Fitbit Charge 3 Fitness Activity Tracker

Google got their hands on it - now its crap.

It's been 2 months since I have got this watch and had been working fine till now. The screen stays on and doesn't turn off automatically to save the battery's life and keep changing to ather programs and options on its own. I've even tried to reset the watch but definitely something wrong with it. I'm so disappointed to have the Joy of this watch for only two months.💔

Ok, this is my first fitness tracker and I'll say right now I don't use all the functions so I'll just talk about what I know about. I do wear this almost 24 hours a day. I only remove when I wash my hands or shower. Thats it. I am in the automotive industry so I am around dirty cars sometimes but mostly I just do paperwork. Battery life...I think its awesome. I take this off for 1-1.5 hours on Sunday and charge it up. Thats it. Once a week. Now I don't have the display lit up all the time. I don't need to look at my watch all the time. In fact until I got this I never wore a watch. So my battery life is awesome. I am sure if I made the display light up more it'd go down faster. It does light up on it's own sometimes if I move right. But for the most part it does what I want. Accuracy....Also I am pleased. Do I count my steps everyday??? no way. Is it close?? I think so. I never carried my phone all the time..because of my job. Sometimes around my house or at work in the office I can take a few steps and they don't pickup but it's a close quarters type setting. If I am out walking it goes up. Mine has never counted steps while driving so I cannot say anything about that. My heart monitor works phenomenal. Very accurate. I don't keep it tight either. I found if I kept it tight it hurt. I loosened it up and it felt so much better and it still keeps good readings. It's just loose enough for my pinky to fit under the band. I do like the sleep monitor. It's inspiring me to sleep better. Syncing was a slight challenge but once I actually followed the directions it was a breeze. I do find that my ARGOS app doesn't like to stay in constant contact with it. kind of a bummer but the fitbit app is good. Once it warms up I'll do more with it but right now it's great. I also like that the special edition came with 2 colored bands and 2 sizes. Small would barely fit me but the large is just right. Also my iPhone will send text message notifications and call notifications to my watch. very cool.

Tldr summary: Charge 3 is the activity band I have always wanted, finally. Who you are and what you do will dictate whether this review will help you. I am over 45, female, professional, busy and I want stay healthy and become healthier over time. I care about my health but I also have other stuff to do. I use a Fitbit because I want to try to keep moving throughout the day and be mindful but not obvious at work and then try to do low and moderate intensity workouts 3 to 5 times a week. There, I said it. The Fitbit needs to fit the rest of my life and it finally does. I feel the Charge 3 has something valuable to offer for the person who is in the back or middle of the fitness pack. Appearance first: I want my Fitbit to match my professional persona at work and not exude a gym vibe. This has always been my problem with activity trackers in general; I think they are unattractive at work with a suit. I really like the Charge 3 size; it isn't too wide, it isn't too thick, the face isn't too big. To me, it can look like a watch and not some giant work out thing. I switched out the band for more professional and feminine straps from Amazon and I think it looks like jewelry at my professional job. The Fitbit has made this the easiest band to change straps. It is no problem at all and feels secure. I can tell when it is clicked into place and I lost a Fitbit before so this is important to me. I bought the black Charge because I can buy off brand, affordable straps and not worry about metals clashing. I do not pay for the "designer" bands from Fitbit... I bought 2 leather slim profile and one rose gold slim band for less than $20 each on Amazon. I have the plastic cheap one it came with for actual sweaty or swimming work outs. I think a man could buy a thicker strap and it would look masculine. Visual/face: I like the face of the Charge 3. I have it set to see time, date, and stat. It is a lot easier to scroll through the other available information than the Alta and it is a lot more readable. I like the choices of watch faces but I don't anticipate changing it now that I found one be that works for me. Function: I like the heart rate, the sleep cycle, the waterproofing. I like everything about what it shows me. I think the sleep cycle is accurate for me. The heart rate is accurate. The heart rate tracks all day without missing a reading. The battery is better than my Alta and lasts 5 days for me. I don't do notifications or use the smart watch features so cannot comment on it and that may be why my battery is lasting longer. I use the 2 minute breathing a couple of times a day. I use the 250 steps an hour challenge now that I can see it on my new watch. Other review comments: I did the Firmware update and have no problems connecting to my work iPhone or my personal Samsung phone and tablet. No issues syncing so far. I wore with my Alta at the same time and steps matched. I have been testing my steps for 4+ years and I find Fitbit accurate for me. I agree My Fitness Pal is best for food tracking vs the Fitbit app. App: I realistically don't want to join a gym and it is too cold for me to make myself swim right now. As you can tell by reading this, I am not a hard core person for exercise. I am trying the Fitbit Coach and I like it. I travel and I like that I can just do the exercises anywhere and there are a lot of choices of activity. I like that there are inside and outside exercises and things in can just do in my living room or hotel room. I like that there are all different lengths of exercises from 10 min to 18 minutes to an hour. It is a small commitment, no equipment needed, as convenient as you can get, and a lot of variety. I am trying for a month and I think this is what I have been looking to add to the my walking 10,000 steps a day. I see the Fitbit as a tool but I don't want it to annoy me. Most of the time I found the badges and challenges tiresome and making something out of nothing. I do like knowing I walked to the Moon but really it is just kind of not relevant. I was only using the Fitbit for steps and checking the app once a week or maybe less. Now I feel like I am going to take advantage of the more sophisticated offerings. I like seeing the graphs that show REM sleep and resting heart rate and cardio insights. This is the first time where I feel the app is offering me more than just glib surface information. Other bands I have used: I had the One, which I liked because it was hidden but didn't do much. I had to dig down my shirt or look at my phone to see my steps. I bought the little tiny Fitbit Flex 2 and the metal holder was ridiculously hard to get the Fitbit in and out of and didn't show anything - you had to look on your phone. The Alta had a slim profile but was hard to see and super hard to change bands. Ultimately I lost the Flex2 due to a necklace malfunction and abandoned the Alta for not being useful enough to justify wearing something I thought was ugly. I briefly had delusions of fitness grandeur and have a Garmin Vivoactive HR. It was too hard core for me and too big and plastic. Alas, Garmin made me realize I am just not into fitness as a "lifestyle."

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