fitbit flex vs. polar watch FT4

zbeesma86

I am looking into buying one of these and I'm torn!!!

anyone use or have used one of both of these??

Arcadia1114

I've had the fitbit one since March. I love everything about it. One advantage of the One is that it can be discreet. I wear mine all the time. I dress up for work and don't want to wear a plastic band all the time. I can clip the One in my pocket. If I'm wearing a dress, it clips in my bra.

Flamingemu

In order to get accurate counts off of a heartrate watch, you have to wear a chest strap. If you are only looking for exercise related counts, the Polar is great. If you want to track your daily steps and sleep, get the FitBit Flex. 

FWIW, I have both and have also used the BogyBugg (all at different stages in life). The Body Bugg was the best piece of equipment in tracking my movement to lose a bunch of weight. Once I lost the bulk of my weight, I switched to just tracking my exercise calories burned with a Polar HRM. I recently bought the Flex because I am having problems sleeping and wanted to track my sleep better. The Flex is awesome at that. 

I love data.

zbeesma86

Thank you ladies!!!

speechie517

Flamingemu said:

In order to get accurate counts off of a heartrate watch, you have to wear a chest strap. If you are only looking for exercise related counts, the Polar is great. If you want to track your daily steps and sleep, get the FitBit Flex. 

FWIW, I have both and have also used the BogyBugg (all at different stages in life). The Body Bugg was the best piece of equipment in tracking my movement to lose a bunch of weight. Once I lost the bulk of my weight, I switched to just tracking my exercise calories burned with a Polar HRM. I recently bought the Flex because I am having problems sleeping and wanted to track my sleep better. The Flex is awesome at that. 

I love data.

Saw your avatar and siggy pic and was excited to see another WV person. Where in WV are you? I'm in Charleston.