20 Best Fitness Watches For Seniors (2023 Updated)

Physically, the watch itself is pretty nice – good size, fairly comfortable to wear, lightweight. The app and integration with your phone feel like an afterthought. Notifications are okay, but setting up some of the Fitbit specific features (like wallet, or whatever it’s trying to do with Bluetooth) is far from slick.

Battery life is good for two days, less if you track an activity. Then there are two major negatives. Firstly, the screen is almost impossible to see with polarised glasses at most angles – especially if you want to glance down whilst on a bike ride, or even a quick glance whilst driving.

It’s pretty much useless for tracking rides in that respect. Secondly – you can’t wear it in your right wrist. That’s right – if you’re left handed, get used to constant accidental presses of the one button on the watch until you get so annoyed you just disable it.

This is a $200+ watch that’s been out since Aug ’20 and still doesn’t support wearing on both wrists. I just assumed that it would have that functionality like every other smart watch in the world, but I was mistaken.

All it requires is a software update to flip the screen 180° for us lefties, but apparently sending me an email when my watch is low on battery was considered to be a more important feature.

Charge 5, started using early October. In general, I like it, and some things have gotten better since the first frustrating week in October, but there are still issues. I bought it mostly for heart rate monitoring while bicycling, and that seems to work well.

But I really wanted it to seamlessly integrate with Strava app, and that is still disappointing. I learned to be comfortable with it on my wrist. The first week was rather uncomfortable now I hardly notice it.

Except for the battery percentage, the screens are readable, and youll learn what all the swiping left, right, up, and down, does. Mine still has some issues:UPDATE 2/5/22: Step counter works better if youre walking and swinging your arms normally.

If you are carrying something or looking at the watch or gripping a handrail or walker or pushing a stroller, etc. , you arent going to get accurate steps. Syncing issues continue GPS connectivity is still unreliable.

1 battery indicator on iphone app no longer registers correctly. Tiny greyed-out battery percentage indicator on the Charge is more accurate but is nearly invisible without a magnifying glass. 2 my device cant maintain bluetooth connection to iPhone app.

This makes syncing difficult and time-consuming. Even after turning on/off bluetooth and restarting device. 3 integration with Strava for exercise biking is confusing and weak. Sometimes, when using phone setting for GPS, recording works great other times it drops out even over the same route where it worked the day before.

So I have to activate Strava as a back-up, sometimes ending up with duplicate activities if Fitbit works. Just delete the Strava activity if the Fitbit one works, you say? Theyre not really duplicates though: Strava data is much more accurate than Fitbit, but Fitbit provides the heart rate, which is why I bought it.

So I lose something if I delete either one. But if I keep both, it shows inaccurate record of my exercise activity. Grrr. If I set my device for B.

In this review Ill explain what I noticed most about this watchapp thats not often mentioned in others as much. While this is a pretty decent watch given its size, it does lose a star for its inaccuracy of the heart rate at times.

Its great for sleep monitoring and probably the best in the industry. But, as I mentioned the heart rate monitor when Im using a bike or something it doesnt really capture the high heart rate spikes like you would with lets say an Apple watch.

In those devices it will tell you your highest heart rate spike and lowest, which is pretty useful in some scenarios. Also, when using the bike and looking at the watch then looking back at the app. It doesnt really display all the info you saw yourself while looking at it.

Its almost like it takes the average of the highest and then shows that instead. I dont use the GPS feature and I wouldnt really recommend it either as its a battery drainer and inaccurate at times. As for resting heart rate and anything below 120bpm, it will be pretty accurate.

I usually performed tests with an oximeter beside this. The sleep monitor is the best in the industry from everywhere I looked so theres not much to nitpick about that. The app is a money grabber like everything these days making things you purchase into a subscription based purchase.

It does have a lot of info on it without the subscription so I still do without it. The HRV heart rate variability thats rather new to the device is a take it for what you will kind of deal? Im not sure how accurate it really is, but still neat.

Also wish you could know your oxygen percentage at any time similar to the ECG, but maybe some day in a subscription near you. By the way. The ECG should also be taken with a grain of salt. I cant seem to get any rating other than an inconclusive, haha.

Comfort: no complaints the strap is nice and the screen is good in most situations. Screen: good size but touch sensitivity could be a little better as some had.

Ill start with this, because its high on my list of criteria: Its been 8 days, and only today did I need to recharge the Fitbit Charge 5. During the 8 days, I went to the gym twice, for 1 hour each time, and also practiced soccer twice, with my child, for about one hour each time.

