A few months ago we published a small guide to help you choose the Garmin sports GPS watch model that best suits your needs. Today we are going to do the same but with Fitbit devices, one of the most popular companies in manufacturing fitness bracelets.
In recent years, the market for fitness bracelets has grown exponentially
Fitbit has emerged as one of the great dominators thanks to its excellent activity monitors. Which bracelet best suits your needs?
If you want to get started in the world of sports or it is simply not your main passion but every week you spend some time running, you should not spend more than 100 euros on a fitness bracelet.
The Fitbit Zip will track your daily steps, calories burned, and distance traveled, displaying your stats on its LCD screen. Its clip-on design means you can wear the device on your belt or even carry it in your pants pocket. It’s waterproof, available in four colors, and the battery will last up to six months.
Fitbit One and the Fitbit Flex
If you want to go to another level, the Fitbit One and the Fitbit Flex also offer sleep monitoring and silent alarms, providing a comprehensive view of your daily activity. The Fitbit One will also tell you how many stairs you have climbed. Model one has a battery that lasts about 10 days and has a screen to view the statistics.
The Flex has a battery that lasts about 5 days, it is available in many colors and we have to connect to the app to see our data. Its design is really good.
In this category, we have two wristbands, the Fitbit Charge and the Fitbit Charge HR. These fitness bracelets are able to track steps, distance, calories, stairs climbed, and monitor sleep, but they also automatically detect that you are going to bed to start monitoring your sleep and you do not have to press any button every time. you go to sleep for this function to work.
Both have small screens, which show the statistics collected and the calls from our smartphones. The biggest difference between the two is that the charge HR also has an optical heart rate monitor. It is not as accurate as a chest strap but it is definitely much more comfortable.
And we come to the latest Fitbit bracelet, the one that those who are professionally dedicated to running, doing marathons, or other disciplines should buy.
The Fitbit Surge, and has all the tracking and monitoring features of the previous bracelets, including the heart rate monitor and smartphone notifications, and we will also find GPS and music control and notifications. Battery life is about 10 hours with GPS on.