Charge 5

I've had my Garmin Instinct 2 for about a year now. It's almost comical how much more data I get from my swims compared to the Fitbit Charge 5 I had. Fitbit basically had like duration and extrapolated number of laps from motion. That was it. It was also wrong on even that one metric more often than

Im glad you mentioned this as my Fitbit charge 5 is recorded my HRV between 20- 28. I recently purchased the Polo strap which is accurate for HRV and which other devices are bench marked against. On the polar app my HRV is consistently the 50's! My partner is in the 50's on his new Amazfit device an

I've used a Fitbit charge 5 that just died after 3 years. That specific model was notorious for faults, but for $100 to $160 you can get a low-end Fitbit charge 6/inspire3 or Garmin vivosmart 5 that'll work great. GarmIn's are less flashy but more reliable based on reviews. They are not as good for

Well, first of all, realize that there's your battery—and then there's the firmware which estimates your battery's current state of charge. The Charge 5 has long had issues with this. If your unit needs to be recharged every 2-3 days, that may say more about the firmware's estimates than the actual

I gave up trying to make it work consistently and just ended up buying a Garmin. Google/Fitbit have screwed me over enough with devices that have just stopped functioning (RIP to my Charge 5), and the monthly cost to get the most out of my smart watches.

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.

4/14/26 Still using original fitbit account and never let the app update so I have features (like food tracking) that are now paid sub only. Charge 5 now, orig hw was an Alta, I think. Of course this will jinx me now, right? Have gotten 2 reminders to switch to a google account but was allowed to sk

That actually worked - it is a ridiculous bug/feature they've managed to introduce. Not had this issue until I changed my tracker from a Charge 5 to Sense 2 - all other notifications and comms were working (calls, messages even Alexa) but no way to see what app and control notification from fitbit u

I’m not alone I see My charge 5 will not stay on for more than 3 minutes… Welp I got all the info (word of mouth) I need … I’m going to trash my Fitbit dreams & find another smart watch…. Any recommendations outside of apple

My charge 5 is on its last legs, but when I saw that charge 6 was the last release, and that was a couple years ago, I was concerned that they were basically phasing out the Fitbit watches. With Google taking over, I was expecting that they were going to phase out the Fitbit watches and force you ov