Jawbone - UP MOVE Activity Tracker - Black

This is going to be a pretty detailed review but the short version is that this is a great tracker. The real power is in the app and all the other devices it can link to. The Jawbone app links to my scale, shows my heart rate, automatically brings in exercises done in other apps and shows me my friends in a really motivating way. I've bought 7 of these now for friends and family and all of us love it. Unboxing and setup: Inside the box is the tracker itself, a clip, a CR2032 battery and a tool to open the tracker so the battery can be inserted. The battery is easy to insert and when the tool gets lost (it inevitably will) a coin will work just fine. The clip easily attaches to a belt, waistband, shirt or almost any other article of clothing and holds well. I've had mine for 9 months and the clip is just as sturdy as it was when I first got it. The only difficult part is putting the tracker in the clip. It takes some force and a couple of minutes but that's better than some other trackers I've had where the tracker can slip out of the holder. Once the battery is in it needs to be linked to a phone through the Up app. On iPhones there are 2 different Up apps, one that requires a tracker and one that does not. The one that does require the tracker has a blue icon instead of purple. Once this app is downloaded, it walks you through connecting the tracker. This process is very reliable and a nice contrast to the Microsoft Band which has a terrible pairing process for non Windows phones. I've set up a bunch of these and never had any issues getting it connected. The tracker: The up move is a circle about the diameter of a quarter and the thickness of 3 quarters. My favorite feature is the battery that lasts for 6 months. I've had to change it once in the 9 months I've had it instead of charging daily or weekly. The face of it is a button and this is the only way to interact with the tracker directly. It's not obvious how to use it and the instructions that come with it could be a little bit clearer. There are 4 things that can be done: 1. Press the face button once to see what percentage of the way you are to your step goal. The edge of the tracker will light up to represent how far along you are. If the lights stop at the halfway point, you're halfway to your goal. 2. Press the button twice to display the time. Again, lights along the edge of the tracker will com up. The hour will flash first followed by the minutes. This takes some getting used to but works well in situations where pulling your phone out would be awkward. 3. Press and hold the face button to enter or exit sleep mode. Before going to sleep, do this so it knows to start tracking sleep. The lights will flash and a blue moon will light up. When you wake up do this again and the lights will flash and an orange man will appear. 4. Press twice and hold the face button to enter activity mode. This lets the tracker know you're about to start exercising and it will try and figure out what you're doing. Even if it can't it will still give you credit for the activity. The app: This is where the Jawbone really shines. The app is well designed so the information you're most likely to want to see is on screen first. It shows sleep, activity and a food score if you track your food. These update automatically throughout the day and a quick glance is all that's required to see how you're doing. Where the app became invaluable for me was when I hooked it up to other fitness devices and apps I was already using. I have the Withings Body Analyzer (think a scale on steroids) and I weigh myself every morning. My weight, body fat percentage and heart rate go immediately into the Jawbone and it's treated just like the data that comes directly from the band, easily visible instead of hidden away in some corner of the app. I track food with MyFitnessPal and again the data is imported into Jawbone and put front and center exactly as if I was doing the tracking in the Jawbone app. My favorite is the Runkeeper integration. Every run I go on shows up in Jawbone with a map, my distance and time. I love that I get to pick the best app for me and use that but still have Jawbone be the hub of it all. Social aspects: This was an area I didn't think would be important until I started using it. I got my girlfriend a tracker when she kept asking questions about mine and once she had one, she started commenting on my activities. In the app there is an activity feed that can show activities from all teammates (friends who also use Jawbone) or just your own. When you see other peoples activities a little emoji icon let's you leave a happy or astounded face and a comment box let's you leave more detailed feedback. I use this all the time now. When my brother plays 2 hours of basketball it's easy to congratulate him. When I have a really good run my friends can see it and provide some encouragement. When I get a really good (or bad) nights sleep my friends can chime on. Some other trackers I've used focus heavily on competition with friends. For me (and my friends) this was a turn-off. Jawbone is based around encouragement and I find myself using it much more. There's still a leaderboard, I can see who's taking the most steps this week and try and move up but I'm much happier with the social features here than I have been with other trackers. Smart coach: The last thing worth mentioning is the Smart Coach, Jawbone's way of chiming in with suggestions. In general I like the way this works but the suggestions themselves get repetitive. There are 3 categories of suggestions: Take more steps, eat more fiber and go to sleep earlier. They're all good suggestions and they're presented well but it gets old after a while. Final thoughts: As a device to help me get in better shape, Jawbone is the best I've found. The tracker does what it's supposed to do and the app is the hub of all my fitness related gadgets. If you're a novice, it's very easy to use and if you're a techie, there's enough data to satisfy almost everyone. There's only one downside I've found: there's no way to get notifications from your phone on it like you can on some higher end trackers. I hope they add this in the future but it would require a complete redesign of the tracker. I may end up getting an Apple Watch in the future for that purpose. For straight fitness tracking, Jawbone is the best.

