Fitbit vs Bodymedia

I have the BodyMedia and I love it. I thought wearing it on my arm would bug me but I forget it's even there. Its pretty accurate when measuring my activity.

I have the BodyMedia Fit and I love it.

The only bad thing I've heard about the FitBit (from someone who has one) is that it counts going over elevated bridges as stairs climbed because it uses an altimeter for the stair climbing measurement. The BodyMedia Fit doesn't do that.

I have the Fitbit 1 also. I got it for Christmas and I LOVE it. It syncs easily, I never notice I have it on, and the site is easy to use.

It hasn't been syncing on MFP, but they say it's because of New Year's Resolutions and so many people getting them for Christmas.

Bump. I will be following this thread as I am in the market too!

I have a BodyMedia and I love it. Only... I wear it tucked into the side panel of my bra (sensors flat against the side of my ribcage) rather than on my arm. In the beginning I wore it on my arm, but I found that the numbers were close to identical wearing it on my side. It's a lot less noticeable/intrusive in my bra. :-)

I've had my BMF since March of 2012. It helped me stay on track to lose my last ten pounds, and I've been successfully using it for maintenance since June now.

I have the fitbit one and I love it. I just got it a few months ago and would have got the Flex instead if it was available. I will be getting either the Flex or Nike+Fuel band soon. I don't like the stress of wondering when I am going to lose my little friend. Wrist is so much better. I have heard good things about Bodymedia, but I prefer not to have a monthly fee. Also fitbit syncs so well with MFP.

I use a FitBit and it is really useful, but my only reservation is that you need to create a car driving activity and note the times when driving and enter it, otherwise you will have false readings.(a Fitbit Aria scale is a real motivation bonus)

I love my BodyMedia! I did a lot of research and asked the same question before buying it. I have used mine for about a year and wouldn't trade it.

There is a small monthly charge about $7, but that is cheaper than a monthly Netflix charge and I think it is comperable to the data I get.

Serveral people I talked to before I bought said that it really helped them to lose the weight and then they continued to use it for workouts because they got an pretty accurate calorie count.

I've had the BMF for 2 years now but just ordered a FitBit (which should be here tomorrow). I've really loved my BMF but am tired of the tan line but I'm not yet ready to stop monitoring my calories burned. I'll be wearing/using the 2 of them together for about a week -- will be interesting to see how the numbers compare. If anybody is interested I can share my results!

I currently have them both. I got the Fitbit for Christmas. Not happy with the Fitbit at all. The estimations it provides are much to general for my liking. I wore it for 2 days and promptly ordered the Body Media Core. I wore them together for a few days and the Fitbit consistently over-estimated my step count by a good 500 steps and under-estimated my calorie count by about 130 cals each day.

As an additional measurement, I wore my HRM, Fitbit and Bodymedia and hopped on the treadmill for 45 min. Checked both and the calorie burn from both the HRM and Bodymedia were identical, the Fitbit under reported the calorie burn by more than 100 cals.

I'm returning the Fitbit today and keeping the Body Media. Do I like having to the armband so visible? No. Do I like paying the monthly fee? No. Are dealing with both those issues worth the accuracy? Absolutely.

It was announced yesterday that the Body Media company is coming out with a Core 2 armband. From the press release I saw, it will be available in August. It is much smaller in design, will have bluetooth capability and also comes with optional accessories such as a HRM chest strap and interchangeable bracelet type armbands for easier use. I know what's going on my Christmas wishlist this year.

Here's a recent NY Times article that talks about fitbit and other devices. (It's also how I learned about MyFitnessPal!)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/garden/devices-to-monitor-physical-activity-and-food-intake.html

I love my BodyFit and did the research before I bought it. It is supposedly more accurate the the Fitbit. The sync with MFP is great too, no problems at all so far. The battery lasts long and you can hardly notice it on my arm

I have been using the Bodymedia for a week or so now. I LOVE it. I came so close to NOT purchasing it due to the fact that I have had two Bodybuggs over the past three years and they BOTH sucked. I took a gamble and feel like I finally won with this one!

Well I still plan on giving up my BMF at the end of the week but............................I will not be using the FitBit as anything more than a pedometer (thankfully I didn't spend much more for it than the pedometer I lost last year when I tried to give up my BMF)... It regularly records almost 40% less calories than the BMF records. Even after manually adding in my daily activities that do not require much leg movement or does have leg movement but has lots of other movements and/or are carrying heavy weight - the closest I could get the calories to read is just under 20% less. 20% probably would have been an acceptable number to me but not w/all the added logging it required (who wants to remember what time they did what or for how long each day). Setting MFP to "very active" and adding in exercise is far more accurate compared to the FitBit for me. If by the end of summer (when the new BodyMedia Fit Core2 is scheduled to come out) I still "need" it, I will be purchasing another BMF..

I don't mean to offend anyone who loves the FitBit -- I'm just saying that it isn't for me...

Bump, does anyone love their Fitbit?