03-27-2018 12:03 - edited 03-28-2018 12:42
03-27-2018 12:03 - edited 03-28-2018 12:42
I've been pretty unhappy with my fitbit lately. I got it a few years ago and used it just to auto track my steps and sleep and it was greate, but recently I started training for a marathon and I've found that the features and capabilities of the fitbit are actually pretty poor. Here a few things I don't like:
Next are a few straight up bugs that drive me nuts:
Some of these things might seem petty or small, but I paid good money for this tracker and to see the app be unable to fully utilize the data it gathers or has the potential to gather is pretty disappointing. My brother has a Garmin and the stats it collects makes fitbit look pretty pathetic.
Anyway...just had to get that off my chest. Maybe fitbit can address some of these issues.
Edit: I have an Alta HR.
03-27-2018 15:55
03-27-2018 15:55
@drewrunswrote:I've been pretty unhappy with my fitbit lately. I got it a few years ago....
....Maybe fitbit can address some of these issues.
If you share which Fitbit tracker you have, it will be easier for Community members to comment or offer suggestions.
03-27-2018 16:57 - edited 03-27-2018 17:00
03-27-2018 16:57 - edited 03-27-2018 17:00
Hi @drewruns,
I noticed you said you purchased your Fitbit years ago, and that it seems to not have updated features? As @USAF-Larry also asked, which model is this? Have you looked at the newer models?
03-28-2018 12:36 - edited 03-28-2018 12:37
03-28-2018 12:36 - edited 03-28-2018 12:37
I have the alta hr, and before that I had the flex. Either way these features should be part of the app itself and have nothing to do with which fitness band you have.
03-28-2018 15:19 - edited 03-28-2018 15:22
03-28-2018 15:19 - edited 03-28-2018 15:22
@drewrunswrote:I have the alta hr, and before that I had the flex. Either way these features should be part of the app itself and have nothing to do with which fitness band you have.
I read your first point as a question based on GPS ability, which is dependent on whether that particular Fitbit has the capability or not.
The Alta HR doesn't have onboard GPS like the Ionic, or the Connected GPS feature you can find on the Charge 2. Sorry. If that was my tracker I'd probably use Mobile Run or upgrade.
03-28-2018 15:32
03-28-2018 15:32
@WavyDaveywrote:
@drewrunswrote:I have the alta hr, and before that I had the flex. Either way these features should be part of the app itself and have nothing to do with which fitness band you have.
I read your first point as a question based on GPS ability, which is dependent on whether that particular Fitbit has the capability or not.
The Alta HR doesn't have onboard GPS like the Ionic, or the Connected GPS feature you can find on the Charge 2. Sorry. If that was my tracker I'd probably use Mobile Run or upgrade.
I track my runs with the GPS from the fitbit app all the time. Your tracker doesn't need GPS as long as your phone has GPS. So my points #1 and #3 stand.
03-28-2018 15:42
03-29-2018 05:42
03-29-2018 05:42
Agreed about point 1.
For point 2 and 3, when I go to the Dashboard and look at a Walk exercise recorded using GPS, I do have an elevation graph as well as a breakdown of pace per mile. Granted this is not in the App and you need to look at those on a computer post exercise.
Bug 1 also hits me for Walk exercise. It is on the Android app.
03-30-2018 09:32 - edited 03-30-2018 09:33
03-30-2018 09:32 - edited 03-30-2018 09:33
and again today...did a run with GPS tracking...no record of any run at all after I finished.
really reall really frustrating. I can't trust fitbit. Looking to move to a different fitness band/app.