In addition to the Jawbone Move... I have previously used a Misfit, Jawbone Up, and Fit bit over the past 3 years. This one is by far my favorite - once you buy the optional wrist bands. The device itself uses a watch battery and does not need to be charged. It is also water resistant, which means it can be worn in the shower even (not for swimming though). You can leave it on constantly - there is no need to take it off except in 3 to 6 months when it needs a new battery. I have tendinitis and Carpal tunnel in my wrists, and the other fitness trackers I tried irritated my wrists greatly. Especially the UP and Fit bit, they were heavier and needed to be tighter on the wrist to be accurate. I wont go into the wrist straps because that would need to be a separate review, but I will say they are comfortable and lightweight. The application itself is amazing, by far the best I have used yet as an all around tool. I also keep track of my diet, and I do make sure to log my sleep. When tracking steps simply wearing it gives you information on Percent to goal, active time, longest time active, longest time idle, total burn, active burn, and resting burn. When logging an exercise (press once then hold on second press - then press when done) the next time you sync you select the exercise type it was and the level of intensity. It then gives you time worked out, steps, pace, and total burn. It keeps these values in an easy way to view separate from the rest of your daily goal. The display for sleep has the best visual information displaying when you were awake, sleeping lightly, and deep asleep. The bars are incredibly clear and easy to read at a glance. You get percent to goal, sound sleep, how long to fall asleep, time awake, light sleep, how long you were in bed, and how many times you woke up. The diet tracking is the true hidden gem to the jawbone app. I have used several others including a few paid apps and this is the best one. First to log food, not only can you type in the food - but you can scan the bar codes for more accurate tracking. As a bonus - if you are out to eat - with GPS enabled you can bring up the menu of the restaurant you are eating at and see the calories and such before ordering, this is just incredible. After you have logged your food, you can see how many calories eaten, how many in current meal, and how many left to your goal. In addition - the best part of this app is it gives more data than calories. Percentage based on recommended amount of Fiber, Unsat Fat, Carbs, Protein, Sugar, Sat Fat, Sodium, and Cholesterol. Its easy to log your food and even easier to see what you have left for the day and what you should avoid eating. If you have friends that use the app, you can not only see what they log for activity, food, and sleep (if they choose to share), but you can also challenge them to duels, comment, ect. The jawbone up is the fitness tracker for me, and even after buying the additional bands... was less expensive.

I felt I needed to give this a try and in the last 3 months I feel I can finally give it a review. I did hours of research and due to my job and its dress code I couldn't go with the Garmin all in one that I orgianlly wanted. I am training for the Wine and Dine 1/2 Marathon and wanted to step up my training. My options that fit into the dress code was a "hip" tracker that could be hidden, Fitbit or a Basis Peak. PROS: I wore the Peak and this Jawbone Move. For the most part I felt that the Move was much easier- I DO NOT HAVE TO CHARGE IT. I also liked that it was small and discreit. I LOVE that I can wear it on my wrist or as it comes. I also felt it was much closer to what I run on the treadmill. I would stay that it is only off less than a 10th of a mile on the treadmill and within a couple feet of a run outside. It can tell when I'm warming up and than going faster. I can ADJUST/Input how that workout felt, how hard it was, and just overall make adjustments to it. With the Peak I could NOT. I find that very annoying. Maybe its because I'm a "Gen X" gal but I get technology and it lets me interact with the App and I feel that really helps me. I can put in into the wrist accessory if I want, so I have options with making it go with my outfits or can hid it. I only have to hold down a button for a moment to get it between sleep or awake. I can check my progress on my wrist or look it up in my phone. I LOVE the App. It breaks down the day by Sleep, Activity and Food. The ratings that it gives for the food have helped me make better choices. If you rate the daily tips and write WHY something doesn't apply to you, they will customize the tips later. I LOVE THAT!! There are different reviewers but "Jimmys Review Room" will break down the app for you and was one of the biggest helps for me. To save battery life on my phone I have set it up to only sink when I tell it too. I also set up a daily update reminder in the app for 2 pm, which is my break time most days. this is great because if I forgot to input something I am reminded to than. I can also see where I'm at with only 1/2 of my day gone. Cons: The app takes a little to get ALL aspects out of it, but just play with it for an hour or so and you should be good. I wish I didn't have to pay for a new battery every 6 months or so, but there only $5-7 dollars for two so I will take that over having to charge and forget my tracker at home. I wish it would tell between weights and being stationary but being that it is on my hip most days I get that it wouldn't be able to tell. I wish the App would read a blu tooth heart rate monitor, but my TomTom Runner will so thats not a big deal. Overall: I love the simplicity of this tracker. It is NOT an all inclusive for those that want Heart rate this is NOT the one for you. If you do not care about that, and want a grab and go tracker than this is for you! I have gotten four co-workers to buy these and they love it too.

