Fitbit

I have a fitbit. I love it. I love the fact that it tracks your sleep patterns as well. Tells you how long it takes you to tall asleep; how long you slept; how many times you were awaken during the night. Plus it tracks your steps taken as well.

I just realized that all I was focusing on here was "non activity' function! LOL!!!

I wear mine on the top of my bra

I love my fitbit! I use the belt clip and wear it on my belt.

I love my fitbit! It doesn't do heart rate - but it's still pretty awesome!

oh, and as for wearing it - if I can I'll clip it to my bra (it's a little tricky with front hook bras!) on the holster. Or wear it at my waist with the holster thing.

But if I'm wearing a dress that is a little tight (but not skin tight) I'll take it off the holster and VERY CAREFULLY clip it to my undies. I say very carefully because I'm terrified that I'll break the damn thing in half lol!

I use a Polar FT4 HRM. I LOVE it! Plus it's much cheaper than a fitbit and I feel it's very accurate. I don't need to know how much I sleep or how many steps a day I've taken. I'm a nurse. I take well over 10000 steps on days that I work!

I love my FitBit also! Great device and it does motivate but it will not give you a heart rate. If it did somehow, it would be the ultimate workout tool. I wear mine on my belt in the holder supplied. Haven't had a problem yet.

I recently bought a fitbit although i am not 100% sure of how to use it, except to track steps. I also own a body bugg. The reason I bought a fitbit was a friend of mine was here and we went every where together and her fitbit said she had about 3000 steps more than I did with my bodybugg. So I got to wondering about it and bought one so I could compare the fitbit with the bodybugg. Do I really like the fitbit? I might if I could get it to turn off the sleep when I tell it to and not to start it back without me saying so. Like I said I am not good at it yet. The one thing I have found is the fit bit says I get many more steps than my bodybugg if I have it attached to my bra or the top of my shirt, if I have it attached to my pocket on my pants it is closer with the body bugg, but still gives me a few hundred more steps, but not 1000s more.

If I could afford a bodybugg vs. a fitbit I would go with it. I think it is much more accurate, but it does not give all the information that the fitbit does, but for steps and how many calories you have burned it seems to be more accurate. I know it uses a more scientific way of calculating the information than the fitbit does. OK I don't guess I can say I KNOW it does, but I should say I FEEL it does.

The bodybugg is on special right now for $99.00 I think.

I have had a fitbit for about 3 weeks now. 90% of the time I clip it to the front of my sports bra. I basically have it there or in the wristband 24/7. I take it off like once a week to charge it over night.

As a SAHM I put my activity level at sedentary, but until recently I pretty much hit 12,000 steps a day. It is interesting to see that some days I really AM sedentary, but other days I am pretty active just doing my normal daily activities!

When I think that I have been super active, it is cool to look at your MFP account and see that you have gotten a "fitbit adjustment" under your exercise tab!

Are they secure??

I run with mine and I've never even come close to losing it.

I absolutely love my Fitbit. I have owned it since Feb. It is awesome for keeping track of steps, calories burned, helps you to set goals for yourself if you find that hard, like I did!!

I don't understand those comparing it to a HRM though because they cannot be compared, they are different types of monitors. There are HRM lovers and Pedometer lovers! A Fitbit is a pedometer on steroids!! And I love it :-) I think if you really want HRM monitor I would not get a Fitbit unless you can afford both.

I have heard you can get them cheaper at Amazon or Best Buy. I got mine from the company. My base stopped syncing with my computer because I was carrying it to work with me I think and the chord was stretched but Fitbit replaced it for free. Great customer service.

I carry mine in it's clip holder or in my pants pocket. I bought a little lanyard off ebay that I use with it that clips to my pants, just in case it comes off. It saved me from loosing it a couple times.

Good luck!!

Interesting topic.
I have lost so many pedometers when worn at the waist & really want a fitbit but reluctant to lose something so expensive!! Are they secure??

I've had mine for 2.5 years so far, but I think 1.5 of those it was in a desk drawer. I haven't lost it but I'm pretty attentive to it and used to making sure it's safe when I disrobe, etc. A LOT of people run them through the wash accidentally, or lose them. You can put it on a pedo leash (or just a rubber band to your belt loop or whatever) easily.

Someone above said her's puts itself into sleep mode? I had one for about a month that did that. They replaced it.

I love mine and lost 35 lbs. with it when it was new. It's calorie estimates for me are pretty right on but I know which activities need logged and which it tracks well.

The fitbit's not heavy at all...I don't even think it weighs a full ounce.

You'd only have to wear it on your wrist if you want to track sleep. I don't but I still wear it to bed in a pocket or clipped to whatever I'm wearing to count those few steps to the bathroom if I wake up in the middle of the night.

As for using just for your workout, it really depends on what you do for that workout. It's not accurate for strength training (but I'm not sure any weight loss device is) or for the ellptical. Most of my exercise is walking and it's awesome for that.

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Agree with the others, Fitbit and HRM's can't be compared. I have both, and when I go for a run I wear my Fitbit and my HRM and compare the data from both. I wouldn't be without my Fitbit, I love it!