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Playing basketball wearing the Fitbit?

‎06-20-2015 12:59

‎06-20-2015 12:59

Does anyone wear their Fitbit while playing basketball?  I'd love to get the heart rate and calorie burning data recorded, but since my hands/wrists get "slapped" a lot, I'm thinking I should take it off or risk having it broken - which I doubt would be covered by the warranty. Man Happy

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‎06-21-2015 18:55

‎06-21-2015 18:55

Hey 🙂

 

I wear mine when I am playing basketball and as ridiculous as it might look sometimes I just put a sweat band or a piece of pro - wrap over it so that it can't fall off and the sweat band makes it so if you hit the ground it provides some protection!

 

Hope I have helped!

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‎06-23-2015 10:02 - edited ‎06-23-2015 10:02

In response to CorryLester

‎06-23-2015 10:02 - edited ‎06-23-2015 10:02

Thanks, Corry!  I hadn't thought about "falling" aspect. I better check the warranty for shock resistance! LOL The times I have fallen, my wrists have taken much of the impact. Thankfully that hasn't happened in months; when it does I usually wind up in rehab. 🙂

 

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‎06-23-2015 22:15

In response to 60YrsYoung4Now

‎06-23-2015 22:15

The Fitbit survived  2 1/2 hours with flying colors!  I took the advice of a poster on another subject, and wore the tracker "face - in", which worked great. As it turns out, I didn't need to cover it with a sweat band or tape.  I had access to paper towels, which I used regularly to dry off my skin.  In case someone is interested, I did figure out another way to cover/protect the tracker using a 2 inch "Ace"/elastic bandage. Wrap/circle the bandage below the tracker a few times to keep it from sliding down your arm. With the rest of the bandage, cover the tracker and a small area above it on your arm before anchoring the bandage with the clips. That would have worked fine, but I decided to try playing without the extra bulk. Also, if the bandage had gotten sweat-soaked, that could also have created a problem.  🙂 

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‎09-12-2016 12:14

‎09-12-2016 12:14

Hi, 

Whenever I have any kind of basketball workouts or practices I just wear it on my wrists, but for games due to rules you can't have anything on your wrists so I put it in my sock. It works and it still counts your steps, distance, and heart rate all accurately as if it was on your wrist. 

Hope this helps,

Taylor 

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