FitBit One (First Impression)

It's been just over a week with my new companion - my FitBit One. I haven't named it yet, but I probably should with as much time as we spend together. So far, I'm in love - it's a great little device. I found it on sale at HeartRateMonitorsUSA.com and only paid $89 (w/ free shipping) and it came with all the things in this picture (FitBit One, case/clip, USB connector, night wrist strap, charger).

It provides me with basic activity information (steps, distance, floors climber, calories burned, and sleep) and gives the option to track additional activity as well as food and water consumed, I find it to be quite the perfect tool to keep me active and accountable.

The step counting feature is accurate as far as I can tell. My daily goal is set at 10k and most days I've been able to reach it (it doesn't hurt that I'm usually beyond 3,000 by 7am thanks to Insanity). My highest day was 15, 624! During the day, I wear the one on my waistband and only once have I changed my clothes and forgot to transfer over the lil guy.

At night, however, the One comes with a wrist band to house the FitBit while you sleep. Don't ask me how, but it tracks your sleep - how long it takes for you to fall asleep, times awakened, times in bed, and sleep efficiency. I don't get enough sleep - plain and simple. But this tracking has shown me that at least of the time I am in bed, my sleep efficiency is in the high 90% range, waking up on average about 3 times per night for no more than 3 minutes.

I think that my favorite feature of the FitBit One is the incredibly user friendly website and mobile app interfaces. While the One does have a display that toggles with a button push, it also syncs via bluetooth with my iPhone and gives me instant access to my stats and also allows me to log my activity, food, and water consumption in real time. I'm currently participating in a 30-day Challenge and one of the goals is to drink a gallon of water per day. The iPhone app allows me to easily track this with a few simple clicks.

Another thing that I love so far is the battery life - I've had it since last Tuesday and haven't charged it once. The battery is said to last between 5-7 days but I'm going on nine and trust me, I play with it constantly. However, the questions remains: When I will charge it when the time comes? because I don't want to miss out on steps OR my sleep tracking. Perhaps while I'm in the shower. If anyone has one and can give me some advice - I'll take it.

I wish there were a heart rate monitor associate with this device so I could get more accurate measures of how many calories I was actually burning during workouts, that would be rad - but for the time being, this is suiting my needs just swimmingly.

If you're looking for an activity tracker, I give this one (so far) my glowing stamp of approval. And if you already have a FitBit, we should connect - you can compare steps with your friends. (Sorry Gorman, I'm still smoking you!)