I still need to learn to use some of the exercise/activity tracking functions, but one thing I notice is, if I retroactively record time spent exercising, it will synch it with my actual vital stats from that period.

This is very useful for me, because I nearly always forget to start tracking. Sleep tracking is mostly accurate, but I noticed there were some occasions when it did not detect that I had awakened during sleep time.

I like the added SpO2% function, as it gives me clues about my breathing during sleep. I cant be certain, but the nightly readings feel accurate. The other tracking features are also useful, such as the stress gauge and the usual heart rate tracker thats also in the charge 2.

Ive worn it in the shower every time, and it seems to be fine. I see no sign of damage. Using the water lock feature is helpful, so water splashing onto it does not activate other functions. Ive been using the text notifications and alarms features steadily.

Im rarely without my phone, so notifications may not be as useful. However, the alarm feature is nice. Ive used a daily alarm to help wake me up every workday morning, and one-time alarms to tell me when my breaks end or generally, when I should get back to my desk.

Alarms are basically gentle buzzes on the wrist. They work as effectively for me as sound alarms although I use that, too, for morning wakeups. I appreciate that there are about 20 display faces available for this newest version, but I was able to find, really, only one that suited my needs for displaying information without needing to tap anything else If youre curious, the basics I need are clock, step count, and heart rate.

Sadly, only one display face shows all.

This is a fine watch with useful features. In that respect it is much like my Withings, which I also bought at Best Buy. I have worn both at the same time on either arm and compared their readings and initially found that the FitBit seems to count more steps than does my Withings.

The same is true with calories burned. Hmmmm. After a couple of weeks the FitBit seemed to “learn” my movements and began to come closer to the Withings, which I have owned and used a bit longer and even the sleep measurements are closer in their measurements now.

Pulse rate varies wildly with both watches and seems dependent upon the placement of the watch on your forearm/wrist. The FitBit has a Weather feature that is nice. Via the GPS on my Motorola phone (also purchased at Best Buy,,,A trend is beginning to show, LOL!) and will keep track of at least two geographical areas.

Home and work or wherever I happen to go throughout my day. It was reading Celsius until I changed it in the Application on my phone. I am very pleased with all aspects of the FitBit except the battery life which is roughly a week.

Compared to the Withings 30 days, that is a bit weak but overall both watches have their + and – factors and are more than adequate for my needs and I think my needs are honest and reasonable: Accurate time and date, BPM pulse rate, calories burned and given my age (I am a seasoned citizen!), the ECG found on both watches.

You can also enter into the Application on your phone how much water you have drank throughout your day and there is an entry for food consumed. I have used the water feature but not the one for food.

Perhaps one day but I tend to eat the same items every day and as such find it unnecessary. The Exercise mode on the FitBit is quite useful and I primarily use the weight training feature as I have been a physical culturist (a healthy bodybuilder!) for decades now and it keeps track of my pulse, time training and steps.

The goal for my pusle is 100 BPM and I rarely make that but it could be my heart is more efficient that some folks my age? The charging cable is rather short so I will be looking for a longer one soon.

Also, the FitBit and the Withings both seen to collect sweat and dirt on the underside of their bands and the watch body, so be certain to keep them clean as the backside of the watch is where the charging contacts are and they must have a clean surface to make a good connection.

Both of these watches need that so this is not a negative, just a real world observation that should be noted! All in all, I recommend the FitBit without reservation, As I said, I also have and to be honest, also recommend the Withings.

Both are great at what they do and I expect that with time and technology advances, features will become more accurate and when they do so I will upgrade one or both watches to fit my wants and more importantly, my needs.

Trust me. I know what I’m doin’ when I’m reviewin’!.

I purchased this for my wife to replace her Apple Watch series 6. She had some issues with the Apple Watch screen and wanted to try out the Fitbit, but after just one weekend returned it. Bottom line: For fitness tracking it just doesn’t hold up to Apple’s algorithms.

She really wanted to like this watch, but unless you are walking with your hands free it can’t calculate the steps, so forget about putting it in a walk mode and pushing a stroller or shopping cart. Apple’s algorithms can be adjusted to compute this when in “outdoor exercise” mode.

Furthermore, my wife noticed that it was less accurate with heart rate monitoring. She knows her typical resting heartrate and this watch’s systems detected it as noticeably faster, even when at rest.

