I have a Xiaomi wristband, recognises and displays my activity on Xiaomi app - cost £9 - Can anyone tell me the benefit of this more pricey alternative, I am curious?
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savvyg
13 Apr 17#1
What is this comparison table? How do you find it?
eslick
13 Apr 17#2
Think the best one is the JL with the 2 year warranty as you might find you need it, got one the other week, or should I say 2 first one faulty second didn't work right either and after a week in the box said we had burn 300 calories. Talking with people at work and two said they had issues and had to have theirs replaced as well.
andersh
13 Apr 17#3
Great device, although I've had no problem with mine, 2-year warranty probably worth a fiver over Currys' deal
Katstep
14 Apr 172#4
There's 2 year guarantee at Curry's too, so Curry's is the better deal.
jakeythesnake to Katstep
15 Apr 17#21
JL price match codes on Curry's site now. Take your pick!
davewave
14 Apr 173#5
I have a Xiaomi wristband, recognises and displays my activity on Xiaomi app - cost £9 - Can anyone tell me the benefit of this more pricey alternative, I am curious?
Sunrayho
14 Apr 172#6
Wifey has the Mi too; and she loves it; but hers cost me £15.95p. You did well. However she want's one that sinc's with her PC (she doesn't do the tablets/Smartphones) so I guess one day I'll have to get her a Fitbit. Hopefully not at this cost though! Heated anyway because it's a good price.
leebert
14 Apr 17#7
These are the same price at Costco too with free delivery
lasuil
14 Apr 171#8
I got one of these a month and a half ago, as upgrade from my charge HR which fell apart almost every 4 months to the dot. Fitbit comes with 2 year guarentee anyways and their customer service is very good. I bullied them into giving me 50% off a limited edition strap charge 2 because their standard line is either a replacement of your faulty one (I went through 4 HRs in 16 months) or 30% off the store. It's definitely an improvement from charge HR, it doesn't feel cheap like the HR and won't experience the same bubbling issue (which is the reason I had so many replacements). Anyone got any questions about the charge 2 or it's functions do please ask me :smiley:
mylesfitz to lasuil
15 Apr 17#13
I've just gone through my first Charge HR replacement - they initially said they had no black replacements left in stock so I asked for 50% off a charge HR2 which I would happily upgrade to but they refused - how did you manage to convince them? In the end they found stock so I just got a replacement HR and didn't further the query for a discount on an upgrade. The inital 30% discount I felt was poor and not enough of a reason to purchase an upgrade.
matengawhat
14 Apr 17#9
New update today, nice to see if their takeover of pebble only results in 1 thing they added the written text time face to fitbit charge 2 which i always liked
t.rex
14 Apr 17#10
Check compatibility before purchasing fit bit charge 2 as it is not compatible with all android phones.
Sent my fit bit charge 2 back as not compatible with huawaei P9 lite
davidg_croydon
14 Apr 17#11
Hot from me.. I'm happy with mine, it's a couple of quid cheaper at £97.99 at Costco... I've had two straps bubble where it joins the main unit. Fitbit replaced the first time. I couldn't be bothered the second time (after only 3 days), so got a 3rd party one from Amazon and it's been brilliant.
lasuil to davidg_croydon
14 Apr 17#12
That really with the charge 2 or do you mean the old charge HR?
sharon_uk to davidg_croydon
15 Apr 17#17
Currently having the same issue with bubbling and its come away from the unit both ends. Same thing happened with my flex after a few month.
