Apr 26, 2018
I do not like the Apple Watch. Thanks so much to my favorite brother for recommending it. 🙂
I understand that the Apple Watch is more about “overall health and well-being,” while the Fitbit is more for exercise. But here’s my primary issue:
“To determine exercise, your Apple Watch looks at your heart rate and movement data. That means that things you do on a regular basis probably won’t raise your heart rate enough for the Apple Watch to deem it as exercise.”
So if I want the Apple Watch to record my 30 minutes on the treadmill, I have to manually start an activity. I’m doing 3.3 mph going nowhere for 30 minutes twice per day — with an overall total of about 5 miles per day — and that is exercise in my book. If I kick up the speed to up my heart rate, I’ll be jogging and that is not happening. Period. If I don’t start my walk as an “exercise,” I get alerts that my resting heart rate (close to 100 while walking) is too high — when it’s not my flipping resting heart rate. ARG!
I want a new Fitbit but now I’ve invested in this Apple Watch.
While my Apple Watch is scoffing at my exercise, my Fitbit tells me my cardio fitness is excellent for women my age. The readings I’m getting from the Apple Watch makes me wonder if I’m gonna die. For example, Apple Watch notified me via an alert that I had a heart rate spike of 135 bpm while resting. Fitbit recorded my heart rate at that time at 70 bpm. Which one is accurate? I have no clue.
What this means is I’ll keep wearing both watches looking like a goof of some sort until I either get better used to the Apple Watch or break down and buy a new Fitbit.
In the meantime, this 101 pound diva lost 5 pounds in 2 weeks as per the doctor’s orders and her summer body will be ready by the time it warms up here.
No McDonalds cheeseburgers or KFC popcorn chicken until 5 more pounds disappear from this voluptuous canine.
Mar 1, 2016
If you’re thinking about purchasing a fitness tracker and are comparing the Jawbone UP to a Fitbit — this post is for you. Although I’m far from a fitness expert, I have years of experience with fitness trackers that I want to share with you. Learn from my mistake…
I started out with an UP24 band and loved it. The iPhone app for Jawbone UP is amazing! Even after my first band died, Jawbone immediately replaced it for free. I remained a satisfied customer. This band is no longer sold, so the second it stopped working properly, I purchased the “new and improved” UP3 band, also by Jawbone, for about $180. I expected an upgrade to the band and app I already had experience using.
My first mistake is that I didn’t ask others who already owned the product what they thought of it before I bought it. It wasn’t until after I made the purchase that my favorite brother told me that his UP3 band’s clasp came loose during a speech and he launched it across the stage! The UP3 band is garbage, you guys. The app remains amazing, but the thing simply won’t stay on your arm. After a bit of research, I found that Jawbone offers a free fix because obviously everyone is having the same issue. I received a speedy shipment that contained a little plastic clip thingy in an envelope with a printed copy (that looked like it was printed in someone’s basement on a machine about out of ink) of instructions on how to use this little piece of crap. So… I bought a Fitbit Charge HR for about $150 and Perry inherited the UP3.
The reason I chose the Charge HR is because the clasp is like a watch. Although Fitbit had other options at the time, I was afraid they would pose the same “won’t stay on” issue. The Fitbit app is ok… I still don’t like it as much as the UP app, although it does email weekly updates of your progress. It’s just not as “pretty.” The band; however, is awesome and the added features are impressive in comparison to the UP product. The heart monitor is “live” and not updated every 15 minutes or so. A flick of the wrist and you have a watch. It pairs with your smart phone and vibrates upon incoming text messages and calls. A real upgrade! But then… Fitbit came out with the Blaze — a Smart Fitness Watch — and my son, Ben, is now wearing a Fitbit HR.
More expensive at around $200 bucks, the Fitbit Blaze is well worth the money. Although the Fitbit HR is also worth the price tag, if you’re into gadgets and want the added features, I recommend the Blaze. It’s less expensive than the Apple watch and is geared more toward fitness goals. The packaging didn’t disappoint. Sorry, Jawbone… you need to UP your game. 🙂
Now if I just get the pink leather band for my birthday, I’ll be set!
