Fitbit - Charge 6

Just replaced my Charge 5 with a Charge 6 last week. Love it.

I bought the pixel watch 3 41mm and it's been great HOWEVER there are serval deal-breakers to consider. The battery life is okay, you just have to get used to charging it daily (especially if you reply to messages or take calls on it) Health tracking features and sleep tracking is amazing (I've Fitbit charge 6 and the results are extremely close if not exactly the same BUT the pixel watch 3 during heavy runs is off by 10 beats and sometimes by 1-4bpm. (Which I believe is lack of accuracy on Fitbit charge 6) Downsides and deal-breakers (my opinion comparing to other watches don't hate me) 1- if you come from a Samsung watch, you'll almost regret buying pixel watches. On Samsung watches you can transfer photos to your watch) pixel watch 3 doesn't let save pics on your watch, though you have 32 GB. 2- Pixel watch 3 doesn't allow you to listen to music from the watch itself. (Speakers) It forces you to have YouTube music or Spotify subscriptions to be able to listen to music from the watch and even that, you must be connected to earbuds. In a nutshell, you can't go out with your watch only for a run without earbuds and expect to listen to music. 3- pixel watch 3 doesn't let you measure oxygen in demand. 4- pixel watch 3 doesn't measure stress on demand 5- pixel watch 3 doesn't give you real temperature measuring data because on the Fitbit app the temperature shows (-0, -1.5) etc it doesn't give you actual skin temperature like apple and galaxy watches 6- pixel watch 3 most important feature lose of pulse detection doesn't work in Canada and the USA yet 7- pixel watch 3 on Fitbit app measures calories throughout the day and by the end the day tells you you burnt 2k-3k calories unlike Samsung and Apple watches that just tracks how much calories you burnt working out only. Basically, the app doesn't distinguish between the calories you burned from your workout and the calories you burnt while resting. It combines it. Overall those are some limitations I've experienced with the pixel watch 3. The biggest deal breaker is being unable to play music from the watch itself or be able to transfer photos to the watch. Otherwise why 32gb! Buy the pixel watch 3 if you can put up with fitbits weird way of presenting burnt calories, and the lack of oxygen on demand measuring, lack of actual skin temperature in C or F and other things I listed. It's truly a great device for just runs, workouts and heart rate tracking that's all. If you're looking for a "smart watch" I believe Google's limitations makes it seem like the pixel watch is a smart band in a smart watch body. Highly recommend the Fitbit charge 6.

I would only recommend the pixel watch 3 if you are not from Canada or the United States because then you can use loss of pulse detection because I believe that's a very important features it's the main reason I actually bought the watch but it doesn't work where I live so it's pointless. I recommend you wait for a few months until the price drops and you'll be better but don't buy it right now it's like 600 Canadian dollars here

You can actually do what I did. I'm an abuser of the 6 months free trial so I had one account set up with the pixel watch3 and I created a new email with Gmail and used it with Fitbit to get 6 months free trial and now I use that with my charge 6. Or you can forget a device and connect the other on same account it was smooth for me. You just can't use both devices in one account. In terms of advantages of pw3 over charge 6, I 100% promise you it's not worth it. 99% of the time the results of the heart rate during weightlifting, running etc is barely 2-5 BPM only one time it was 10 beats difference during a run but other than that for two months they are the same.. heck even same sleep, same awake time same skin temperature, same breaths per min, same resting heart rate, same everything. They are using the same algorithm. But if you want me to be honest, I actually put my pixel watch 3 on sale on Facebook marketplace because I didn't like the fact that I have to charge it daily. trust me, the first few days everything will be good, you'll be okay with charging it everyday, but then after that, you're going to get fed up of charging it daily. I literally went to bed and my pixel watch 3 was fully charged and my Fitbit charge 6 when I woke up, the Fitbit charge 6 was 97% and the pixel watch dropped to 79%. by the end of the day, the pixel watch 3 was at 15% with always on display of course, and my Fitbit charge 6 with a 63% with always on display. I would only recommend the pixel watch 3 if you want to be able to reply to text messages and use wear os. for the most part, the watch useless in my opinion. You can't put pictures on it you can't put music on it it's pointless. Currently my plan is to buy Galaxy watch 5 pro and use it for the wear OS futures and the Fitbit charge 6 will be more than amazing for my workouts and sleep.

