Apple Watch with a Fitbit flex 2

[gugy]

Either one should do great for that, but I would read the reviews carefully. Most swim trackers seem to do freestyle well. But, breast stroke has given some trouble.

Just ordered the FitBit Flex 2. I'll give a shot. If provides me the basic swimming info (laps/distance/time/calories) accurately, that will be enough for me to pass the AW2. For $100 sounds great and I can keep using my Omega Seamaster.

 

[ccrgt]

Damn I'm in Australia - Amazon Fitbit flex 2 won't ship to Australia and we have no Best Buy store in Australia

 

[Aniseedvan]

Can anyone who wears both the Apple Watch and Fitbit comment on how similar or different the step count is between the two? I used to wear the Fitbit before I had the Apple Watch and for the same activities, Fitbit always seemed to give me more steps than the watch.

Apple Watch is always lower for me, but not by a significant amount, currently on 6990 on the Fitbit and 6658 on the watch (desk sit down day in an office a 2hr drive from home = bad day!). Bearing in mind I sleep with the Fitbit on and half the time in the morning will wander round with that on before putting my watch on, they are about the same.

 

[Nell]

My experience with Fitbit is that the One is super-accurate (I've counted 1000 steps a few times and it's right to within a few steps) but the wrist worn ones aren't (I've had three - they break quickly - and all have wildly over counted steps if I do any task involving the slightest arm movement; one of them offset the overcounting by refusing to count at all if I wore a coat).

I wear a One as well as my Apple Watch because I like the challenges on Fitbit. The step counts are usually pretty close so my view is that the watch is hugely more accurate than the wrist-worn Fitbits.