NIKE+ FUELBAND

I was look at the Nike+ Fuelband. It looks kind of interesting, but it's not a heart rate monitor. It just uses the movement of your arm to estimate the type of exercise that you are doing, so it might not accurately count the calories that you burn. For example. if you're sitting on the couch waving your arm it would count that as more calories than if you were vigorously riding a bike. There are excellent heart rate monitors out there, especially if your willing to pay for the fuelband. I like the one by Polar. I would say to get one with a chest strap too because sometimes the ones that take your HR on the wrist aren't very accurate. I have a Polar RS 100 and it's pretty easy to use.

I think a heart rate monitor would be better than a fuel band for yoga. I know that the fuel band doesn't take HR into account and if you want to be accurate with calorie count it's best if you measure your heart rate.

I found this article to help you out.
http://www.heartratewatchcompany.com/yoga-and-pilates-watches-s/159.htm

The polar ones will work, but the Sunnto HR monitors will stay in place better than the polar ones.

Yeah, it's not a HRM. It think it looks really gimicky. But maybe it's cool. I will reserve judgement until I hear from folks who are actually using it. I just don't see the point. I run with my Garmin. It has a GPS and HRM. Why do I need the Fuelband? Just askin'.

I have the Jawbone Up and it's awesome! Especially if you have an iphone because it directly plugs into your phone and keeps track of all your calories, steps, sleep patttern, etc.... within their free app.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRZbwC6dEXY

I like the idea of the fuelband as you wear it all day. Any other like this apart from the fitbit?