bodybug VS bodymedia FIT

Jessicaruby
Jessicaruby Posts: 881 Member
edited October 1 in Health and Weight Loss
i am looking into getting one of these. for people that r using one or know about them what are your opinions? is one better than the other?

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  • fitmommy2012
    fitmommy2012 Posts: 451 Member
    I definitely want to know too!! :smile:
  • portexploit
    portexploit Posts: 378 Member
    i am looking into getting one of these. for people that r using one or know about them what are your opinions? is one better than the other?

    i had a bodybugg, i am checking in to the bodymedia FIT right now...
  • melbaby925
    melbaby925 Posts: 613
    I have the bodybugg - and I only found out about the BodyMedia FIT later! I would have gone for the BodyMedia, if I had known. It tracks your sleep quality, and for those of us who are restless sleepers, this would be a great thing.

    Also, the dashboard for the FIT looks way better to use and looks like it tracks more easily than the bodybugg interface. I hate the bodybugg interface on the MyApex site. I can use it, but it's clunky and hard to navigate. It's part of the reason why I switched over to MFP - the food database is better and the people are cooler.

    So I use MyApex site only to track the calories burned and read off my exercise calories, and then I enter them here.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,996 Member
    Wore a Bodybugg for 2 years. If I knew that the food data was so limited I may not have gotten it. Good thing that I'm pretty systematic in my eating so I didn't have to keep "adding" my own foods.
  • Elleinnz
    Elleinnz Posts: 1,661 Member
    There is a guy one here - newfiedan - he uses the bodymedia - he is a really helpful guy, I am sure if you send him a message he will tell you about his experience - he got it about 6 weeks ago if I remember correctly.....
  • Elleinnz
    Elleinnz Posts: 1,661 Member
    Double post
  • MissMaggie3
    MissMaggie3 Posts: 2,464 Member
    bump :-)
  • portexploit
    portexploit Posts: 378 Member
    Okay, the bodymedia FIT is more expensive, but it also tracks sleep, but the bodybugg comes with a 6 month subscrption, the bodymedia FIt comes with a 3 month subscrption

    This is how the subscprition works. Your device has memory where it stores all your data, if it gets full(takes about a week to get full) you HAVE TO log in to the webpage to empty the memory. If you don't, you won't be able to use your device cause it won't read anymore if the memory is full. To have access to the webpage you have to pay a monthly fee about 10 dollars. This is where you "log your food." As I said the bodybugg has a 6 month subscprition to this webpage, the bodyfit is only 3 months.

    The bodymedia FIt is more expensive, but it also tracks sleep. I don't see the importance of that. I had a phone app that tells you your quality of sleep. I thought "okay if i sleep crappy what can i do?" nothing really. SO what difference does it make if it tracks sleep or not?

    I'd go with the bodybugg, as I said I had one before, it was good.
  • portexploit
    portexploit Posts: 378 Member
    Wore a Bodybugg for 2 years. If I knew that the food data was so limited I may not have gotten it. Good thing that I'm pretty systematic in my eating so I didn't have to keep "adding" my own foods.

    I had one too, the food data might be limited, but does it really matter? you'll log your calories on MFP, you can set your bodybugg caloric burn goal from the webpage.
  • Jessicaruby
    Jessicaruby Posts: 881 Member
    Okay, the bodymedia FIT is more expensive, but it also tracks sleep, but the bodybugg comes with a 6 month subscrption, the bodymedia FIt comes with a 3 month subscrption

    This is how the subscprition works. Your device has memory where it stores all your data, if it gets full(takes about a week to get full) you HAVE TO log in to the webpage to empty the memory. If you don't, you won't be able to use your device cause it won't read anymore if the memory is full. To have access to the webpage you have to pay a monthly fee about 10 dollars. This is where you "log your food." As I said the bodybugg has a 6 month subscprition to this webpage, the bodyfit is only 3 months.

    The bodymedia FIt is more expensive, but it also tracks sleep. I don't see the importance of that. I had a phone app that tells you your quality of sleep. I thought "okay if i sleep crappy what can i do?" nothing really. SO what difference does it make if it tracks sleep or not?

    I'd go with the bodybugg, as I said I had one before, it was good.


    so you HAVE to pay to use the webpage? you cant just use the device without logging into the webpage? interesting
  • portexploit
    portexploit Posts: 378 Member
    yeah you HAVE to pay for the webpage or the device will be useless when the memory gets full. Takes about a week for the memory to get full.
  • miisscandace
    miisscandace Posts: 21
    If you do choose the body media - you can get it at costco for a little over 200 and it comes with a 12 month subscription just thought i would pass that deal along!
  • sandrinamsilva
    sandrinamsilva Posts: 651 Member
    Good to know I would have to pay to use it after memory is full. Are there any out there that I don't have to pay for?
  • portexploit
    portexploit Posts: 378 Member
    I Haven't seen any.
  • btmadison
    btmadison Posts: 38 Member
    Jawbone is soon coming out with a device soon called Up to compete with these, may be worth waiting for, they make good products http://jawbone.com/?r=g28&gclid=CO6_6rf21KoCFY8j7AodAy5J9Q - I'm sticking with my HRM until this comes out before I decide which to get
  • BrentGetsFit
    BrentGetsFit Posts: 878 Member
    Looks like the UP might be more similar to the FitBit rather than the BodyBugg or BodyMedia Fit. Interesting though, gotta keep an eye on 'em.
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