Fitbit Force

I have a Fitbit one and it seems to be pretty accurate except it will miss small movements, like less than 5 steps. Make sure you set up your height and stride length correctly on you account or that may effect it. You might be surprised at how much you are moving, I know I get 100 steps walking form one end of my house and back. And I will get about 5,000 steps when I go through walmart and the grocery store on the weekends.

My FITBIT Force fell off my wrist AGAIN today but this time I didn't feel it fall off. Very bad wristband clasp design so now I'm out the $129 it cost. Definately not buying another if this one is never found.

Just got a Force at the beginning of January and love it! No issues with irritation or the clasp falling off or anything like that. I have found it to be quite accurate (though I don't have a previous model to compare it to). But if I count steps and compare it comes out right (or within a handful of steps, anyway). It doesn't add any steps when I'm on the bus or in the car, counts my steps whether I'm moving my arms or not.... I really enjoy the sleep-tracking feature and love seeing right on the watch my distance, active minutes, calories burned, stairs climbed, and steps. I highly recommend it.

By the time I get to work in the morning, I usually have 4000-5000 steps, but that includes my workout (30-minutes that incorporates a number of step-based moves), walking while brushing my teeth, walking to the bus stop, walking while waiting for the bus, and walking from the bus stop to work. Is it possible you move more than you realise at home?

I have the Flex and I find it to be very accurate. I wear it on and have it set to my dominant hand. I also found that I need it on sensitive mode to properly track my sleep.

The Force has a more advanced display than the previous trackers; that's the only major difference I know of.

You can set a goal to maintain or lose weight (same deficit options as MFP). It will tell you how much to plan on eating based on general activity patterns. It will also tell you if you haven't eaten enough, eaten too much, or if you're within 50 calories of your deficit goal, based on activity and food logged so far that day. The only issue I'm having with it is that it differs from MFP slightly, so although I was 35 calories under goal on MFP yesterday, Fitbit told me I was 50+ calories over goal. I stuck with MFP though to be safe.

I first thought the sleep monitor wasn't working because I'd have 90+% efficiency and be tired. Then I got sick, and now it shows every time I wake up or get restless. I actually find it to be accurate.

I was scared to rely on the alarm at first, but it's annoying when it's buzzing around your wrist, so it gets you up! Of course, if you need to get out of bed to turn the alarm off (which I don't anyway), it may make you prone to going back to sleep, and there is no snooze button. I've been setting back-up alarms 15-30 min later on my cell phone just in case. But it is a much more gentle wake-up call.

I'm not sure about HRM because there is a log section for it on the website. But I realized I had no idea how many calories I burned each day, and how greatly they vary! I think this will be the tool I need to finally reach my goal.

some do have a heartrate monitor feature, but not the fitbits. you probably read experience with the force. It was extremely inaccurate, probably doubling my steps over the course of the day--gave me 5,000 steps for watching a movie in a rocking chair. The worst part is I got it from amazon, and trying to get a reply from the fitbit company is impossible. There is no phone number, so you have to wait for them to email you back. I suspect I spent 129 dollars on a useless gadget. By the way, the force has a watch--that's the difference over the flex. Also, the clasp is RIDICULOUS--takes me 2 minutes to put the thing on!