Fitbit Inspire HR Health and Fitness Tracker with Heart Rate (Black)

I use it as a watch/basic fitness tracker. It has survived the worst of the worst impacts, against doors, walls, cars and much more and hasn't gotten a single crack on the screen. Battery life after almost 2 years is still around 4 to 5 days and every so often when I check the app on my phone, it contains all recorded data without skipping a beat. Helped me analyse my sleep better, track my weight loss, track my daily steps and much more for almost 2 years and is still going strong. Highly recommend,

I'm writing this review after 5 weeks of continuous usage. THE PROS AND CONS ARE PURELY BASED ON MY PERSONAL USECASE. IT MAY DIFFER FROM USER TO USER Pros: 1. Accurate heart rate monitoring 2. Automatic workout detection 3. Super lightweight 4. Great aesthetics (it doesn't come off your wrist at all as it has a classic wrist watch strap) 5. Great battery life (lasts up to 5 days without notifications being enabled. I don't enable notifications as I don't want another device buzzing around my wrist) Cons: 1. Initial set up of the device. It is so F hard that it took close to 20 mins for me. The app needs a major make over. 2. Brightness is a serious issue. Even at full brightness, it is difficult to even read time when out in bright sunlight. 3. In some rare occasions, the device hangs for a couple of seconds. I'm still not able to figure out the reason behind it. 4. Connected GPS doesn't work as expected most of the times. However I don't really feel the need for it as I don't want some third party companies to keep record of my jogging track.

A very nice health tracker. A budget friendly device with all basic features including heart rate monitor. Works pretty well and also seems to be pretty accurate. Customizable clock faces would be nice..but that's just some frills. Does the intended actions pretty well. The Mobile app is also well featured.

Slightly expensive but worth every pinch. Looks elegant. Precise readings. Practically one can wear it 24x7. Display quite adaptable in outdoor light. very specific to fitness enthusiastics. Do not compare with smart watch.

Just dont buy this worse Fitbit product because the device is extremely poor & only the pathetic & hopeless service from Fitbit tops it. Below are the issues I faced within 3 months of buying it 1. The display stopped working within a month of purchase and as usual no where to go to get it working again. It keeps on going again & again with no resolution. Luckily for me it started in 1 day by itself but had to endure this issue 2-3 times already 2. HR tracking stopped working in 3 months, and it simply does not show the heart rate normally, neither during exercise nor during sleep. why should one pay extra for heart rate tracking when its not going to be monitored. Written to Fitbit support & as usual, no response from their support system. Its just fraud 3. It shows exercise data inaccurate & incorrect. The total steps, distance, Calories, Pace, Speed is calculated grossly inaccurate for the same duration & intensity of exercise as it is caluclated through Google Fit or other trackers. Fitbit shows almost 2500 steps less in 50 mins of walking/running. 4. In absence of HR tracking, it will not give you sleep analysis Stay away from this device in specific & try to not buy any stuff from Fitbit in general. They will charge you 3 times the avg price of trackers available in market & give you absolutely no service at all. Even the chinese cheap trackers lasts long & give better service

Have been using for 5 months now. Really satisfied with the Fitbit HR. Battery lasts for 5+days. The auto detect feature for games, exercise is great. Only negative is that the sync with mobile takes long and multiple tries.

Loved the band... It does all it says and more. But the only problem is that after 4 moths the band just snapped off... And snapped off in such a way that there is no way to put another wrist band and acrry on... And the main problem? There is just no way that I am able to contact the seller to find a solution. There is no seller information or customer care or a phone number or email. It's an expensive product and there is no way that I am able to use it after 4-5 months. Expect a speedy resolution to this problem. Let's see.

Syncing with mobile app is very painful. Every time I initiate manual sync, initially it will fail. No clear indication of what went wrong. And then suddenly the bluetooth sync will go through. I later came to know that this is a common problem across all fitbit products.

2 weeks of using this, I have to say I’m loving it. Wore it for my swimming session. It worked! As for battery life, it’s not as bad as what others have commented. I did not turn on the text notification. Only for calls. If they text means it’s not urgent. Well at least that’s my theory. The watch looks great too. The strap is comfortable. Certain material will tend to stick on the strap but u can just wipe it off. I strongly recommend this if you are looking for something less costly yet stylish, reliable and comfortable.

