Anybody else wearing one? Are they really accurate?

The fitbit ionic I had ,had a recall and could catch fire. Also the bands would always break on the fitbit Got a Garmin fenix now, use it for swimming and running keep mileage, heart rate, oxygen levels, tracks your sleep, steps etc.., I love mine.
I think it's pretty accurate for the data showed on it.

My wife went through a jillion of the Fitbit’s and all different models didn’t seem to matter. It seemed like they just didn’t last very long. We went to using garmin watches to track our running and walking, other health and exercise metrics., those work extremely well and last WAY longer than fitbits ever did.
Id recommend a garmin over any Fitbit product in a heartbeat. Garmin last circles around any Fitbit product ever in our home.
Jim

I have the blue one.

Since it was a gift, I got what I got. It is not something I would buy myself. lol

I was asking because yesterday I was swinging an ax most of the morning but apparently walking through the woods with minimal equipment and setting beaver traps in the afternoon is more strenuous.

Or maybe I’m reading it wrong. lol

I got mine because the cardiologist said.... "I can send you down the hall and they'll put a monitor on you for two weeks... it'll monitor your Afib..... and it'll cost you about $800.
Or, you could visit an Apple Store, buy a watch for $600 and keep it forever and email me the results when necessary.

Us trappers are savvy biz people so I went with $600 and forevermore.

I also have a Garmin. Wish it came with an actual paper owners manual. WAY too many functions and my gloves and cuffs of my coats tend to push buttons:…. Takes me a while to get it back where I want it. Durable and accurate though

Mark I just got my wife an Apple Watch and she loves it.
I have a Garmin to track my running and other health metrics. Any good wearable is a tool we can use to monitor our own health, as we should be doing. Nobody wants something sinister to sneak up on us and cut us down in our prime.
Mark I’m watching the Mrs. really enjoy using her Apple Watch. Might find one for myself one of these years under the Christmas tree is she likes it this much.
Jim

Maybe the thought of catching beavers gets your heart pumping more than the mundane task of splitting wood ??’

Jim, Good report! I haven't used mine as much since doc fixed me up to a Brooks and Dunn, "Brand New Man," 14 months ago at Baylor, courtesy of a heart ablation, but I do wear it when Donna asks "Have you been wearing your watch?"
So, try this. You know your wife loves you and would miss the smell of fur hanging as it dries, so sweetly with latte in hand and a smile to boot..... ask her if she would pretty please, consider, yes consider saving your life NOW.....
before it's too late.


All she can say is yes, no, or maybe so.

Happy New Year and get the iPhone also as the watch and the iPhone link.

I received a fitbit watch for Christmas a couple years ago. I didn't find it to be to accurate, ended up giving it back to my dad when his broke but he liked his.

Didn't have any luck with fitbits. They tended to brick themselves.

I have a Garmin Vivoactive now.

My only issue with these watches is I am leery that soon they will be used by your insurance company. Example:

Ah Mr. Danny, I see you have been walking 2 miles a day and getting 7-8 hours of sleep a day. I think this will merit us decreasing your insurance rate since you are taking good care of yourself.

Or

Well Mr. Mark it appears your activity level is sub par and your heart rate is higher than average for a man your age. Perhaps if you increase your activity level and get better sleep we can discuss lowering your insurance rate in 6 months.

I think tech is neat, but too much will not benefit us in the long run. Mark's doctor is already using it to monitor his health. Not that that is a bad thing but, sadly, insurance will get their hands on that info and use it to their benefit.

Always remember, the tallest building in just about any city is the insurance building.

I've been doing something wrong then the fitbit I wear I'll admit I've gone through a bunch of bands for it until I found one made from nylon .
I mainly track my sleep and steps at work as a curiosity more than anything .

Happy New Year's Eve !

Pretty much my thinking... Cell phones are invasive enough. I don't need anyone snooping my vitals on top of that. Besides, it's a bad practice to wear any kind of "jewelery" in my line of work... My wedding ring is made of tungsten. Indestructible, but that could be a bad thing too... It rides on my key ring just to be safe.

Mike

The stock bands suck on most of them. Had to trade out the one off my Garmin because it irritated my skin badly

I have a Garmin, use it mostly paired to my GPS to track my dogs while hunting or training.

We use luggage tags that tell us where our luggage is. They ping off other Apple devices. Got on made for a dog collar too.

Same reason I got one. Lol! We are getting older mark.

Don't most iPhones have the health app? Mine does, it tracks steps taken, walking/running distances, flights of stairs climbed, sleep and a bunch of other data. I have no idea how accurate it is, I rarely look at it. I didn't know I had it until my uncles were talking about it and showed it to me on my phone recently.