Life Expectancy of the Blaze

[DaveStrickland]

What is the official life expectancy of the Blaze?

[Odyssey13]

 Reach out to customer support. Their phone number is (877)623-4997 between the hours of 4am-8pm PST Mon-Fri, and 6am-5pm PST on weekends, if you're in the USA. The phone number to call from the UK is: 0800 069 8505. Operation hours: 9:00am - 6:00pm. If you're not in the USA or if you prefer an online chat or email, then click for contact options

[DaveStrickland]

Thank you.

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[SeanJC]

I've had mine since about 2015.  Still working.

[Odyssey13]

@DaveStrickland  mine lasted two years, but people vary in how long their devices last.

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[WendyB]

Mines still going since 2015 as well

But I agree it depends on many things. Mostly how its being charged

[Rich_Laue]

Mine still is being used, but not by me

[jimbo4002]

GOOD LUCK and BUYERS BEWARE......  I just got off the horn with "customer service" . I have a product that stopped working after updating the firmware and it basically "bricked" the unit that was a gift from a recently passed relative. They simply said "sorry it was defective and replaced once"   Evidently it was a refurb that was gifted to me and I am OUT. 

So I will have to look for a new solution to fix this but am REALLY reluctant to purchase any product from these people if this is the way they stand behind there products. I wasnt even offered a thing. Simply a "Sorry about your luck Mr..." 

[TSBlaze]

For me, almost 4 years. My Blaze just stopped recharging, so I guess I'm out of the tracker game.

[Ray_Ed]

So far I've never gotten any kind of answer from Fitbit on this question.

My first device was a Flex that lasted a little over 2 1/2 years.  I charged it when it needed charging but would sometimes leave it on the charger overnight and was told that would shorten the life.

Replaced it with a Blaze and was as conscientious as possible about never leaving it on the charger longer than it took to get a full charge. That seemed to get me an extra year  - it lasted 3 1/2 years.  The extra year aside, the death spiral was almost identical.  Sudden but small drop in how long it would go between charges that lasted for months followed by quick drops (think half-life) over successive charges until it just stopped working.  Said another way, I got a reliable standard life (8 days on the Flex and 5 days on the Blaze) that dropped by a day (7 days Flex and 4 days Blaze) and lasted for months that way.  Then over a period of 3 charges it went from 4 days to 2 days to 1 day then dead.

[TSBlaze]

Yep. That's exactly how mine went, too.