Versa 3

A lot of the features for Fitbit are behind a paywall. The GPS tracking for running sucks, it keeps dropping out. I guess sleep tracking is alright, I had a Huawei fitness tracker that seemed to track my sleep better and report it right away when I'm awake. My fitbit often doesn't show any data on the watch or my phone hours after I've woken up, I have to manually sync the watch to see it. The app is pretty bloated and full of ads for the subscription they want to sell you. They've nerfed the battery life on my versa 3 because it's old. It used to last like 2 weeks with the screen off, now I'm getting about 1.5 days with the screen off, it keeps dying on my sometime through the night. I'll literally lose 40% battery life from when I charged it in the morning until the evening that day, idk what's up with that. I'm ditching it for a Garmin.

I broke my sense 1 putting up siding on my house. I wear a versa 3 now which is holding up ok but I’m a computer programmer so maybe not a great example.

exactly same thing but with a versa 3. I haven't been able to accept calls on it for almost 2 years. It will show the call and give me the option to answer or hang up, but it wont connect. It has other issues too..but im lost trying to think of where to go after it. I dont really want much change (nor can I afford it)

Same here. My Versa 3 died and rather than ‘upgrade’ to a significantly worse specced Versa 4 I went with Apple Watch 10. Hate the poor battery life, and even after 18 months I can’t learn to love the Apple metrics / UI. Really miss the Fitbit functionality and data if old. A case study in the purchaser of a company then killing of what was best about it.

EDIT: thank you to everyone who gave advice! Today I adjust my Fitbit strap just a hair looser, put it one finger above my wrist bone, and set it to boot camp. It was perfect today! Really appreciate you guys. I have my OTF monitor, but I like having my Fitbit because that’s where I actually keep track of everything health wise. I’ve been struggling to find the right exercise to set it to so that I don’t have to change during the workout. Lately I’ve been using circuit training but I don’t think that’s quite right (it could be the best match though). I tried the interval Setting and it wanted to like set the intervals for me or something that I didn’t quite understand. I’m seriously considering replacing my Fitbit versa 3 with a garmin vivoactive5 because I read that you can customize workouts. Can anyone tell me if that’s true and how easy it is? My Fitbit really irritates me because for like half the workout it’s not reading my HR correctly. My OTF monitor will show 156 and my Fitbit shows 97. I’ve tried cleaning it and moving it and tightening it and loosening it, but I feel like it’s just not very good at tracking for a workout like OTF. Suggestions?

I’m happy with the OTF. I feel it’s pretty accurate with my level of exertion. OTF isn’t the problem. It’s my Fitbit. I am a data nut and when it shows 15 minutes of continuous HR below 112 when my HR on OTF shows 120-150, that’s a problem. Fitbit is what I use to track everything and it’s doing a shitty job lol. Thats why I’m trying to trouble shoot. Really considering just going to the garmin.