- Hey, everyone!
Daniel Rubino here, Windows Central,
and today I will give you my top five reasons
why I like to use Fitbit.
Stay tuned.
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Alright, before we get started,
first I wanna just talk about why
we're doing this video in the first place.
Well, I wear this a lot in these videos that we shoot here,
and everybody thinks it's an Apple watch,
which is fine, I mean I own an Apple watch too,
but this is actually the Fitbit Versa.
Now I've been using Fitbit since 2012,
and I kinda own almost all of them,
so I'm a pretty big fan of the company,
what they've done, so I'm gonna give you
the top give reasons why I use 'em,
and I'll also give you a few reasons
why I actually don't like Fitbit too.
Let's get to it.
Alright, number one, it should be kind of obvious,
but here it is: Windows 10 Support.
Fitbit's been one of the first companies
to embrace Windows 10, and Universal Windows Platform,
and they were also supportive of Windows Phone
for a very long time.
In fact, they continued to maintain the app,
and it gets updated pretty regularly.
It's the full featured app as well.
It matches iOS and Android to a tee
and it's just a really good experience,
so yeah, Fitbit always has a little spot in my heart
because I love the platform so much.
Alright, number two: battery life.
So many smart watches these days
are still facing the problem with long-lasting battery,
whether it's an Apple watch or Android Wear,
you're still talking maybe a day
or two days of battery life.
Fitbit, you're gonna go four to seven days.
I just find it's much easier to manage in your life,
and if that's important to you, well, Fitbit is still good.
Now there are some alternatives out there
like Withings, but they're not nearly
as powerful as Fitbit, and I don't really care
for the quality too much there either,
but if you really want long battery life,
we're talking two weeks, maybe check out Withings.
Number three: sleep analysis.
Here's a little fact; years ago
I used to be a sleep technician
here in New York City at Weill Cornell Medical Center
where I would do research on patients for sleeping.
I'm a big fan of sleep, in other words.
In fact, you spend a third of your life sleeping,
you wanna do it right.
Well, in my opinion, Fitbit still has
the best sleep analysis on the market.
Apple watches don't even have it,
and Android Wear, well they do have some ones out there
and they're pretty good, but the technology
that they're using here in the algorithms
has been very accurate, and just considered as essential
if you're interested in how well you're sleeping.
Don't forget, also Fitbit's supposed to
bring on their sensors later on this year
which will help detect sleep apnea.
Now, this isn't going to necessarily be a replacement
for your doctor, but I'm a big fan
of early detection of sleep apnea.
If this thing can tell you you may have an issue
and it gets you to you doctor,
well that's a pretty awesome technology.
So many people have this disorder,
and if this can help 'em, I'm very excited about it.
Alright, number four: community.
One of the best things about Fitbit
is gonna be the ability to connect up
to your friends and family, in fact,
so many people use Fitbit, there's a good chance
you'll know someone on it when you sign up for it
and it's actually a big deal because
you can see how others are doing,
you can compete with them, you can cheer them,
you can jeer them, you can do challenges,
it's just a lot more fun,
unlike Apple Watch, doesn't really do that.
Now, another aspect of this community
is the fact that Fitbit bought Pebble a few years ago
and the Pebble community was die-hard.
In fact, they're very similar to the Windows Phone fan base
and I really appreciate that.
Now, a lot of those devs who used to make watch faces
for Pebble are making watch faces for the Versa.
It's been really a neat experience.
There's all sorts of creative designs on the store
and it really keeps me involved with the Fitbit Versa
as I'm always changing out the watch faces.
So that having that community aspect is just a big deal
with Fitbit, and I absolutely love it.
Alright, number five, it's gonna be price.
So, the most expensive Fitbit Versa right now is $200,
you can actually get the Ionic
for a little bit more than that,
but you can get this for a lot cheaper.
The new Versa Lite is $160, and the Charge 3 is $150.
Those price points, still a little bit expensive,
they actually do have cheaper ones on the market as well,
but then it gets people's foot in the door for smart watches
and fitness trackers and I think it's really competitive.
You look at the Apple Watch, it starts at $400,
that's twice the cost, that's a pretty expensive jump
so if you're looking for a value here,
Fitbit's gonna have it.
Alright, so those are the reasons why I like Fitbit,
everything's not perfect, so here are a couple of reasons
why I actually don't like Fitbit
or at least I have some problems with it.
Number one: the apps suck.
Don't buy the Fitbit Versa
if you really wanna use apps on it.
Even the Hue's thing, it's okay, it's kinda cool,
but it's more proof a concept.
Don't buy it for that, the apps are just terrible.
Next up is connected GPS.
So, the Fitbit Ionic actually has full GPS built in.
If you want that, get that one.
But the rest, like Versa Lite, Charge 3,
only have connected GPS and some people
feel very strongly about connected GPS.
I don't actually mind it, I use it
on bike trails all the time,
but if you really want it dedicated,
well, you'll have to look elsewhere.
Connected GPS can suck if you need to us it often.
And finally, just keep this in mind;
none of these are a real smart watch.
I would describe Fitbit as being smart watch-ish,
but it's definitely not a smart watch.
Yeah, it has some features like it,
but if you're looking for something
more sophisticated that mirrors your phone,
well, you'll have to look at getting an Apple Watch
or something from Android Wear.
Alright, so now that we got that all the way,
which Fitbit's the right one for you?
So, I got three in front of me here,
I have the Fitbit Versa, the Versa Lite, and the Charge 3.
Actually, all three of these devices
are really good in my opinion.
Now, the Versa Lite is probably
the one that most people will be okay with, it's $160.
Now, it is missing some features like NFC for tap-to-pay,
and again, some people really need that feature,
so if you want that, get the full Versa version,
the special edition for tap-to-pay.
I never actually use tap-to-pay, so it doesn't matter to me,
but just keep that in mind.
You also can't store music on the Versa Lite
and that may be a big deal depending on how you work out.
Now, I actually use a regular Versa when I'm at the gym
because it does store my music
and I can use my Bluetooth headphones with them.
Now, if you're looking just to get into Fitbit,
I actually like the Charge 3 a lot.
I think it's a very good price point at $150,
and it actually has most of the features of the Versa Lite.
It's just missing the giant screen on it
and it doesn't run all the apps as well.
But those apps, like I said, aren't very good.
Sure, you can use Weather, but I would rather
just get a watch face that has Weather on it.
Now, the Charge 3 is one of the smaller ones out there
so if you actually do wanna wear an Apple Watch
but you also want Fitbit, I know that sounds weird,
I actually do that sometimes,
you can actually get the Charge 3
and it works out pretty well.
This also gets really good battery life.
I can push 7 days on this.
So, when I go on long trips, I just pack this.
I don't need to take the charger with me.
But it does all the same things as the Versa Lite.
You get that sleep tracking,
you get that heart rate monitoring,
it's all very good, actually,
so this is a great way to start off
if you don't want a full smart watch feature
or you like to stick with your analog watch.
Alright, so there are a few reasons
why I'm a big fan of using Fitbit.
Now, not all is perfect.
I actually did pick up an Apple Watch Series 4 recently,
I'm using it with my car.
If that sounds a little weird,
that's okay, I may do a video on that
explaining why I'm using it with my Tesla Model 3.
If you wanna hear about that, leave me a comment below
and we'll see about doing that.
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Thanks for watching, take care everyone.
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Number three, sleep analysis.
Little side, no, what do I wanna say?
Pause for a sec, hold on. - [Man Behind Camera] Yeah.