Official Fitness Tracker Thread (New Fitbit Charge HR, Jawbone, Polar, Etc)

[jking0821]

So I have forever been on the fence about getting a fitness tracker.  Now with Fitbit announcing their new line up i am intrigued.  

My drawback has always been no heart rate monitor.  Unless you buy the polar watch and the chest strap.  Or any chest strap for that matter.  All i wanted to be able to do was properly track calories in vs calories out.  And the sleep cycle stuff is a nice touch.

The new fitbit Charge HR comes with a built in heart rate sensor.  So i am now thinking about making the leap.  They also say it tracks sleep better.  Which the Jawbone Up always had a leg up in.  The fitbit Surge is a touch screen watch with built in gps and heart rate sensor.  I think it is going to compete with apple watch. 

But the new charge (no Heart rate) = $130

the fitbit charge HR (w/ heart rate) = $150

The fitbit Surge is = $250

If anyone owns an old fitbit, or Jawbone or any fitness trackers do you like them?  Do you see yourself upgrading?  Any feedback is appreciated.

New Microsoft Fitness Band

$199

Works on every Platform (ios, andriod, windows phone)

Syncs with microsofts cloud based health app (also multi platform)



built-in GPS and 24-hour heart rate monitoring and a skin sensor 

Guided Workouts:  Fun and challenging workouts from fitness partners like Gold's Gym, Shape, and Men's Fitness with exercise prompts on the band and much more in the app.

found this interesting as well

 

[suberzat1]

Is anyone using these?

Is the Fitbit Alta a good choice or is there something else I should be looking into. I run a lot 4 times a week at about 4-8 miles each time.