Fitbit Inspire HR Health & Fitness Tracker with Auto-Exercise Recognition, 5 Day Battery, Sleep & Swim Tracking, Black

I was rather sceptical about these fitness trackers for some time but over the last couple of years have really found them to be an excellent motivator and thus, a useful thing in life.My first type was the Samsung smart watch which, I liked a lot until an upgrade somehow screwed up some of the functions. After that I realised that I had not been wearing my far more expensive watch which simply sat in a draw in my bedroom so instead decided to buy a smaller fitness tracker and use my real watch for it's intended purpose not as a bedroom ornament.So, I've had a couple of these things and now this Fitbit which, is by far the best I've had.Firstly, it's small so can be worn on my right wrist - I'm right handed - whilst my traditional watch is on my left and not look like Del Boy trying to flog a Chineseium knock off in the market.It has all the functions I want plus a few I don't use. My requirement is heart rate and steps both of which are remarkably accurate.I've checked the distance and steps against my wife's tracker and against Google maps and it's remarkably close to actual distance and steps.Heart rate compares favourably with my Omron BPM reading so pretty good.There are other functions of course such as time, sleep etc. Nice to haves but not my primary focus.The App is intuitive, easy to install and works flawlessly. It gives my more information than I need and asks for more than I can be bothered to input such as water consumption. I mean, who goes to those lengths? I was a marine engineer on a steam ship where the temperatures were often in the upper 50's C and we didn't worry about water consumption. We got thirsty and we drank until not thirsty.The App has a premium section which is behind a paywall. I'm a bit suspicious of that because once you get tied into something ending up wit a regular payment can be incrementally sneaked in. If that happens I'll be off to another fitness tracker.What else. Oh yes. You get two straps with this, small and large. The small one works for my petite 5'2" wife and the larger is great for me and I have large wrists thanks to many years in a ships engineroom and also working out in gyms.Power is good for at least five days. I reckon I've gone nearly seven days before it died so keeping it charged is not a problem. Apart from the actual charger that is.The charging USB cable is pants. It's the one downside of this tracker because it's not a hard fix onto the charging points and the cable tends to catch the strap and not sit securely. I ended up buying a 3rd party charger with a stand which, is far better. See the link.https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07QL1B4SH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1Overall a great fitness tracker and if you want a smaller one so you can still use your normal watch then this would be a good option.

It's a great fitness tracker! Super nice design, seems relatively accurate and does exactly what I need it to. I primarily use it for sleep tracking, steps, heartbeat and calories (and time, of course) and it honestly does the job for me.I've had it for about 4 months now and there have been no issues. My only problem is the app since it takes a bit for it to find my device, it resets every time I try to use the period tracker and is slow with syncing, but the issue might be with my phone OS and not necessarily the app itself.I want to touch on some of other people's reviews. It does track "steps" when I'm doing something with my hand but not physically moving, so I would like to reiterate a point I found when I was researching fitness trackers - it is not as important that each and every step is 100% accurate, what matters is that it motivates the user. And I agree, the average user doesn't need absolute accuracy, an estimate is completely enough - even though you can look up device comparisons on YouTube, the Inspire HR is pretty accurate in itself.There are also some reviews stating that the Fitbit gave them a rash. I Invite these people to think logically - even though the device is waterproof, if you never remove it and let the skin under breathe, of course a rash is going to kick in.Overall this is a great piece of electronics. I do not regret my purchase one bit, I wear it everyday and it's amazing what it's done for my lifestyle.

A sleek and nice watch which caters to everyone interested in fitness. The design is simple and clean - it looks like a band you would get at a holiday resort or concert. This simple appearance means that it is very light and non-restrictive when excercising, sometimes I forget I'm wearing it!The watch has time features which shows the current time (obviously), has a stopwatch and even an alarm feature. But where this watch shines is in the step and calorie counters.The step counter is good, but it sometimes seems to overestimate the steps you do. The average step tracker you have on your mobile phone appears to be more accurate.However, the burnt calories calculator is great. It takes into account your steps and excercise and tells you the amount you have burned a day. It seems to be accurate as when looking at TDEE calculator's online it comes to the same estimate. So this is useful for anyone wanting to watch their calories for losing or gaining weight.The watch has to be connected to the Fitbit app which is quite slow with information that can sometimes be difficult to find. However, you can connect it to MyFitnessPal to add your steps to MFP.The watch seems to have a built in gyroscope so when you hold your wrist up to look at the time, it automatically turns on. This setting can be turned off, I turn it off at night when the watch sometimes lights up when I'm trying to sleep.One feature of this watch is that it is waterproof, so you can wear it in the shower and when swimming, though I do not believe it records strokes. This is useful as you can wear it in the shower instead of taking if off every time and forgetting to wear it for weeks.The watch, unlike other fitbits, does not have a heartbeat sensor, and the sleep sensor seems to be nonexistent.So, if you are looking for a basic fitbit, then this is great. But if you are looking for the features it is missing then either buy the next model up, or wait till this goes on offer to make the price worth it for the basic missing features that most smart watches should have!But overall, this is a great watch for what is does and have.