What is the BEST fitness tracker??

This is what I’m running into as well… they all have their own way of doing things. Most seem to be revved up pedometers, but the moment you want something simple like a heart rate monitor / pulse monitor (the traditional way to work out if you don’t remember from gym class) many seem to bug out. The revved up pedometers like fitbit claim the impossible of calculating calories burned by counting how much it gets shaken as you wear it. While a heart rate monitor goes into the hundreds of dollars. I don’t “need” a web based interface, but I’d like to be able to track something through bluetooth in real time? Body Media seems to have a poor track record after their warranty is up & want to charge for online tracking, but ultimately doesn’t reveal heart rate. instead it “claims” it’s a class 2 med device but can’t give you a heart rate. They seem to be using a pair of sensors that measure skin surface temp & pedometer. (Neither are really effective at counting calorie burns.) Who needs a wifi enabled scale when I can read it on my own? LOL I think I’ll go ahead & start on my kettle bell order & hold off on the tracker until I find something that’s accurate?

I had the Bodybugg and really loved it. I recently bought the BodyMedia because it had more features such as tracking your sleep. It comes with a free 6 month subscription and I think you can link it your myfitnesspal account (have to read uo on this). Unfortunately, if your wear short sleeves you can see it. Was not a problem in colder months, but summer is tough. May switch over to FitBit after my subcription expires!. Hope this helps.