Fit Bit

https://www.fitbit.com/comparison/trackers

thats a link that compares all their trackers

I have a one and I love it, its was little bit cheaperthan the flex when I got it but does not seem to be anymore. I don't wear watches and stuff either but I am already used to wearing pants (thank god) so it seemed easier to wear to me. So far I have never had it fall off of anything which was my biggest worry when getting the clip on model. And it came with everything you need so you do not have to buy any accessories unless to replace them later.

I do not know anything about the scale sorry I can't help there.

I had an ultra and I switched to the flex. Love it!

Only down side to the Body Media fit is that you have to wear it on your arm and if you're doing stuff outside in the warmer months (I live in Wisconsin) you're going to end up with a weird tan line. And you have to pay $6.95/month to see your data. Fitbit doesn't charge you monthly to see your data. I had both fitbit & bodymedia. I wore them both for 2 weeks to compare data and they were pretty comparable to each other so I got rid of the body media.

Force has been recalled, which is what I had. It was decent after muddling with the setup.

However, I am getting the VivoFit from Garmin, which has all the features of the FitBit products, but you can also connect a heart rate monitor, it is waterproof, it has a large display for good outdoor viewing, ANNNND up to one year of battery life! All for the same price as my Force.

http://sites.garmin.com/vivo/

Worth checking out. Mine is ordered and I am ready to test it out.

I have teh FitBit One and love it. Its small, so that can be a con. But it has better features and I think is more accurate than the Flex.

I have the fitbit Zip. All it really does is tracks steps, but it does "know" when you're actually active and when you're just taking a couple of steps here and there. I don't need to calculate sleep or steps climbed. This one connects nicely to MFP and to my insurance company. It doesn't bluetooth, but I don't need it to. I got it on super sale, so it works for me. As far as accuracy goes, I don't use the calorie adjustment when I'm looking at total calories, but I wear it when I run, and I log that run.

I'm interested in finding something similar that swimmers can wear to track activity in the water.

I have a FB One. Much better than a clunky unhygienic bracelet I think and only records movements your whole body makes rather than just one arm. Mine is pretty accurate to the cardio machines I use too which reassures me that it's fairly accurate overall.

I just checked the website for the Garmin and it does not say anything about syncing with FitBit. Can anyone confirm this?

I just checked the website for the Garmin and it does not say anything about syncing with FitBit. Can anyone confirm this?

From what I have just read on here, it looks like there isn't an API setup YET, but seems like it is planned. You can still manually log the data on MFP in the meantime.

I have the fitbit one and I love it. My one complaint is that it REALLY needs a pause button. When I ride my motorcycle it miscalculates and says I've done a billion flights of stairs and my steps equal a marathon... I've tried not actually wearing but it still screws up and throws my count way off... which is kind of frustrating as riding my motorcycle is pretty much a daily occurrence in the summer which kind of makes it useless...

I kept an eye on it for the first few days to see if it was recording my driving as walking. Or running. Or flying. But it didn't. It seemed to know I was just sitting there doing nothing.

I have the FitBit Flex but the battery is having a lot of issues holding a charge (after only 3 or 4 months) so I don't wear it that often anymore. I do like it for motivating me to get up and move more and to try and meet goals. I didn't have any issues with it miscalculating while driving or anything like that.

I also have their Aria scale and really like that. It syncs up with MFP and logs your weight automatically. It also does body fat %, but I'm not sure how accurate that is on it.

There are dozens of wearables on the market and more coming.

I have a FitBit Flex. My husband has a Jawbone Up. We both looked at a number of these before selecting.

FitBit Flex - works great with iOS, syncs with very very very few Android devices. Great website, OK app (for phone, iPad). Very accurate for walking/running/jogging, pretty much useless for anything else but you can log your activity and it will sync nicely with MFP. Syncs with devices via bluetooth. Serious design flaw in the recharger - I use a small piece of scrap paper to hold the thing into the charger. If you check our their forums, others use tape, hold it in manually (for over an hour!), prop a book on it or whatever required to make the connection work. Really irritating. I haven't had any problems with it being unsanitary (the band is plastic/rubber...washable folks!). I don't wear it in the shower (it says water resistant but I'm skeptical). 5-7 days battery life, recharges in about 2 hours (once I fiddle with the connection). Get a weekly email telling you your most/least active days, total distance travelled, calories in/out, quality/quantity of sleep, etc. For a fee, you get access to additional functionality on the website and the ability to compare yourself to others also using Fitbit products).

