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.

[SunsetRunner]

Yup, and as I have said in a previous post, others have accomplished this, Garmin being one of them.

Look, it's not my fault Fitbit is falling behind, and if you thought my first post is harsh so be it.

Fact is, if someone doesn't get their act together at Fitbit, their devices will only be found at garage sales.

People will forget they ever even existed and we will all be wearing a product that can be submerged... 

Garmin Targets Sports Lovers With Vivoactive HR Smartwatch

Mods on here will continue to post things like "we can't do it", "we will pass the info on" ect.

and Fitbit will continue releasing models that you can't even so much as wash dishes / shower with...

[KLM117]

@Ronnie - thanks for your post and I agree - Fitbit is not listening to their customers by coming up with new versions of the same tracker. Garmin has now caught up with and passed Fitbit by creating a tracker that can accommodate all parts of an active lifestyle. Even if you just want to lounge at the pool, you have to take your Fitbit off. CRAZY and such a shame. If Fitbit does not include a waterproof version of Blaze in their new release I think what Garmin has in their Vivosmart HR watch will be my next purchase.

[TSantaCruz]

Moderators are only going to say things to make Fitbit appear to be the best. They are not going to be truthful in their dialog. They are saying it can't be done when several companies have already did it.
I had a Fitbit HR that was giving me over 300 steps while I was sleeping and added steps while driving and by the end of the day I had a couple thousand more steps than I really had. I couldn't change it, only go in through a computer to turn off during those time periods. I returned it and will never by a Fitbit product again. I went over and over with tech support but no one could help me.

I thought about the Blaze but since it's not even waterproof and hearing the mods lie by saying it's impossible to track elevation and be waterproof just makes me even more sure I will never by their product again.

Just say your product can't do it. Don't say it's impossible when your competition is doing it!

[mbrett]

All. . . My expectation is that if the Blaze and Alta aren't water
resistant enough to swim or shower in now they still won't be when they
release. All we can ask for is for the next tranche of Fitbit trackers to
be water resistant enough to shower and swim in. . . that should be
possible...

[andreyk7]

I did have an apple watch as a gift and swam with it in the ocean and pool. seems to work jsut fine. I did decide to sell it and pre-ordered the Blaze because I just can't compete with anyone with an apple watch.

[matt9013]

While I agree that Fitbit should be able to do this by now as Garmin has we also gotta remember that while Garmin has been able to make a water resistant watch they are not good in a lot of other areas. I hear nothing but bad things about garmin and how all there fitness trackers are pretty bad compared to Fitbits.

So while I wish Fitbit was water resistant it's nice they focused more on the actual software and app. IMO it's useless having a water resistant watch if the hardware and software suck. I'd take my Fitbit anyday over a Garmin even with water resistance.

Even the Microsoft Band 2 isn't water resistant and that is a decent activity tracker. So far it seems that the ones that are pretty good at being water resistant (Garmin/Apple Watch) suck at the actual fitness tracking while the good trackers can't do it yet.

I'm hoping Fitbit will be the first to have a good fitness tracker that is water resistant and not one or the other.

[mbrett]

The device we should be comparing is the TomTom Active s it tracks swimming.

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[mitwess]

the alta doesn't have an altimeter (ironic because of the name), has no buttons, and they still didn't make that waterproof. waterproofing would not have come at the cost of any features on the alta. fitbit seems to just be droppiing he ball and/or doesn't think waterproofing is worth it. i prefer the basis peak because of it's waterproofing (and better sleep tracking). 

[matt9013]

I've just come to accept that Fitbit won't make a water resistant tracker that can be swimmed in and that's a shame. They have the biggest market share in the tracker business but imagine what would happen if they released a water resistant one that you can swim in. They would dominate.

[mitwess]

I think they will eventually. If I had to guess their priority now is margins and growing user base so cost cutting is the highest priority (lower price trackers = more users), and waterproofing is a casualty of that. 

[KLM117]

@mitwess - Imagine the users they ate or will lose while they delay including this much asked for feature that SHOULD be part of a fitness tracker. I'm waiting for the Garmin Vivoactive HR to come out. When it does, if it has what we are asking for, that will be my next purchase since Fitbit keeps introducing new products that are reconfigurations of the same tracker.

[matt9013]

@mitwess

Fitbit already has the biggest share of the fitness tracker market. It's past the time to introduce a water resistant model. They already have a good line-up that caters to pretty much everyone and the blaze/Alta would have been the perfect time to introduce a water resistant model.

The blaze and Alta are reconfigurations of old trackers with some new hardware/software but nothing groundbreaking like adding HR. It's past time to add water resistant.

[mitwess]

the biggest market for fitness trackers are people that like the social component which fitbit totally dominates. i don't care enough about that to go for a tracker that is worse than the basis peak (or maybe the new garmin if it turns out to be good), but most fitness track users do... also most women are not going to go for the form factor of the basis peak (too big) or some of the garmins (too utilitarian looking). so a competitor has to beat fitbit at hardware and social game to really hurt fitbit. that could happen, but i think it's more likely fitbit will eventually get up to speed on hardware. 

[KLM117]

@matt9013 - AMEN to your comments!

[SunsetRunner]

Being able to use my device during rain or washing my hands is more important than being waterproof. I do understand that the swimmers would like this but then the Blaze will not be for you.

[iLLeStEyECoN]

@TSantaCruz I don't understand why you're on this site if you'll never buy their products again. Kind of counterproductive.

[SunsetRunner]

@iLLeStEyECoN the number of times I've wanted to say that to people on here ... 🙂

[TSantaCruz]

Why does it matter to you if I'm on this site? I joined when I purchased a Fitbit and I get messages sent to my email so I read them to hear what others think. Too much going on in life to worry about if I am on here don't you think?

[SunsetRunner]

Too much going on in life to worry about a product one's never going to buy again, I'd have thought.

[Rich_Laue]

It would be nice if the title of this thread was changed,  since their is no legal definition of waterproof when it comes to electronics.  

It is called water resistant to ??? ATM/Feet/Meter/IP

Overstock has a good article explain how deep a water resistant rating is good for when it comes to swimming. 

Most of Fitbits Water Resistant rations ate 1 ATM, the leagal status of this rating os that it has the ability to be accidenrly submerged or splashed, amd not for diving,  swimming,  or put under a stream of water,  like in the shower. 

Please alao remember that these are static tests and does not mean that it is able to go down that deep