Which Fitbit?

[Pinknfluffylady]

I need to buy a Fitbit but I’m on a tight budget, does anyone have any recommendations please?

[GoogleMe Graduate10]

I love my Fitbit, I am on my second. Arguably no-one 'needs' one though so it depends what you are looking to get from it?

I wanted something simple that could go on my wrist and be forgotten about (I track my runs using Runkeeper on my phone) - and I also wanted to monitor my heart rate so a Charge HR was the lowest I could go (and I pointed my beloved in the direction of a fabulous Black Friday deal from M&S of all places) I now have a 3 so I can wear it in the shower and the pool, with a metal strap and I love it for that but I actually find it a bit more annoying and inaccurate than my old one (has a tendency to decide for itself very late I am on a run it thinks it should track... and then tracks me all the way home in the car too...

[Pinknfluffylady in reply to GoogleMe]

Thank you, you are right, I don’t ‘need’ a Fitbit but I do ‘need’ a device to track my runs accurately as the app on my phone is just not cutting it of late and I would really like to know times and distance correctly post C25K. I’m disheartened when I get back from what I think is a good run to discover it hasn’t been tracked in full! 🏃‍♀️😣

[JaoJao Graduate10]

Hey I found some fitbits on sale on eBay some time ago I am sure you can still get them there for a better price. There are also other non-Fitbit brands on there too for a fraction of the cost, happy shopping!

[Pinknfluffylady in reply to JaoJao]

Thank you, I will check out eBay, it doesn’t have to be a branded Fitbit, any brand will suffice as long as it accurately tracks my running 🏃‍♀️ 😁

[JaoJao Graduate10 in reply to Pinknfluffylady]

Oh no! I’m so sorry! I meant to say Groupon!!!! I meant to say Groupon!!!!!

[damienair Administrator]

If you want to accurately track your runs you should get a GPS watch. I bought a Garmin Forerunner 15 online second hand from eBay a couple of years ago. You can get ladies and men’s models. It was amazing, worked perfectly for 2 years and I got it for £20.

I upgraded a couple of months ago to a Garmin 35. You could also get one of them for around £70 on eBay. Garmin are very accurate.

Damien

[Tasha99 Graduate10]

Get a garmin 35 instead 👍🏽

[Kevtrev Graduate10]

I have a Huawei band 3 pro great for running cycling gym outside swimming etc it calculates distance calories burned heart rate and loads more features and at the moment on Amazon it’s around £55.00 😀👍