My experience with the Sense

[Nzabigail]

Has anyone else had multiple issues with the Sense- I hate this watch.

I have had 4 fitbits prior and all pretty good. But this Sense one was a hopeless. It has gremlins in it. It changes watch faces randomly, I can’t swipe it, but when in the shower the water from the shower head manages to swipes all the time.

tonight it has simply synced out, I can’t blue tooth to connect it even with 3 hard resets.

I am going to and buy an Apple Watch 

The sense is a **ahem**ty watch that has caused more stress than anything

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[iampeterd]

Sorry, no, maybe you have a bad one?  I've had my Sense (v1) since they came out.  Zero problems though I will say my battery seems to be draining faster recently.

[LarisaAR]

Hi, I have noticed that too. Mine and my husband Senses batteries draining much faster than used to. And my watch does not show sleeping analysis for 3 nights in a row, I hope it will come back. Otherwise it works fine 

[Nzabigail]

Funny you should mention battery life- today the battery drained from

full charge to Zero charge in around 6 hours

and I have not changed the settings. Normally at 2.5 days 

[Nzabigail]

Today funnily the battery drained from full charge to Zero charge in 6 hours. Normally it lasts 2.5 days.

I have not changed settings !

[Mantrisunita]

What did u do then

[Yanhrod]

Same here! For the amount of $ we paid this watch should be amazing.

[DeniseEd]

I've had the SENSE since day one and after 6 months - nothing but issues. I've had it 2yrs.  Connection issues was first sign, then sleep stages, heart rate, SPO2, now charging issues.  But the worse is the inconsistency of it monitoring sleep stages for me.  It's my first and last FitBit.  

For some reason, I notice a connection even customer support doesn't.....everytime someone is playing behind the scenes to update or improve firmware, software and/the app - it affects how my watch performs for weeks and sometimes months.  It's has gotten worse since Google took over FitBit.

I don't recommend this watch to ANYONE.  

I don't recommend 

[Nzabigail]

Hi, thanks for your post. I feel the same and I have just yesterday bought the Apple series 8. It’s an adjustment after 10

years of fitbit but the Sense has driven me mad. Loved me ones prior especially the Ionic but the Sense broke the camels back with its gremlins and no consistency. 

[iampeterd]

Again I’ll say I’ve had zero troubles with my Sense it’s been great -and my third or fourth Fitbit  I understood you will get to Apple 8, that is very tempting for me as well however I live with my Fitbit and I’m not sure I can get used to taking it off every 12 to 18 hours to recharge it. But I am curious if you used any of those apps to transfer your data from Fitbit to Apple healt?. And if that has worked out for you?

[DeniseEd]

When I replace my phone I am considering an Apple Watch.  However, I currently have an android so have to stick with compatible smart watches.  

[DeniseEd]

I live with my watch on except for showering, doing dishes and charging.  Making sure my watch is always clean as well as charger and I'm lucky to get 2.5 days out of it.  I do run SPO2 for my sleep which takes more juice but everything else is set at basic.  I have ZERO notifications going through my watch, except high/low heart rate, not even calls or messages connected to my phone (too annoying and my phone has to be right there to receive it anyway). I'm sure other watches would hold a charge no worse or even better than is.  

I honestly think you're one of the lucky few without issues.