Lately we're finding ourselves different devices on the market that measure our daily activity in steps. Today I want to talk to you about the three brands that are collapsing and revolutionizing the market for daily activity accuracy. With this type of device, we can have controlled in a simple way, your calorie consumption, the daily steps you do, the hours of sleep you have and many more options that you can customize to make your own statistics and measurements. So I want to ask you a question. Whichever you choose, or if you are thinking of buying any of these three, Today we will analyze each one of them.
Fitbit Flex, how is it?
Fitbit Flex it is a bracelet that measures your daily activity. Both the steps you take, calories you burn, distance you travel and even the quality of your sleep hours. It is a very simple, rubber bracelet that is available in two colors, black or slate blue. Personally, I like the black one that is more discreet. If you want also, you can buy other colored bracelets, which comes in a pack of three.
Inside this bracelet, there is a sensor that measures all your movements precisely. The bracelet closes with a clasp and to see what you are doing during the day to day, on top of it, by pressing the sensor, it gives us small signals through lights to know how we are evolving. For the rest of the information, you have to access it through its mobile or web application.
To activate it you just have to give two gentle taps and the lights show you the progress of your daily goal, and when you reach 100% of your goal, the bracelet will vibrate for a few seconds. To put it in sleep mode, you only have to give five light taps and it will monitor your hours of sleep without any problem.
The best of Fitbit
- It weighs hardly anything, you do not realize that you wear it
- Lo you can sync instantly either with the computer via a small USB, or with the mobile via Bluetooth 4.0
- In addition to distance, steps and calories burned, you can monitor your eating habits
- Being a bracelet, you will not forget it anywhere
- It is totally Waterproof
- It is designed so that in your day by day be less sedentary and move a little more
- Su battery, lasts an average of about 7-8 days
The worst of Fitbit
- Its design is not very attractive, if you like something with more design, you have to buy your pack of additional bracelets
- When working with Bluetooth 4.0 only compatible with iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4, Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Note III
- Doesn't count the steps you take going up or down stairs, another of its models, Fitbit One if it does
- Within the part of monitoring eating habits, if you want to introduce food, it is in English
- If you move at night, interpret that you have woken up. If you are still, you are asleep.
It costs 99,95€ in the Fitbit Store, and the three additional colored bracelets cost 26 euros.
JawBone Up, how is it?
The Jawbone Up has arrived with a more careful design than the Fitbit Flex. It is not an ordinary bracelet, You have different colors to choose from, it is waterproof and its design is more elegant. This premium finish does not affect weight, thickness or comfort. You just have to choose your wrist size (there are three different types of JawBone Up sizes), and thanks to its light weight, you will hardly notice that you are wearing it.
As an innovative point, does not have a fixed closure. Directly fits the wrist. Its sensors are located at the ends of the bracelet. In one of them there is a small hood with the name of the product, and if you open it, you find a connector that allows you to synchronize the bracelet with the application and charge it using an adapter that is included with the purchase of your JawBone Up.
The other end of the JawBone Up is a small switch to switch between day and night mode. Like the Fitbit Flex, it does not give us time information. You discover everything through its application. Of everything that happens with the bracelet, you can only see it by the two LEDs next to the button, which indicate if you are in normal or night mode.
Best of JawBone Up
- Provides information on distance traveled, calories burned, total active time, longer active / inactive periods, as well as estimated calories burned while resting.
- Also quantify what we eat and it is in Spanish, so you can enter each of the foods in your personalized panel.
- While we sleep, it provides us with data on how long we have slept, time in bed, time it took to fall asleep, time we were awake, times we woke up, phases of light sleep and phases of deep sleep
- It has a smart alarm for the nap that also acts by vibration
- You can activate up to a total of 4 alarm clocks
- You can scan food barcodes that you are eating, and not only gives us the calorie information of the food, but what we can eat and how often
- Su battery lasts about 7-8 days
The worst of JawBone Up
- Like the Fitbit Flex, we do not have the possibility to show the time, but it also does not show us the activity we are doing
- Absence of bluetooth connectivity, so when we want to see the data in the application, we have to remove the hood from one side of the bracelet and connect it to the jack of the smartphone
- Only syncs with mobile phones, not with the computer or tablet, so sometimes the panel falls a little short in terms of full display
Its price on the website of Jawbone up is 129,99€.
Nike Fuel Band
Nike Fuel Band It is similar to the other two options since you also have the possibility to carry the device everywhere easily like a clock. This new device, has two ways of synchronization. On the one hand the USB, but on the other hand, we can also sync it through the Bluetooth connection, 2.0.
To recharge it is done through this USB port, with which we can also automatically synchronize our data with the application on our smartphone or computer. It measures steps, distance and calories, and it is also like a clock with a beautiful design.
Best of Nike Fuel Band
- It is easy to carry, the design is quite beautiful and attractive and the operation is very simple.
- Both the application for iOS and the one for OS X give a lot of information as a user.
- The iOS app is quite complete and allows you to adjust the parameters of the bracelet at any time.
The worst of the Nike Fuel Band
- The battery is low and lasts less than the other two devices, around 2-3 days.
It is priced at $ 149 on the Nike official website.