Is the Fitbit sense recommended?

[lonarkesa]

Hi everyone, I'm thinking of buying a Fitbit sense to use as heart rate, HRV, sleep, notifications tracking

My question is, how is it going today? I read a lot of complaints about malfunctions, the heart rate measurement is quite bad, etc.

This was fixed or are the problems still?

And I wanted to know how necessary the Premium membership is, does it force you to pay for many functions or is it not so necessary to have it?

[Guy_]

Hi @lonarkesa - premium isn't necessary, except for snore detection, but that uses a lot of battery so you may only use it a few times.

There don't appear to have been any updates to improve heart rate measurements on the Sense 1/2, Versa 3/4 during movements or exercises..

The Versa 2 may be more accurate for heart rate measurements.

[SunsetRunner]

Don’t do it!!!!  
The Sense is an expensive piece of garbage. The only things it does correctly is tell the time and alarms. HR monitor is off. I can jog in place and get 5-7 flights of stairs. 3-5 times a day I don’t get notifications to move. The list is endless. 

[scaddenp]

Last firmware update was august last year and with Sense 2 out, I doubt that there will be others.  Sense 2 is a downgrade. That update added some status indicators and made stairs very slightly less sucky in my opinion but other problems persist. Looking at the Sense 2 forums, it seems the same problems carry over to Sense 2. I dont think Google is interested in the brand (the downgrades), so I would look elsewhere. I certainly will when my watch expires.

[Clove6060]

It works for me. I’ve had mine over 2 years and have not experienced any of the complaints. I’ll look for something g else when mine does as well, only for something new.