FitBit - Yes or No

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  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I've looked at it after seeing so many people say they love it. I'm not planning to get one. I am happy with my progress without one and money is tight. I'm not a very gadgety person though. I don't even wear a watch most of the time.
  • lizfiz50
    lizfiz50 Posts: 179 Member
    Overall, it's a great tool except for stationary bikes. It does not track worth a damn.
  • Lexicpt
    Lexicpt Posts: 209 Member
    DaveAkeman wrote: »
    Technically, it only counts if you also move your WRIST more.

    LOL. Truuuue. I should probably get on that. I've been slacking!

  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    lizfiz50 wrote: »
    Overall, it's a great tool except for stationary bikes. It does not track worth a damn.

    I have been known to clip my One to my sock while on my stationary bike... :innocent:
  • jab4743
    jab4743 Posts: 1 Member
    I use the Fitbit Surge, used the Basis, and I am getting the Apple Watch. They are all great products. You need to consider your goals and price points. I like the surge alot. However the HRM is not real time. I wear a chest strap HRM with the Suunto Ambit 2 to get my just in time HR. The Basis was ok but the Surge has a bigger community base and integrates with more products and applications (myfitnesspal and diettogo as examples). The Surge keeps track of steps - the Apple Watch does not. If it wasn't for all the other apps on the Apple Watch - I would not have ordered it. The people I know with the Apple Watch think it is a great product.
  • eileensofianmushinfine
    eileensofianmushinfine Posts: 303 Member
    I'm getting the Fitbit Charge HR for Mother's Day. It's on order and i can't wait until it gets here!!! I had a vivofit and loved the step-counter and sleep graphs. Since I lost my vivofit, I decided to upgrade to a model with a HR monitor. I never eat back my exercise calories, so while calories burned is "interesting", they are of no consequence related to MFP.
  • meghanrushman
    meghanrushman Posts: 24 Member
    Where is the best place to get a fit bit?
  • eileensofianmushinfine
    eileensofianmushinfine Posts: 303 Member
    my husband ordered mine directly online from fitbit. We tried Best Buy and other stores around here but none had the fitbit charge HR in stock. He was given a 3-4 week delivery window.
  • Dawn410
    Dawn410 Posts: 120 Member
    I just got a fit it flex for mothers day and I love it! Definitely a good motivation to get moving, since it tells on me when I'm lazy! There is no lying to yourself when it's staring at you from your phone screen!
  • mallywittek
    mallywittek Posts: 5 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Yes

    But basic like the zip

    Not the HRM

    I have the zip and it's just what I need! Plus the website is helpful and you can link it to mfp!
  • ASKyle
    ASKyle Posts: 1,475 Member
    meghanrushman wrote: »
    Where is the best place to get a fit bit?

    Depends which one you want, some can be out of stock.

    I found my flex at REI, but we had to go/call Sports Authority, all our local Fred Meyers and Walmart's, and Dick's Sporting goods to find my boyfriends charge HR in a large. Target should have them too.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    My activity level has gone through the roof since getting a fitbit. I've got the basic zip as I've heard too many negatives about the HRM ones, plus I'm not keen on wearing a bracelet, plus I often walk with my hands in my pockets because it's getting cold here. The only exercise I do is walking, so an expensive heart rate monitor fitbit would probably be a waste of money for me.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    I am totally lost without my Fitbit. I chose the Flex so I could wear it 24/7 including in the shower and in the pool. It is the only Fitbit model that is water resistant.
  • princesskitty4
    princesskitty4 Posts: 1 Member
    ohhh hell yes, and then add friends to it with chalenges! youll c its amazing!
  • vgnfarmer
    vgnfarmer Posts: 108 Member
    Yes! Helps keep me moving all day!
  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
    How is the sleep tracking for Charge HR? Is it accurate?
  • haggs88
    haggs88 Posts: 37 Member
    FitBit's are fantastic! Get one!
  • keithcw_the_first
    keithcw_the_first Posts: 382 Member
    Yep. I have the Charge HR.

    It's not going to be 100% but like any measuring device, you can spot trends.