She actually took it herself one evening and found the watch to be about 20 bpm faster than her actual heartrate. Another use that was important to her was having a second hand as she sometimes needs one to time patients at work.

She had to hunt to find a watch face with a second hand. One thing that my wife did like was the longer battery life, but this was not enough to compensate for the deficiencies.

I purchased this watch with a discount code that FitBit gave me when my former watch conveniently broke shortly after the warranty was up. From the time I got this watch, I had nothing but problems. The thing glitched constantly, and I was always having trouble getting it to charge and turn on.

In addition, FitBit never fixed the problem that when you sweat, the heart rate monitor is completely inaccurate. I’m soaking with sweat in the middle of a CrossFit class out of breath and my heartrate is 70? I don’t think so.

Finally, after a couple months it broke so bad that even FitBit support could not help me fix it. They told me I could return it under warranty and that they would send me a new one when they got it.

I asked them to send me a Versa instead because this watch is such a POS, and they told me they could only replace it with the same watch. Well, that was two months ago. I have followed up biweekly and they still claim that my return is in the FEDEX system and has not gotten to them yet.

They won’t send me a new one until the returned broken watch is back in their warehouse. In conclusion, I spent hundreds of dollars on a product that barely worked when I did have it and now I haven’t been able to use the product at all for 2 months because FitBit’s customer service is horrible.

Not only would I not suggest this product, I do not suggest any FitBit products. After being a long term customer, I will be making the switch to a different smart watch.

This watch is hot garbage. My boyfriend got me this watch for my birthday because I’m pretty active and was telling him that I wish I could monitor my HR during my workouts, as it would push me to work harder.

And it did, for the 2 weeks it actually worked. After the first 2 weeks of constant wear, the sensor would just drop in the middle of my workout. Or I would be doing steady cardio and my heart rate would go from 145 to 89 in a matter of 30 secs.

I would move the monitor up and down on my wrist to different spots or take it off, wipe it off, and it would pick back up and my heart rate would shoot back up to 125 or higher. I thought maybe I was wearing it wrong so I googled suggested wear.

I found tons of users who experienced exactly what I had, and even saw they tried the same troubleshooting (moving it, wiping the sensor). Those people called customer service who told them it was a software issue, and to fix it, you have to do a hard reset whenever it acts up.

Save your money. This watch is garbage and not worth it. Purchased a Garmin on Friday, this one is going in the trash. You’re better off buying one of those step counters that you clip on your clothes.

That’s about all of the benefit you’ll see from this watch.

FitBit charge 4 This review is after using the device for a year. I know we get excited when we get a new product and go ahead and rate it GREAT but forget to circle back after actual use of it for longer than 6 months.

So I’m writing this review after wearing the Fitbit for one year and two months with the following observations:PRO:Super sleek cool little trackerEasy on and offDecent tracking ability of steps, sleepingGreat battery lifeCONS:You can expect this product to last about one year with regular non strenuous use.

You will have to replace the band after 6 months +$20Then again after 6 months +$20And then the tracker will break in the part that connect the band to the unit and you will have to replace the whole thing again +$150 You will not receive any support from Fitbit even thou it’s a manufacturing defect that is brought about as an issue in countless reviews posted here.

Bottom line: I wish I read the reviews prior to purchasing this product and not gotten blinded by the 4 out of 5 stars overall review. If you dig deeper you will see this product has a one year life-line and it’s designed to break right after your warranty expires.

With the money initially invested plus the bands you will have to buy, you will be out $200 and no Fitbit. Unless you purchase it again, of course!You ( and I!) could have invested in a low level Garmin with a real warranty.

Would not recommend the product and giving it 2 stars for battery life and sleek design. Hope this helps you in your decision.

I received one of these as a Christmas gift last December and returned it because it was so much more difficult to use than other cheaper trackers i have had in the past. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for and i finally grew weary of the cheaper trackers being so grossly inaccurate.

So. i recently bought this Charge 4 and am determined to use it, not because i need or want so many of the features which are of no value to me, but because of the high ratings i see from other reviews about its accuracy which is my top priority.

I am old and have several health problems. When i work out I need accurate information readily available to monitor primarily my heart rate, so i dont exceed my target rate for any extended period of time.

Unfortunately, i am having a very hard time getting the face of my Charge 4 to open up without having to tap on it multiple times, and that isnt easy while on a treadmill going at a fast pace. I also dont understand why Fitbit couldnt provide a color face option so i could see the info more easily.

