As a smartwatch, the Apple Watch blows Fitbit out of the water . . .
As a Fitness/Health tracker, Fitbit blows Apple Watch out of the water . . .
About two weeks ago I replaced my AW5 with a Fitbit Charge 5 and I’m happier than snot.
This is my third Fitbit, and all of them have been very accurate with HR both during cycling and aerobic walking. There’s no need for a third party sensor. Where did you get the assumption that their HR sensor is not accurate? How many Fitbit watches have you used?Fitbit optical heart rate sensor is not accurate at all when doing dynamic exercises. Cannot pair third party sensor.
In other words probably the most unreliable fitness watch made.
If you want something for step counting only…….you did good.
I didn’t give you a snarky response. I’ve had Fitbit’s where the band on the Surge snapped off. I had the one, which was fitbits 1st smart tracker. It tracked steps only and you put it in your pocket.,I also had the original charge and the charge 2. If you look on Fitbits forums every device has a bunch of complaints and I mean a bunch of complaints. I find it comical to read them once every few months. That was my comment to you and it is fact. Compare the complaints on here to Fitbits and there is your answer. It has nothing to do with being a fanboy
I’ve been testing this idea that one is better than the other for some weeks now, just my limited amateur experience of course, but it’s not at all clear to me how one is better than the other, they both seem fairly good and similar. I’m super happy AW added this, as it was the one lingering thing that kept me using my old Fitbit at night, for their good charts with REM and light/deep sleep.
I’m also interested in how I will feel about the Charge 5 in a year, especially in light of possible changes in the Apple Watch by Sept. 2023. To answer your questions, I think my original Fitbit was the Charge or Charge 2 - I got it in March 2016 as a birthday gift. I liked it quite a lot, although it was unable to keep an accurate HR during aerobic walks. I was a cyclist at the time, however, and it was very good with bicycling HR. I liked its sleep tracking, tracking of resting heart rate, VO2 Max, and I **really** liked the food/calorie intake/weight loss features. I used that happily for about a year, and it was the primary driver of a 45-pound weight loss. My second was a Versa, when I wanted a smartwatch in addition to a tracker. Unfortunately, its “smartwatch” features were less than I had expected. I got the AW5 in March of 2020 because it was the most revered smartwatch (deservedly), but in the same way I was disappointed in the Versa as a smartphone, I’ve always wished it was a stronger exercise/diet etc tracker.
With all due respect, when a person starts a response with “Uh,” — it’s a snarky response. Additionally, I’ve been a member of the Fitbit forums for over 6 years, and we have discussed the amount of complaints there frequently. The reason there are so many “complaints” there is because the subforum you’re referring to is one for people that are having difficulty with new devices. Your post, not detailing that little fact, was dishonest.
Thanks for the reply and details. I enjoy hearing about people‘s experience with these devices. Perhaps like a lot of mass-produced products there is inevitably a fair amount of “hit and and miss” where some people get luckier than others with the quality. Also possible that I personally wear out the Fitbit bands more than others, as compared to a couple of my family members who use Fitbits, they haven’t had torn bands as often as I have.
Are you paying a monthly subscription fee to access any health data from your device?
As far as I know the optional monthly fee for Fitbit fitness stuff is just for personal trainer type videos, unrelated to health data. Same with Apple Fitness.
