Fitbit Advice?

I have the Fitbit Ultra and absolutely love it! To actually see the numbers of your daily activity is really eye opening. Before I set goals to try and beat, I did 2 days of testing just to see what I actually did. A shopping/grocery day and a lazy stay at home day. To be able to see the difference in your physical activity, even if its as simple as walking around the grocery store is incredible. Its probably one of the tools that helped me decide that I could really focus on this weight loss journey and finally do it.

Cliffnotes version: Love it, HIGHLY recommended.

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I loved mine until I accidentally forgot to remove it from my gym clothes. Threw it in the washer and my fitbit broke. I was able to revive it once, but the second time I threw it in the wash the fitbit was a goner

I saw the new fitbits are a lot cheaper than the $99 one I purchased three years ago so I may consider buying a new one. If I buy a new fitbit I am putting signs on my laundry basket and washing machine to check my gym clothes for the fitbit!!!

I too washed mine...and was no reviving it BUT I LOVE MINE SOOOOO MUCH that I ran out the next day and bought a new one :happy: To me it was the best money I have ever spent (twice lol) it keeps me accountable of my movement or lack of sometimes. I only take mine off to shower.....I LOVE IT!!!! Would reccomend it 100%

I have had my Fitbit since May 15 and I just love it so much. It really motivates me to take more steps everyday:) It is completely worth it: . It is worth the investment.
I recommend as a lady, wear it on your bra, cause I heard that people who wear it with the belt clip have lost one and some even lost 2. That can become expensive.:(

Exactly this! I will also add that I started out with the Ultra (about 2 months before the One came out). Loved it, except that I had constant ongoing issues syncing it with my Macbook Pro. I was in frequent communication with fitbit support trying to figure it out, and basically in the end I was told that it's an ongoing issue that some (but not all?) mac users have, that they are aware of. And they don't have any resolution for it yet, but are working on it :-X Basically, the only way I could get it to sync (EVERY TIME) was to fully uninstall, restart, reinstall, restart, and then sync. Which is a pretty big inconvenience for the $ spent. I was pretty bummed about that, but a few months later when the One came out, my generous girlfriend (who had gotten me the Ultra) who knew I had been having trouble with the syncing randomly got me a One so I wouldn't have so much trouble. I sync it with my iPhone and all is good in the world again!

So I would personally suggest the One over the Ultra.

I really like my fitbit. It keeps me aware of how much moving I do in a day. I aim for 10,000 steps during the week and at least 10 flights of stairs during the week. On the weekends, I am to do 8,000 steps and 8 flights of stairs.
I like that it can tell how many times you wake up at night and how long it took you to fall asleep.
The only disadvantage is if you don't do walking as your main exercise, then it doesn't track other things (such as swimming, zumba). My main exercise is walking so, I really like it.

I had the Ultra and upgraded to the One when it came out. I have bought and given away four to family and friends. I think they are fantastic. It has really helped me monitor my activity level. It makes me walk a lot more which is a major fat burner. I don't try to use it as a heart rate monitor. I have a Polar FT60 for that purpose. Between my Fitbit, Polar FT60 and MFP I have a very complete picture of my overall fitness. I use all three sites because I download all of my Polar data to their free site and I link my Fitbit to MFP. Using them together I have a very accurate picture of calories in and calories out. I have actually lost more than 70 lbs. I started MFP after I had lost only 20 LBS. I would recommend it to anyone. I put my money where my mouth is. I have bought a total of seven.

It is a great pedometer, and they do a good job on motivating you via the information that is available on the Fitbit site. With that being said, I will not buy another, because I believe the money would be better spent on a good HRM. While it is nice to know how many steps you have taken, and to try to pass your previous records, in the end I want to know how many calories I have burned not just how far I have walked/run/stairs climbed. So I would recommend getting a Heart Rate Monitor that will track your caloric burn on Every Exercise that you do rather than a Fitbit that will simply estimate your calories burned when walking or running.

They are different things. A fitbit will measure your daily activity and a HRM will be better for e exercise. Lots of people have both.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE mine. It is such a motivator to get steps in and burn calories and it syncs with MFP. It is like my phone, always with me!! Never leave home without it....

This about sums up my thoughts too.