I do like that they provide many options for what shows on the face when you open it up. I have been reading the user manual to try and tweak several areas of the setup options, but i need to do a much better job of that and ask Fitbit for help if I continue to struggle.

Finally, the charger for my Charge 4 sucks compared other trackers i have owned which are much easier to accurately connect to the tracker. i realize that Fitbit wants its own proprietary charger like Apple, but I prefer other trackers where the end of the tracker fits into a USB port to charge.

I havent been able to remove the strap from the tracker without fear that i will have to pull so hard i break something. Fortunately, the small strap which came installed on the tracker is just barely large enough for me.

Overall, this charger is much more complicated than i need or want, but i will probably keep it because of its accuracy. I had previously bought an off brand which was much simpler to operate and synch with their app, but it turned out to be junk.

totally inaccurate. it was geared toward Seniors which is why i bought it. why doesnt Fitbit try to provide a tracker or two geared to Seniors which is simpler and easier to operate? If they do I’m not aware of it.

Very limited display and options in the app. I basically just needed a heart monitor with a focus on being just that. Fitbit and every other major brand seem to have fallen prey to just being a social media manipulation tool for people to get false clout from strangers and people that genuinely could not care any less about anything.

Anyways, opinions, run on sentences, and feelings aside, the device is just awful. While making sure to follow the usage guidelines, it would report my heart rate to be anywhere from dead to about to be dead.

I could be relaxing, sitting completely still, and it would report my heart rate to be sky high. On the flip side, I’d be deep into an intense workout, and it reports that I am sleeping. Umm. wut? I understand that light based heart monitor tech is not the best, but this thing is definitely a no go for people committed to getting/staying fit that are wanting as close to real results.

Would work great for people that want to post their fake gains on social media. Also, due to its design with both sides doing some unknown function, the screen would keep flipping on me after making contact with my skin during natural wrist movement.

For example, I want to check my rate midst workout and it’s telling me to lock it or it’s on a different stat I can’t give a care about. I just wanted a Bluetooth heart monitor. Seems that devices with dedicated functions like that just don’t exist in this world anymore.

Additionally, I scoured online forums and kept coming to the same conclusions. Fitbit knows about these issues, and admits no fault in their design. Their suggestions are to reboot the device or factory reset it for re-calibration.

Did not work for me, nor the people in the forums. No proper support. In conclusion, don’t waste money on this device or any major brand found in electronics stores (unless you wanna display your fake gains online).

You’d probably have better luck with some questionable device from some back alley doctor that wants to wire you up as a guinea pig.

The FitBit is an excellent tool for motivating one to overcome a sedentary lifestyle. It’s fun to see the “fireworks” and feel the buzzes when one reaches 10,000 steps in a day. The array of features is impressive.

You can tell the device what type of exercise you’re about to do — from running to biking to swimming (with the water-lock feature). Statistics like distance, calories burned, time in activity are all recorded for you.

I use the FitBit app on my Android phone to track my progress and review data from previous days. You can use the app to record other types of data not viewable on the device, such as hours of sleep, stress level, even “mindfulness” (if you’re into that).

A couple of minor quibbles: The readout of statistics (steps, pulse, zone minutes, etc. ) on the main screen is tiny and displayed for only a second or two, making it difficult for those who don’t have optimal vision.

I chose this model because I like the way it looks while wearing it, so I mostly rely on the app to review my stats. The rubber wrist strap is very comfortable but takes practice to fasten. Beware! I once got a blister from wearing the device too tight.

After I learned how to properly wear the device, this has not happened again. Overall this a great product.

Don’t buy it. Get a Mi Smart Band 6 instead. It’s significantly better than this fitness tracker, and its cheaper. I got a smart band 6 recently, and I was planning on getting my wife one as well as we were really impressed with it.

I bought this one instead as it was on sale, and it initially looked like it was a decent fitness tracker. The screen is ridiculously small. It looks decent enough in the pictures, but in reality most of the screen is actually black bezel.

Only a square in the center is the screen. The resolution on it isn’t great also (you can see all the individual pixels). It doesn’t seem to be a colour screen, everything is in white and grey. This is in total contrast to the Mi band 6, which has a screen size 3 times bigger than this, great resolution and a bright and clear colour image.

