The first Fitbit watch I got (a Fitbit Charge), the strap broke off almost as soon as the watch was out of warranty. And since the strap is this integrated plastic thing, unlike a normal watch, once the strap breaks, that's it.
The second Fitbit I got actually still works, but it isn't a watch (a Fitbit One tracker), and I found it annoyingly inconvenient to use, since one was supposed to attach it to one's bra strap, which made it inconvenient to look at. And then for its sleep tracking you had to take it out of its case and put it into a special strap every night, which was irritating. So I chucked it in a drawer somewhere and got my third Fitbit.
The third Fitbit I got was another watch (a Fitbit Charge HR), and this one broke even worse: it wasn't the strap, it was the device itself, it stopped syncing, and the time became wildly inaccurate.
As for a replacement, I haven't quite figured out what to look for. There were two things I was primarily using my Fitbit for: step tracking (with a daily goal) and sleep tracking. I wasn't using any of the other fancy features. And after a while I stopped checking the sleep tracking data, it wasn't that helpful. So it seems a waste of money to get the Fitbit Blaze simply because it has a replaceable strap with much more robust strap options to pick from.
Option 1: dig up my Fitbit One, use it only for step tracking, and buy a conventional dumb watch to use as a watch. Option 2: buy another brand of smart-watch, the cheaper the better. But I haven't really looked at the different watches for this yet.
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The second Fitbit I got actually still works, but it isn't a watch (a Fitbit One tracker), and I found it annoyingly inconvenient to use, since one was supposed to attach it to one's bra strap, which made it inconvenient to look at. And then for its sleep tracking you had to take it out of its case and put it into a special strap every night, which was irritating. So I chucked it in a drawer somewhere and got my third Fitbit.
The third Fitbit I got was another watch (a Fitbit Charge HR), and this one broke even worse: it wasn't the strap, it was the device itself, it stopped syncing, and the time became wildly inaccurate.
As for a replacement, I haven't quite figured out what to look for. There were two things I was primarily using my Fitbit for: step tracking (with a daily goal) and sleep tracking. I wasn't using any of the other fancy features. And after a while I stopped checking the sleep tracking data, it wasn't that helpful. So it seems a waste of money to get the Fitbit Blaze simply because it has a replaceable strap with much more robust strap options to pick from.
Option 1: dig up my Fitbit One, use it only for step tracking, and buy a conventional dumb watch to use as a watch.
Option 2: buy another brand of smart-watch, the cheaper the better. But I haven't really looked at the different watches for this yet.