Fitbit Wireless Activity/Sleep Tracker, Black/Blue

Dear Amazon Shopper,This marvelous piece of widgetry is great at tracking your movements as well as motivating you to move in the first place. Like everything, it has its flaws and foibles, but if you treat it, and yourself, well, you'll be losing weight in no time.The Pros:1 - It keeps track of numerous variables. Personally, when it comes to losing weight, I love looking at numbers and setting milestones. The feeling of taking measurable strides toward my weight-loss goals is very motivating and having my steps, calories burned, and overall level of activity automatically measured helps me to achieve those goals. By manually logging your calorie intake (there's a comprehensive list of foods, and space for you to add new foods) you can keep track of what you take in and what you burn, allowing you to reasonably estimate how long it will take you to burn off the desired amount of fat (3500 calories of deficit to one pound of fat). You can also log your weight, which I recommend doing at the same time every day in order to ensure stable measurement.2 - It's reasonably accurate. This device is highly accurate at determining whether or not to register your movements as steps and utilizes more than just distance traveled and rate of movement to determine calories burned. Simply waving your arms around will not cause the device to add steps, but it will up your burn rate (as waving your arms takes more energy than doing nothing). Also, the Fitbit successfully avoids logging steps while the user is driving. A series of push-ups and crunches will accurately log your calories in the red and if you feel the device has not yielded a correct accounting of your calories burned, you can log your activities manually.3 - It doubles as a watch. While, like me, you may have many more stylish, more effective timepieces, this device comes with a wristband into which the device is designed to slot. Slotting the not-unstylish Fitbit into this very comfortable wristband is the safest, most-effective way to store the device on your person (more on that later) and allows you to do so without depriving you of the ability to tell the time (it is recommended you place the device in the wristband on the wrist of your non-dominant hand.4 - Set-up is nominal. Plug the Fitbit into your computer via the provided USB base station, complete your free registration on the website, and you're done. Nothing pesky to install, no hassle. The Fitbit wirelessly uploads data to your computer via the base station at 15-minute intervals when possible, but can store detailed data for up to 7 days without dumping it onto your PC.5 - It loves you. As you reach different milestones, the device will e-mail you and update your account with motivating badges (10k steps in a day, 10 floors climbed, etc) and often has a positive message to convey when you get moving after a long period of being stationary (i.e. "I love you <USER>"), which was a cute touch.The Cons:1 - The device's durability is questionable. While it's a neat tool, it appears that form was chosen over function at at least one point during the design process. The Fitbit feels very delicate (as other reviewers have pointed out) and I use it with the provided wristband as often as possible. When I need to conceal it, I will slide it over the interior pocket of a jacket. I would not leave it loose in a purse or briefcase, nor would I cram it into a pocket and expect it to survive for very long. Due to this issue, expect the device to be visible to others the majority of time it is in use.2 - Premium content. In order to get the most detail from your device, you'll have to fork over extra $. After paying 80 bucks for this tiny, plastic-sheathed 3d-accelerometer (not that I'm suggesting it's a bad value), I would expect to be provided as much bang for my dollar as possible. The manufacturer, however, has chosen to restrict what your $80 will buy you, so keep that in mind. I can't evaluate the premium content as I have thus far chosen not to pay the subscription fee. The device is reasonably useful without it.3 - It wont lift you off the couch or scold you for eating junk food. You'll need discipline and dedication to get results. This can help you desire results, and track results, but it's up to you to make results.The bottom-line is, if you're committed to exercising, this will help keep you motivated and help you monitor a vast array of useful statistics over time. It's not the most durable widget ever invented, and you'll probably be displaying it most of the time if you want to keep it intact, but with discipline and dedication, this device will help keep peoples' eyes on your figure.

