I couldn't be happier that I did. I LOVE everything about the Apple Watch and wish I had purchased one sooner. I got the Fitbit Blaze last week and and it was nothing but a problem right out of the box. For one, the Blaze has to be worn 2-3 fingers above the wrist bone in order for the HR sensor to work properly. Good luck keeping it there when you start to sweat, lol. I used while on a long distance run on my first day with it and the second I began sweating the Blaze slid back down to my wrist and lost my HR. It did this several times until I finished. The next day I was doing Insanity Max 30, and the same thing happened all through that work out. Then with 3 minutes left to go, the watch buckle fell appart. My husband said he could fix it but the same thing would only happen again due to the thin cheap pin that Fitbit used to hold the buckle. So, between that and the band not staying in place along with the recorded miles being so far off during my activities with the Blaze I decided it was time to upgrade to a "real" activity watch.
This past Saturday I went to Bestbuy and purchased the Space gray Apple Sport Watch. So far I love everything about it. It tracks my HR all through my workouts no matter where the watch is positioned on my wrist. The steps and miles walked/run are very close to my calculated stride. I don't recall having to calibrate it in order for it to read accurately either. Unlike the Fitbit where I had to input my actual stride in settings first and even then it was way off.
As far as my HIIT workouts I've been using "Other" in the activity App on the watch to record them. My HR as reported via the Watch is always within 5 beats of what my Polar FT 7 HR monitor reports so I think the Watch does a nice job with the HR feature. One thing I'd like to see Apple add is a "Weightlifting" workout since this is something that I also do 3 days a week, along with my HIIT, running and speed walking workouts. I read somewhere that Apple was working on this but so far it hasn't been added yet so I'll have to keep logging my Power Lift sessions as "Other" for now.
I have to confess that when I first saw the Apple Watch I thought there is no way it would be good for someone like me who would primarily be using it for workouts and recording my daily activities. Well I could not have been more wrong. Not only is it great for tracking my workouts, but I find myself using the other features like iMessage, calls, emails, ect... more and more everyday as well. Overall, I think Apple did a great job with with their first smart watch and can't wait to see what they do with the second generation.
As for the Fitbit Blaze, it's not even a close second to the Apple Watch and I'm glad I returned it....
This past Saturday I went to Bestbuy and purchased the Space gray Apple Sport Watch. So far I love everything about it. It tracks my HR all through my workouts no matter where the watch is positioned on my wrist. The steps and miles walked/run are very close to my calculated stride. I don't recall having to calibrate it in order for it to read accurately either. Unlike the Fitbit where I had to input my actual stride in settings first and even then it was way off.
As far as my HIIT workouts I've been using "Other" in the activity App on the watch to record them. My HR as reported via the Watch is always within 5 beats of what my Polar FT 7 HR monitor reports so I think the Watch does a nice job with the HR feature. One thing I'd like to see Apple add is a "Weightlifting" workout since this is something that I also do 3 days a week, along with my HIIT, running and speed walking workouts. I read somewhere that Apple was working on this but so far it hasn't been added yet so I'll have to keep logging my Power Lift sessions as "Other" for now.
I have to confess that when I first saw the Apple Watch I thought there is no way it would be good for someone like me who would primarily be using it for workouts and recording my daily activities. Well I could not have been more wrong. Not only is it great for tracking my workouts, but I find myself using the other features like iMessage, calls, emails, ect... more and more everyday as well. Overall, I think Apple did a great job with with their first smart watch and can't wait to see what they do with the second generation.
As for the Fitbit Blaze, it's not even a close second to the Apple Watch and I'm glad I returned it....
