Wolfie Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Anyone use one?. I use a Garmin Vivofit 2 and must admit it does help me be more active. I have quite a sedentary desk job and it encourages me to get out & about at lunchtime etc - especially on days when I don't go to the gym. It's not working properly (failing to sync with ios App) and is just outside of the warranty period. Garmin customer support have been really useless as well. My reasons for buying this model were mainly that it's waterproof, so I can leave it on and forget about it in the shower etc. Plus it's got a lithium battery which has lasted the year - I didn't want yet another thing to have to remember to charge - and then remember to put it back on my wrist again. Trouble is, I can't find another make of device which has these 2 benefits for me, unless anyone knows of one?. Mrs Wolfie has a Fitbit, which is really good and they even replaced it free of charge (when it was out of warranty) when the strap broke. They all seem to be noether waterproof or lithium powered though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I had the vivofit, for similar reasons and suffered similar issues. Mine also either vastly under-reported, or over-reported my steps. I had bought the HR monitor too - there was a deal where if you bought both it was £1 more than without. That said I was going about 110 seated(!) and pushing nearly 200 after a run. Having sat counting, I'm on about 75-80 seated. I know I'm not the peak of physical fitness, but I'm not that unfit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Missus bought a Fitbit, convinced me to get one to compete with her for steps. Within an hour it was boxed up and ready to return. The "step" counter also counts every wrist move, kinda daft and utterly pointless. BUT anything that motivates any kind of movement is a good thing I guess right? I have an Apple Watch now, that has an activity app which not only counts steps more accurate but distance covered and heart rate tracking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted November 11, 2016 Author Share Posted November 11, 2016 19 minutes ago, David said: Missus bought a Fitbit, convinced me to get one to compete with her for steps. Within an hour it was boxed up and ready to return. The "step" counter also counts every wrist move, kinda daft and utterly pointless. Achieve your step target......and give yourself a little treat. What's not to like 19 minutes ago, David said: BUT anything that motivates any kind of movement is a good thing I guess right? Well exactly. I'm not bothered if it's 10% or so out - If it means I do 5000 more steps per day than I used to. 19 minutes ago, David said: I have an Apple Watch now, that has an activity app which not only counts steps more accurate but distance covered and heart rate tracking. Yeah but it's £300 odd isn't it - and you have to charge it every day. No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Ram Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 I just got a wife... She tracks everything I do and how quickly. Wish she needed charging sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 a device to count your wrist movements in the shower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Activity tracker?. It's called "counting the bottle-tops". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside_Clyde Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 3 hours ago, Angry Ram said: I just got a wife... She tracks everything I do and how quickly. Wish she needed charging sometimes. Sounds like she's doing fine without charging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Step counter and heart rate sensor on an app on my phone. Why spend extra money? I think it does running too but I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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