Blaze.. why does this thing even exist.

[Camak]

I thought I was one of the few of having issues with this Blaze thing. I bought this thing half price on Amazon and today I understand why this piece of garbage was half price. I'm not even gonna discuss all the issues I've had with this pice of crap yet and this forum only confirms that FitBit has created a monster, a high priced piece of garbage; even at half price.

[Rich_Laue]

It probably is half price because Fitbit does not offer the Blaze for sale anymore, I assume Amazon is trying to reduce is stock.

If you are interested in receiving hello from your fellow Fitbit users, could you be a little more specific on the issue you are having?

He the Blaze been so to your Fitbit account?

resu

[Helkstadt]

They probably stopped making because of a faulty design.  Other Fitbit products have a pretty good track record, but the blaze doesn't.  They replaced my blaze pebble twice and about to replace again in a few days.  It is the same issue every time and support doesn't know what the issue is.  This does not make me want to never use fitbit, it just makes me want to use anything but the blaze.

[Rich_Laue]

Actually they stopped producing it with the release of the Versa, which has many of the features that users requested for the Blaze. Unfortunately the Blaze does not have the ability to add the wanted features.

Until the Versa came out the blaze was my favorite tracker

Saying that the forum only process that the Blaze is bad is like watching 10 hours of youtube videos of auto accidents then saying that all drivers are idiots, look at all the accidents.

[NatalieJackman]

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@Rich_Laue wrote:

It probably is half price because Fitbit does not offer the Blaze for sale anymore, I assume Amazon is trying to reduce is stock.

If you are interested in receiving hello from your fellow Fitbit users, could you be a little more specific on the issue you are having?

He the Blaze been so to your Fitbit account?

resu

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Getting awfully defensive considering you have gone through many of these devices. I realize you are financially all in but don't lose your head and think that it's acceptable for the Blaze to be having battery issues one year in.

[Rich_Laue]

Actually I haven't gone through many devices, as a member of the community Council I've been blessed to receive a few models. The Ultra, I bought 6 years ago, Fitbit does not support anymore, but still turns on and counts steps. The Charge was lost by my Niece, the Charge HR, received Nov 2024 developed  battery issues  last September. 2 brothers have the Surge Dec 2014 and April 2015 both are being used daily., THe Blaze Jan 2016 is being used by a frilend. The Fitbit One Jan 2014 is still being used by my neighbor. All but 3 trackers are still be used daily. All trackers still have acceptable battery life with one Surge only getting 3.5 days.

My one failure is the Ionic that after the latest update it failed to sync, then restart after a factory reset, Fitbit is going to replace it. A few have also posted about having this experience.

I'm not trying to be defensive, I do know a little bit about how to keep an lithium battery alive, but this will not help b if Fitbit received a shipment of bad batteries

[NatalieJackman]

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@Rich_Laue wrote:

Actually I haven't gone through many devices, as a member of the community Council I've been blessed to receive a few models. The Ultra, I bought 6 years ago, Fitbit does not support anymore, but still turns on and counts steps. The Charge was lost by my Niece, the Charge HR, received Nov 2024 developed  battery issues  last September. 2 brothers have the Surge Dec 2014 and April 2015 both are being used daily., THe Blaze Jan 2016 is being used by a frilend. The Fitbit One Jan 2014 is still being used by my neighbor. All but 3 trackers are still be used daily. All trackers still have acceptable battery life with one Surge only getting 3.5 days.

My one failure is the Ionic that after the latest update it failed to sync, then restart after a factory reset, Fitbit is going to replace it. A few have also posted about having this experience.

I'm not trying to be defensive, I do know a little bit about how to keep an lithium battery alive, but this will not help b if Fitbit received a shipment of bad batteries

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Lithium is easy to keep alive. I don't appreciate being blamed by Fitbit. Somehow I managed to keep a 2011 MacBook Pro running on it's battery through 2015 until I upgraded but a watch can't last 365 days. If they are sending them to you, I presume free I have to take your feedback with a grain of salt. At best you are getting cherry picked devices.

[Rich_Laue]

Most of the devices are simply grabbed from the supply. Yes lithium batteries are easy to keep alive, never charge above 90%, and don't let it get much below 30%, and don't leave sitting on the charger for hours.

[NatalieJackman]

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@Rich_Laue wrote:

Most of the devices are simply grabbed from the supply. Yes lithium batteries are easy to keep alive, never charge above 90%, and don't let it get much below 30%, and don't leave sitting on the charger for hours.

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Wrong! According to customer support I was blamed because I didn't charge the battery all the way up. Furthermore Fitbit should have managed this through Firmware. Not to mention the fact that other devices have had voltage regulators for years and have been able to avoid over charging.

Again don't blame the customer, do your job and get it right is my message for Fitbit. I do automation. That is my expertise. I don't blame the client when they don't understand how the system works. I make it simple stupid so they can just use it. Blaming the customer is a sign of problems.

[Rich_Laue]

I want blaming anyone, simply stating the accepted steps to extend the life of a lithium battery.

The battery charger in your Blaze has an input rating for up to 35 volts.

I do not think the required cooling is available.

[Ritad130]

Loved my blaze it still works and I’ve gone through two ionics since that were both garbage. Am beginning to think Fitbit no longer knows how to make a decent product.

[NatalieJackman]

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@Rich_Laue wrote:

I want blaming anyone, simply stating the accepted steps to extend the life of a lithium battery.

The battery charger in your Blaze has an input rating for up to 35 volts.

I do not think the required cooling is available.

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You should view the other active thread where the moderator says to fully charge the battery. So essentially darn if you do because it kills the battery and darn if you don’t because if it is defective they blame you for doing best practices for a battery.

If you are defending this then you are a blind fool or paid plant.

[Rich_Laue]

Simply staying the accepted procedure for the general care of a login battery is not taking a stand on pro or con with Fitbit.

As for additional cooling, no it is not need, as I stated the battery charger on trip is able to handle up to 35 volts, we only feed 1/7 of this into the tracker. At 35 volts additional cooling would be required.

[NatalieJackman]

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@Rich_Laue wrote:

Simply staying the accepted procedure for the general care of a login battery is not taking a stand on pro or con with Fitbit.

As for additional cooling, no it is not need, as I stated the battery charger on trip is able to handle up to 35 volts, we only feed 1/7 of this into the tracker. At 35 volts additional cooling would be required.

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Well you are in stark disagreement with the mod here saying to charge it all the way up...

So once again I say, it’s a poor business plan to blame the customer.

[Rich_Laue]

I made no comment in pro or against the mod. Let's look at what the Battery University has to say 

There is a reason Tells does not fully charge their batteries