Debating on Fitbit purchase...

I have the Charge HR, as does my partner. I love it. And despite all the people who say the hr isn't accurate, I have not found that to be the case at all. As long as it's worn correctly, I find it accurate to less than 5 beats per minute.

Battery life isn't great, but I find if I charge it during my shower daily, I never have to worry about it dying on me as it never drops below medium.

I had a BLACK FitBit Charge HR but broke the band...I learned the band is not replaceable like other HR wrist products. I climb stairflights & got upto 50 daily (too high to keep count) and this model of FItBit tracks STAIR FLIGHTS climbed AND sleep data. I considered another FItBit product or other HR wrist productd out on the market which also tracked heart rate. I didn't REALLY want to learn another gadget and really loved usuage of info captured & stored. Although I researched alternatives, I chose to get another FitBit Charge HR--this time in NAVY BLUE! I have noticed outside in sunlight I can read this one with a blue print on black screen, whereas I could NOT read the white print on black screen of the BLACK model out in sunlight.

Good luck with YOUR selection & purchase!

My husband and I both have the Charge HR we love them! I almost feel naked without it anymore. He insisted that he didn't want one but I got him one for an early father's day gift and he's hooked now! It's a fun little tool! We're even going to get my girls each a flex so we can have competitions seeing who gets the most steps lol.

I recommend getting a FitBit that isn't a Charge. The bands aren't replaceable, but come apart easily. I went through four of them (always replaced for free by the company) before switching to the FitBit Alta. The Alta doesn't track flights of stairs or heart rate, but it's perfect for what I need.

My husband and i both just got the Samsung Gear 2 and we both are loving them. They track your heart rate, estimate your calories based off of your entered height and weight along with your activity level that it tracks. I love it because it holds music and tracks my runs via gps, pace, and distance. I just take my watch and my wireless headphones and I am good to go run! It tracks a ton of different workouts, and seems really accurate. I can also get text messages, calls, emails, and notifications on the watch.

The S Health platform is awesome as well.

I would decide what is most important to you in a activity tracker and then decide which type of product will work best for you.

I bought a fitbit charge hr 3 weeks ago. It has far exceeded my expectations - it is great. Accurate heart rate, tracking steps. Buying one has made me realize that I am much more active than I thought, therefore I needed to actually eat more to lose weight. And its working! It comes into its own for step counting and cardio workouts.

I've had several Fitbit devices as well as a slew of other Garmin, Polar and Motorola. The last round with Fitbit wasn't so positive. I was an early adopter of the Surge and long story short I was one of the people that it did not work for. HR was completely inaccurate and that was the one feature I really wanted. The biggest thing was the daily calorie burns were way off for me, sometimes up to 4000 calories in a day. Now, as mentioned above, if it was inaccurate in repeatable ways I could have made it work, but again, for me it didn't work.

Anyway, my wife and I both had the Force and it worked perfectly for the tracking it did and the calorie tracking was dang near spot on. Wish i would have kept it during the recall, but I selfishly took the guaranteed upgrade to the Surge.

I will say, in all the work I did with Fitbit and their customer service, they were good about trying to address my issues and finally doing a return when things did not work out.

Anyway, any questions drop me a PM.

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