Fitbit Ionic Health & Fitness Smartwatch : A step forward, but a £300 step forward?

This is my third try to find a smartwatch tracking fitness as well and i am happy. The garmin vivoactive was expensive and looked sooooooo very cheap i returned it straight away. The fitbit versa has a strange shape and always moved on my wrist. Looking so much better than on pics online, great screen with radiant colours, much better, stronger glass screen, watch straps can be replaced without tool in the blink of an eye. Gps locks in slowly first time but whenever you connect at the same place it is fast. The heart rate can be way off but this is due to wearing the watch at the wrist bone and not above. App store has few apps, but that ll come over time, rome wasn t built in one day either:-) i do not pay with phone or watch so haven t tried this. The only con is: if you have a chromebook you cannot download music from chromebook to watch, the only way yet to get music on the watch is via deezer for me.

My previous experience with a fitbit was the surge and although overall a great watch, it suffered from some character flaws (mainly battery life and lack of ability to sync). So far the ionic comes with slightly mixed feelings, cracking watch, but. . Watch quality, fitting of the price tag it is a good quality product, the optional straps, screen protectors and accessories make this perfect for all parts of everyday life. Screen, very clear with easy to use functions, it only took me a couple of minutes to get the hang of it, the different colours are nice and clear. Counters, once again fitbit have done well with the standard function of the watch, another step up from the blaze. Applications, by far the best part of this watch and the main reason it is so close to a traditional smart watch. There are quite a few apps to look through with talk of more on the way (wish the weather was in degrees celsius and the watch measured miles at the same time, i don’t do km)sports tracking, the gps worked straight away for running, workouts are well tracked and everything can be analysed through the fitbit app. Music, one of the big selling points for me and the reason i bought it, i even bought some bluetooth headphones in preparation. So far i am of mixed thoughts with what an utter let down at the start to eventually just happy with the feature.

I have had many smart watches and fitness trackers. They all seem good at launch but when you have them for a few months their niggles begin to show. With my lg it didn’t have gps. With my garmin it wasn’t good enough to swim in and died. So i turned to fitbit after my wife loved her charge hr. It says unisex but it’s quite large and probably more suitable for male arms/wrists. The band is comfortable and easily replaceable without tools. Comfort:i wear mine all day and night and only remove it to charge it (takes about an hour). I get approx 3-4 days out of it.

Fitbit Ionic Health & Fitness Smartwatch (GPS) with Heart Rate, Swim Tracking & Music-Slate Blue/Burnt Orange, One Size

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Start dynamic personal coaching on your wrist with step-by-step instruction. Syncs with windows vista and later, mac OS X 10.6 and up, iphone 4s and later, ipad 3 gen and later. Syncing range up to 20 feet
Store and play 300+ songs, no phone needed. Syncing to computers requires internet connection and USB port. Syncing to mobile devices requires bluetooth and internet connection
Use built-in GPS/GLONASS to track pace, distance & routes. Corning Gorilla Glass 3 is tough and damage resistant
Get PurePulse continuous heart rate tracking & real-time zones,Multi-day battery life of 4+ days (varies with use & other factors)
Fitbit products are compatible with most devices using the following operating systems Apple iOS 9 and later, Android OS 5.0 and later, or Windows 10 v1607 or later
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