This Fitbit was initially released in September 2020 but it already feels like it is seriously outdated compared to its competition. I will finish off with a couple of positives. It has a slightly curved screen, which is kind of cool, and the accompanying phone app might be better compared to its competitors.

The only way I could ever recommend this is if you are looking for a fitness tracker that small and subtle. If the size doesn’t bother you, then this tracker might be perfectly acceptable. I definitely wouldn’t pay retail price for it though.

I did a fair amount of research and went to the Apple store before buying and am very pleased with the Versa 2. Setup was easy and worked without any issues. My understanding is that the watch collects the data which is passed to your SmartPhone resident FitBit app and to the FitBit cloud under your account.

Some parameters are setup on the app while some are set in the watch and I seem to recall but can’t be sure that there were a couple of parameters which could only be setup by logging into your FitBit account via a browser.

Battery life is excellent and I have measured the batter drain a couple of times and it consistently draws 1/2% per hour which equates to 8 day battery life as promised by FitBit. I bout this mainly for the continuous heart rate monitoring and gym exercise tracking.

The heart rate as measured by the FitBit is very accurate. I wanted to be able to display my current heart rate continuously while exercising which the Apple watch couldn’t do. FitBit does have an optional subscription which shows a little more info and more historical info.

Without the subscription some health metrics are only displayed for the last week but if longer historical info is needed you could record it in a spreadsheet. The silicon watch bands are OK and adequately comfortable although I think that an elastic band might be more comfortable.

The display is large and is easy to read. I need reading glasses to read but I can see most of the data on the watch that I’m interested in without using reading glasses. I like the physical button on the side which takes you to the previous screen somewhat like a home button although the touch screen sensitivity for swiping between screens works well.

The screen organization and navigation on the watch is largely intuitive and works well. The GUI (Graphical User Interface) on both the watch and the app are well thought out and executed. FitBit sells both watches and trackers.

A tracker is smaller than the fitness watch and doesn’t perform all of the Smart Watch non fitness functions. For me the fitness tracker screen is too small and swiping is more cumbersome (you have a shorter distance to swipe).

I bought a FitBit Luxe tracker for my partner because she wanted something that looked more feminine and was smaller. I tried her tracker and solely due to the size would have returned it if I had bought it for me.

I briefly considered the Versa 3 but didn’t see any functionality that justified the higher price. If I was a runner and didn’t run with a Smart Phone in my pocket I would have seriously considered the Versa 3.

The Versa 3 has a GPS received built-in while the Versa 2 uses your phone’s GPS receiver.

Generally I’ve been really pleased with this, but there have been a few annoying issues so lost 1 star. On the positive side of things, the watch is lightweight and whilst isn’t small and inconspicuous it sits nicely on the wrist (I’m female with quite tiny wrists and was a bit worried it might look like a big black box balanced on my wrist but it absolutely doesn’t).

I love the rose gold colour and this looks lovely with the blush strap, and it’s been super easy to set up, pair with the app and navigate all the settings. It synchs well, and provides a good range of information.

The charge lasts me around 4 full days and recharges really quickly so you don’t lose out on too much activity! On the negative side of things, the range of free (ie not via Fitbit premium) mindfulness exercises is really poor at only 2: I’m getting quite bored of these already after just a month, but really can’t justify £7.

99/month for more variety! I recently travelled to Europe and it would not switch time zones despite trying several times in settings in the app and following all the necessary directions: this was quite frustrating as it also meant I lost my clock face that measures oxygen saturation.

As I was in high altitude I was interested in this data and impact on my activity. Final negative is that one morning it “recognised” my 300 meter swim when I’d only got out of bed and made a coffee! Hasn’t done this since so I’m assuming this was a blip.

Overall I’ve found this a much more affordable first foray into smart watches than the Apple Watch, and whilst of course it’s not as sophisticated, for me, I feel that it offers a good range of excessive types and gives enough information for now.

I personally don’t feel Fitbit premium is worth the subscription fee so haven’t bothered taking advantage of the 6months free offer that came with the purchase. This had a price offer when I purchased so was good value and as always, great customer service in store (Cheadle) from JL.

Bought the Versa 2 after noticing declining/inconsistent heart rate readings specifically in indoor spin classes. Seems like each watch I have declines in quality (charge 2 from 2017-2019, versa lite from 2019-2020 when heart rate monitor completely died and Fitbit thankfully send a replacement, then versa lite #2 from 2020-2022, at which time I HOPED Fitbits software would have improved on the notorious failure of heart rate monitoring on stationary bikes).

