Fitbit - Charge 6

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

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.

Charge 6 might still be on sale for 100. Never really used the Smartphone functions on my versa, liking the charge so far Charge does have healthconnect, which is a standard for apps and other devices to share health stuff. I don't know if that works with apple.

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.

I have the charge 6 too, have already replaced it twice and had it just over a year. Fyi, Google warranty is for 2 years so you can send it for repair and they'll likely send you another refurbished one. This will buy you another year to make a decision what to eventually replace it with, and you can hopefully buy said replacement during black Friday next year

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 🚶‍♂️👍