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The M-i-L has asked me to get the F-i-L a FitBit in the Black Friday sales (yes they believe the hype), the guy is a complete technophobe and can only just get his head round Sky+ and his phone.
Is the FitBit (what model?) the best option for general fitness, read walking about, tracking or is something else better.
I confess to knowing naff all about these things, so any help would be greatly appreciated.
I bought a Xaoimi Mi whatever band from Amazon. Works fine, 2 week battery life, smartphone notifications, wear it and forget - £36.
Unless he's programming routes / a runner or something you can save yourself a few quid with that.
Unless he’s programming routes / a runner or something you can save yourself a few quid with that.
Absolutely no danger of that, he can barely figure out how to record a tv programme
Fitbit are being bought by Google if memory serves. As long as he is fine with them hoovering his health data, he should be fine.
I got one of the Xiaomi Mi bands for my mum who isn't that great with technie stuff.
She really likes it. Basically uses it as a pedometer and for seeing how hard he was working at her jazzercise class - it has a HR monitor.
The missus bought me a Charge 2 maybe 2.5 years ago. Not a particularly capable device IMO. Does the basics but for IRO £150 (at that time) it's poor VFM. Battery played up within a few months and the straps are prone to breaking off (but they're less than a tenner to replace).
Charge 3 is supposedly better but I've not looked into it. One day I'll pick up a decent Garmin or similar, but for now (and the last few years) Strava gives me most of the data I need.