Fitbit

Hi I have Garmin Viofit really helpful will encourage you for sure

I have the charge hr. Upgraded from the flex (which I had worn for 2 years) in early March. I love the charge hr more than ever! It keeps me stepping and helps me meet fitness goals. I'm a long time fitbitter and MFP user.....over a 1,000 day streak....so staying motivated and on track are important to me.

I love my FitBit One and have been wearing it for 3 years now. Whether or not it is right for you depends on what you are looking for in a fitness device.

Are you looking for motivation? Are you looking to see (in general) how many calories you burn in a day? Are you trying to stop sitting around on your butt all day and have a reason to get up and move? Then the FitBit might be the right device for you.

If you are a runner or cardio lover and are looking for the logging of calories during those workouts then you need something more like the Polar FT4 (for example). An HRM device with a strap that measures your heartbeat and gives you a calorie burn based on that. It is only really good for steady state cardio though. Mostly useless for weight training or interval training. For the latter, there is nothing I know of that works to measure that kind of activity.

I have both the FitBit and the Polar FT4. I use my FitBit as motivation and the Polar to track my workout burns. I have them both linked to MFP so that if I log a workout with my Polar it'll disregard my FitBit data for that time so I am not doubling up my calories. I love them both and don't regret the money I spent on either of them.

Hope this helps!

My profile is at http://www.fitbit.com/user/22HTZ2 if you wanted to look. I think it is public.

I have a Zip and I love it. I agree with Payne though, it depends on what you're looking to get out of it. I run but I use my Garmin 220 for that however I do wear my Zip just to keep track of steps. I would highly recommend it if you want something simple and small

I purchased a gently used Flex and am waiting for it in the mail. I am excited to get it, however just found out yesterday that it only tracks activities that are step based, such as walking/running. While that's good and I still want it to track my daily steps, I bike and do the elliptical a lot and it cant track those, which I didn't know prior to purchasing. So just a heads up if you do those kinds of activities, you still have to manually track them!

I have the fitbit flex and have owned it for maybe 2 years now. I personally find it a great tool to have as far as keeping yourself accountable by monitoring your progress. I also really like that it syncs up with MFP. I've had no issues with it other than replacing the band after several months of use due to it tearing. I would absolutely recommend it, though I'd also keep an eye on the market for newer devices.

ancurtis wrote: »

I have the charge hr. Upgraded from the flex (which I had worn for 2 years) in early March. I love the charge hr more than ever! It keeps me stepping and helps me meet fitness goals. I'm a long time fitbitter and MFP user.....over a 1,000 day streak....so staying motivated and on track are important to me.

All of this. I have a Charge HR from a Flex. Love love love it.

alliebabiee wrote: »

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I've been tossing the idea of getting a Fitbit around, but I'm unsure what is best.
I really want a HRM to get a better accuracy of the calories I'm burning and my heart rate, so I'm not sure what product to buy.

They have the ChargeHR. It's a wrist model Fitbit that tracks your heart rate as well as all the stuff the rest of the Fitbit models do.

I have the Surge, which is not exactly cheap, but has the heart rate tracking, multisport tracking, GPS, and a few bluetooth features like music control (that apparently don't work well with android devices from what I've read...I have an iphone so I don't know for sure). It's rated 5 ATM and although Fitbit says don't swim with it, the rating does signify that it is fairly water resistant.

As for what is the best Fitbit, well I'd say there isn't 1 best model. Each is a little different and each can be the best for a different lifestyle.

edit:
I was actually going to get the ChargeHR originally. While I wanted the Surge, I was going to go with the ChargeHR to save some money. When I went to order, they where backordered pretty much everywhere. I asked around at a few places and was said not to expect anything till april. Since I'm impatient, I went ahead and ordered the Surge from amazon (no tax in my state and since I'm a prime member free 2 day shipping).