Fitbit - Ionic Smartwatch - Charcoal/smoke gray

I’ve been a Fitbit user for years, and this is by far their best product yet. If you’re looking for a fitness oriented smartwatch but don’t want/need the bells and whistles and low battery life of the Apple Watch, this is a great choice. The Ionic has a large square screen and a very sleek look. It has a great heart rate monitor, sleep tracking function (which calculates REM, deep, and light sleep), GPS, text and phone call vibrating alerts, silent alarms, music upload app, and everything from previous Fitbits (such as steps, calories, stairs, and active minutes counters). The watch’s battery is one of its best features (about 3-4 days between charges). Since it’s waterproof, you’ll rarely need to take the watch off. I bought a third party Milanese loop band, and the watch looks great with suits and formal wear. The music upload feature also works great. With Bluetooth headphones, the watch will play your favorite fitness music without having to bring along your phone or iPod. The Bluetooth connectivity works really well. There are a few other good fitness apps that come with the watch, such as fitness coach, weather, and relax, and more are on the way. This watch is simple, intuitive, and great for helping you meet and exceed your fitness goals. Well done, Fitbit!

Buy a different brand smartwatch or tracker. Stay away from Fitbit! The Ionic lasted about three months before I started having trouble with it. It would have issues synching, random power offs, and the original band lasted about eight months. It was my mistake for thinking it woukd be fixed with updates. The Ionic completely quit today and will not power back on. My app shows it synced this morning at 1:54am and when I woke up at 5am it was a black screen that will not power on even with the forced reset procedure. I purchased the Ionic on 10/20/17 at Best Buy. I contacted Fitbit customer service today and was told too bad, it's out of warranty by about three months. But they'd give me 20% off a future purchase. That's the last $230 Fitbit will ever get from me. There's too many other options out there to treat customers like this when this is supposed to be the best product a company offers.

I've always loved Apple products, but recently switched to Android. I did a lot of research and came to the conclusion that Fitbit is the best match for my needs, as I mostly use my smartwatch for health/exercise/fitness stuff. I love that it tracks my sleep and sleep cycles, exercise programs, and loads my music so I can leave my phone somewhere safe, like in my car, while I work out. It pairs with my wireless Aftershokz headphones with no problems. The only thing this watch doesn't do yet, but hopefully will someday is sync with my Samsung Galaxy 9+ phone text messages and phone calls. Fitbit says it's working on it, but not there yet. That's not a deal breaker for me, but I'm sure it is for some people. I think it's definitely one of the best options out there. Also, lots of inexpensive and colorful bands available on Amazon, and the bands are super easy to change out--like, click, click, done.

After using the Blaze for several years I upgraded to the Ionic - I am very happy with my new purchase - it does everything the Blaze did plus more - my usual use for the watch is to help me keep track of my fitness - I also enjoy the feature that allows me to view my text messages and actually see who is calling me before I have to reach for my phone - all in all I’m very satisfied -

Amazing tech! This lets me track my heart rate my steps and achieve goals by making them feel like a game. Highly recommended!

Just got off chat with Fitbit support after my watch bricked itself for no reason while sitting on the nightstand. They informed me that "this is unexpected behavior for our products" but there is nothing they can do except for offer me a discount on my next product. This is the second watch from Fitbit that has broken just past the 1 year warranty date. "Fitbit is still improving their products," support says. So, if you want to fund Fitbit's beta testing on 300 dollar smartwatches, this is a great purchase. Just don't expect it to last more than one year! Fitbit offers no repair or technical support other than pressing buttons to reset, either. So, whatever is wrong with my watch, there is nothing that can be done other than send Fitbit more money to improve their products.

I think this is a pretty great activity tracker. Now, if you have NEVER owned a smart watch, you will love this Fitbit. It is great at HR tracking for all types of activity, it tracks sleep great too. It is so light, but it is sort of big. Now, if you are wanting a true smart watch this is not it. Look else where.

I love this new Fitbit except a few things. Like, you can't change the music at all once you've started a workout. But I love that you can play music without the phone. Although it seems a wee glitchy. Maybe my headphones? Love the swim tracking, seems pretty accurate. I wish they'd add swim challenges or something. It's super light, and not too big on my tiny wrist. The coach is cool, hoping they add more workouts.