My discerning walking buddy Nona did a lot of comparison shopping for a pedometer/wellness monitor that would upload data and help track diet as well as exercise.? She chose the Fitbit because, unlike most uploading pedometers, it worked with a Mac as well as a PC.? It also had no additional yearly subscription fee to upload your data to their web site.?The Fitbit had been well-reviewed, but with the drawback in that it was back-ordered for months.? After she got hers, I popped to buy one to review and I received it about six weeks later.
The Fitbit is small, quiet, and super convenient to use.? It uploads wirelessly, whenever you are within 15 feet of the computer you have its USB base station plugged into. You never have to think about it. It does its job automatically.? It only has one button, to change the display and to start and stop tracking of your sleep quality.? You can't botch this up.
The web site is easy to use and navigate to add to your food log, weight, and other health indicators such as heart rate, blood pressure, and blood glucose. You can customize it to track anything you want, like smoking, alcohol, push-ups, mood.
The drawback that keeps it from being perfect?? The display on the Fitbit itself is a lighted LED, which is fine indoors. It is pretty much invisible outside in daylight.? When I'm out on a long walk and want to see how far I've gone, I have to duck into a building or try to shield it somehow.? That's not convenient. Also, I added a security leash to keep it from leaping off my waistband. But other than that -- pretty much perfect.
Fitbit Full Review
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