Fitbit charge HR or Surge??

Nothing that gives you charts is pointless.

rabbitjb wrote: »

DeguelloTex wrote: »

Nothing that gives you charts is pointless.

Nerd

Guilty.

I loved my charge HR. Just got a surge and not getting on with it so well. So much I'm refunding it and going to buy a new charge HR x

Take a look at the Garmin Forerunner 225. I've had it for a couple months now and am pretty happy.
I used to have a Fitbit Flex, but was having major problems charging it. Plus, I really wanted something that combined those functionalities with a HRM. The 225 is one of the first watches that deliver a reliable heart rate without a chest band (at least for me - I compared it to my old HRM, and it was spot-on). It also has GPS and gives you a ton of stats if you're a runner. The only thing it doesn't do so well is the activity tracker part. I think this is Garmin's first attempt at this, and it shows. The dashboard isn't as good as Fitbit's, and it doesn't update as regularly (the syncing seems pretty random; I can go several days without it doing anything). The watch itself is a bit clunky, but will tell you at any given time what your heart rate is, how many steps you've walked, how many calories you've burned that day, so as far as I'm concerned, the dashboard isn't as important in any case.
Whichever device you pick, have fun with it!

Yeah, the battery life on the HR is a whip. I fully charged it Wednesday morning and it was dead by Friday evening, with auto-sync off.

I have a surge and my wife has a Charge HR. She bought hers first and selected the Charge HR because of the smaller size. She's had great success with it, which is why I decided to get a FitBit as well. I selected the Surge mainly because of the ability to differentiate tracking exercise type. Charge basically gives you the ability to track generic exercise. I don't think that's a bad thing, and my wife's success proves you don't need the extra bells and whistles, but hey, I'm a gadget geek. The jury is still out as far as success goes for me. I've only had it 2 weeks. One of my goals with it is to accurately determine my TDEE and I expect it will take at least 6 wks and possibly longer.

I have the ChargeHR and let it charge everyday while I'm in the shower. I have to take it off anyway.

I LOVE my ChargeHR. I charge it maybe once a week, and it holds the charge very well. I love that it interacts with myfitnesspal, as well as tracks my sleep. That's a big one for me. I did purchase the surge, and promptly returned it. It felt like having a VCR strapped to my wrist.

synacious wrote: »

DeguelloTex wrote: »

Bshmerlie wrote: »

spacequiztime wrote: »

I have the ChargeHR and let it charge everyday while I'm in the shower. I have to take it off anyway.

I agree...That's exactly how I do it. I'm not sure why everone seems to have trouble keeping it charged. I simply charge mine for the 20 minutes a day that I shower and get ready for work and it keeps it chaged.

Maybe it's the nearly 200K steps a week and sub-10 minute showers.

That's exactly what I was going to say. I don't know how active other people are, but I get over 15,000 steps per day, I workout every day, and my showers are only 5 to 10 minutes depending on whether or not I have to wash my hair.

My Fitbit charges to 75% full at most, medium at the moment. The last time it fully charged was when I had issues with my old charger and left it in the wall.