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I bought a Sense a few years but the screen cracked so I bought Versa (2maybe?) and the battery completely broke and now I'm back to my original Sense! Cracked but still works well! I've been wanting a new fitness tracker, and while I have been using Fitbit for many years, I've been so disappointed but I just don't know what else I would be happy with.
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.
Damn. I had no idea they that bad. I used a Fitbit verse for years and it would last like a week even with rides and such.
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.
The Versas do all that and more and the battery life is 5-7 days.
I moved to Garmin and keep hoping my watch will die soon so I can go back to Fitbit. I found my Fitbit WAY more accurate - Especially with sleep score and heart rate. My Garmin sleep score is basically unusable. I miss the Fitbit Interface too
Each of my versas lasted me 4 years lol
I was perfectly happy with fitbit versa series and their phone app was both simple and very useful. Then Google bought them and I started to worry because Google trends to ruin things they buy. When i upgraded to the versa 4 I was disappointed to discover Google had messed with the interface. What used to be simple and straight forward was now a mess, with common talks now talking more effort. I switched to garmin Venu 3 and I'm not terribly happy with it. I dont like not being able to track calaries intake. I dont like not have alexa functionality. The garmin app seems more complicated than it needs to be for what it does.
Love my versa. Very reliable and accurate.
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