This review is from: Fitbit Charge HR Wireless Activity Wristband, Black, Large Fitbit Charge Heart Rate Monitor watch
Full disclosure customer review, I ordered the Fitbit Charge HR only after I gave up on Jawbone fulfilling my preorder for the Up3 and once I realized the Fitbit Surge was like having a VCR strapped to your wrist. Further complicating my decision was the reviews that were all over the place on Amazon. Either people loved it or they thought it was the biggest piece of crap ever. I am writing this review to try and offer a realistic perspective for those looking to buy the Fitbit Charge HR.
First, disregard the reviews from all the "personal trainers" and "hardcore" gym goers out there. It's amazing how everyone becomes a trainer or gym rat when reviewing a piece of workout equipment. Wrist based heart rate monitoring is still in its infancy and if, and I stress if, you are so hardcore that a possible 5-10 beat variation is so critical then you need to stay with chest based HR monitoring for awhile. The Charge HR isn't for that. Not to mention, I haven't seen that it is off like others have said. I was skeptical and I have a Garmin Running GPS watch with a chest HR strap and I see the two being pretty consistent.
Second, I cannot stress enough the quality of the Fitbit app and web based dashboard. They are motivational and intuitive and they give you goals to shoot for. I have yet to see any sync issues or any of the other nonsense I have seen in other reviews.
Finally, $150 is a lot of money but it less than other comparable products out there. To me this is the perfect entry level device. If you like the concept and are disciplined, then you can upgrade to another device. if you are trying to get a snapshot of what you are doing on a daily basis and how you can make some life and fitness improvements, this device is a perfect way in. If you are a "personal trainer" or just "crushing it" beyond what the Charge can handle, you should probably do another set of burpees, stick with chest strap HR monitors and save your "insightful" reviews for Flex magazine.
Bottom line; the Charge HR is well worth the money. No product is perfect but this one does perform as promised. Amazon has the best customer relations of any company out there so if you don't like it you can send it back anyway. I hope this review helps. I know when I was looking, these reviews can be ridiculous, contradict and misleading. Give it a shot! You won't be sorry!
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This review is from: Fitbit Charge HR Wireless Activity Wristband, Black, Large (Health and Beauty)
There are many people that love this product, and many who do not. At the end of the day it depends if you are someone that wants to track their fitness level through wearing a device on your wrist.
If you cant get your head around that, then dont buy this! This product definitely does what it says, just as promised. And for the current 119$ price, its not so expensive that it will break the bank. If you like it, then you can upgrade it to other, more expensive fitness trackers that do more than this.
I like the fact that it gets you more into tracking how much activity (or lack thereof) you do, which I have found is really helpful to remind me that I should exercise more. Since using this and taking Gaia Source forskolin to curb my appetite (forskolin is an appetite suppressant), ive lost almost 10 lbs in the last 8 weeks! I know its not a ton but i also dont have a huge amount to lose. I am more average weight and not obese or anything.
The reason why I would give this product a 3, instead of a 4 is it actually gave me a rash after 2 months so I had to stop using it. If it didnt, however, I would still be using it today. At least I was able to use it for a time and found out how lazy i really was .
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