- Fitness tracking
- Heart rate monitor
- Sleep tracking
- Expensive
- Limited battery life
- Small display
The Fitbit Charge 5 Advanced Health & Fitness Tracker with Built-in GPS, Stress Management Tools, Sleep Tracking, 24/7 Heart Rate and More, in Black/Graphite, One Size with S &L Bands Included is a wearable device that allows you to take control of your body, mind, and health. With the Fitbit Charge 5 + Premium membership, you can connect the dots in your life and make informed decisions that can improve your overall well-being.
Per Amazon review i saw under "most helpful negative review" : "If you have no plans on paying for the fitbit premium subscription then do not buy this as they are very careful not to tell you that half the features of the watch don't work without it. The health metrics dashboard is part of the subscription so without that you don't get SpO2 monitoring, heart rate variability, skin temperature variation, breathing rate during sleep or 14 out of the supposed 20 exercise routines. There is more outside of the withheld features like not being able to turn off gps(the options are dynamic, using the gps built into the watch and just your phone), location services, being auto enrolled into some social club, fitbit selling the data they collect even though it's not a free product(you MUST agree to this in order to setup the watch) and by default having the watch set to send you all sorts of emails but I guess I get upset about that more than other people these days."
Don't enter your credit card info - they WILL charge you for $79.99 and not give you the 6 month free-trial period (which you paid for in the cost of the watch). They assume that if you give your credit card that you want the month or yearly subscription. And once you get that you are automatically ineligible to get the 6 months. It's a total scam!!!
The Charge 5 band disconnected constantly in the 6 months that the battery didn’t fail. Then in month 7 the Charge 5 lost it’s charge completely in 9 hours or less. This product is absolutely garbage and should not even be sold. When I chatted with customer service I found this is an issue across the board in addition to the shoddy band. Don’t even bother with this fitness monitor. I have been with fitbit since they began, and thrre hsve been issues with every model I purchased. I only stayed for the informational platform they provided but a 6 month life pushed me right over the edge. I bought a garmin, now I have no problems at all, and specifically with Fitbit JUNK!
no, they have redesigned the shape so charge 4 bands are not interchangeable.
When I purchased this particular model it failed to register any SpO2 estimates at all as it had claimed it would. I went back to using the versa 3 model and it does everything it is supposed to. Amazon did refund my money on the charge 5 even though it is not a returnable item.
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Amazon.comThe Fitbit Charge 5 is a sleek fitness tracker that tracks heart rate, sleep, steps, and more. It features a touch screen display, GPS tracking, and has a 7-day battery life. It also provides personalized insights, heart rate zones, and stress management tools. With notifications for calls, texts, and apps, and water-resistance up to 50 meters, it's the perfect all-in-one wellness device.
Fitbit was started in 2007 by James Park and Eric Friedman in San Francisco. Their aim is to lead people into living healthier and better lives and they do this through their fitness tracking devices. Fitbit’s debut into wearable technology was with the Fitbit Classic, which was introduced into the market in 2008. – View Profile
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ed! –
UPDATE May 2022: I’m still a big fan of this product and have made a few updates to my initial review(s), but the bottom line is that it’s held up to initial impressions. I ended up knocking off a star just because there are a few improvements that can be made, but it’s still very solid.==============================I purchased the Fitbit Charge 5 as an upgrade from my Charge 3. I skipped the Charge 4 since I didn’t really need/want the new features of that model, but the allure of a color display with the same lengthy, weeklong battery life was enough to make me upgrade to the Charge 5. I won’t cover all the features of the Charge 5 since there are plenty of other places that go into great detail, and I may update this review after I get more use out of it.WHO SHOULD BUY A FITBIT CHARGE?The Fitbit Charge is great if your primary use is as a lightweight fitness tracker. I prefer the Fitbit Charge over the Apple Watch and other smartwatches due to its lightweight nature, weeklong battery life, and my lack of need for fancier smartwatch functionality. If you like the extra bells & whistles of a smartwatch and don’t mind a heavier watch that needs to be charged every day or three, then you may want to skip the Fitbit Charge. Also, if you’re a die-hard Apple user who needs integration with the Apple Health app, then you’ll also need to look elsewhere because there’s no data flowing between the apps in