Charge 5

I used Fitbit for 12 years, mostly the Charge line, and I've used Xiaomi Band 9 for 1 year. As a new user, ignore complaints by old users. People like me complaining about Fitbit, and Xiaomi people that were using Bands under 6 complaining about Xiaomi ... A lot of that is because stuff changes. Xia

I was at my best when I had a Fitbit Flex and more recently a Charge 5. My greatest motivation were the Challenges. I saw they’d been taken away and I feel like it was never the same.

This is an old photo I made of some of the more bracelet style wristbands I've bought for my tracker. (I was price checking Japan vs USA Amazon, before visiting the USA. Gotta buy the stuff that costs less in the USA.) So regardless of whatever you might buy, make sure it has a removable strap, and

My Charge 2 and 5 don't have one exercise screen, they have many. One has heart rate info, another has distance, another has I don't remember ... maybe 5 different screens. I just want to see my HR, maybe occasionally distance or exercise time. Sometimes when you tap to open it shifts to the next sc

When my Charge 5 died the Charge 6 cost $300 due to the exchange rate. The price is better now. But the difference between my Xiaomi Band 9 and Fitbit Charge 5 is NOT worth over $150 to me. Especially since the Xiaomi exercise tracking screen is much better than tapping through various screens on th

I've had Fitbits since 2017 and never had issues with my first 2 (first one was a Charge 2 and I upgraded to the Charge 4 after 4 years when I cracked my screen). I was excited to upgrade to the Charge 5 and I've had nothing but problems, which is when I discovered Google had bought them out.... My