My second fit bit. I had charge 2 a few years ago. Like that it is small not big and clunky. Has all features I need for working on getting healthy and to lose weight. The sleep tracking is not very accurate as I use C-Pap and fitbit stats are much lower than machine reads

Does far more than I need. Strap has a buckle, which is a huge improvement over the older version pin & hole fastener. Mobile app installed on your own device should stay active, but sometimes shuts down and requires a fresh log-in. Great … (sarcasm) … one more thing to have to remember. Hard to evaluate accuracy, wear it on your wrist, sit down and ie. play piano all day, and you’ve traveled miles? How does it convert the length of a step into a linear distance traveled? Bands are too short to wear this on an adult ankle, which would perhaps be a better measure of steps taken.

I needed a replacement for my gen 1 Halo when Amazon decided to pull the plug on it. I loved my Halo and this Fitbit does most of the same features plus some the Halo didn’t have.What it doesn’t have…Halo has a great imaging feature where you can take photos of yourself and it will calculate body fat and make a virtual model of your body to predict what you will look like if you gain or lose weight. I loved this feature and the BMI calculation was accurate as it was almost exactly what I got from my doctor plus or minus a fraction of a percent. Halo also had a mobility assessment feature that would diagnose where you are having mobility issues and prescribe exercises and stretches to correct issues.What Fitbit has that halo didn’t…Fitbit has an excellent calorie tracking feature with a bar code and database that is updated by user inputs. This feature was pretty terrible years ago when Fitbit first launched it but today the database is quite good and easy to update by snapping a few pictures. I’ve tried noom my fitness pal and other similar apps but the Fitbit version is the best I’ve seen.Fitbit also now adds a recovery tracker as a part of Fitbit premium. This is great for tracking when you are best fit for a hard workout, when to take it easy, or when you should probably take a day off. It also has a stress tracker and mindfulness tracker. The mindfulness tracker also has some meditations that are available in premium as well. Registration of your device gives you 6 months of premium subscription for free.Aside from those features where the two differ the units are pretty much the same except the Fitbit has a screen and the Gen 1 Halo interfaced only by the phone app. I prefer not to have a screen as I always use the app and the screen is just another weak point that can be damaged. Unfortunately not many trackers without screens are available these days. Even later generation Halos incorporated screens. Whoop is a non-screen option but has a higher subscription cost so it was a no-go for me. Fitbit gives you food logging, macronutrient tracking, calories burned, step counter, exercise tracking, heart rate, sleep tracker, water consumption, movement reminders, and weight loss goal tracker included without subscription in addition to the features I mentioned earlier only available with the premium subscription.The main thing you like about it is that the exercise tracking is automatic. If I just exercise for 10 minutes or longer it figures out what exercises you are doing and logs it along with workout metrics. This is easy for me and it dies it accurately so I can just run, or get on my bike and go. You can manually set it up too if you prefer or wish to use GPS tracking.

I had a rough 2023 and got out of any sort of routine for activity. I am 69 and have several health issues. I bought this hoping that I could track steps. I never thought I would become accountable to a fitness tracker. I love that it counts all steps, not just when I remember to pick up my phone. I like the subtle hourly reminders that I need to move. Because of my health issues, it is easy to veg on the couch and not move for hours. I have increased my walking goals every two weeks and have not found it difficult to meet it. My doctor has wanted me to “get my heart beating”. I am able to see what is really happening with the heart rate zones. I know as I get in better shape, I will need to push harder to reach those zones. It is good to be able to actually see it. The sleep tracking has been interesting. It explains why sometimes I am so exhausted the following day. This device does SO much more than I thought it would. There is something about seeing those numbers and knowing I am really accomplishing something that continually keeeps me motivated. I cannot believe I am saying this because it has never been true but I am actually enjoying exercising. Best purchase of 2024 and I won’t be surprised if I am saying the same thing in December of 2024!

I am no workout jock but I like checking that I actually moved during the day and confirming that if I feel like crap when I wake up it’s justified. This tracker satisfies my needs. It has a reasonable feature set for an ordinary person and I can even drop exercise I do in other apps to it. Would it be sufficient for someone who is all-in with their exercise. Probably, but I’m not qualified to answer.The standard band is functional. I got the nasty orange color (and my daughter made fun of me) because it was cheaper and then promptly bought a replacement band, which I was planning on doing anyway. Nothing wrong with it though.