Looking at the fitbit forum seems like a big problem with the charge2. Waiting on a replacement band from fitbit but i expect the same thing happens again so might try the amazon version instead.
lasuil
15 Apr 17#14
I only convinced them after weeks of chasing and finally getting to the higher echelon of their customer service, also I had had 3 or 4 replacements already and argued 30% off only took it to the RRP roughly of same price on Amazon. I told them I didn't want another replacement for it to just fall apart in 3-4 months time.
robo989
15 Apr 17#15
You are legally entitled to a full refund of anything if it fails again after being repaired or replaced once if within 6 months with no questions asked and within 2 years if you can print out issues from other buyers that match yours ...Just saying
lasuil
15 Apr 17#16
Eh, I only paid £50 for my HR in Black Friday 2015 sale and used it (and replacements) until Feb 2018, I wanted to upgrade to a nicer one anyways. I got the £160 limited edition charge 2 for £80 with my 50% off store code.
These are what I bought. Only difference is no 'Fitbit' name on the strap loop. Amazon link Two straps for less than £8...
aj31
15 Apr 17#20
I bought an HR 2 from Costco last week, I think it's great. I updated from a Jawbone up24. People are mentioning bubbling... what does this mean?
westernise
15 Apr 17#22
Why do people need a watch to tell them how many calories they've burnt? Why not just use scale on a weekly or monthly basis - much cheaper! People buy these watches to lull them into a false sense of health benefits in that they are losing calories etc. Very gimmicky. Heart rate monitor? It's not as if one keeps a defibrillator on hand... If you exercise your heart rate will obviously increase - not rocket science.
chrisbenjy26 to westernise
15 Apr 171#23
Calorie tracking is useful for those of us who want to track how many calories we burn so we can eat the appropriate level of food depending on our goals - not to just see that calories are being burnt.
And a side note: scales showing purely weight are a terrible measure of your body/shape - they don't take into account your body composition.
Heart rate monitor isn't for tracking if you're having a heart attack, it's so you can ensure you're exercising at an effective intensity.
Besides those are only two in a long list of useful features it has. Maybe there are people out there that would use it in the way you allude to, but it's a very useful accessory for anybody serious about fitness.
westernise
15 Apr 17#24
Where's old fashioned fitness gone? Where you didn't have to wear a £99 watch in order to exercise. Your correct, scales aren't a good measure of how much you've lost - but a mirror is. Says it all.
dunamis
15 Apr 171#25
Good old fashioned fitness has gone to the same place as you're good old fashioned spelling and grammar... :smiley:
chrisbenjy26
15 Apr 17#26
Technology has developed and gives you access to all this useful data that allows you to see how effectively you're exercising, so why shouldn't people take advantage of it if their serious about exercise.
No one is saying you can't exercise without it - just saying that it can be beneficial, particularly for those on the more active end of the fitness spectrum.
sokratesagogo
16 Apr 17#27
I agree - Mi Fit 2 excellent piece of Kit, works great with my IOS notifications - calendar, Facebook, WeChat etc. Feeds data to IOS Health app for tracking purposes. £15 direct for Mi shop in Xi'an
samirhym
19 Apr 17#28
I scrolled through all the comments to find the answer but it is a shame no one has answered yet! there has to be SOME reason why hukd people are buying £99 watches instead of £9 ones?
plewis00
19 Apr 17#29
For the ecosystem. Same way people choose Apple for iOS. Fitbit's UI, support and network is far better than the MiBand one. I had a MiBand and it did most of the stuff fine (though it was less accurate and the HR data seemed to be made up) but I missed the social side of Fitbit.
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Sent my fit bit charge 2 back as not compatible with huawaei P9 lite
Looking at the fitbit forum seems like a big problem with the charge2. Waiting on a replacement band from fitbit but i expect the same thing happens again so might try the amazon version instead.
And a side note: scales showing purely weight are a terrible measure of your body/shape - they don't take into account your body composition.
Heart rate monitor isn't for tracking if you're having a heart attack, it's so you can ensure you're exercising at an effective intensity.
Besides those are only two in a long list of useful features it has. Maybe there are people out there that would use it in the way you allude to, but it's a very useful accessory for anybody serious about fitness.
No one is saying you can't exercise without it - just saying that it can be beneficial, particularly for those on the more active end of the fitness spectrum.