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Originally Posted by newB
I think you're over-estimating the commitment of the general public. Most people aren't going to keep a detailed spreadsheet of calories in/out or anything like that. What they want is a little validation, and perhaps a little incentive to take that extra lap around the track.
I'm thinking of getting a couple for my brother and his wife. She is very health conscious which has been very good for him - though I can count on him getting a burger when we go out and she isn't around.
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I get that. What i am saying really is
1) its not a heart rate monitor because its wildly inaccurate
2) its not a pedometer because all pedometers are wildly inaccurate and this one is worse because swinging your arms gets counted as steps - so if you're an animated talker sitting at your desk talking on the phone, it counts you as walking the entire time
3) it can't give you accurate numbers for calories burned because the heart rate monitor is not even close to accurate and thats what the calories burned is based on
Its just a "feel good", trendy bracelet. My real problem is not the fitbit its the fact that its massive popularity has caused everyone to shift away from chest straps so its increasingly harder to find something thats is actually accurate and gives you what is usable information. I had to buy 5 polar heart rate monitors the last time for fear that they'd be impossible to buy soon as any place id ever bought them before stopped stocking. Even stores for running.