I bought this about a month ago and I absolutely love it! It tracks your sleep, steps, and activity. the tricky part for me is remembering to click the device to let it know im starting a working or sleep mode. The app's golden feature of this product (although it IS available for free in the App Store for both iOS and Android). The app allows you to track your food consumption and calculates calories for you as well as calories burned from your workout. It lets you interact with others on the app and challenge them. I like that the app is more friendly than competitive (you can cheer your friends on!). I use the app a lot :) The actual device is versatile and can be attached to practically ANYTHING. I've never had it slip or even budge. The way it's designed allows for it to cling to anything. I also had it clipped to my sports bra during a workout and later went swimming to cool off and forgot I had it on. The device is waterproof although I don't think it's designed for water/swimming (not sure?) but it worked with me! I've taken it swimming a few times after that. This being said, sweat/rain/snow, etc. won't affect the function of the device. Awesome! I haven't had to replace the battery as of yet but from what I've read it lasts long. I don't use any accessories with it personally. I like that it's discreet as a clip-on and don't like wearing anything on my wrists so I retuned the wrist bands I had purchased with this. That's a personal preference though. Bought a second device for my mom!

I bought this device to replace my Nike+ FuelBand SE. The Jawbone Up Move easily clips onto your clothing and provides very accurate tracking of your activity throughout the day. The device also can track your sleep which is a big advantage over the Nike+ FuelBand SE. The Jawbone Up Move does not ship with a wrist strap. Although the device works well without the wrist strap the sleep tracking function is greatly enhanced while wearing the wrist strap at night. With the wrist strap you can wear the Jawbone Up Move as a watch. It has a great interface for displaying the time. On top of all of this is the Jawbone Up software for Apple iOS. It is by far the best software I have used for any fitness trackers. In my opinion it is better than the Nike+ software and the Fitbit software. The software is easy to use. It tracks your movement and your sleep and provided helpful tips are useful and easy to incorporate into your daily routine. For example, the tips for when you should get into bed have already helped me to gain an hour of sleep each night. Overall I think the Jawbone Up Move is a great device. The only reason for me not to give five stars is having to buy the wrist strap separately from the device.

I had burned through 4 Fitbit Flex before I gave up on them. Then I saw this tracker on sale and it was worth the $20 opportunity cost. It runs off a replaceable Lithium battery which means the charge is good for 4-6 months then a quick batter swap gets it back up and running. The hardware interface is quite easy to use, a quick press shows the current tracked state (activity or sleep), a double press shows the current time and a long press toggles between sleep and activity. There are different colored and shaped lights which indicate which mode it is currently operating in which makes for convenient identification. My biggest complain is that I have lost the unit 3 times already when it shot off my belt due to an arm brush or getting something out of my pocket. So far I have been able to find it each time but it is annoying when it happens. The android app is pretty clean thought I wish there was a way I could review the result on the web. The app has a feature called smart coach which attempts to motivate you to continually do better but increasing your activity, sleep and better caloric intake. This is great most of the time but it would be nice to have an "i'm injured" feature to explain why activity plummets to minimal. So in summary well-featured and easy to use for a great price tag. If you are considering getting into personal tracking and do not want to face the $200-$300 expenditure of other tracker this is a great alternative.

I love this fitness tracker because it is small and unassuming, and it is quite accurate. I wear it on the waist band of my pants every day and on the collar of my shirt every night. I paid $19.99 on Best Buy on-line during a sale, and it is by far the best deal if you are looking to keep track of steps taken, mileage walked, and to keep a log of your sleeping patterns. I had a Fitbit wrist tracker in the past, but it was poor quality, and the charger stopped working after only a month. I returned it and waited about a year before I decided to try the Jawbone UpMove, on the recommendation of a coworker. It keeps track of how many minutes it takes me to fall asleep, how many hours and minutes I slept, and how much of that time was restful vs. light sleep. It also tracks my steps and miles walked and run, but I did notice that when I run, the mileage is a little low compared to what I actually ran. You can also track your eating/diet with this product, but I have yet to utilize that function. I am very happy with this product so far, and for $20, you can't go wrong. I prefer this type of wearable technology to the wrist band I used to have, as it was somewhat bulky and annoying when I slept. I forget the UpMove is even there; I just have to be vigilant that I don't put it in the wash!

I already have the garmin vivofit, but wanted something inexpensive to wear hidden rather than having to wear on my wrist. I also liked that this item automatically syncs rather than having to press the button to do so. However, I wore both the up move and my vivofit to work today and am not happy with the results. I'm a teacher and am on my feet for the entire day, rarely sitting down at all over the course of 8 hours. I always or almost always meet by 10,000 step goal by night time. My garmin registered around 7,500 steps, but the up move only registered 3,000!!!!! I understand that the bracelet type trackers may track more than a clip tracker, but that is less than half of the steps that i took! I even put both trackers in my pocket and tried that for about 10 minutes to see what would happen and the jawbone still tracked 75 less steps than the garmin over a short period! Also, in the one day that I've had it I have trouble connecting on and off to the app. It was easily fixed each time, but it happened probably half the times I opened the app. For these reasons I am returning it and staying with the garmin. They just came out with a clip that is available on some sites, so I will order that.