The versa 2 was quickly and noticeably the worst of all Fitbit watches I’ve tried so far. I go on a daily fast-paced walk where my heart rate is average 123 BPM. In spin class, my heart rate will hit my “peak” zone for about a minute, then will drop from about 170 to 94 BPM with no decrease in my effort.

This is when I am gasping for air and sweating profusely, and I’ll tell you I certainly don’t break a sweat on my walks with 123 average BPM. I think this is my third product review ever, which tells you how severely disappointed I am in FitBit’s inability hear customer concerns and invest in R&D to fix this problem.

Obviously I will switch back to my three year old versa lite and return the versa 2. Apple Watch was also a great alternative but one thing I appreciate about Fitbit is the app interface and sleep monitoring (superior to Apple Watch in those two ways).

Anyway, don’t buy the versa 2, it’s very pretty but functions poorly in comparison to earlier Fitbit products (but they ALL have very poor and inconsistent heart rate monitoring on a stationary bike- no matter how dry you keep your wrist, how much you try not to obstruct blood flow on the handles, how far up your wrist you wear it, etc.

etc.

Really disappointed. I had the Fitbit Alta for years but I wanted something that kept track of my spin classes. I was told thru FITBIT that the Luxe tracked spin. The presentation was lack luster as the Fitbit representative kept mentioning the Luxe was like jewelry.

Jewelry jewelry. Ok we get it. But honestly it’s little difference in looks from my 10 year old Alta. I still don’t understand why she kept thinking this look like expensive jewelry OK but anyways my main problem is it doesn’t keep track of spin for goodness sake‘s that’s what I wanted second of all I have to tap this watch so hard to get it to wake up there’s no sensitivity adjustment after two weeks this thing is going back I’m done with Fitbit I’m just going to another brand their customer service is terrible their chat I guess it must be people working from home that really represents several products because the chat seemed confused about which form of Fitbit I had and what the Luxe was able to do.

The booklet that comes with the watch is useless it doesn’t go through step-by-step they really direct you to their website you go to the website and they want you to go to the community so another words they’re passing the buck from their own representatives to Fitbit owners and Fitbit owners well they’re not paid professionals and they don’t really care what your problem is which I totally understand so the bottom line is don’t waste your money on the locks maybe there’s a higher brand or a higher model that works better but this locks oh and it keeps losing Bluetooth I have to keep reloading the app it’s just it’s just a pain in the neck don’t buy it save yourself the grief I went through it for you.

I own a versa 3 and I love it but I gradually started removing it at night because it’s not very comfortable when sleeping. I did not expect this to be as nice as my versa 3 but I was excited to be able to use it at night to track my sleep.

My mom has also been wanting one so I felt like a larger watch would not be comfortable for her so I ordered two. The positives of this watch, it looks good, it’s sleek and comfortable so you don’t really notice that you are wearing it.

The small display makes it a little more challenging to set it properly, but I don’t think it’s a deal breaker for me. After playing with it a little I figured it out and it now works the way I want it to.

So the negatives. The deal breaker for me is the continual issue I’m having with the band. I did need to switch to the larger band, and it continues to fall off. I did not have this problem with my versa 3.

I hear it click in place and when I tug on it it’s sturdy but by the end of the day, a simple movement will make if fall off. I’ve worn it for about a week and it has always stayed on at night while I’m sleeping except last night it did fall off.

The other issue is not being able to have the convenience of seeing everything on the screen. I did try about 3 different watch face choices until I found one that I really liked and would give me everything I need with a simple scroll.

Yes, it’s not ideal having the smaller screen but that’s not the deal breaker for me. I do wish fitbit would make upgrades to allow you to seamlessly switch between watches. I would absolutely keep this watch if that were the case.

This would be my watch when I want to dress up and it would also be what I wear to bed. Otherwise, I would wear my versa 3. I think I’m sending both watches back and going back to my versa. I know I don’t want to keep mine mainly because of the issues I’m having with the band.

I’m not sure it’s worth letting my mom try it for that reason and also because it can be a little finicky. Since she’s older she will not take the time to play with it to get it where it needs to be.

I was very much aware that this was the second time this was on a tsv so that speaks volumes, but the price was worth giving it a try. Some people are complaining about the band not being white, well I don’t think it was ever described as white and it certainly didn’t look white on the screen.

