Advice on buying a Fitbit

We are using free app from mapmyfitness that interfaces with MFP for things like walking, biking.... We use it on our android phone. Tracks the calories burned, etc.

I have the jawbone up24 and love it. I have it set to vibrate every hour of inactivity. This helps me out as i have a deskjob and get lost in my work a lot. It vibes and i do a lap around the building, get some air, get some sun. I also like the sleep map it has. Its amazing that with 8-10 hours of bedtime how little "sound sleep" you actually get.

syncs nicely with myfitnesspal.

I have a Fitbit and I love it. But there are some drawbacks. It doesn't track a lot of the activities that I do like my boot camp, weights, swimming. It isn't great for biking either isn't accurate. My question is how do you sync them to allow you to add other activities. When I try to log boot camp into MFP then it changes the Fitbit reading down by that amount. So I find I don't get the benefit of adding all my activity only the cardio that the Fitbit picks up.

I have a Fitbit Zip, which is working out well for me. I found mine for under $60 on Amazon--but if you shop there, be careful because different colors are going for different prices. I went with the zip for two reasons; the price, and the fact that I could wear it invisibly, on the waistband of my slacks. I didn't want something on my wrist that people would see and ask me about.

It's really nice to have the lengths of my walks logged automatically. I used to forget to check the clock or set the stopwatch on my ipod, and wouldn't have a very good idea of how long I'd been out. It also works well tracking the length of time I spend on the stationary bike at the gym. My Leslie Sansone DVDs not so much--although I've read you can clip the Zip to your shoe if it isn't picking up an activity when worn at your waist.

It's really interesting to see how active or inactive you are in your daily life. I had no idea how sedentary my job was until I saw how few steps I'd taken at the end of a workday. The only problem I've had is forgetting to put it back on after I shower and change clothes for the day. (I usually get dressed in workout/housework clothes first thing, then shower and dress for work or whatever. At that point I'm usually rushed and I sometimes forget the Zip.)

I also have a fitbit one and I love it. Have used it constantly for over a year. I'm a numbers person so I love it and it syncs to MFP. I also got the Aria scale that automatically syncs as well. It clips on my bra which is nice since I don't like to wear anything on my wrist.

Also, when I'm not wearing a bra I clip it to my shirt. Works just the same for those extra around the house steps. They really add up!

I got the Garmin Vivofit for a few reasons. I really like that I don't need to charge it because it has a watch battery should last about a year and I can change it myself when it is needed. Secondly it also has a display which includes time, date, # of steps, # of steps to goal, miles, and calories used. It is nice that I don't need to wear a watch. One thing I learned after I bought it was that it changes my daily goal based on my step history. I've been able to up my goal by 2000 steps per day since I got it because I'm motivated to get to and pass my daily goal.

It does sync to my phone and computer by bluetooth. The only thing it doesn't do is sync to my Ipad because it is an older Ipad, if I had the Ipad 3 it would sync.