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Blaze/improvements

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‎01-26-2018 05:14

‎01-26-2018 05:14

After researching several dif trackers I settled on the blaze.  I like it but I feel it’s not accurate.  I also think several features are pointless, like the music since I still need my phone, what’s the point of that?  The sleep feature is very inaccurate, I can be awake and up walking around and it still says I’m sleeping. Because I know this is inaccurate it makes me wonder how if the heart rate is.  These were the two main features I was looking for in the Fitbit to begin with.   Also what about adding a find my phone feature, I believe you have that on another Fitbit but not the blaze.  The water consumption is a bit inconvenient to use and could be made as a one touch feature on the device itself.  Thanks for listening.😀

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‎02-07-2018 16:07 - edited ‎02-07-2018 16:07

‎02-07-2018 16:07 - edited ‎02-07-2018 16:07

I found the blaze to be fairly accurate on heart rate when exercising (when resting the heart rate was not so good but that could just be because of my chubby er um I mean muscular arms)  At the gym on the bike or on the treadmill I would grab the heart rate sensor and compare the result with what the Blaze was displaying and it was almost always the same (maybe out by 1 to 5 beats sometimes)

 

As for the Music well it was just a means of controlling  the songs eg Next Song, Back, Pause etc and since you also need your phone to enable the Assisted GPS (in other words the Blaze uses the GPS on your phone as it does not have Built in GPS) you are most likely to have your phone with you anyway if you are tracking your walk/run with GPS.

 

If you want stand-alone Music and GPS then the Ionic does this so you can leave your phone at home (but seriously, who, these days leaves their phone at home anymore?)

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‎02-08-2018 02:48

‎02-08-2018 02:48

Music control was added at the request if the community of Fitbit users, it looks like you where overridden here. 

 

As for sleep, several have reported that it is surprisingly close to commercial sleep million dollar sleep lab results. Yes it will not be perfect 

 

Heart rate the Blaze is looking at the changes in blood density, not the electrical impulses that a chest strap does. Most reviews I've read have explained why the heart rate reported is close enough, you can do your own search. 

Not enough info to take a guess at steps. 

Yes it is not perfect, but yes it has been found to be close enough. 

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