Jawbone - works great with Android. Great app, OK website. Some nice options for targets and goals. Get a weekly update on most/least active days, total distance travelled, calories in/out, quality/quantity of sleep, and your standings compared to other Jawbone users. No bluetooth sync to devices (has to be plugged in to sync). Get about 7-10 days from a charge, maybe 1-2 hours to get a full charge. Cap for the plug comes off pretty easily after a while and can get lost, they don't replace them for free any more. Not even water resistant (officially) so remove any time you are near water. Syncs with MFP.

Bodymedia - makes several neat devices, I don't know as much about them, the ones I looked at were more bulky, heavier and more obtrusive than a wrist-device so I wasn't interested. Syncs to MFP

Polar - has a couple of interesting offerings, including wrist-bands that pair with chest straps, smart watches and others. Their software doesn't play well with others (no syncing, at least not yet).

Garmin - has a pile of different devices. Their website is incredibly irritating to use, their software won't sync to anything and they have no intention of changing that. That said, great functionality if you are a runner (that is their target market) with GPS-capable watches to which you can download your planned routes and running workout. Will tell you lots about your running (pace, cadence, bounce height or whatever it is called, etc.)

Pebble - they make a couple of smart watches. They are pretty new so there aren't a lot of apps that take advantage of what they can do yet, but I'm keeping an eye on these because dammit they should be awesome!

Nike+ - one of the first ones on the market. Cute, shiny, converts everything to "Fuel Points" which are NOT calories. Syncs to MFP so there must be some conversion somewhere points->calories. Not a lot of functionality (sleep tracking, etc.). But very motivating I'm told as there is instant feedback when you hit various milestones/targets, lights showing your progress, etc.

There are tonnes of others. Withings, Fitbit and others offer scales that also sync via bluetooth (and will sync with MFP), some device makers have chest straps/heart rate monitors, shoe attachments (for doing running pace and cadence), etc..

Pick something that you like, can afford and will do what you really want right now (as opposed to stuff you think you might want in the future). The bottom end, price wise I believe are the clip-on fitbits (I hear you can get them for around $25 USD...I'm not American, so I wouldn't know). Mid-range for most of the wrist-bands is around $80-130 (that is CDN, so YMMV), the higher end ones go up from there and the running watches you can pretty much pay however much you have (some of them are really expensive). I like the wristbands for their unobtrusiveness, ease-of-use, reasonable price-tags, and motivational effect on me.

I just checked my stats. I've walked 2.08 miles so far today and I have an extra 190 calories that I'll eat back above and beyond my morning workout.

Before I had my Fitbit, that 2.08 miles probably would have been 1 mile, maybe less. I'll probably finish out the day between 3 and 4 miles. That's not a whole lot of miles to someone who's actively exercising, but the distance is all just short trips through the office and warehouse as I keep finding excuses to get up from my desk.

I'm the same! I deliberately get my lunch then go back for a coffee or walk to furthest loo etc to gain credit. I even jog on the spot when waiting for my soup in the microwave!

I have the FitBit One..for me it's a great little tool that helps me ensure I get at least 10k steps in every day (I usually go over that), but it also analyzes your sleep patterns - how well and how long you sleep for. For me it's a reminder to move my *kitten* - and I'm aware it's there so it does make me move more. I also enjoy trying to beat the previous week's numbers. The fact that it syncs with MFP is also a bonus.

My jawbone is bluetooth...all the new ones are.

Looks more like jewellery for me (I chose a specific one that would)

I have a fitbit I won at work and these were the comparisons.

Shovelled heavy snow for 45mins

Jawbone recorded appx 1500 steps
Fit bit recorded about 600 and only 6 active minutes...

I like my jawbone.