My charge 6 won’t stay connected through my phone. Disconnects half way through a walk most of the time. I changed it to “dynamic” from “phone” and it works better, but it isn’t accurate. One day it had me walking to the next city over during my lunchtime walk.

I like mine. There are a bunch of reviews online that say the Fitbit inspire 3 legs behind in step count accuracy but for my purposes it's perfectly good. If I know that the step count I've gotten is likely less than the step count I've taken, I'm pretty happy with that. I use the food tracking, exercise tracking and step counter the most. My son swims and for that reason I bought him a charge 6 because that one can track swimming but I didn't need that so I stayed with the inspire 3. I like that there are a lot of band choices for the inspire 3. I've had mine for just shy of a year and I've been pretty happy with it.

I spent the past 10 years in the Fitbit world and earlier this year crossed over to the Apple Watch world. I was using a fitbit charge 6 that was far more basic (not really a watch either) and it lasted about 4-5 days on a charge. The thing about it is is that I knew what to expect when switching. I fully expected to have less battery life and that I was going to probably be charging my new watch every day or every other day. This was actually the biggest reason why I hesitated to moving to the Apple Watch for a bunch of years. The Apple Watch is far more sophisticated than anything that I was used too, so I understood why the battery didn’t last as long. The reality is for me this is not a big deal. I already charge a bunch of other devices already every day. This is just another one. Do I wish that I could get at least one more day out of the charge? Absolutely! At the same time I do recognize that there’s probably a very good reason why the battery is as it is. The big question is how much more expensive would the watch be with a much better battery? Are there risks involved? Is it worth the extra cost to get an extra day or two out of the battery? Would it be safe? What would it do to the lifespan of the battery in the watch? Those are just a couple questions that are popping into my mind as I write about this, but I think that just demonstrates that there may be a few reasons why they haven’t pushed advancing the battery - which I am also fairly confident they could do if they really wanted too.

Just got a watch pro 2 and It is NOT the watch for tracking. When I start a workout, it seems to track steps alright but while not working out, it barely tracks ANY of my steps around the house. Literally off by 1000-2000+ in the evening. I also have a Fitbit Charge 6 and that is much more accurate when it comes to just about everything. Decent battery life too.

I adore my Charge 6 and I bought it last year knowing Google is trying to phase them out. (Couldn't resist the sale price!) In the past I've had some of the original Fitbit trackers: I had the original Classic, a Fitbit One, a Luxe, the Versa, and Versa 2. I enjoyed all of them, especially the Versas and for some reason the One. So the Charge 6 to me is like a happy medium: it's a basic tracker in a wristband, not a smart watch. So it doesn't do everything, but it's got a pretty sleek form factor and it does the basics quite well. I use mine the way it was intended: an activity tracker! I can log my walks and runs, connect it like a heart rate monitor to gym equipment and fitness apps, and... That's pretty much it for me. I like hitting 10k steps and seeing the little animation. I like hopping on a spin bike and seeing my heart rate. I like going for a run and seeing what zone I'm in. It's super basic and that's what I enjoy. The only thing I miss is that my Versas had a C25K app that I liked a lot, but I knew when I bought the Charge 6 that it wouldn't have this functionality... Although I do think it's a missed opportunity.

Hands down i would get my charge 4 back - i miss the clock faces. I currently have the charge 6

I got a Fitbit charge 6 works good 🚶‍♂️👍

My Charge 6 is about 18 months old and has terrible problems with charging/battery life. Often depletes battery in less than 2 days, despite using the most battery-friendly settings. I love the features and the small size of it, and strongly prefer its rectangular design to the round design found on many other brands. However, I think mine underestimates mileage fairly significantly. I have compared measurements on my Charge 6 with measurements on my walking companions’ fitness watches and mine consistently measures less mileage, despite starting and ending walk tracking at the same place and time.

This is my feeling exactly. The Charge 6 is exactly the size I want. My charge 6 is 18 months old and has had massive battery health issues for a few months now, but I am on the fence between rolling the dice and buying a new Charge 6 or buying a cheaper knock-off on Amazon (concerns about less accuracy). I don’t want anything bigger on my wrist all day, which eliminates almost all of my other options.