Buying a FitBit-best one to purchase? Your results?!

I bought the FitBit One last week. (TBH it was an impulse buy.....I was at Best Buy buying 3 new kitchen appliances and after spending $1500, I thought what's another $100. LOL.)

I chose the One over the Zip primarily because it tracks floors climbed (but admittedly I work in a 1-story building) and it tracked sleep (and I'm a great sleeper....get 8 hours a night and rarely have insomnia).

But I'm a real technology geek and I love data. The primary reason I decided to get one is that I had worked out my TDEE a few weeks ago. I used several calculators and I suspected they were all too high of estimates. I was right. After using my One for a little over a week, I'm far more sedentary than I though I was, even working out 4-5 times a week for 60 minutes or more. And even though it is still an estimate, I feel the One is giving me a more accurate estimate of my real TDEE than the calculators.

The other thing I like (so far) is that it's a daily TDEE, not just an average. Yesterday I burned 2290 calories (it was a gym day). Today I've only burned 1812 (non-gym day). Yesterday, I was able to eat 1888 calories. Today only 1474. So I know I'm always eating at a deficit and really never eating more than I'm burning.

BTW, if you own an iPhone or a few select Androids (Samsung Galaxy III or IV or the Note), you can sync either the One or the Zip via Bluetooth so you always have realtime stats.

Hope that helps!

ETA: I forgot about the Flex. Pretty sure it syncs via BT to the above phones as well.

I found it completely worth it ... this recent comparative review of the One and the Flex is a good read to help you work out what you want.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/05/fitbit-flex-review-peer-pressure-sucks/

Remember it is a pedometer and so it does have its limitations in terms of recording some forms of exercise - I recently added an HRM to my toolkit to measure a wider variety of my cardio workouts (since I do a lot of variety - dancing, rowing, cycling as well as classes) and they work so well together.

Go ahead! SPOIL YOURSELF!!

I bought my fitbit one in march.. and I LOVE it! It seriously gets me moving so much more! I am of the competitive nature, and I hate seeing certain people above me on my friends list. I love all the graphs and calculations that the fitbit does for you. It's a great little device. I had wanted one for probably about a year when I got it, but thought that I could hold out. In hindsight, I should have gotten it sooner. Rather than sitting on the couch when I need a study break, I will go walk around the block. It is a great motivator and definitely worth the money. It gives you a great target for each individual day as to how much you should be eating.

Sorry for the rambling. I LOVE it!

I got a Fitbit one about a week ago. I like it though it has it's issues. It sometimes counts steps and stairs while I drive around. It doesn't always count the stairs I do correctly. Yesterday I went up my 6 flights of stairs to my apartment and it only recognized 4 of them. It also doesn't take into consideration when you're standing as apposed to sitting, and since I work a standing job that includes some walking, I have to manually log my standing and I have no idea what to truly add it as. I use it more right now, to help motivate me to move a bit more, once I have it for longer and can see how my cal intake/ what it (fit bit) says for my TDEE and how that matches up with my weight loss I may be better able to work out what's the correct calorie count for my work stuff.
I have to take it off to ride my horse (which I do 5-6 days a week) or the steps and stairs go crazy.

I cannot rave enough about the fitbit one - I absolutely adore mine & most of the weight I've lost so far in my ticker has been lost since I got mine & started to move more & follow it's calorie goals.

I hate when I have to take it off to charge it, apart from then, and when I'm in the shower, I wear it all the time.

fitbit one has the most information in the device, also is properly lit so you can read it in the dark and the sleep tracking is great. in short its really awesome.

my mom bought the fitbit zip and regrets it cause you cant charge it, it has to have it bettery replaced and its not back lit so you cant see it at night


the new minimalist one is good if you want it to look like a fashion accessory, but obviously its not going to tell you much other than how much activity you have done.

if you are running, get the one, its got distance, activity level, cals burned, timer, everything you need.


the one is the one. haha.

I've had my fitbit one since December 11th and I love it. It gamifies movement for me--I like the corny badges and competing with myself. It made me realize how sedentary I am and I went from an average of about three thousand steps a day to about 6500. Its altimeter doesn't always measure stairs correctly--but I crouch at the bottom and do a little jump at the top now and that usually does the trick. My husband got the zip which doesn't count stairs, and in the two weeks since he's got it, I am now averaging over 8000 steps a day because he's really fun to compete with. We are considering getting them for our teenage daughters too. Most of my weight loss has been because of dietary changes, and it's really tapered off in the past month, but now I'm running up stairs without getting breathless and all my t-shirts are longer because my belly is 5 3/4 inches smaller than it was 29 pounds ago. I feel good and that's my goal: health

Regarding accuracy ... I've found you can log activities like driving in your car on the Fitbit site, and it will adjust your numbers accordingly. I log my morning and afternoon commutes as "riding on a bus". Any device like this isn't intended to be a scientific instruments, and its measurements won't be precise (for that matter, the scales you buy for your bathroom aren't going to give you exact measurements, either).

BTW, there is a cell phone app called DriveBit that could help with this. You tap start when you begin driving and stop when you arrive, and it automatically updates your FitBit with your drive time so it won't record errant steps.

ill so have to do that.

Unfortunately, DriveBit is Android only so those of us running iOS are out of luck.