either direction; thankfully, the Fitbit app is quite good and does integrate with a number of other apps.IS IT WORTH UPGRADING FROM THE CHARGE 3/4?It mainly depends on how much you value a better, color display. The MSRP on a Charge 5 is $180 (though, I’m sure the sale price will drop during the holiday season), while the MSRP on a Charge 4 is $150; though, at this point, everyone’s selling the Charge 4 (and 3) well below MSRP, especially if you buy refurbished.IMPRESSIONS:- Initial setup was fairly smooth. I had to connect it to the charger to get it started up. Transitioning from my Charge 3 to the Charge 5 in the app was easy enough. There was a firmware update notice (the firmware enables the EDA sensor), and that update was a little buggy & required a few attempts before it succeeded (at one point, I needed to reboot my Fitbit).- ECG monitor became available via firmware update 11/9/2021. I had some connection issues while trying to run it but got it to work eventually. I don’t have any arrhythmia issues, so while it’s a nifty feature, it’s ultimately useless for me.- The Daily Readiness Score also became available 11/9/2021. It’s only available for Premium subscribers. It takes 4 days before it starts functioning & a couple weeks to “tune”. Overall, I’d say this is not terribly useful. If you work out on a consistent basis & get a decent amount of sleep, then it’s always a great day to work out! That is, you’ll remain in the Good to Excellent range (30 & above). For reference, I typically work out 4-5 days/week spending 30-40 min on cardio & 30-40 min on weights, which ends up being 110-160 Zone Minutes on those days when combined with whatever other Zone Minutes I rack up when not working out. But if you take a week off or so & return to working out, then you may dip below 30 into the Low score range where it says you should prioritize recovery. I also noticed that if you forget to wear your Fitbit to bed, it can throw off your score; it sent my score plummeting for no good reason otherwise. Also, perhaps not surprisingly, the Readiness Score seems to be primarily reflective of your cardio workout. It will classify my “Activity” as “Light” on some days when I spend a fair amount of time on weight training that doesn’t really sustain an elevated heart rate (and less on cardio).- There’s no longer a “home” button on the side of the display to “Return” or access additional menus. This took a little time to adjust to, but I’m generally okay with it, especially since the touchscreen is noticeably more responsive than the Charge 3. Now, you must swipe right to return to the prior screen, and you can also double-tap in most cases to return to the home screen; though, the double-tap can be finicky. Would I prefer to have a “home” button again? Yes. (Now, the sides of the device used for the EDA sensor & ECG monitor).- The display is much, much better than the Charge 3/4. Brighter with much higher resolution. and of course, color.- The display has 3 brightness settings; however, the difference between dim, normal, and max is rather subtle; they’re all pretty bright, and this is unfortunate because it’s a little too bright for dark rooms in my opinion. I liked the dim, auto, and normal settings on my Charge 3 much better. Hopefully, this is something that will be fixed in a future firmware update (assuming, the Charge 5 still has the sensor that allows for an “auto” setting).- The “up to 7 days” battery life is not a lie. The battery life lasts me about a week with my brightness set to “normal”, which is the same as my old Charge 3. I do not use the built-in GPS nor the always-on display (both of which are a significant drains on the battery), but I do average 6-8 hours/week of active exercise time. And, since the “dim” brightness setting is bright enough for me, I use it all the time, which translates to even better battery life. Pretty amazing considering the brighter, color display.- The Charge 5 does a better job of automatically turning the display on at the turn of the wrist. My Charge 3 wouldn’t always turn on or would require me to turn my wrist more than what felt natural. The Apple Watch is still superior with regard to automatically turning on when looking since there is a slight delay with the Charge 5 after turning your wrist (and, it still doesn’t always turn on).- The wrist band that’s included is a nicer feeling silicone material instead of the plastic one that came with the Charge 3/4. The “small” strap on the Charge 5 band is also smaller than the “small” on the Charge 3/4. On the Charge 5, I use the last or next to last notch on the band (i.e. the strap is basically at its largest, most expanded size), but with the Charge 3 strap, I still had 3 or 4 empty notches to work with. Not a big deal since they include small & large bands, but something to consider if you purchase additional bands. I did end up purchasing the Sport band, which does have more notches to work with. Be sure to use Fitbit’s sizing tool on their website before purchasing extra wrist bands since they do vary based on which one you get.