Written in March 2021 - purchased in May 2020. I wear this fitbit almost every single day, even while I sleep. Pros: -The heart rate, step count, exercise detection, and calorie burn tracking features have been revolutionary for my awareness of and adherence to personal fitness. When combined with a calorie counting app, they make it relatively simple to make adjustments to stay on target for weight loss/maintenance/gain goals. -Heart rate tracking during exercise is great for adjusting your preferred level of challenge and knowing when you're really pushing your limits. -Hyper-comfortable. Having never worn a watch before, it took a very brief adjustment period before I simply didn't feel it on my arm anymore. Sometimes I have to feel or look to doublecheck that I actually have it on. -Sleep tracking is a great reality check for bad habits regarding sleep, giving you a decent ballpark of how much you ACTUALLY sleep (hint: you're probably sleeping less than you think). If I'm unusually tired, I can usually track it back to getting 6 hours of sleep multiple days in a row. No more throwing my hands up and assuming I'm just plagued by some soul-sucking fatigue monster. -Calorie tracker app integration makes it relatively simple to deduct your calorie output (metabolism+activity) from your calorie input (food). -Battery life is fantastic. Wearing it all day nearly every day and checking it off and on, I can go more than a week before having to charge it. The idea of having to charge my high-falutin' Apple watch every single day just sounds strange and obnoxious to me now, so, it's probably ruined the concept of full-blown smart watches for me. -Resting heart rate information is an interesting fitness metric to watch rise and fall as you fall in an out of exercise patterns. After I hadn't been working out for a few months and then got covid-19, my resting heart rate had managed to creep from 54 bpm to 66 bpm. A couple weeks into a new exercise program and it's back in the 50's. -Durable. -Easy to clean. -Never used a screen protector and the screen has held up great. Cons: -Heart rate tracker is not always reliable, even when placed on your arm exactly as directed by the instructions. My favorite is when I can stick my finger to my neck and count off a heart rate around 130 bpm and my watch is telling me that my heart rate is EXACTLY, UNERRINGLY 84 bpm. There's absolutely nothing I can do except wait for it to take its sweet time to start tracking my actual heart rate. I feel like its accuracy was a lot better when I first bought it and not even a year later I'm starting to have serious issues with inconsistency. -Battery performance is just beginning to degrade at 10 months. When I charge it to 100%, as soon as I take it off the charger it will then drop to around 90%. Battery life is still great, but I'll wager I get another 6-ish months before it starts to be a real problem. That would line up with it having a 1-year warranty. -Doesn't sync smoothly with every food tracking app. I have to Force Sync it (basically a one-time manual sync) to the LoseIt app every time I want to factor my latest steps or exercise against my calorie intake. -Online integration. The app apparently stores your data online instead of locally, so if you try to scroll down into your historical data, it has to download it. It sure is fun, sitting there looking at a blank heart rate chart as it chugs along trying to download all your data on a crappy signal. Exactly how much storage space would it cost to just keep a local copy on my phone, anyway? 10MB? Fitbit, please. -Premium ads. Fitbit watches are vehicles for selling you a subscription service. They will poke and prod and remind and ask and notify you until you pay up. "Try the trial!" they implore you... every single day. Good God. Imagine buying one of the $200 fitbits and have it basically beg you to buy premium the entire time you have it. That said, I absolutely do not regret anything about this purchase. Overall, it's been fantastically useful. As a data-driven person I find that its informative value empowers me to control my fitness level with enhanced accuracy and motivation. **UPDATE** It's now May 2024 and I've learned a lot about these devices. When I initially bought the Inspire HR, I expected absolutely perfect heart rate tracking, and that's not what I actually received, so I gave the Inspire HR to my wife and ended up trying a couple more FitBit products, the Inspire 2 (functionally the same as the Inspire HR), and the Charge 5 (basically a higher-end/sturdier version of the Inspire line). I also received a free Polar Vantage M ($270 fitness tracker) from my employer and tried that out. Here's what you need to know: -Four years later, the Inspire HR I purchased on Amazon is still working despite constant use. -DO NOT LET THE BATTERY STAY DEAD. It has an extremely long life, but if you put it in a drawer and forget about it for months, the battery will not work the same when you pull it back out again. -Tightening the band (a lot) during cardio seems to help with heart rate accuracy. This is true of all of the optical heart rate monitors. -Optical heart rate monitors just plain CAN'T handle sudden heart rate bursts - they seem to use a sort of long-interval averaging, which means they take a minute to catch up to sudden changes, and they'll never be as accurate as electrical heart monitors. But for an inexpensive consumer-grade device, I'm satisfied with its capabilities. If you need every single beat perfectly accounted for, then you need an ELECTRICAL heart rate monitor - preferably a chest strap. That's pretty overkill for most general fitness enthusiasts or people seeking to be more active. -FitBit probably overestimates your steps and calorie burn by 10-20%. The more you move, the bigger the gap. Be wary of basing dietary decisions on its estimates. Its projections are better for analyzing your overall physical activity trend. -FitBit's device integration and data syncing capabilities make Polar look stuck in 2005. It took days of re-attempts over multiple months to get my Polar watch to even pair to my phone, only to eventually discover that Polar's software is essentially useless for what I need. The Polar Vantage M is a $270 device; that it's getting dominated in ease of use and data accessibility by a $60 plastic FitBit is inexcusible. I have a massively increased respect for the Inspire HR, Inspire 2, and Charge 5 after my experience with Polar. Four years later, I have no regrets and wholly endorse FitBit's non-smart fitness watch lines.

