Fitbit - Charge 3

I miss my fitbit charge 3. Compact, did workouts, heart rate, and read text messages. Battery lasted at least 7 days.

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.

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.

I bought a Huawei Band 8 recently. Only been a few weeks, I am very happy with it so far. i did not want something expensive. It was around 30 or 40 eur. I have used fitbit charge 3 before this is so much better for much less. Not sure about the life of it, as I just got it. But I was tired of changing fitbit band and I also hate its charger. It is also light weight which was important for me. It tracks stress, sleep, heart rate. Has a timer etc etc. the only issue is. Lose it nor health app is taking the steps from this, so I enter it manually. It may just be something that can be fixed, I havent gotten around to it yet. And yes it is really helping me with my steps. I also like looking at stress and sleep number.

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!

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.

Ya, I went through 2 fitbit charges before giving up and buying a pixel 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!

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.

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.