Fitbit One Wireless Activity Plus Sleep Tracker Review

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Product DescriptionFitness means being active, sleeping well, and eating smarter and the Fitbit one helps you do all three. During the day, it tracks your steps, distance, calories burned and stairs climbed. Come nightfall, it measures your sleep cycle to help you see how to sleep better and it can even wake you in the morning without waking your partner. Your stats upload wirelessly via computer, or select Bluetooth 4.0 devices (like the iPhone 4S). Powered by your stats, you can set goals, and track progress. Stay motivated by earning badges or connecting with friends for support or friendly competitions. Log food, workouts and more. Bring greater fitness into your life seamlessly, socially, 24 hours a day.

Fitbit One Wireless Activity Plus Sleep Tracker

Customer Reviews:* I've had the Fitbit One for one day so obviously this is not going to be a thorough review but since there aren't any other reviews I thought I'd post something.First of all, even though the release dates have been set back and back on Amazon and the Fitbit site, the Fitbit One is currently available at Best Buy in stores and on their website. That's where I got mine. I'm reviewing it here because I WOULD have bought it here if it were available. It's very odd that it's available there and not on Fitbit's own site for people who've made pre-orders.My first impressions (it's my first Fitbit in general): it's tiny. The clip is solid. You have to take it out of the clip setup to charge it. It charges through a USB cable into your computer but not into the wall unless you get an adapter. Oddly enough, the startup instructions included in the package say to charge it for five minutes before powering on. Online it says to charge for two hours before turning it on. It took mine two hours, so don't panic if you think it's supposed to work after five minutes and it doesn't.One thing I misunderstood before buying it: it says "wireless" but includes a bluetooth dongle you have to keep plugged into your computer in order to sync it. I was hoping to use it on multiple computers but the only way to do that is to plug that little dongle into each computer when I want to sync. For someone who is only using one computer it's no big deal, plus the Fitbit site itself works anywhere, just not the syncing without the dongle plugged in. I'd love to order another dongle or two but can't figure out how - if anyone knows, let me know in the comments :) There's no way I'm carrying that tiny dongle around between computers without a way to replace it if I lose it.I love, love, love the Fitbit dashboard. Super easy to set up, very intuitive, about 100 times more user-friendly than the Motoactv portal if you've ever seen that. The food is very easy to track and the food tracking interface is better than WW online - it recognized more foods off the bat and provided info for them than WW usually does for me when I've used it.I like it because it brings together your food, exercise, general activity, water, etc., all into one place. That's all on the dashboard on the Fitbit site and has to be done through your computer or the mobile app, not the Fitbit itself.There are basically 8 things the Fitbit device does itself. It shows you: steps taken today; distance traveled today; floors today; the time; calories burned today; and a flower. It can track your sleep patterns - it includes this big cloth wristband that's very soft to wear - and can vibrate on your arm to wake you up (I haven't tried that yet).I kept it in my pocket all day and it didn't bother me at all. It's roughly the size of one AA battery, maybe a tiny bit bigger in its clip.--UPDATE--I've had this for a week and a half and have a few things to add as promised. I have not had any problems at all with the clip as some have had. I wear the fitbit either in the coin pocket in my pants or just clipped on my waistband and it's never come out.I have found that it tends to OVERCOUNT steps a little. I have a Motoactv with a pedometer and wore them together all week to compare and I also did some manual tests where I just walked counting steps to see what my pedometers said, and the Fitbit overcounted by about 10% in my tests. It also counts steps when I'm driving and, maddeningly, when I'm sleeping. I don't understand why it would be able to count steps when it's in sleep tracking mode with the timer, and I can't seem to override it on my account, so when I wake up from sleep tracking I've already got steps in my account when I sync it. It's not a dealbreaker but I wish it would allow me to override or delete steps. I like the silent alarm and the wristband, though.Finally, this fitbit records stairs climbed when I'm driving, exactly 2 floors each way on my commute to and from work, every day, because there's an altitude change. So I will probably just turn that feature off.Overall I still really like it and would buy it again. * Believe me...after reading all the reviews from those that lost this, I have been extremely careful.If you know anyone who has had braces, ask for some of their really small rubber bands. I put one of those around the Fitbit One and it's holder (minus the clip). That is my first cautionary step. As a second step, I ONLY attach it inside the watch pocket of my pants. Both of these help to limit the chance of losing the device. It DOES pop out of it's case way to easily otherwise.The small size is awesome. I also like that you can see your stats right on the device. My previous unit was a Biggest Loser Slim Coach. All it showed was a circle that progressively changed from red to green as you walked more and reached your activity goal. You never knew your total steps until you logged in on the intranet.The Striiv was another device that I considered and actually rates better than the Fitbit One (the cost is the same). I think the reviews are poor here because of all of those that have lost them. What a shame! I went with the 'One' because it is smaller and less 'in your way'.Fitbit really DOES need to redesign the case...AND...send that new case to everyone who has registered the unit on their site! That would go a long way toward customer satisfaction!