- The heart rate monitoring is nice & accurate like the Charge 3. I run on a treadmill with a Tickr X (1st gen) chest strap, and after the first few minutes of running when my heart rate is more stable, the readings between the Charge 5 & Tickr X are either the same or only off by a bpm or two. It’s less accurate when doing sprints/HIIT since it tends to lag behind the Tickr X, but it’s still in the ballpark (albeit, delayed).- The EDA sensor seems like a waste for me. Along the lines of the guided breathing exercises in the Charge 3, it’s just something that I don’t care to use, and I question its accuracy/validity anyway.- I’m not sure if this was introduced with the Charge 4, but there’s a daily Stress Management Score now. The number seems fairly meaningless, since it’s somewhat of a mystery as to how it’s calculated. Yes, Fitbit tells you what the general parameters are (heart rate, sleep, activity) & premium members get to see how the sub-scores feed into the overall score (see below), but in the end, it just seems pretty meaningless to me.- I think this may have changed with the Charge 4, but it no longer tracks the number of floors you’ve climbed (no big deal as it was wildly inaccurate), and it counts Active Zone Minutes instead of Active Minutes now. Fitbit’s website has more details on Active Minutes vs Active Zone minutes.- There’s 23 clock faces to choose from. Most of them only display one stat (e.g. HR, steps, etc.) at a time (though, you can usually cycle through them all by tapping the screen), which is unfortunate. Hopefully, they’ll add more data-rich clock faces, but overall, it’s nice to see them making use of the colorful, higher resolution display.- The charging cable functions a lot better since it magnetically clips to the Fitbit (like an Apple Watch does to its charger). I believe it’s the same charging cable as the Fitbit Luxe.- My Charge 5 somewhat regularly (once every day or two) has trouble syncing with the app. It has gotten better over time & usually just requires me to refresh the app (by dragging down at the top of the screen of the phone app). At worst, I’ll need to restart the app, and once I had to restart my Fitbit device itself. Overall, not a big deal. Just an occasional annoyance.FITBIT PREMIUM MEMBERSHIP:I generally dislike paying for subscriptions since the cost of them can add up to something pretty substantial over time. The Fitbit Premium Membership isn’t exactly cheap at $10/month or $80/year; though, you get 6 months for free with the purchase of your Charge 5. If you actually use many/all of its features, then it may be worthwhile, but for me, it isn’t (i.e. I won’t be paying for membership when my free trial runs out in a week or so). The Daily Readiness Score & Health Metrics Dashboard are the only premium features I routinely looked at, but I question their overall usefulness/practicality. Here’s a rundown of what you get for your money:- Daily Readiness Score: see comments above in IMPRESSIONS section – in short, not terribly useful.- Health Metrics Dashboard (see attached pic): graphs/data for Breathing Rate, Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Skin Temperature, Oxygen Saturation (SpO2), Resting Heart Rate (RHR). The RHR data is already available for non-Premium users & you can view you most recent SpO2 reading on the device, but the rest of the stats appear to only be available to Premium members. The graphs are actually kinda crummy; there’s two types: 1) one graph allows you to vary the time scale to view 7, 30, or 90 days, but you have to visually line up the dot with the values on the y-axis to determine the actual reading for each dot, and 2) another type of graph shows 7 days at a time with individual readings on the graph, but you can’t change the time frame/scale of this graph. It would be a lot nicer if they made these graphs larger & interactive (so you could change the time scale on the fly & tap on the data points to see the reading).- Wellness Report: You can generate a PDF wellness report to be emailed. While it provides a summary of HR, weight, activity, & sleep trends over the course of 1, 3, 6, & 12 months, it’s lame that you can’t just view this directly in the app.- Stress Management Score details (see attached pic): extra details on your score including the sub-scores that feed into it: Responsiveness, Exertion Balance, & Sleep Patterns…. still not sure how meaningful any of this is.- Sleep Score details (see attached pic): there’s a different detailed view of your sleep score; you get sub-scores for Time Asleep, Deep and REM, and Restoration, but I believe all the graphs are the same for non-premium users, so I’m not sure that this offers much more insight that the non-premium view does; I suppose you get to see how much each sub-score accounts for the overall score.- Instructional stuff: There are various workout routines, guided meditations, food programs, & sleep programs you can look up & do.- Games & Challenges: You can participate in various fitness games/challenges, which might motivate you to work out more.Overall, I think the Charge 5 is a nice upgrade from my beloved Charge 3, and for me, it was worth paying the extra bucks.
