The fact that the discovery of the Fitbit Tracker coincided with our trip to Antigua, staying mere steps away from the ocean, we decided to put the Fitbit to the test.
Five days into using the Fitbit we must say we are happy to have it! With Rum punch on the lunch menu daily carving a few steps into our daily program is a must. As with our old clunky pedometers, using one makes you pay attention to what you are doing.
Once you have set up your Fitbit.com account, with the Bluetooh enabled Fibit Plus if you are within 10 feet of your computer your step data will automatically upload. This is great expect if you have limited connectivity which is our issue at moment.
No worries mon. You can manually input your steps into your profile online but the catch is here that you have to remember when the sun sets and you are enjoying island cocktails that you had better record your steps on a piece of paper because come morning your tracker has reset itself to ZERO – ouch.
With your online Fitbit account you can manually add your different activities and caloric intake. It records your steps, how stairs you’ve climbed (some days we’ve done the Statue of Liberty, others Leaning Tower of Pisa).
Being on the island of Antigua it’s difficult to pay a lot of attention to details but Fitbit certainly offers lots to work with.
We don’t know if it’s the heat, humidity, salt water or sunblock but the back of the Tracker after only 5 days is blistered (better it than us), so that’s not great considering it’s brand new. We really wish it was waterproof for swimming in the ocean. Perhaps the next generation.
Obsessed or paying attention? We are not sure yet which the Fitbit will make us.
Oh, look, there goes a tray of Rum Punch. We must go now.
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My understanding is that the FitBit Ultra keeps 7 days worth of detailed data (which includes minute by minute step counts) and 30 days of basic data which includes total steps and calories burned. So even though the counters reset to zero for the new day, it still remembers what happened the day before (which is what makes logging your sleep possible).
So as long as you can connect once every 7 days you’re okay! After that, your next big issue is to make sure you’re charging it every couple of days, even if there’s no connection for syncing the data.
FitBit ForTheWin!