I bought the Fitbit Ultra as a birthday present for my husband (and of course me since my birthday is two weeks after his) in December 2011. We LOVE our Fitbits! We use the LoseIt! apps on our smartphones and the Loseit! website and this little device communicates nicely with our favorite app. Also, in addition to what everyone else has told you Fitbit has the ability to send and receive data from certain apps you may or may not be using to track your meals and activity virtually. You can find a list of them on their website, but we prefer Loseit! We also bought a Withings scale and that is also compatiable with Loseit! and Fitbit! It is great, we can weigh ourselves, put our food entries in and let Fitbit track our activity and it all gets done either automatically via a wireless transmission (that would be Fitbit and the scale) or one time entry into an app or website (that is logging food into Loseit!) and each application updates the other with no action from you!The days of multiple site entries, trying to remember what the scale said to when I could get to my smartphone app or website, etc are over. The scale can track up to 8 people on the same account and Fitbit is a gem at quickly picking up and transmitting your data to and from these other compatiable apps when you are near the Fitbit receiver. Loseit! is also fantastic at transmitting and receiving to and from Fitbit and Withings that everything is so easy to monitor. I only go to Fitbit's site/app to monitor my sleep and use Loseit!'s app/website for everything else. Now something I had to learn, if you choose to do it this way Loseit! uses an equation that accounts for a certain level of activity for "normal" every day activities when determining calorie intake and burn. Fitbit does not use this equation and tracks each of you movements (we have never had issues with stair counting if you're wondering, both of ours work perfectly). Fitbit and Loseit! do recognize this and once you have enough activity on the Fitbit to match the activity Loseit calculates for you then a Fitbit adjustment will occur on the Loseit! site. I actually find I work hard to get to that activity level so I get my adjustment on Loseit! My husband and I have made a fun little competition of seeing each other's Loseit! and Fitbit accounts and seeing who can get the bigger Fitbit adjustment.My only downside is the wristband that comes with the Fitbit. I love tracking my sleep activity and seeing my sleep patterns to watch for trends. We don't have our Fitbit for 30 days and already the velcro is peeling from the fabric and it is falling apart. The forum is the best at Fitbit too. I got the best trick on that site that both of us use each and every day! We use a hairband (a thin one - not a big or thick band) that we have slipped into the Fitbit. We than loop it through a belt loop and slide the Fitbit with the clip through the loop and onto our belts, waistband, pockets. We also use the hairband over the wristband to prevent the Fitbit from falling off while we sleep (some users have had this issue). But I think if you have a very large wrist this could be uncomfortable for some. Neither my husband nor I find it uncomfortable and we have average sized wrists for our genders.We have not had any issues with it tracking stairs or when we use the elliptical machine at the gym and we both wear it on our waistbands. I love their website and its compatiability with other very useful sites. The Fitbit is small and I often forget it is there (although the hairband has most likely saved it from falling off in restrooms, etc from my finer material work pants/skirts since it acts like a "safety chain" to my pants). We like seeing our sleep patterns and the compatiability with other apps/websites have made tracking our weight, diet and activity a dream!We actually love the ease of the Fitbit and no one even notices we are wearing them! I even had it on my undergarments under some formal wear at a New Year's celebration and you could not tell (btw, a cotton 2-ply headband with a small hole cut into it that you slide your Fitbit into than slide over your thigh ladies will not hurt its tracking ability should you find yourself it this situation, just try it first at home, because you don't want to be dancing and find your Fitbit on the dance floor crushed! This way you can make adjustments to the headband to fit your body). The accuracy, portability, ease of setup and use, and most of all compatiabiltiy with other very useful apps/websites have made this purchase worth every penny we spent! We actually have stuck to being active people that eat more healthy because of Fitbit and the ease in which it has fit into our busy lives without a lot of hassle for tracking everything we do! I would not trade this device in for anything other than a more updated version of itself!

One of the best fitness gadget I've had till now. I did a lot of research before buying it and this one was perfect for me (even with all the cons below). I used it for 3 months before writing this reviewPros:1. size, built, weight, looks2. Functionality - although I didn't use the sleep tracker much, all the other features were kind of perfect for me3. Good source of motivation with the tracking ability and putting it automatically on the website2. Ease of use - auto sync, shape and design made it much easy to useCons:1. small so it is easy to loose, but fortunately I was able to find it every time :)2. Not that accurate, but I was fine with approximations. Not sure how it compared with the others3. Cost - It's not that costly related to other products in same category, but overall, it's quite costly for a pedometer!4. Didn't find the sleep tracking feature that useful for me

l' oggetto funziona regolarmente, peccato per il programma Fitbit , lingua italiana assente, programma veramente scarso, io avrei fatto sicuramente di meglio ( non sono un programmatore ), ho acquistato la licenza premium ( circa 45 euro ) sperando in un miglioramento, una vera fregatura, L'applicazione installata su pc una volta lanciata non riconosce in automatico l'utente ogni volta bisogna procedere all'inserimento delle credenziali email password ecc ecc, da iphone e android l'applicazione non gestisce l' inserimento dei dati cardio.Sono veramente insoddisfatto per il software : E' VERGOGNOSO!!!Bisogna intervenire nell' aggiornamento del programma!!!Non compratelo !

Does the job of tracking activity and sleep well - however the construction is quite weak. My wife and I have used the Ultras for a few months and both of us have had to replace them. I've swapped to the One which seems to be more robust.