I do love the color of the band, it’s a great neutral. At the end of the day when compared to my versa 3, the only advantage it has is it’s considerably more comfortable to have on when sleeping. I don’t know if my bad issue is a flaw with this watch.

If that’s the case, I do recommend this especially if you go into the purchase understanding that it can be a little annoying to setup but once you figure it out, it works quite well.

I couldn’t make up my mind whether I wanted to invest in a Fitbit—But the Luxe, at around $100 was a realistic price point considering what feedback you can get on your fitness stats. You can also opt in for the Premium addition—which I did—to try out for maybe one year—depending on how I like it.

Here you can peruse a catalog of Recipe ideas—fitness/health tips—Exercise Videos by category and more! Since I’m tracking my steps through the Noom app. —I was also able to sync that data to the Fitbit—which was a plus! Fitbit gives you calories burned after a workout, And you can tailor/input your choices of physical activities to Up to Five.

I also bought this Fitbit for a summary analysis of my Sleep Hygiene. It was pretty eye opening—(pun intended)—since I’m a Very Restless sleeper. The feedback you receive includes: How many min. /hours of Time Awake—Light Sleep—Deep & REM.

It’s Not perfect—so, it doesn’t make allowances for Interrupted Sleep or the Total including breaks in sleep—as it only records a minimum of three hours of Uninterrupted Sleep. Logging my meals was another reason I bought the Fitbit.

You can input customized dishes—Or look up the calories. Logging is pretty straight forward. You input your Water Intake by How Many 16oz. bottles or 8 oz. glasses you drink per day for hydration. Simple.

Fitbit also includes an Alarm Feature (which gently vibrates while wearing on your wrist at night). I didn’t think I would wear it to bed—but I tend to forget it’s even on. There is also a Stopwatch, and other stats that can be tracked—as standard on this Fitbit Luxe.

One of the few Cons I would say—more of a nuisance—is that (for me) the little black loop that secures the Fitbit band often comes loose, And sometimes falls off. They do provide you with a spare wrist band in the box (without loop).

Had my first Versa 2 for barely over a year before the Alexa and mic stopped working. Reached out to Fitbit about it and they told me that because it was out of the year warranty, they wouldn’t replace it and offered me a 15% discount on a new watch.

I decided it was an inconvenience I could deal with instead of spending another few hundred dollars on a watch. Fast forward about 6 months and my watch stopped working completely. The screen went black and wouldn’t turn back on, despite being fully charged the day prior.

If I plugged in the device, it wouldn’t stop vibrating, to the point where it would get very hot unless unplugged. I attempted to reset it and reached out to Fitbit again. They did send a replacement device, however, it took over a month for the new device to be delivered.

This was around March or April of this year. It is now November. The replacement has worked well up until 3 days ago. The only thing that would appear on the screen was the Fitbit logo. I tried unsuccessfully to restart the Versa 2 and also reached out to customer service.

They were also unable to help me and recommended I email Fitbit about the trouble. They told me there was nothing they could do as my device is out of warranty and offered me a 15% discount on a new device.

I let them know that my current Versa 2 is less than a year old and they told me that they base their warranty off the original device, not the replacement. They again offered the 15% off and told me there was nothing else they can do as I’ve exhausted all other ways to try to fix my current device and they cannot send me a replacement.

Super frustrating to drop several hundred dollars on something I feel you should be able to expect longevity from for them to conveniently stop working just outside of the warranty period and have Fitbit not stand by their products.

Definitely not getting another Fitbit device. Not worth the money or headache.

This gets one star, purely out of obligation to give it a rating. I wanted a simple Fitness tracker to replace my Fitbit Versa 2, and this had everything I wanted. I can track my steps, sleep, and workouts.

It notifies me of phone alerts like text messages and calls (meaning I can put my phone down without worrying about missing important messages). Does it have all the bells and whistles of a smart watch? No, but that’s why I picked it.

Unfortunately, this device barely functions. The first one I purchased had a battery drain issue. In 5 minutes, it would go from 20% battery to completely dead. Fitbit gave me a warranty replacement for it, but they sent the wrong color.

It took three weeks for them to receive the returned item and then another week for me to get the replacement. The replacement has been nothing but trouble. No matter how high the battery is when it charges, there’s always a risk of it dying when I charge it.

The screen goes black and it is completely unresponsive. I try resetting it with the charging cable, plugging it into different USB ports, and even using different cables. While it eventually comes back to life, how long it takes and what finally gets it back is completely random.

