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No kidding, in fact I had assumed when buying the fitbit that it wouldn't turn off with the tap of the button because I'm prone to do that in my sleep without thinking. I would much rather have to disable it from my phone or something like that. OR at least choose whether or not I can disable it (1) with a tap or (2) from my phone or (3) by amount of steps or (4) by stepping on to the aria scale. It's clear that this should allow for more configuration - it's a key feature.
Would love to have an update for the Alta silent alarm! 3 vibrations is just not enough to wake me to a level I won't doze off again, and 9 minutes between alarms is way too long! Would love a stronger and more persistent alarm.
Silent alarms should not be something easy to miss. Longer duration -- pester me until I react -- or greater intensity. The current Silent Alarms on the Charge 2 is a mere shadow of what it used to be.
I keep visualizing the scenario where someone in a dorm set their alarm clock and goes out of town so the entire dorm is trying to find a way to get in the room to stop the alarm that won't stop. Hahahaha. Or the day I leave my Fitbit on the dresser and my hubby is home sleeping (he works nights and sleeps days) and there goes my fitbit just buzzing along... :-). I guess as long as it is a user setting to have it just buzz for a time or until tapped...
I'm surprised this hasn't been changed yet considering the amount of people wanting it for years now. I can't use a key feature on my fitbit because the alarm only lasts a short time and i'm a heavy sleeper. Please for the love of god spend some time implementing customizable options for silent alarms already. Give your consumers an option to have it vibrate for 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 2 minutes, etc.
What I ended up doing was setting 6 alarms. Goes off every minute for 6 minutes. I have a total of 18 alarms set based on the days routine. 6 is enough to wake me and I'm someone that drops into a sleep with a HR of 45.... It's a shifty workaround but one that has worked for me.
Please please please give us a proper upgrade to the Charge HR.
I had to return the Charge 2 as the silent alarm was non existent. I really liked it but a silent alarm is a key feature to me and I could hardly feel it when I was awake let alone when I'm asleep.
I am hoping the next tracker fitbit bring out will look as good as the Charge 2 with the same intensity alarm as the Charge HR, possibly with the ability to use it for swimming.....Garmin have done it, why can't Fitbit !!
I had the HR and loved the silent alarm. I upgraded to HR2 and the silent alarm is not as strong as it was on the original HR PLEASE bring that back. Thanks.
I agree. My Alta really doesn't wake me up and I was SURE it would. I'm not a heavy sleeper, but this is so unreliable that I can't use it. Who can afford to be late for work? It needs to continue longer or be more intense. I suspect the former would be easier to achieve.
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