Fitbit - Charge 5
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Last updated: Dec 15, 2025 Scoring
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"The health algorithms are second to none, and it's one of very few systems that give you a real TDEE with reasonable accuracy, instead of just tracking active calories."
"I know it has recovery time so when I go on a long bike ride, it'll tell me 96 hours recovery. If I did something shorter, it'll say 20 hours or whatever. So that looks like readiness, like when it's zero, you can train hard again, with it's not, you can train easy or rest."
"The galaxy watches have a much better sleep monitoring and if you take a nap it is registered separately so you can remove it or keep it."
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"a $100 strap without a subscription is giving almost identical readings… across all the genres. ... I’ve noticed a 2% discrepancy at most. Majority of the time they’re the same."
"~90% of Whoop 5’s performance at just a fraction of the price."
"Biggest win for me is no subscription hell (one time purchase for 99$)"
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"the best part is the battery life vs other fitbits. I can get a full week pretty easily."
"Battery lasts me like 5 days regularly which I love."
"The battery life is much better too."
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"And I've managed to wear it pretty consistently for almost a year now, to the point when I take it off to charge when I shower I miss it. ... This is genuinely the longest amount of time in my entire life I've managed to go with having something on my wrists/hands."
"I find the Fitbit Inspire fairly non intrusive ... If you don't like the strap it comes with there are sellers that sell alternatives in other materials (Etsy has folks that make ones out of natural material. And I think it can be worn as a pin / dongle"
"the actual watch bit is also pretty small so doesn't bug me all that much"
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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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"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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"Deco are cheap but they moved a lot of stuff behind a paywall on the newer models."
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 ->I have a fitbit, my wife has an apple watch. Her apple watch is far superior at being a smart watch. My fitbit is far superior at being a fitness/health tracker. It barely functions as a smart watch. (note: I have a charge5). Both are perfectly competent at being watches. If you just want a watch, get a watch.
r/NoStupidQuestions • Are fitbits the best watches? ->Mine more reliably tracks sleep, O2, breathing, and a few other metrics than my wifes apple watch.
r/NoStupidQuestions • Are fitbits the best watches? ->For reasons, we have a separate pulse oximeter and my watches figure tends to be more accurate than hers when compared to the dedicated device. Her watch is absolute shit at tracking breathing and often as either no or absolutely impossible data, whereas mine is fairly consistent and reasonable.
r/NoStupidQuestions • Are fitbits the best watches? ->Ya, I went through 2 fitbit charges before giving up and buying a pixel watch.
r/japanlife • Recommendation for a fitness watch ->Charge 5 is fine, but some refs will yell you to take it off.
r/bootroom • Are smart watches/ fitness bracelets worth to wear playing football/soccer? ->I had 2 Fitbit charges (4 and 5) and both died at around 2 years. Currently using Xiaomi Band 9 and loving it so far.
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? ->Late to the discussion here and not sure what you ended up doing but I’d say it depends on if you have an iPhone or not because of what Google is doing in the near future. From what I’ve read, in order to have full functionality of your Fitbit work with your phone, you’ll need an Android phone. I think this is specifically for the Fitbit Smart watches so not necessarily the Charge which is more of a tracker still. Either way you’ll have to switch to a Google account from the Fitbit account to use the thing, I think that was supposed to be this year but just read February of 2026. Like many other replies here I’ve been using a Fitbit for close to 10 years (currently Charge 5) for many of the same reasons - smaller design, price, don’t *need* my watch to be a phone, and the battery life is hard to beat which is about a week. I always forget when I charged it last! Worst thing with my previous Charges is they didn’t last long, 2 years tops. Even out of warranty, Fitbit gave me something like 40% off for a new one so that was an easy decision to stick with them. My Charge 5 has been the best of this experience so far but, I’ve had it for a while now so at this point I’m wondering when it will mysteriously stop working. I have an iPhone so when my Charge 5 dies I’ll be looking at an Apple Watch simply because I don’t trust Google to require an Android phone for full functionality of the Charge series in the future. I feel like Google is making Fitbit users with an iPhone decide between switching to an android to still use their Fitbit or leave the Fitbit brand. My first “real” job 15 years ago came with an iPhone so at this point it would be too much of an inconvenience to switch to Android for any reason.
r/fitbit • Is Fitbit still worth buying? ->My seventh Fitbit died last week (from Luxe to Versa to Charge 5 and 6, this was my second in-warranty replacement), white line on the screen to no screen at all within 24 hours. So with some Target credit I decided to go with a Garmin Instinct for $200. The GPS is much, much more accurate (even when not paired with my phone), the app tracks a lot more information than the Fitbit app did and takes up a third of the space on my phone. I miss the constant step updates; the Garmin just updates every minute. That's about the only drawback.
r/fitbit • I am never ever buying another Fitbit ->I've been with Fitbit for 5 years. I have to charge 6 right now. I don't like going a day without it. Last year while camping I broke my Fitbit 5. On that same day I went to the closest Best buy and bought a Fitbit 6. Once you get used to having a Fitbit, it's very addictive in the sense that it helps you keep active and moving. It's not a lot of money for a lot of benefit, especially when you're trying to stay healthy.
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