Fitbit - Charge 3
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"JLab go sport + FTW. ... I have the same sweaty ear issue and the beats fall out of my head. ... The jlab are cheap and even they stay in. (Because they hook over your ear)"
"I downgraded from the meet 2 to se since I was only using 1080p and am happy with my choice! ... If you’re planning on just doing 1080p I’d save the cash and go meet se."
"The CCA trio and the Vader Balanced are similarly tuned, but both are one of the best iems under 30 usd."
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"my AW alerted me to heart irregularities that sent me to the ER and findings of a small heart attack and a secondary artery in my heart with 99% blockage. I am AW for life now."
"I was able to capture afib several times on mine that helped lead to a few diagnoses. ... Since my afib was intermittent, it would have taken many more Dr visits for them to even find it, or a trip to the emergency room. ... It provided sufficient data for the Dr to take further action. ... in my case it’s paid for itself several times over. Maybe even saved my life, but thankfully I’ll never know."
"I’ve had flu it’s detected high heart rate during the day which I believe was de hydration and every night it logs that I have a temperature high rest rate etc …you can see these values go down as you get better."
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"its an incredible watch. ... I have never been happier. It is miles ahead of FR 255 in all aspects, workout detection, responsiveness, and functionality. It's amazing for $200. ... the quality, heart rate accuracy, and design are top notch and making quality products, most importantly - at a low cost. ... T-rex 3 is waaay better than $350-$1000 Garmin. I don't think its better than $1300 Fenix 8, but it can compete with it, there are reviews on youtube from credible youtubers comparing these 2. The fact that they are comparing and not finding too much of a gap between $1300 and $200 watches is more than enough to tell you how good T-rex 3 is."
"the quality, heart rate accuracy, and design are top notch"
"I only want to track my heart rate"
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"Oh, and the battery lasts days even when exercising a lot (weeks without excercise)."
"insane battery ... in the morning it's still not drained - and this is on a 6 year old set with worn out batteries. ... The case only needs charged once, maybe twice a month"
"Battery good enough to withstand long run in winter (AW tended to have problems in 30+ km runs in cold, not Garmin) ... Forerunner asks me if to go to power saving mode, when there are "just two days left" :)"
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"The best thing about it is that it would detect my activities automatically. ... So it knew if I went for a walk, went for a run, went for a bike ride, without having to tell it that's what I was doing."
"it gets rated as pretty reliable/ accurate"
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"About a year and the right bud would last about 15 minutes on a full charge."
"I've had them for a few years and now the battery doesn't last for more than 40 mins, so looking for a different model."
"An almost new pair I wore in a mountain 100 was dead after the race. ... It was all stretched out and even had a hole in the side when it wasn't that crazy technical of terrain."
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"I've had them for a few years and now the battery doesn't last for more than 40 mins, so looking for a different model."
"Absolutly horrible with the charging pin issue . ... Already changed then once from Apple but still not much of an improvement . It ’s a design issue."
"I have two pairs of near dead Powerbeats pro headphones. ... wow are they defective ... Missed the recall"
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"The screen slowly died away ... eventually, the entire watch’s system died after a few months of swimming."
"That was a constant issue for me training in the UK, and I once missed the start of a race because I accidentally started recording a walk and couldn’t get my Apple Watch to stop that and start a run in time because the screen was wet."
"If you are in long sleeves in the rain, you need to lock the touchscreen to prevent accidental touches. But that prevents you from using the touchscreen without holding to unlock for a few seconds. So if you are doing intervals, it can be hard to end the interval quickly."
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"fitness bands I feel are more for health based reasons as generally their hr and gps isn't great for activity (fitness bands are like amzfit band, huawei band, fitbit charge etc)"
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"some features are blocked behind a paywall like for example going to a list of which devices consume more data on a day and so on"
"And some features are blocked behind a paywall like for example going to a list of which devices consume more data on a day and so on."
"Not much in the way of configuration and even then some features require a subscription."
I recently got a Garmin Vivosmart 5 to replace my Fitbit Charge I had for many years. Can’t believe I just made the switch, personally, the Garmin blows the Fitbit out of the water!
r/OmegaWatches • Fitness trackers and wearables. ->Garmin swim 2. Gives you pretty accurate yards that you can see while swimming. My Fitbit charge wouldn’t show distance until I stopped and synchronized with my phone after. Also, wet touchscreen on the Fitbit is useless.
r/Swimming • Swimming watch for beginner 2025 ->Ya, I went through 2 fitbit charges before giving up and buying a pixel watch.
r/japanlife • Recommendation for a fitness watch ->I like my Inspire a lot. I had issues with the last Charge I had but the Inspire has been great (I’m over the two year mark! My charges didn’t last much more than 2 years). The battery life is much better too. I’ve read articles that Fitbit app is being replaced on all android phones. To me this could imply a major refresh. If true - I’d say it’s a perfect time to get in!
r/fitbit • Is Fitbit still worth buying? ->I miss my fitbit charge 3. Compact, did workouts, heart rate, and read text messages. Battery lasted at least 7 days.
r/gadgets • Google Pixel Watch 4 Review: Easily the Best Android Smartwatch of 2025 ->How old is your Luxe. My charge is doing the same thing - but I've never had a fitbit make it past 18 months - 14 months is the average. Mostly I've had every iteration of the charge.
r/fitbit • New Fitbit devices in 2026 ->If you only want to measure distance, I count my laps in my head. I don’t think it’s easy to do, and I do lose track of a few laps every now and then. Overall, I’m quite sure my count is good, or I swam more laps than I counted (when I lose track, I try to start again from the last count I remember). I used to have a FitBit in 2024, and the battery was good (something like Charge 3 or 5 I think?). The screen slowly died away, and eventually, the entire watch’s system died after a few months of swimming. The watch was bought in 2018 or 2019, and I hadn’t used it much before 2024.
r/Swimming • How do you record your swims? ->I use a Fitbit charge but I take it off during rolling. There is someone at my class that uses a whoop with a bicep strap and he likes it. I asked if it ever slips or causes any problem and he said no. He's been using for training for 2 years now.
r/bjj • Fitness Trackers (Amazfit) ->My wife and I had six different charge devices over the years. They all die just after the warranty! I really like the product but they don't last. Incidentally, the last one I bought I got the two year warranty. The product died after the first year and was replaced and then the replacement died 3 months after the warranty. Unless you want to buy one every year or so... don't but the fitbit Charge.
r/fitbit • Would you recommend the Charge 6? In your experience, is the data accurate? ->If there's a discount or discount code, then yes, buy a Fitbit while they're still available. That's exactly what I've been doing. I started with a Fitbit Charge 3 with a fading screen, upgraded to Charge 5, which had a battery that died.Now I just bought a Versa 4 because of the discount. Off-brand Amazon smartwatches are not worth it. They are not as accurate, and the Amazfit has privacy issues.Pixel watches are expensive. Garmin and other brands are beyond budget and too big to wear during sleep to track sleeping metrics.
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