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    Fitness Trackers

    Posts: 99 Member
    edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    Hello all, what fitness trackers are you using if any? I used the Charge HR but it irritated my skin so I'm looking for another.

    Thanks!

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    • Posts: 119 Member
      I use a Surge with no irritation so I won't be much help. Sorry.
    • Posts: 99 Member
      I appreciate it
    • Posts: 20 Member
      I currently have a JawBone UP24. I have been lucky that it hasn't irritated my skin. All in all I really like my fitness bracelet, but I am having difficulty synching it with MFP.
    • Posts: 99 Member
      I had trouble with the Charge Hr too. I got mine to work but my wife's was a real pain
    • Posts: 25 Member
      I currently have a Nike fuelband- I've had it for a while now and the button on the band has stopped responding. I'm planning on getting a Garmin vivosmart- a bit pricer compared to some other options but I think of it as an investment :wink:
    • Posts: 357 Member
      I love my vivofit. Looking at upgrading as a reward to the vivosmart this summer,
    • Posts: 1,794 Member
      Vivofit with HRM for me and like it so far (had it since Christmas).
    • Posts: 114 Member
      Garmin VivoSmart - I got the HRM with it - comfortable to wear, you get your texts through it, you can skip/play music on it, steps, goals, timer, and HR all read on it. I love it. I did a lot of research and although it's about $200, it's definitely worth it.
    • Posts: 99 Member
      Dawn was it easy to set up with my fitness pal?
    • Posts: 114 Member
      @OhioGuy37 Yes, Garmin Connect syncs with MFP and on the Garmin connect app you can your steps, your calories, your sleep pattern throughout the night, and other random things. I definitely recommend the VivoSmart.
    • Posts: 114 Member
      and @OhioGuy37 your friends will think you're super techy when you start receiving texts through your band.
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    • Posts: 276 Member
      i use the fitbit flex and love it
    • Posts: 99 Member
      @dawn_noelle29 Thanks I appreciate it, I think I may pick one up this weekend. Fitbit is giving me a full refund on the Charge HR since it irritated my skin
    • Posts: 114 Member
      @OhioGuy37 I have had zero irritation from wearing my band - and I wear it 24/7 until it needs to be charged which is about every 6-7 days. I did a lot of research on this because I didn't want an overpriced pedometer. The only thing the VivoSmart doesn't have is GPS.
    • Posts: 99 Member
      @dawn_noelle29 That's good, It also looks like it's not as wide as the Charge HR which is good since I like to wear a watch at the same time. I think I'm sold
    • Posts: 114 Member
      @OhioGuy37 I'm glad I could be of assistance! I hope you like your VivoSmart!!
    • Posts: 99 Member
      Thanks!
    • Posts: 14,679 Member
      Mio Fuse or Tom Tom Cardio are the two closest to what the Charge HR was trying to do. Garmin's line requires a strap HRM to monitor your heart rate.
    • Posts: 7 Member
      edited April 2015
      asflatasapancake wrote: »
      Whoa! The VivoActive looks pretty cool too. And of course, if it looks cool, it must be. I'm a sucker for gadgets. Checking this out for sure.
      I have a Vivoactive, it's still a little rough around the edges right now, there's a persistent sync issue that people are experiencing where it stops talking to your phone and starts chewing through the battery.

      Depending on your tolerance for bugs, you may want to wait until they figure that out. I have a Vivosmart as well and as a straightforward activity tracker, it's brilliant, it's just the lack of GPS that lets it down.
    • Posts: 1,543 Member
      edited April 2015
      PAV8888 wrote: »
      Mio Fuse or Tom Tom Cardio are the two closest to what the Charge HR was trying to do. Garmin's line requires a strap HRM to monitor your heart rate.

      Which is a LOT more accurate for intense workouts than the wrist strap.....I had the Surge, the MS Band, and the Tom Tom Cardio.....EACH wouldn't go above my 220-age threshold.....the Garmin Vivoactive that I have, 196 when doing a max hr test....that's only 2 beats off from what I manually took.

      I don't have an Android or Apple phone so I can't sync with my phone, I have to be old school and connect to the pc to sync.

      So far I'm a fan...and really how could you not be with a watch face like this??

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    • Posts: 2
      I just got the Mio Fuse. This thing works great but a lot of software and compatibility issues. It wont connect to any app though(currently)
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