Fitbit Flex Wireless Activity Tracker and Sleep Wristband

I bought this as a replacement having lost my original. Once you link it to your phone or tablet (or other similar device) you can track your steps, record your food intake and sleep patterns. It's a fun way to record your activity and can help you to get fitter and lose weight. I bought the tangerine colour as it was much cheaper than other popular colours. It's easy to find replacement straps very cheaply so you can change them to suit your mood. The straps do occasionally break so a backup supply is recommended.

Not over the moon with this item. It's really just an expensive pedometer with a few extras which are sold as things that will really change your life and therefore make it worth paying £60. As with a lot of IT gadgets it is not easy to work out how to use all these extras. And if you've got lots of time to work it out and input all the data I still can't see how it's any different from good old pen and paper. It does not recognise the exercise I do on my cross trainer and the cycling I do everyday other than sometimes it will show that I have been doing active exercise. In fact sometimes when I'm cycling it will go into sleep mode because it's been shaken whilst riding. If I don't realise it has gone into sleep mode I lose all the walking I do afterwards. The sleep tracking is interesting but for the manufacturer to claim it can help improve your quality of sleep I ask How? Set an alarm to tell you 30 minutes before you want to go to sleep to start winding down. For goodness sake! Do you really need a FitBit to do this? There are a lot of other things you can do with this which to be honest I'm just not interested in, the challenges etc. I realise that for some people this might be what they want but it's not for me. Another problem is I find it hard to fasten the bracelet. The little metal bits will not easily fit into the holes.I suppose this also means they won't easily come out either so it's not going to drop off your wrist but I think it's a poor design. Ok, so the good things about it. I do find that I get pleasure from hitting my 10,000 steps target each day. It does make me get up and move around more and at work go to the printer farthest away from my desk. But that's about it sadly. I've had the FitBit for nearly two weeks and I anticipate using it to count my steps for the forseeable future. And lastly, I actually wanted a red bracelet but it was £20 more on Amazon so Ibought the cheaper slate colour version. You can always buy other coloured bracelets and I don't believe they cost £20 each.

I am delighted with my Fitbit Flex and addicted to tracking my steps and analysing my sleep. The sleep part of the app seems to be surprisingly accurate and you don't even need to 'tell' the Fitbit that you are going to sleep. The vibrations that let you know that you have walked your 10,000 steps is a great incentive. You can also change this goal via the app which is useful.I ordered the teal version, which is a great colour, however as it is quite light, it seems to have picked up the dirt quite quickly. After looking on the website, you can clean them with hand disinfectant, water, etc. but mine did not come up clean. I would recommend a darker colour.I highly recommend the Fitbit flex for its ease of use, great features and good battery life. I love mine so much, we have ordered them as presents for family so we can all compete against each other for steps!

I've been using my FITBIT since it came and it's absolutely awesome! I've had it on for 4 days now, and the battery is at 20%. I don't like things on my wrist, but I don't mind this at all - it's small, not heavy, not thick, it's only about 1cm in width.You tap the black part (showing the dots as per the pic) to see how much of your daily steps you've done. 1 dot = 20% etc. It vibrates when you hit 100% (which took me by surprise the first time!)The actual FITBIT is really small, and is within the strap so it's really easy to 1. just take the FITBIT with you instead of wearing it on your wrist 2. change straps as you see fit.It requires bluetooth to connect to your phone, but you don't have to have bluetooth switched on all the time - only when you want to sync the results. The app is great (iPhone), it gives you lots of info but I personally favour the bit which tells you if you've managed to hit 250 steps per hour. This definitely helps me understand when I'm most in need to stand and walk around (so far it's been after 9.30PM) I have an office job so I sit down ALL THE TIME which I absolutely hate - but a quick tap on the FITBIT tells me a % of my daily steps so I know if I'm behind or not.The other bit I've used within the app is to track my sleeping patterns - it tells you when you 1. fell asleep 2. woke up 3. how many times you woke up during. The strap has only fallen off once and that's when I was sleeping. I also bought the little strap fasteners and so far, it's not come off.Awesome little gizmo.

It's ok. The sleep tracker isn't very accurate and it doesn't pick up every step. It did however pick up on a very bumpy car journey the other day and added a few hundred steps to my count.It does give you a lift in the day when you get the buzz and light show for reaching your steps goal but it is hard since you seem to really hav to swing your arms for it to pick up on steps.The silent alarm wouldn't deactivate the 3rd time i used it. I had to go to the app to turn off the alarm.The battery is good.I haven't tested the waterproof-ness of it but have worn it while washing up and its been fine. You do need to take it off afterwards otherwise the water lingers and it'll irritate your skin.I comes with the small and large straps which is useful as on warmer days I like to wear it looser.The slate is true to colour (wouldn't have been my first choice but it was the cheapest).The app is tempermental which makes the fitbit itself a pain to use