I am currently awaiting my third replacement Luxe, but only because that was best option from Fitbit. They also offered me a discounted rate on the Charge 5 (which has more negative reviews for similar reasons) and the Versa 2 (which I traded in to get the Luxe- not to mention they’re preordering the Versa 4, so at a minimum, I’d want the Versa 3).

While I’m making do with what I have, I’m looking at leaving the Fitbit ecosystem entirely due to my experience with this product.

The screen is incredibly hard to read outdoors, and the physical design could be improved. I found that some component of the other needed to be replaced every 4 – 6 months, unfortunately. The watchband broke first at the buckle, and since the watch was a gift, I purchased the replacement bands – only to find that one end would not attach correctly to the watch fob, leaving a gap and making it easy for the band to snap off the fob.

Fitbit replaced the fob under the band warranty, kindly. Unfortunately, the band broke again in the same manner just a few months later, outside of the warranty period. I purchased several watch bands from Fitbit as a backup, including one that was a more durable fabric, since it seemed the silicone shear capacity wasn’t adequate for everyday use, like in getting dressed.

The fabric band proved stronger, but while pulling out my baby’s seatbelt from under her bottom the watch fob pulled and it was the fob connection and not the watch band that broke this time – which means the watch itself would need to be repurchased.

I may look elsewhere for my next smart watch. Depending on pressure on the sides of the watch, I was constantly dimming the screen – so that it was extremely hard to read the screen outdoors particularly when exercising, or to read the screen in order to get out of that mode.

It makes the watch ineffective.

This watch is really comfortable to wear, even for long periods of time or to bed. I normally don’t wear bracelets or watches much because they bother my wrist, but this rarely ever does. The charge lasts a long time so I am not constantly recharging it, and the bands are changeable.

I wear the bands in the smaller size and they fit well. I love how this tracks my steps and my sleep, as I have been using it to try to improve my sleep habits and track how much I walk daily. It connects to the app pretty well and has features to set timers, stopwatches, silent alarms, etc.

It has a weather feature, but that doesn’t work until you have synced the watch to the app each day so I don’t really use it. I wish this device had an option to play music as I work out, but otherwise, I really enjoy it I did have an issue at one point where my watch band ripped (it must have gotten caught on something at work).

Since it was still in the warranty, Fitbit sent me a new band with minimal hassle at no charge, so that was good too.

Charge 3 is great when it works & while it lasts. These things are pre-programmed to die after the 1 year warranty expires (planned obsolescence) so they can sell you another one for nearly $200. At these prices you’d hope they’d last at least 5 years! I have a 30 year old Timex sports watch in my jewelry box that still runs, but my fit-bit’s have only lasted 20 to 26 months & I’m not alone in this experience! Fitbit admits the problem is in the hard drive, but won’t cover it.

You’d think after this many years they’d have the “bugs” worked out, but the “bug” has been put there intentionally- so it’ll never be “worked out”!!I’m a 5’3” tall, homebound, woman with low to normal weight- so it certainly doesn’t receive any heavy duty use & was fully charged routinely according to the instructions! Because of suffering from myalgic encephalomyelitis- (ME) & postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), I use it to track my heart rate & sleep.

Initially I had problems getting it to sync with the Bluetooth- so for months I couldn’t get any of the app information without spending hours of trying one fix after another & repeating the processes until at some point it magically worked! Then, I enjoyed about 8 months of it working like it should until the screen abruptly went black! None of the “fixes“ worked- so I gave up & had to look at my iPhone app to see what was going on! Then it wouldn’t take a charge, but after purchasing a new charger for a hopeful fix, it still didn’t work.

So I threw it out & reluctantly purchased another one! I’m looking for a different company this time!.

The screen is a bit brighter than the Charge 2, but it’s still a little hard to see in direct sunlight. It seems to be behaving now, so time will tell how it compares in accuracy to the charge 2. Definitely needs more watch faces.

Update 1. Fitbit charge 3 failed suddenly, after 4 days. Returned and received a new one from Amazon 2 days later. New one works as the other. So far. I hope it was just a fluke, but I am seeing people having issues thru reviews.

Perhaps it was released prematurely and they are working out the bugs. They have stated (Fitbit) they will have more watch faces soon that include the date. I like this new version of the charge and I think it will be an improvement if the bugs are worked out and it lives long enough to prove it.