Blaze Water Resistance

[SunsetRunner]

Time and time again we have asked you people to make the device Water Proof.

Why can't you get it through your thick skulls that there are water sports/activities.

Can I wear my Blaze while swimming?

Fitbit Blaze is rain, sweat, and splash proof. We recommend that you do not swim or shower while wearing Blaze.

Moderator Edit: Edited post title for clarity.

[matt9013]

@JoanneinCA

Like I said you are lucky. A lot of people get broken Flex's from showering, swimming or even accidently dropping in sink doing dishes. I didn't know know they changed it from being reccomending to not being recommending for swimming.

Just luck of the draw I guess. My cousin also showers with her's and has no problem at all. Not sure if she swims in it though.

[ErickFitbit]

@bbarrera @matt9013 Thanks for your continued feedback. By the way, I am making sure that it is heard by our Product Teams.

@JoanneinCA We appreciate your advocacy for Fitbit among friends and family along with your feedback. As @matt9013 said above, we do not recommend swimming or showering with your trackers.

[SimplyAdventure]

And now the Alta launches... nice, but no HR is probably a killer for me. I'd consider it tho if it was Waterproof just to stay in the community. But sadly this is what's on the spec page:

"Water Resistance

Alta is sweat, rain and splash proof, but is not swim proof. We recommend taking it off before showering, as it’s best for your skin if the band stays dry and clean."

Can someone from Fitbit confirm that it indeed can be submerged? The swim proof thing would indicate not, but by "swim proof" maybe the lawyers insist that it needs to survive belly flops off 15 foot high dives. I don't know.

More transparency around the standards would be good since the general ATM guidelines aren't followed for other devices 🙂

Thanks!

[Rich_Laue]

Just a hock heads up the Alta Forum is for discussion on the Alta. 

As for water restant ratings 1 ATM is not considered safe to swim or shower with, at least by international standards. It is safe for the accidental drop into water.

But then again my neighbors Zip went through the washer 3 times before it came out  in 4 pieces. Dried it off, glued it back together,  its atill counting steps.

I also have cleaned a filthy  pc in a shower

[JoanneinCA]

I love the look of the Alta! It has some great new features like the move reminder and the display right on the tracker and changeable bands. But it isn't showerproof, so can't wear it when hands are in water with dishes, cooking and preparing food, washing the dog, cleaning the fish tank or other everyday things which involve more than a splash.

I just purchased a Garmin Vivofit 2 after wearing a Fitbit Flex for more than 2 years (bought mine while they were still showerproof) The only reason for leaving Fitbit is because I want a tracker with a display that can be taken in the shower. Garmin is showerproof and can be taken swimming. There are tons of reviews for Garmin that state that people lchose them because of the water resistance.

Come on, Fitbit, these are fitness trackers for active lifestyles, not one that I want to be constantly taking off and putting back on because it's afraid of water!

[mattfitz143]

Thank you for passing this on the the product team. Maybe they could come up with a Fitbit Tracker that is waterproof and had the features of the Blaze. I really like the fact it is a watch too. Please try and keep the price around $200-$250 including heart monitor. It can be done. It will sell out

[Rich_Laue]

This term "Waterproof" is misleading, since legally it can not be used for clothing, electronics and im sure there are other things.
The legal, by international standards is "water resistant".

[bbarrera]

Thanks for the reminder Rich, think it's safe to say that "waterproof" means swimming and showering to the average person.

Fitbit says no to swimming on all their devices, and that's the problem.

[mattfitz143]

We are not looking for a watch for diving. Although in the future that would be awesome. Something that you can shower, swim, do dishes, bath children, etc.
Well said bbarrera

[Rich_Laue]

@bbarrera Fitbit never used the word waterproof, they did use the word water resistant to 1 ATM. This does not sound very waterproof to me. If i drop it in say 60 feet of water it could fail, waterproof would mean that it could survive any depth that it could go down to, that would be 6 miles down, or 1103 ATMs of pressure. 

[KLM117]

If Fitbit would make a version of the Blaze tracker that we could wear to swim and light snorkeling that would be a GREAT start. I'd GLADLY give up the altimeter feature that shows stairs climbed for a tracker I could swim with!

[KLM117]

Eric Fitbit - thanks for passing this onto the product team. Seems that Fitbit community is hungry, or rather starving, for a version that can be worn while swimming. PLEASE encourage them to listen to their customers!!

[Cakebandit]

As a person who takes baths and showers. I would like to add to the pile of people who would sacrifice an altimeter for the ability to ignore water hazards to their fitbit.

[JDtheVICE]

Clearly would pay more than 200 for a 5atm waterproof feature

[Shawfan]

You just wash the watch along with the rest of you. It's not difficult to
get under a watch. Just slide it an inch or so and scrub. It's not like
it's a pair of shoes or something.

[SunsetRunner]

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@Cakebandit wrote:

As a person who takes baths and showers. I would like to add to the pile of people who would sacrifice an altimeter for the ability to ignore water hazards to their fitbit.

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Yes, I'm one of those too but I like to take my watch off in the bath and wash where it's been. Not singling you out specifically but I dont get the need to have a waterproof watch to wear it while you're washing in a bath. Especially if you've been exercising and, presumably, sweating. That's a lot of crud and germs building up underneath. Is it really that much of an effort to take off, noting you take your clothes off as well?

[Cakebandit]

That's interesting. I just posted as "shawfan". I have no idea who that is.

[SunsetRunner]

an altimeter (a pressure captor, in fact) can be waterproof.

i'm a diver.

one of my diving computers is waterproof,  of course, until 130 m.

in surface, i can see the barometric pressure.

[adamlowe]

I gave up on Fitbit and bought a new Polar V800 when my Surge died after running in a light rain. I don't understand why fitbit isn't investing in making minimally water resistant devices and looking at things like bike speed to compete as a total fitness device.

[TSantaCruz]

Can't even track while swimming. What a waste!