    Helps me eat enough on rest days.
  • PopeyeCT
    PopeyeCT Posts: 249 Member
    DaveAkeman wrote: »
    I'm trying to decide between the Charge HR and the Surge.

    If you want to use it to track your HR during exercise, one thing to know is that the Charge uses some data type that can't be read by other apps. I didn't find out until I linked it to MapMyRide for the real time audio feedback to stay in the right HR zone...and found out that doesn't work with the Charge. I wish I'd gone ahead and spent the extra for the Surge.
  • Shanairah1991
    Shanairah1991 Posts: 152 Member
    I have the charge HR and I love it!! People say it isn't accurate but I have lost 30lbs using it and at the beginning I ate back 50-75% of the exercise calories it gave me. Now I find I don't need to eat that much in general but I have MFP set to 1lb loss a week and I've been loosing 1.5lbs a week with cheat meals on weekends. I'm very Happy with it. Plus the sleep tracker is really Cool, if not very useful. ;)
  • Shanairah1991
    Shanairah1991 Posts: 152 Member
    Terri6627 wrote: »
    I love my charge HR. I find it makes calorie logging super accurate. With the combination of MFP and fitbit, I log my food on MFP. Just be aware that if you back to your food diary for a previous day about 100-200 of the calories it said you burned will be gone (if you allow negative calorie adjustments). Dunno why, just does it.

    Not sure if anyone replied to you, I'm to lazy to read every post, but you'll see that it may take a few calories away the next day because fitbit measures midnight to midnight. Say you're really active all day, it projects what your burn will be at that level. It thinks youll stay that active until midnight. When you sync the next day, it logs the info and registers that you did slow down your activity so it adjusts according to the data it took in your rest period up until midnight. Hope that makes sense!
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    It depends what you use it for.
    If you want it for the placebo effect, i.e. to motivate you to walk more? Sure, why not?
    If you want it for any kind of accurate calorie measurement, then probably not.

    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10092120/30-days-with-fitbit-warning-long-and-geeky
  • 3proud
    3proud Posts: 21 Member
    I have a surge and I like the text & phone alerts. I also like the heart rate function for information purposes. Counting steps/walking has been the best for increasing my TDEE vs trying to calculate exercise. I don't add exercise to my diary....just go by fitbit calorie adjustments and it works well for me. If I was a runner, the GPS function would be really fun but it does drain the battery.

    Overall, in my opinion, the fitbit helps get me moving without overtaxing my body with over lifting/heavy cardio or endless exercise classes that tend to deplete my immune system and lead to burnout. I would feel like in order to eat more, I needed to do these workouts. I still do them but because they don't increase my steps much, I limit them to a couple times a week and focus more on walking or more NEAT (cleaning the house, shopping, parking far away from store, taking the stairs, etc).
  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    edited May 2015
    I credit mine with opening my eyes to how inactive I was. I knew it, but didn't have any way to evaluate the severity. Hope that makes sense! It can be a great device - depending on how you're motivated.
    • If you're motivated by competition, Fitbit has challenges. Work week, weekend, single day.
    • If you're motivated to beat yourself, Fitbit has badges you earn for reaching certain levels of steps per day and other things depending on the model.
    • If you're motivated to earn rewards, many sites work with Fitbit (and other trackers) where you earn points that convert to cash for your activity. Examples Walgreen Rewards, Fitstudio (spendable at Sears, Kmart - can earn $5-7 a week easily), Pact (app where you commit to healthy activities, make $ if you meet your commitment or pay if you don't).

    It is NOT a magic device that will make you move. I have the One and it was the right device for me based on: I want a clip onto the body style - I do not wear anything on my wrists. Fitbit seems well rating for trackers in terms of accuracy. Not saying they are guaranteed to be 100% accurate but compared to other trackers, they are the most accurate. Good customer service, though I've never had a problem. Works well with MFP, though I did find MFP after Fitbit.

    Things to decide when getting a tracker: do you want to wear it on your wrist? What features do you want it to track? Does it need to be waterproof/water resistant? Does the device have applications that cooperate with other apps that you use?
    cyamissy wrote: »
    I am looking at the FitBit - what does everyone feel about this? Pros and cons. Thanks so much!

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