Questo fitness tracker è senza ombra di dubbio un ottimo dispositivo, ma andiamo per steps: - PACKAGE Se devo proprio essere sincero (e pignolo) mi aspettavo una scatola più "professional" invece si presenta a mo' di prodotto da appendere che fa un po' "seconda linea" ma non c'è problema. Sono le mie fisse :) Per il resto tutto ottimo, all'interno troverete: - Orologio con cinturino Small - cinturino Large - carica batteria USB - libretto informativa sicurezza e garanzia Tutto ben curato, Fitbit è una garanzia da questo punto di vista. - CONFIGURAZIONE La prima cosa che faccio è provare ad indossare il tracker senza leggere nulla, e infatti sbaglio, nonostante ci sia il 51% di carica il dispositivo si accende ma non monitora (eh lo so, sono frettoloso). I passi da eseguire per il primo utilizzo sono i seguenti: - Scaricare l'app di Fitbit - Mettere in carica il tracker tramite il carica batteria USB in dotazione - seguire il wizard tramite app di Fitbit che vi indicherà tutti i passaggi step by step Una piccolissimissima nota dolente: durante la configurazione mi è stato richiesto un aggiornamento che è durato quasi 15 minuti, in questo periodo di tempo non potrete andare distanti con il vostro telefono perchè sarà in continuo sincro con il tracker. Dovrete portare pazienza. La nota positiva è che la batteria si carica molto velocemente, a quanto pare, è passato da un 51% al 90% in questo periodo di configurazione cha sarà durato massimo 20min. - UTILIZZO Beh che dire... molto comodo. Grazie alle sue piccole dimensioni quasi non si percepisce nemmeno. Non starò qui a ripetere tutte le funzionalità possibili (sono tutte scritte nella descrizione) ma mi limiterò a dirvi questo: - Rilevatore battito del cuore molto preciso e costante, uno dei motivi principali che mi ha spinto ad acquistare questo prodotto - Contapassi, per ora, fedele a quanto effettivamente fatto (leggo molte recensioni che si lamentano del conteggio durante il sonno, vi saprò dire) - fantastico nel riconoscere l'attività fisica - il conteggio calorie viene stimato sui 15 minuti per ora risulta fedele al mio metabolismo basale - la possibilità di utilizzare il timer a countdown, per quanto sia banale, ma è super (anche se sarei stato un po' preciso con i secondi) - Ho eliminato ogni tipo di notifica extra, ma questa è stata una mia scelta personale (ho già il telefono che "rompe") e se volete un consiglio: toglietele pure voi, no gioverà la durata della batteria - PREZZO Il prezzo è in linea con il prodotto che state acquistando, il rapporto qualità prezzo non si discute. Fitbit, ottimo lavoro!

I was rather sceptical about these fitness trackers for some time but over the last couple of years have really found them to be an excellent motivator and thus, a useful thing in life. My first type was the Samsung smart watch which, I liked a lot until an upgrade somehow screwed up some of the functions. After that I realised that I had not been wearing my far more expensive watch which simply sat in a draw in my bedroom so instead decided to buy a smaller fitness tracker and use my real watch for it's intended purpose not as a bedroom ornament. So, I've had a couple of these things and now this Fitbit which, is by far the best I've had. Firstly, it's small so can be worn on my right wrist - I'm right handed - whilst my traditional watch is on my left and not look like Del Boy trying to flog a Chineseium knock off in the market. It has all the functions I want plus a few I don't use. My requirement is heart rate and steps both of which are remarkably accurate. I've checked the distance and steps against my wife's tracker and against Google maps and it's remarkably close to actual distance and steps. Heart rate compares favourably with my Omron BPM reading so pretty good. There are other functions of course such as time, sleep etc. Nice to haves but not my primary focus. The App is intuitive, easy to install and works flawlessly. It gives my more information than I need and asks for more than I can be bothered to input such as water consumption. I mean, who goes to those lengths? I was a marine engineer on a steam ship where the temperatures were often in the upper 50's C and we didn't worry about water consumption. We got thirsty and we drank until not thirsty. The App has a premium section which is behind a paywall. I'm a bit suspicious of that because once you get tied into something ending up wit a regular payment can be incrementally sneaked in. If that happens I'll be off to another fitness tracker. What else. Oh yes. You get two straps with this, small and large. The small one works for my petite 5'2" wife and the larger is great for me and I have large wrists thanks to many years in a ships engineroom and also working out in gyms. Power is good for at least five days. I reckon I've gone nearly seven days before it died so keeping it charged is not a problem. Apart from the actual charger that is. The charging USB cable is pants. It's the one downside of this tracker because it's not a hard fix onto the charging points and the cable tends to catch the strap and not sit securely. I ended up buying a 3rd party charger with a stand which, is far better. See the link. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07QL1B4SH/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Overall a great fitness tracker and if you want a smaller one so you can still use your normal watch then this would be a good option.

Works well, looks great, light and exactly as advertised. My one real criticism would be that working a desk job where you move your hands a lot (like filing or stapling packages together) does count steps. Make sure you go into the settings and set the watch to your dominant hand so it knows to filter out some of the movements. Or, pick one day you to almost no steps and find out how many steps are counted based on moving your hands around, and then up your daily goals to include that discrepancy. The fitbit app you need to use the fitbit is easy and detailed. And you can get even more detailed activity reports by logging in online. I would recommend to anyone who wants to track their day to day activity. You can set goals and notifications, and quick access options if you tend to run/bike/swim rather than other activities. I would suggest turning of the progress notifications if you're just using it day to day. They can be a little distracting.