Ana Maria –
There seem to be a lot of differences in opinion about the Charge 5 and I think a lot of it depends on what you are upgrading from and whether you are a serious runner/sportsperson.Personally I love my new tracker but I upgraded from an Inspire so the Charge 5 offers me a lot more functionality with the heart rate monitor and the more detailed sleep data etc. I am able to get a lot more information than I could before and I’m finding it very interesting and useful – I am taking advantage of the 6 months premium membership and enjoying the extra stats but not sure that I will keep it afterwards. I especially love the colour screen – the joy of being able to read the screen in the sunshine! I did try the screen always on function but it is very dim so you can’t really see it and all you do is eat up the battery so doesn’t seem like a useful function.I am not a runner so I can’t comment on how good it is for that but I love the active minutes and find myself walking that bit more briskly to earn more. I know there are some issues with the GPS but I always have my phone with me and use Strava to track my routes – even if I took up running I can’t imagine that I would ever want to go out without my phone!The battery life is great but does mean you have to consciously check the battery level rather than just charging every couple of days otherwise I suddenly discover it is low just when I’m about to go out. Having said that it does charge up really quickly so you can just pop it on charge for a short time to top it up if necessary.I thought I would upgrade the strap as soon as I got the tracker but actually I find it stays done up, is very comfortable and I love the way the end tucks in. I may get a new strap at some point but I don’t feel desperate for one.If you have had a Fitbit before you will be familiar with the app and I find it very user friendly with lots of useful things to track. I have issues syncing with my phone but its a Huawei and I know I just need to put up with that until I can upgrade to a different phone so I’m not letting that affect my rating.
Sarah –
It’s good, but it’s not perfect. The interface can be a bit temperamental – sometimes it’s impossible to get it to wake up.The app on the phone is good, but I feel it overpromises a little. When you start there’s loads of stuff about wellness, meditation and heart health. But as you start gathering data from the fitbit, none of that stuff really seems to actually change based on the data gathered. It’s all from manually entered data. So I’m not sure what the value of it is.In terms of setting simple goals like steps, activity minutes and distance tracking, it does it’s job wonderfully. I just think they might be overpromising a bit with the marketing and app. It doesn’t do anything particularly special. It just does the basics really well and they’ve added lots of bells and whistles to justify the price point.Good points: The battery life is excellent. The strap is comfortable. The device itself is slim and light. The app is intuitive and easy to use. The goals and exercise types make tracking different sports/workouts easy.Bad points: A little pricey for the actual tech delivered – you’re paying for brand, which is ok for some. The app really really wants you to sign up to premium. Most of the top features are actually just subscription based content.
Ana Maria –
UPDATE: downgrading to 1 star. On top of all the below GPS is off by 300m on 5 k run in comparison to other devices and phones (especially if you live the road and run on the footpaths), battery dries inconsistently on the same running course and can go from 25% to 0 in no time. and there are even more bugs to what’s described below (for instance today I’ve had black screen of death just when I was going to go on a run). FitBit should be ashamed to charge £100+ for such a poor product.Very very disappointing. Firstly, let me mention that my “high” usability standards were set by MIFit4 which I used for several years and it was like 10 times cheaper.The good: device itself is very nice, gathers a lot of data, quite accurate when tracking activity, battery is decent and depending on how you use it will actually last longer then 5-7 days suggested in the description. For my liking default setting of vibration is too strong and there’s no possibility to tune it down (only up)The bad: User experience and testing was done by people who should be banished from software development forever. If this group of people were asked to design a WC room you’d find urinals upside down and toilets on the ceiling. And none of that would flush. Also I don’t think any of them did any sports. Ever. Let me give you several examples:1. Running app – you have a choice of setting a goal of 1,2,3,5,10,20 and 40k. I normally run between 5 and 10k. is it too much to ask to be able to select 8? or 13? How about a buzz every kilometer to inform me on my progress? again too much to ask? it’s buzzing like crazy with every heart rate change but almost ignores the distance.2. Mobile app for this device is a separate story – it’s literally USELESS! Max you can do with it is change the display view and see some stats. That’s it. ok, also some fency training programs, sure. But a lot of user journeys lead you to the same place and that place does not resolve your problem. Or how about being able to set an alarm on the devise from the app? Set a running goal? being able to reinstall any program (it’s not the case for most of them). How about telling me my pace and distance via headphones while I run? It’s sooo much more convenient! Apps for waaaay cheaper devices are perfectly capable of doing that, but not this one. Maybe it would be slightly less frustrating if fitbit wasn’t that bugy!3. Stopwatch and timer. It’s funny that I even have to white about it. Both DON’T really work. Think about it, you are buying a £100+ device that has a problem with such basic things. Stopwats doesn’t buzz in the end. I literally have to stop it manually and only then it decides to buzz. Time increments in 2-3 second steps, turns the screen off and then doesn’t want to come back on, so if you are stretching on the floor you are screwed. You need to use your other hand to tap the screen to light it up and every other time it will stop the timer. At some point in time the timer disappeared from the device all together, I had to reboot derice 2 times for it to come back.4. Bugs, bugs everywhere… today I was running 10k, at 8,5 mark the device said that the battery was 7% and this notification wouldn’t go away. So for another 1,5k I was trying every trick in the book to get it to show me distance and pace but nope, screw me – 7% is all I’ve got. Naturally missed the mark and only when I’ve stopped it decided to show something else. Synced it with the app, it suddenly became 12%. Sometimes when swiping through the device it will get stuck in one place (like ECG or stopwatch) and refuse to move or go back to the main screen. It can last for seconds or for minutes. Same with activity reminders and other notifications or just random screens. And I could go on and on and on about these things.The Ugly: Fitbit clearly does care more about marketing then about actual user experience. There’s a lot of hype about it but in the end you are buying yourself an endless source of frustration for £100+. I will be checking if I can still return it at this point as it was used already.
