I have a fitbit flex, and I love it.

The good: it's waterproof. It syncs with my phone and my computer. I love gadgets.

The bad:
I don't really care about it most of the time. I wear it, but really it's just there getting in the way during squats.

The ugly:
I'm not really sure how accurate the calorie measurement is for me. The maintenance calories it gives me would have me losing .75-1 lb/week, but I might just have way higher than average weight lifting burns.

The more good:
I know you take like a billion steps a day, but I definitely do not. :laugh: When left to my own devices I take about 4-6k/day. I work in a small office where the parking is right near the front door. The bathroom and copy/fax machine are close, and I can't really get up from my desk other than scheduled and bathroom breaks. I love my fitbit for when I'm trying to up my activity. I like that I don't have to set an app on my phone, or try to figure the distance if I take a walk at lunch or after work. I feel more encouraged to park far from the door while I'm running errands knowing that it's adding up little by little in my fitbit. Having a measurable metric of NEAT is amazing to me. Being able to compare a baseline to a day of shopping is a great tool for us data collectors.

I have a BodyMedia FIT and I find it more accurate than the Fitbits... the fitbits are just more popular.

I have the Fitbit One that I wear clipped to my bra.

Good: I like gadgets. I like seeing how many steps I've taken through the day. If I don't wear it, I find I don't really care about moving around too much because "it doesn't count". I only get around 3-4k steps a day on my own, so this gives me the added incentive to move more.

Bad:
It counts steps and flights of stairs when I'm driving. I have to use the activity timer so I can go back in and adjust/delete the activity record so it deletes those steps. The Fitbit only "remembers" a certain number of these records (through trial and error, it's 2-3 on mine). If you don't log in to your account and adjust/delete some of them, the new ones don't get recorded. I used to drive a lot for work and this became a gigantic pain in the *kitten* (this was before mobile sync was available on Android). I don't know how accurate the Daily Calories Burned is, but I generally don't pay attention to that.

If you wear it on your bra, it can over count your steps based one how much boobie bounce you have.

Ugly: It stresses me out. I ended up not using it for almost a year because I became obsessed with the numbers. I was constantly checking it and messing with it and it just got to be too much.

In the end, it's a fancy pedometer. The One tracks your sleep (I don't use that) and also counts flights of stairs (which don't impact your daily burn total). This time around, I'm just using it to count steps as a way to see how lazy I've been during the day.

I have a BodyMedia FIT and I find it more accurate than the Fitbits... the fitbits are just more popular.

I've been debating switching to BodyMedia, but the two things steering me away are the clunky armband and the monthly subscription fee you have to pay to access your data. The Fitbit is less expensive, but I've heard the BodyMedia is more accurate so I guess you get what you pay for...?

Yep and I prefer accuracy over anything. The armband doesn't bother me because Idgaf what other people think. I am getting healthy for me.

Had a fitbit flex for about a year now- it's a glorified pedometer. If you take the average readings for several months, you have an idea about sleep habits and steps per day (I do 5-6K/ day and have a fairly active job that I do 60 hrs per week). The sleep meter does not account for non-restless insomnia, so not really that accurate. My husband has a Body Media and it's much more accurate, but I loathe the armband and it left a dimple in his left bicep after nearly a yr of constant wear. I figure the Fitbit is handy for averaging daily activity - it will NOT read any weight lifting, so I account for that in my caloric intake otherwise.