Fitbit - Luxe

Me too. My concern is that we will be tethered to Google once they switch us. I am looking for custom high/low HR alerts and ideally workout HR-zone alerts, during exercise and my Luxe doesn’t offer that. Garmin does but don’t want a bulky watch. Hmmm.

Avoid Fitbit - I have the Luxe and it has always been wildly inaccurate on calculating calories, the few times I've used it. I mainly bought it for the sleep-tracker. Now that the Meta Move app has been unceremoniously discontinued without any good explanation, I honestly don't know what I'll do for counting calories I burn while working out on the Quest 2. Anyone know of any free basic VR apps that are a replacement for Move?

I bought a fitbit luxe off backmarket for less than $50 this year. It's simple, but it tracks swims.

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.

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.

My wife also has the Luxe, mainly because she has small wrists. I've tried to talk her into replacing it with a Lily, but no luck so far. I have a Forerunner 955 and I put it on her once, it was almost comically huge :)  It's good to hear someone made the transition and didn't regret it! 

I have a Fitbit luxe, some nights I feel I don't sleep well and when I look at my score in the morning it's in the 80's so I don't know what it goes off of I know my deep sleep sucks. I never get over an hour.

I was a big fan but the more training I do the more I realize that it mostly confirms what I already know. If it says I slept poorly and HRV is low, it's probably because I slept poorly and don't feel up for a big workout. At this point I probably don't need it, but I keep it on my wrist anyways. The biggest benefit I've found is that it can help alert you when things are going pear shaped. If you're usually at like a 42 HRV, and it starts dipping consistently, then it may be time to change something or you may be getting sick or something like that. I noticed my spO2 was dropping and my breath rate was up and it turned out that I was in the early stages of pneumonia. Anyways, I use an apple watch and the metrics are fed into coachcat, but I may dabble in athlytic soon. The apple sensors are the best but apple health doesn't really give you actionable info with their home app. Garmin has usually been mediocre for me (735xt and vivosmart bands) while fitbit was actually really good (luxe was a nice compact band).

I hate my Samsung Galaxy smart watch. Mine wouldn’t update properly (software connecting issue) and the battery would drain fast. For context, I’ve had 2-3 fitbits & 1 Garmin. Garmin is the most consistent and longest battery life. Fitbit finally died because it stopped updating the software or bugging (had the luxe for years til last year).

My Fitbit luxe is very small.