Vor einiger Zeit las ich in einer Werbung von diesem Gerät. Fand ich interessant und habe bei Amazon gesucht und dieses Teil hier gefunden. Hat mir von Anfang an gefallen. Ich hatte schon einmal einen Schrittzähler, dieser war jedoch mit einer einfachen Kugel und daher mit diesem nicht zu vergleichen. Da ich sowieso vorhatte mich mehr zu bewegen habe ich das Gerät bestellt und bekam es per Express Lieferung bereits am nächsten Tag. Zu dem Schrittzähler, der etwas die Form und Größe eines USB-Sticks hat, gibt es noch eine kleine Empfangsstation dazu, welche in den USB-Anschluss des Computers gesteckt wird. Diese Station dient gleichzeitig zum Aufladen des Trackers.Die Einrichtung wird auf der Webseite von FitBit gut erklärt. Anmelden kann man sich auf der Webseite auch schon vorher. Die Einstellungen des Trackers kann man dort ebenfalls vornehmen. Alle Daten werden drahtlos an die Station und von dort aus über den PC und einen Internetverbindung zu FitBit übertragen. Dort hat man umfangreiche Auswertungsmöglichkeiten zur Verfügung und kann auch zusätzliche Informationen wie Blutdruck, Gewicht, Nahrungs- und Wasseraufnahme etc. bei Bedarf dokumentieren. Falls man einen Waage von FitBit besitzt, so wird auch das Gewicht automatisch übermittelt.Der Tracker selbst gefällt mir sehr gut. Vom Aussehen denkt jeder es ist ein USB Stick. Auf Knopfdruck kann man die Daten abrufen, welche auf der Oberfläche leuchtend erscheinen, ein Display ist jedoch nicht sichtbar. Der Tracker zählt vor allem die gelaufenen Schritte. Bei Bedarf wird auch die Strecke in KM, der Kalorienverbrauch, die absolvierten Stockwerke und die aktuelle Zeit angezeigt. Zusätzlich gibt es eine Aktivitätsblume, welche bei hoher Aktivität Blätter bekommt die bei niedriger Aktivität wieder "abfallen".Von Zeit zu Zeit muss der Akku des Trackers aufgeladen werden. Bei mir hält der Akku mindestens 8 Tage und länger. Hängt sicherlich auch davon ab, wie oft man die Anzeige des Trackers abruft. Die Genauigkeit der Distanzanzeige habe ich nicht überprüft und ist mir eigentlich auch egal. Wenn ich Distanzen messen will, benutze ich ein GPS-Gerät. Mir kommt er vor allem auf die Aktivität hinsichtlich der Schritte und auch der Stockwerke an und da misst das Gerät sehr zuverlässig. Sicherlich gibt es auch Fehlmessungen wenn man Auto fährt oder in öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln usw., aber diese halten sich in Grenzen. Beim Schlafen benutze ich den Tracker ebenfalls zur Schlafüberwachung. Dazu schnallt man sich den Tracker um das linke Handgelenk und aktiviert die Stoppuhr. Wenn man morgens aufsteht deaktiviert man die Stoppuhr und dann wird die Zeit auf der FitBit Seite ausgewertet. So kann man überprüfen ob man gut oder schlecht geschlafen hat und wie lange man überhaupt so im Durchschnitt schläft. Die Empfindlichkeit kann man einstellen, habe sie jedoch auf der Normal-Einstellung gelassen.Auf der FitBit Webseite kann man seine Ziele definieren. Mit 10.000 Schritten pro Tag habe ich angefangen. Jetzt sind es 12.000 pro Tag und 15.000 Schritte pro Tag sollen es noch werden. Morgens gehe ich zu Fuß zur Arbeit und wieder zurück und abends muss ich dann auch noch mit dem FitBit Gassi gehen, bis die Schritte zusammen sind. Das mache ich auch eisern jeden Tag. Bin schon gut abgehärtet und eine Erkältung hatte ich diesen Winter dadurch auch noch nicht. Man muss sich natürlich immer schön warm anziehen.Der FitBit ist sehr gut haltbar und stört auch nicht beim Tragen. Steckt bei mir in der Minigeldtsche in den Jeans. Hat auch schon einen Sturz in das Klobecken mit Wasser darin gut überstanden. Aber ganz wasserdicht ist er nicht, daher immer Vorsicht mit Wasser.Ich stehe auch schon im Wettbewerb mit Freunden, welche sich den FitBit ebenfalls gekauft haben. Über die FitBit Seite kann man den Stand jederzeit abrufen. Ebenso gibt es eine Community, der man sich anschließen kann.Also ich bin total begeistert, nutze das Gerät jeden Tag und konnte mein Fitnesslevel dadurch enorm steigern. Ich kann es allen Stubenhockern nur wärmstens empfehlen.

Permite conocer tu balance energético. Para ello es suficiente con llevar contigo el Fitbit y rellenar de manera rápida e intuitiva tu ingesta diaria en la pagina web. El Fitbit se sincroniza de manera inalámbrica y automática con tu ordenador, apenas necesita recargarse y resulta cómodo y discreto llevarlo encima debido a su forma de clip.Desde mi experiencia, y comparándolo con las distancias que conozco; la medición es muy precisa. Puedes consultar en todo momento todos los datos que recoge en la pantalla que tiene.Resulta muy útil como herramienta de auto-educación o auto-concienciación, puesto que al final acabas comprendiendo que una vida sedentaria genera un balance gasto energético positivo que generalmente termina en el sobrepeso. Y te ayuda a detectar en que ocasiones has realizado demasiado poco ejercicio, para asi motivarte a realizarlo; o de lo contrario, controlar tu ingesta calórica.La página web, por su parte es muy completa, puedes consultar en todo momento tu actividad y tus horas de sueño así como introducir lo que llevas comido.Muy recomendable para la mayoría de personas, muchas veces te motiva para salir y moverte un poco. La página te entrega diferentes "condecoraciones" o "Badges" según cumples tus metas e hitos.Es tan pequeño y pasa tan desapercibido, que es recomendable que lo enganches en alguna parte de tu ropa ("Bolsillo interior" del bolsillo)Un saludo!