Fitbit - Blaze (FB502)

I legit had to bite the bullet and get a portable watch charger for the times I just didn’t have time to charge it before work. (I have a variable schedule so I can’t just charge it at the same time every day, and charging it when I shower the night before leaves me with at best 70 ish battery when I wake up—this is not always enough and sometimes I end up cutting it real close.) To be transparent, I have a refurbished S7 with 84% capacity, so it’s certainly not at its peak, but it’s also a rude awakening coming from fitbit. My old blaze I only had to charge every 2-3 days, the newer versa 4 I could get away with 4-5. But I eventually had to ditch the versa because notifications were inconsistent, I’d reboot it to fix it and it’d get stuck in a reboot cycle, and I got tired of not being able to control my music with it like I could on the blaze. (Unless you specifically use YT music… I don’t, lol.) I 100% get there are reasons it drains faster than other stuff but it’s still wild to me how much faster it goes than literally anything else I’ve owned.

Fitbit user for 10 years and like others say (I'm not a Google hater though) it's definitely not what it once was.  I've bought the Blaze, an Ace and currently using a Luxe.  Will not be buying anymore and will be looking for a replacement in the near future.  I'm not a super user, but there's just too many resets, re-syncs, and other random glitches that you have to mess with in the last couple years, it's really not worth it to me. I want something that I can use to help me track sleep, alarms, track exercise and give me notifications.   Cons: -The app on Android isn't supported on older model phones (Android 11 or higher only) -they keep rearranging the GUI on updates so its less user friendly and less intuitive -unable to set alarms from the app now -no real user support. You have to trouble shoot everything using online forums. The support team is essentially non existent (in fact just today received a bounced back email from the email listed on google play support, saying it's not monitored anymore)  -cant customize watchface (Luxe model) -battery life inconsistent (sometimes lasts a week between charges sometimes just 3 days) -doesnt always recharge reliably (I've set it on the charger 12 hoursat a time after ensuring a connection andstill won't be charged. I think the connectors are overly sensitive) Pros -smaller devices than other brands -Not too many features if you're trying to keep it simple -affordable

Been using FitBit since 2016. I'm on my second FitBit. My Blaze lasted 7 years. The battery on that thing was great. I'm on year two of my Versa 4 and the battery has already declined a lot. I'll be switching to Apple Watch when this one dies. That'll probably be soon; my brother and Dad both got Versas around the same time as me, and theirs both stopped working already. The FitBit app has gone downhill a lot since Google acquired them.