Fitbit - Surge Fitness Watch (Small) - Black

Been using my Surge for about a month now. Pros: - it is a watch, it even verges on being a superwatch; I have mine set up with the old fashioned analog face (and I get lots of questions & comments about it) - heart rate & sleep tracking without any additional equiptment, apps, nor fuss - quasi-reliable automatic exercise tracking (it knows when I've gone for an intentional walk or run without me having to give it input - however, see caveat below) Cons: - I have small size on an avg female wrist, and it's a bit clunky - I used to use Jawbone Up, and I find the Fitbit application much less helpful &/or motivational (?)... I dunno, I just miss Jawbone nuggets of wisdom and the ease of maneuvering the application - this is my caveat to the aforementioned "Pro" - when I walk/run (as opposed to either walking OR running), it only gives me credit for a portion of the time I'm out on the road - unless I use the "Begin Exercise" function with the buttons on the device, and select "hike," which I find annoying. Note, I have not taken the time to learn all the ways that I could tweak my user experience, but this is likely b/c I was spoiled by that nonrequirement with my Jawbone device.

I keep a pretty weird schedule and end up running myself pretty ragged most days. so I figured I should quantify some of my madness. this device will keep track of my steps, calories, the number of flights of stairs i walk, and even my sleep. it has a run and an exercise menu both with their own section of activities which can monitor your vitals as you perform your workout. Supposedly the fitbit surge can change the music on you device, but i haven't been able to get it to work yet. Apparently the surge does this through something called AVRCP bluetooth profile, which your music program app needs to have in order to work. guess what? none of my music apps do so I'm basically out of luck. lame. i'm currently researching for an app that does. speaking of apps, the fitbit app works pretty good with device. it does occasionally have trouble connecting to the fitbit for a second or two, but usually when you hit the sync button a second or third time it eventually does connect. it does an fine job of displaying everything, though i felt the user interface could be a little better. especially when you want to add/change alarms. it is interesting to discover how i do day to day or week to week with everything I do (sleep, eat, weigh, how much fluids i consume, how often i'm physically active). you can even add your friends and see how you do compared to them. on a weekly basis you will receive an email from fitbit that will show your stats for the week and what your laziest day was. my advice for any new users setting up their account, don't try to log onto the program with your google+ account initially. you'll just screw yourself up and need tech support to reset your password especially when you try to set it up on your phone app since there's no way to log on via google+ (especially when you have 2 step verification and even if you use the proper method as prescribed by the google app password). First create your password, profile, and preferences and AFTER you have done all that you can then add your google+ to your account. it took two weeks for me to resolve my problems before i could really use my fitbit surge to its full extent due to this. Also try not to lose your charging cable or the dongle that comes with it as each are $20 if you lose them. Last time I looked I could only find it through the fitbit website itself, though ebay did appear to have a few for sale. The battery on my watch went down a little faster than the manual said it would, but I could only account that to where I work. I work in radiology at two hospitals and for some reason despite not having any programs on it seems to put a heavier drain to the battery. So I wanted an extra cable to carry with me. I didn't realize they'd be $20 though so I haven't gotten one yet. well, that's what i think. buy one and give your own two cents.

This fitness tracker includes GPS, automatic sleep monitoring, text and call notification. It's easy to use, and is stylish with interchangeable watch faces. The fit is comfortable and easy to clean.

Initially, there were problems installing the firmware to the watch (did not know that firmware was not already present before I purchased). Not really a problem, except I didn't know it. So, the product info on their website was lacking. It took a lot of effort on my part searching the web to find out why the watch was not pairing with my bluetooth and/or working at all. Anyhow, some person somewhere out there on the web unknowingly solved my problem by suggesting to download an earlier app (for PCs in general) that made it possible for me to install the firmware that connected to the dongle which made the watch start working. BUT, there would still be 2 more days to figure out other problems. I was counting the days I still had to return it. Soon and strangely, the watch would not sync with the dongle. Amidst, I decided to give the old bluetooth a try again and voila, it connected. Go figure. And believe me, I was still ready to return it. So, now, everything at this point was paired and working. Yay! But because of all the conflict of using the old app to connect with the dongle and the new app with the bluetooth (no dongle needed), each with different features, I was torn between the two... Both have features the other does not have that I like... Okay, so, long story short... The real negative that still exists is my wristband is too limiting to adjust. The small is too small even for a small person like me. No leeway to move it up on my arm at all. I've already had a couple of minor rashes. Fortunately, they've cleared up but everytime I do a lot of sweating (and hello!, isn't that the point?), I fear I will have another rash. Good watch. But please, BUY THE LARGE WRIST BAND. My recommendation is good watch but please, GET THE LARGE. If Fitbit reads this, I'd appreciate you contacting me and allowing me to exchange mine for the large. Thank you and happy holidays to all.

I am an avid walker and typically walk 15,000 to 20,000 steps per day. I have worked my way through cheaper step trackers and I am now more serious about tracking my steps heart rate sleep etc. the surgeon has been beneficial in my efforts to meet my goals, in addition, I like the Fitbit fit bit mobile app. I especially appreciate the hourly step goals feature, challenge capabilities sleep tracking etc. on the downside, I wish there were more Adventure races, I thought that More would be added regularly and I'm tiring of going through the same Adventure races over and over.

Fits good and easy to use. The IPhone app works perfectly. I would buy this again. I tried other, more expensive ones and couldn't read the small numbers (I'm 47). This does everything I need and more.. I've used mine about a month so far.

Great product I would definitely recommend it to a family or friend member it has worked great and I have been using it every day it is also very comfortable

Upgraded to this from my one that I've had for over 2 years. I needed something to track my heart rate and the phone notifications were a bonus. I chose the surge over the apple watch due to fitbits stellar customer service. I'm not sure I made the best decision. I noticed since using the surge, my steps decreased dramatically. So I wore it w my one for comparison. For 3 days, the step count was significantly off by 3k or more. I also developed a rash on my wrist. I take it off when showering and sleeping and didn't wear it at all for 4 days and it didn't clear up. Not sure I'll be keeping this tracker. I really wanted to love it, but 3 week in, the honeymoon is over. Pics of rash attached.