Discussions

I'm thinking about buying a fit bit but confused as to what I should be considering with all the options out there. I would like something that tracks my activity during the day and my sleep at night and I'm not sure if any of them calculate calories burned in a workout. Just wondering if anyone who has one could give me some feedback on what you like or don't like about the one(s) you've tried. Thank you for your help.

I work in retail and we sell more of the Charge HR than anything else.

I like that it clips on the middle of my bra so I can wear it without the whole world seeing it.  
I've compared steps and calories burnt with friends that have wrist types and they are fairly compatible

I bought my wife the Jawbone Up3 and so far she is liking it. I went in and looked at both, sizes, features, etc. and found the Jawbone a better fit for what it was being used for.

had a one and liked it - clicked it to my bra. It did step, flights of stairs, and measured sleep by putting it in a velcro wrist thing you wore at night  
 
I upgraded to a fitbit HR that you wear on your wrist. Its also measures heart beat and I feel it it more accurate for measuring sleep and I like that I can check my heart rate.  
 
They are coming out with a new one, Fitbit Blaze to try and compete with the apple watch.  
 
What I like about fit bit is the private challenges you can make with friends, you can join a group online that suits your needs through the fitbit site. I also belong to fitbitleague.com which is a free site you can join to compete against people all over the world by just simply being in the class it rates you or by joining tournaments.

Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate your help and will look at what has been recommended. Is there a good place to buy this?

Does the Fitbit automatically count the calories you eat or do you have to manually input it into a ap?

Does the Fitbit automatically count the calories you eat or do you have to manually input it into a ap?

can buy it at Sports Check and BestBuy. Perhaps some others stores carry it in Brandon as well. It will be the same price no matter where you go.  
 
Orions-Belt, it does not count the calories you eat. You need to manually enter that at their site or app or another app of your choose. I enter my food on the loseit app. It is integrated with the fit bit to a point as that app calculates my fit bit bonus for the day in calories. I also have a lose it scale that sends my weigh via blue tooth to the app.

Fitbit Surge is excellent. Has HR monitor and very customizable. Very easy to enter what you ate to keep track of calories as well has a barcode scanner which will kid the calories of what you ate fairly easy for most products.

I have a surge and love it. It gets texts and phone calls to it but only as a notification - you can't answer them via watch. It is a bit bulkier than I'd like but I'm used to it. I would NOT recommend the flex. I've had family and friends that have had it and all of them have been replaced numerous times because they don't charge properly.

Many of the later Fit Bit models such as the Charge, Charge HR and Surge are a one piece molded unit. The wristbands once they tear or wear out can not be replaced. There are hundreds of complaints about this in online discussions that the wristbands break in less than a year. Several new models due for release in mid March have addressed this problem and have gone back to replaceable wristbands.