When excercising, do you have to keep phone on you with Charge HR? Say when I am biking, I would only prefer to have something on my wrist tracking my info. Then when I get home, it will sync with phone/pc/etc. Having my phone on me is not preferred. Will this work or do you have to buy the more expensive one for this.

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EngineerT · Accepted Answer

You don't need your phone with you. You can sync afterward and download your heart rate. Your phone/computer will then show you a graph of your heart rate over time.

It is difficult to monitor your heart rate in real time as the display goes dark in 30 seconds or so. If you want to see your heart rate while you work out, get something with an LCD screen. If you only want to spot check and look at everything later, this works great.

Erinelee1113 · Answer

You do not have to have your phone with you. It will sync later.

crecord1 · Answer

It will sync afterwards when it connects to the phone with Bluetooth.

BobC · Answer

It will work exactly like you are hoping. I work out and go most of the day without my phone and sync the Fitbit with my cell phone later in the day.

Melissa · Answer

It will sync your information that was tracked while exercising whenever you sync it to your phone or computer. You do not have to have your phone on you.

Rafflesian · Answer

That will work with the Charge HR or Charge. The operation of the fitness band is independent of the records synchronization with a smart phone.

Heather · Answer

You don't need your phone with you. When you get within bluetooth range, it will sync or you can go to the app on your phone or computer and sync then.

CDAugDev · Answer

During exercise (or anything else for that matter) you only need to be wearing the Charge HR and it will track you. Later on you can sync to a phone/tablet/PC/whichever at your convenience. I usually leave my phone at home when I go for long walks or jogs (I have a separate mp3 player just for music). Hope this helps!

Answered by CDAugDev 10 years ago

Vikingstaff1 · Answer

Nope. It will just sync later with your phone, but track everything fine without it in the moment.

skywriter · Answer

If you're interested in tracking on a bike, I don't know that this would work. For that I suggest the Garmin forerunner. It's a great device for that and I do believe the new ones (I have one that's at least 5 years old) allow you to sync with your phone, pc or tablet.

Answered by skywriter 11 years ago

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