Dmytro –
This is my 4th tracker. 3rd fitbit. This one looks to be good quality, time will tell how long it lasts. The last one I had was good for 3 yrs, only reason it was replaced is because it stopped charging, charging connector on this one looks better. It has lots of options and free 6 months premium, I won’t be getting the premium after that it’s way over priced. Only thing I find irritating is that you have to set alarms from the watch which is quite fiddly. Also twice now the alarms have stopped working, this has been an iss with this brand for a long time.
Sandy –
There seem to be a lot of differences in opinion about the Charge 5 and I think a lot of it depends on what you are upgrading from and whether you are a serious runner/sportsperson.Personally I love my new tracker but I upgraded from an Inspire so the Charge 5 offers me a lot more functionality with the heart rate monitor and the more detailed sleep data etc. I am able to get a lot more information than I could before and I’m finding it very interesting and useful – I am taking advantage of the 6 months premium membership and enjoying the extra stats but not sure that I will keep it afterwards. I especially love the colour screen – the joy of being able to read the screen in the sunshine! I did try the screen always on function but it is very dim so you can’t really see it and all you do is eat up the battery so doesn’t seem like a useful function.I am not a runner so I can’t comment on how good it is for that but I love the active minutes and find myself walking that bit more briskly to earn more. I know there are some issues with the GPS but I always have my phone with me and use Strava to track my routes – even if I took up running I can’t imagine that I would ever want to go out without my phone!The battery life is great but does mean you have to consciously check the battery level rather than just charging every couple of days otherwise I suddenly discover it is low just when I’m about to go out. Having said that it does charge up really quickly so you can just pop it on charge for a short time to top it up if necessary.I thought I would upgrade the strap as soon as I got the tracker but actually I find it stays done up, is very comfortable and I love the way the end tucks in. I may get a new strap at some point but I don’t feel desperate for one.If you have had a Fitbit before you will be familiar with the app and I find it very user friendly with lots of useful things to track. I have issues syncing with my phone but its a Huawei and I know I just need to put up with that until I can upgrade to a different phone so I’m not letting that affect my rating.
Matthew Edward –
Great watch. Really comfortable to wear! Tracks everything well. The app is very user friendly
ed! –
I rated it overall a 5 star because the sleep tracker wasn’t a real selling point for me. I find that the sleep tracker is a little “bogus”. I woke up one night around 2 am to use the bathroom and realized my battery was very low so I decided to just charge it the rest of the night. The next morning it showed my supposed sleep pattern and heart rate info all the way through past 6 am. I wasn’t even wearing it and it was obviously connected to the charger. Everything else I love about it. The steps counter seems to be very accurate, as I’ve watched it count as I’m walking and it’s right on the money. I love that it “knows” when I do an activity (except it counts some of my walks as ‘elliptical’ workouts because my neighborhood is very hilly – but I’m okay with that because it is like an elliptical.) I love that I can sync MyFitnessPal to it and it keeps up with my calories, etc. automatically. I love the free trial of premium because of the available workouts that I can cast to my TV and it keeps track of my fitbit info – heart rate, etc on my TV screen so I can visualize my progress as I work out. I love the difference watch face choices in the app. The ECG has been very informative. I have noticed that I felt palpitations occasionally and thought it was nothing but too much caffeine, but it caught one episode of afib so far so I will be getting checked out for that. You can actually download the ECG for your own records or to send to your physician, etc. I printed mine out and I can see the afib pattern. The only thing for me has been that by the time I feel a palpitation and swipe through to get to the ECG screen on the Fitbit and get it started, the palpitations have stopped most of the time. One other thing I really really like is that there are many many band choices online that are really inexpensive (but read reviews so you don’t buy ones that will easily break or fall off) I’ve bought about 8-10 bands in different colors and styles so I can change my band to match my outfit or mood. All in all I love it and it has helped me drop about 10 pounds so far in about a month. I’d definitely recommend it.
