with mine. The scale is pretty cool too.
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    I really wanted one, until I read reviews once it was released. It's just a fancy pedometer, in my opinion. It doesn't count stairs like other Fitbit's, and does not monitor heart rate. I do boxing, and it wouldn't serve much of a purpose for me... besides telling me how may steps I take around my office.

    That's what I've been trying to figure out. I was intrigued by this. The heart rate monitors I've tried so far don't work for me. The first one didn't count calories so it was obsolete, and the second one must have a problem with the chest strap. In the middle of my workout it will say that my heart rate drops by more than half for five or ten seconds, then jump back up. I guess I'll have to do more research on monitors - I doubt a pedometer-type device would give me accurate readings for weight lifting and kickboxing.

    ETA: The quote I was referring to.
  • kgoodman0108
    kgoodman0108 Posts: 158
    I really wanted one, until I read reviews once it was released. It's just a fancy pedometer, in my opinion. It doesn't count stairs like other Fitbit's, and does not monitor heart rate. I do boxing, and it wouldn't serve much of a purpose for me... besides telling me how may steps I take around my office.

    That's what I've been trying to figure out. I was intrigued by this. The heart rate monitors I've tried so far don't work for me. The first one didn't count calories so it was obsolete, and the second one must have a problem with the chest strap. In the middle of my workout it will say that my heart rate drops by more than half for five or ten seconds, then jump back up. I guess I'll have to do more research on monitors - I doubt a pedometer-type device would give me accurate readings for weight lifting and kickboxing.

    ETA: The quote I was referring to.

    Yeah, I'm at a loss on what to do. I really want a way of getting a more accurate picture of how many calories I burn, but I can't seem to find a heart monitor that is worth purchasing.
  • adayinparis
    adayinparis Posts: 4 Member
    HI Tita,
    You link your flex through the apps tab here on MFP. Scroll down until you come to the Fitbit app and click the link. It will ask you to sign in with your fitbit account and when you do, your accounts are linked.

    Since you have an outdated phone, you will need to plug that little toggle thing that came in your package. You plug it in to the usb drive and then your band can sync with your app.

    Hope that helps!
  • marywknecht
    marywknecht Posts: 1 Member
    I have a fitbitzip and just started last week.I need to knowhow to get a weekly report sent to my email with the calories burned each week and total steps per week. please tell me how to get this report from all the data available on all the charts, please forward this to someone at fit bit if you do not know how to get this report, thanks alot email knechting4us5@yahoo.com
  • kar328
    kar328 Posts: 4,159 Member
    Did you make a Fitbit account? Mine just showed up once I made the account.
  • scrapjen
    scrapjen Posts: 387 Member
    You should automatically get the weekly reports, but you can double check at the Fitbit website ... go into SETTINGS then NOTIFICATIONS and there will be a box to check if you want a weekly summary, although as Kar328 said, I do believe this is a default setting, you don't have to sign up (but you can go uncheck it if you do not want the summary).

    If you've only had your Fitbit for a week, you may have to wait until it has a full week to send to you. I generally get mine on Tuesday or Wednesday with the information from the previous week.

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