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Fitness Trackers

robroy
robroy Posts: 4,428
in Not Sports Related
Thinking of getting one. 

Fitbit Sense Advanced or maybe an Apple Watch 7. 

Does any have any and are they any good? 

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  • SomervilleAddick
    SomervilleAddick Posts: 3,577
    Depends what you want it for. I’ve got an Apple Watch, which it good for a lot of stuff, but battery life makes it unsuitable for sleep tracking unless you can charge it during the day. 

    Because I needed that for a while, I have are Garmin Vivosmart, which I like. Does everything the Apple Watch does and the charge is good for about 4 days. Downside is the interface is a bit clunky, whereas the watch is very clean. 
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,361
    Garmin Venu next for me.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,098
    I'm looking to get something to monitor how far I walk daily.
    What can people suggest that would not be too costly?
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,886
    edited December 2021
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    I'm looking to get something to monitor how far I walk daily.
    What can people suggest that would not be too costly?
    Give Adkins a shout mate he’s probably got a decent second hand one going cheap now he’s getting a lie in these days 😉.
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    I'm looking to get something to monitor how far I walk daily.
    What can people suggest that would not be too costly?
    If you are looking for one that isnt to expensive but does the basics i have the galaxy fit 2.

    Works amazing, tracks my steps, heart rate, stress level,sleep, controls music, can send texts if im not near my phone.

    And battery lasts about 4/5 days before needing to charge it

    They are in PC World for £40
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,600
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    I'm looking to get something to monitor how far I walk daily.
    What can people suggest that would not be too costly?
    A ruler?
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,388
    Never had one but for years used a sleep app on my phone. As well as tracking quality it was also meant to wake you up in your lightest phase of sleep.

    I found I slept a lot better when I stopped using it - I had got in a negative cycle seeing that I didn't sleep well, which contributed to me waking up a lot during the night.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,886
    LargeAddick said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    I'm looking to get something to monitor how far I walk daily.
    What can people suggest that would not be too costly?
    A ruler?
    It’s bit much asking Lizzie to do that at her age 😉
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    I'm looking to get something to monitor how far I walk daily.
    What can people suggest that would not be too costly?
    If you spend as much time walking during the day as you do to the bar, I wouldn’t bother getting anything. 

    Seriously, just use the health app on your phone and it will tell you. 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,098
    LargeAddick said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    I'm looking to get something to monitor how far I walk daily.
    What can people suggest that would not be too costly?
    A ruler?
    That tickled me.

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  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,098
    paulie8290 said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    I'm looking to get something to monitor how far I walk daily.
    What can people suggest that would not be too costly?
    If you are looking for one that isnt to expensive but does the basics i have the galaxy fit 2.

    Works amazing, tracks my steps, heart rate, stress level,sleep, controls music, can send texts if im not near my phone.

    And battery lasts about 4/5 days before needing to charge it

    They are in PC World for £40
    That sounds ideal, thank you.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,098
    ricky_otto said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    I'm looking to get something to monitor how far I walk daily.
    What can people suggest that would not be too costly?
    If you spend as much time walking during the day as you do to the bar, I wouldn’t bother getting anything. 

    Seriously, just use the health app on your phone and it will tell you. 
    Nice one Dicky, thanks.
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,286
    ricky_otto said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    I'm looking to get something to monitor how far I walk daily.
    What can people suggest that would not be too costly?
    If you spend as much time walking during the day as you do to the bar, I wouldn’t bother getting anything. 

    Seriously, just use the health app on your phone and it will tell you. 
    If you just want steps and distance phones are ok but fitness trackers do more. Heart rate, sleeping time, including breakdown of REM, light and heavy, oxygen variation and better for monitoring exercise. I have a Fitbit Heasrt 4 which suits me but depends on your needs. 
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,671
    redman said:
    ricky_otto said:
    ElfsborgAddick said:
    I'm looking to get something to monitor how far I walk daily.
    What can people suggest that would not be too costly?
    If you spend as much time walking during the day as you do to the bar, I wouldn’t bother getting anything. 

    Seriously, just use the health app on your phone and it will tell you. 
    If you just want steps and distance phones are ok but fitness trackers do more. Heart rate, sleeping time, including breakdown of REM, light and heavy, oxygen variation and better for monitoring exercise. I have a Fitbit Heasrt 4 which suits me but depends on your needs. 
    I used a Fitbit Charge 3, good battery life of 7 days, looking at the charge 5, however it doesn't have an altimeter so it does not count stairs/floors.
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,361
    Look to the Garmin forerunner in that case. the 45 is affordable, looks good and does everything including some smart watch functions. 

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