Sarah –
It’s good, but it’s not perfect. The interface can be a bit temperamental – sometimes it’s impossible to get it to wake up.The app on the phone is good, but I feel it overpromises a little. When you start there’s loads of stuff about wellness, meditation and heart health. But as you start gathering data from the fitbit, none of that stuff really seems to actually change based on the data gathered. It’s all from manually entered data. So I’m not sure what the value of it is.In terms of setting simple goals like steps, activity minutes and distance tracking, it does it’s job wonderfully. I just think they might be overpromising a bit with the marketing and app. It doesn’t do anything particularly special. It just does the basics really well and they’ve added lots of bells and whistles to justify the price point.Good points: The battery life is excellent. The strap is comfortable. The device itself is slim and light. The app is intuitive and easy to use. The goals and exercise types make tracking different sports/workouts easy.Bad points: A little pricey for the actual tech delivered – you’re paying for brand, which is ok for some. The app really really wants you to sign up to premium. Most of the top features are actually just subscription based content.
Adalyn W. –
Through the years I owned every version of the Fitbit Charge Tracker and it still remains my choice, the best option given features, size, comfort, price and durability (usually a Fitbit lasts me until I cannot longer buy replacement bands).I have tiny wrists and although I would love to try the smartwatches from Fitbit, they are incredibly bulky and uncomfortable. Truth be told, even the Charge is a little too big on me, but it’s the smallest Fitbit product with Heart Rate monitor and sleep tracker.What I dislike about the Charge 5 is that they removed stair tracking and that they track `Active Minutes` based on heart rate zones, not just being active. I do lots of walking and hiking, so I might end up with a 5-6 hours hike but no `Active Minutes` because my heart rate was 90-110 during the hike.I also dislike the wastefulness of getting both the S & L bands, there should be an option to only get one. I’ll never use the L bands, even on the tightest loop the tracker would fell off my hand.Otherwise the tracker is pretty decent at tracking sleep, although 1-2 times a month it won’t track a night of sleep at all, although I clearly had a good and restful one.It picks up runs, HIIT workouts and the elliptical fairly easily without me starting the activity.It’s fairly accurate with step tracker, but as most fitness tracker you can easily trick it to add steps by punching the air or moving your hand vigorously.The Daily Readiness Score is an useless feature to me. I had awful days with a good score and awful days with a fair score; I see zero correlation between that score and my stress level. But I didn’t purchase it for this feature.The skin temperature variation and heart rate monitor are from my perspective spot on. It always amazes me how I can use the Fitbit data to know 2-3 days in advance if I get a cold or infection.GPS is fairly accurate, maybe a few feet off during my runs, but usually it shows me on the right streets / trails.From my perspective the Fitbit Charge is very comfortable. I only take it off while I shower (and take this time to charge it) and it never caused my irritation, even on hot sweaty workouts. Since I charge it each time I shower, I don’t think I ever saw the battery under 80%, so I can’t state how long it lasts on it’s own.
Zarney –
small and packs a punch. tracks so much and in such a small package. its not one of those silly big watches, but it has a decent size, clear display and is easy to navigate. The mobile app is the best fitness/sleep tracker i have ever used.
ed! –
Update-after a seemingly endless merry go round with the reps on chat, I finally picked up the phone, spoke to a rep and within 5 minutes had email with replacement instructions. So I am amending my review since finally I reached a person who could help me. Not sure if I just lucked out or just calling instead of texting was the secret but replacement is on the way. As for the unit itself, when it worked, I absolutely loved it. It did everything I wanted and more and there is a vast assortment of different bands available for it on Amazon.The charge five has turned into a bitter disappointment . This is my 4th fitbit over the years and I’ve always been very happy with these trackers.However less than five months in the charge five Battery has started going down to 0 within hours and I’ve been in this endless loop of nonsense with fitbit customer support. And they just keep giving me the same useless information over and over. Looks like I am just out of luck.