Charge 6

It's been 3 years since Charge 6. I swapped to the Helios band when my Fitbit broke. I tried the Whoop first, but it was way too expensive to justify keeping it. I miss having time and heart rate visible on my wrist. I don't want the Air unless it's offering something completely differentiating from

I got a Charge 6 last year because it appeared to hit the sweet spot of a fitness tracker that had a few of the key smart watch features (clock, timer, notifications, google pay, etc) while also having heart rate and (importantly) wasn’t gigantic.

Immediately after purchasing it, I was disappointe

I've already tried uninstalling the app, factory resetting my watch, clearing cache, rebooting my phone, turning on/off Bluetooth, etc. Nothing works.

It's been like this for a couple weeks where the app won't sync with the watch. I'll try to force it to sync by pulling down on the screen, but just

Fitbit took away the desktop/browser app, which allowed data analysis on a large screen. Whoop still has that, and this advantage makes the subscription worth it. Right now, I'm wearing both Whoop and Charge 6 and making comparisons. It's SO MUCH easier to browse the heart rate data with Whoop and i

They’re just not as accurate as actual medical devices. None of my cardiologists over the past couple of years felt like the Charge 6 data had any value in medical. I was advised that they can give me an idea or estimate but that I shouldn’t necessarily believe it, if I questioned a heart rate as be

For the past 6 months, my Charge 6 is not syncing sleep score with my watch unless I manually sync it about 8 times. HR data is questionable and won’t display half the time. The annoyance level is off the charts. Owned a fitbit for over 12 years. This may be the end.

My main issue with my C6 since I bought it in July is the heart rate glitch, where it randomly jumps to 200bpm for no reason. (Prompted me to have a load of medical tests, proved the device was faulty). Turns out it just occasionally triples the reading for fun.

Then yesterday, a new error. At 12.

Funnily enough I have a Charge 6 and a Helio Strap and I find the Fitbit under reports heart rate compared to the strap, which I wear on my bicep as that purportedly gives more accurate readings.

I find it’s a little delayed to my Fitbit Charge 6, but it is only 2-3 seconds or so.

You should see a Dr especially if you also have symptoms, but be aware there's a known error with the C6 where it just does random spikes like this. Mine did it last summer and sent me down a 'heart issue' rabbit holes, thankfully nothing was wrong other than the Fitbit device 😬 If you search both h