Customer Ratings & Reviews

Excellent product at reasonable price with professional service

I've now owned this for a couple months. It does everything I want BUT there is an inherent weakness in the band bracket on the top of the unit. It flies off my wrist when at the gym which is not helpful when you're tracking heart rate. It happens frequently enough that it's disappointing. If you go to the gym, you might want to consider a smart watch style.

Very good watch, the quality is excellent and it keeps a good charge. Other than switching out the band ( I did not like the standard band) everthing is excellent.

This product is simple to use, a sleek design and does all that I want for it to do.

The battery lasts about a week for me so far. It has made me more self aware which has motivated me to exercise more. I also like that it keeps up with my sleep.

My bad. I admit it... See, my current FitBit 4's screen had died and I was in a hurry to get a replacement. Didn't even think to check. Understand, this is my third Fitbit Charge... and I made the (incorrect) assumption that this natural progression in the Charge series (3, 4, [I never got a 5 or you might be reading this same kind of review earlier...]) would be *about* the same as the earlier ones I owned. Maybe some improvements because that's the way this stuff used to work, right? WRONG! I never even considered the possibility that they would take away what I had considered to be the only thing that set it apart from other 'step counter' and heartbeat monitor devices... The ability to track elevation ('floors') and still keep the same "Charge" name. Good job, Google... You got me. <sigh> In a world where companies actually cared about customers, they might give a model with a radical change in functions a different name. Even something as simple as "Charge X Lite" ... well, not that exactly but something along those lines "Charge 6 Budget" "Charge 6 Econ" something to alert people that these new and (not) improved) Charge-s, while seemingly in the same lineage (3, 4, ...) are different. But that would probably hurt sales, right? Who knows, maybe it would have helped sales of a more expensive version with the 'floors' feature. I hope you don't think I'll buy another one with an altimeter/barometer. Not going to happen. In fact, this will be the last Fitbit/Google tracking product that I purchase. New brand in 3 years (or am I dreaming that a Google product could possibly last that long.... After all, planned obsolence is good for Google ... And what's good for Google is good for...well, if not America, then at least our digital overlords, I guess). As for the alleged 'improvements,' the watch GPS is cludgy, an energy hog, and overly complicated. I quickly discovered it is best to default to using the phone GPS... The EDA scan is a truly useless gimmick, there, I suspect, solely as ploy to try to upsell you to premium 'breathing exercises' content (Spoiler alert... Don't do it... they suck... Want breathing exercises? get a dedicated meditation app!). I would gladly sacrifice the gimmick eda-scan-upsell silliness for an altimeter, however (below) average it may perform. On the plus side, the screen is bright and readable in any light. After years of learning to give up on trying to see anything on the Charge 4 screen, I have to remind myself that this screen is actually acceptable. And the "Find Phone" function is useful. Every week seems to be a new problem... As reported elsewhere, the app would sometimes crash when attempting to view (post-workout) the map of a walk tracked on the app ... On more than one morning, I have encountered grossly inaccurate (too high) heart rate. I wear a second tracker for accurate altitude (suunto) on my right wrist. So when fitbit reported a heart rate at double the actual rate, I knew the Fitbit had problems. Searched on-line and sure enough, a known issue. I had to reboot multiple times to get it right. (and the reboot via charging cable is stunningly user-unfriendly... Do you people even know how the average person charges things... You place the button in an almost impossible to reach position unless it is alone in a USB port/jack. Really dumb). The Out of Control Heart Rate Issue started when I was (foolishly) trying to use the EDA scan (my bad... Seriously, we should be given the option to disable the Useless EDA Scan). Suspect the heart rate reading fail is related to stunningly cheap/inadequate hardware design and production issues. And finally, after all these years, you'd think somebody there could fix the app so that it stops announcing the average and split pace as the same for each 'lap' (Average Pace AND Split Pace are generally NOT the same thing!... Sheeesh).

Used the Fitbit charge 6 when I lost my Apple Watch. Other than the occasional Bluetooth connection issues with my iPhone, It’s a good budget friendly alternative to track your activities.

Very easy to set up and use. It is a low-profile watch that is not intruding in any way. I use it mainly when I have five mile runs so that I can know my heart beats. The battery sustains a seven-day week with its usual working mode.

Fanatic watch. I use this multiple times everyday since I purchased 3 months ago. It's just what I was looking for. I didn't want a smartwatch that bogs me down with a bunch of text messages, phone calls, and emails. This just gives me the meat and potatoes and what I want. And the app is perfect. So far it's better than any other app that I've downloaded. I really like the battery life. My wife has a Samsung watch and has to put on the charger every night and can't really use the sleep function, but this watch even refurbished gets a good 7 days out of one charge

I had a charge 5 for a few years which worked well until the screen stoped working. The 6 has a small button on the side that allows you to turn the screen on if it doesn't come on automatically. I think this is an improvement. I mostly use it for a quick look at the time and to measure daily steps and distance walking on a hike. That works great.

It works great I bought for my wife for Christmas and she just love it Easy to get started on with the app Works a lot better than her Fitbit inspire

A great product for this price range and would definitely recommend if you are a fitness freak, it is easy to monitor and gives a good results.

Overall a significant upgrade from the 5. They fixed the previous issues. The overall functionality of the watch is perfect for those who are into fitness as well as just tracking their HR, sleep time and oxygen level. It has a lot of extra functions for the higher level athletes to use. It functions well for reading texts and incoming calls. Responses are limited but that's not what this watch is for.

Fairly good tracker it’s really too bad. Google took this over because I have seen some service issues that are not being resolved.

I got this for my mom with additional bands and she loves it. The fact that it monitors her sleep counts her steps and so much more is what she loves. This was to help us start with a better health lifestyle.

I never wore a watch and thought I might hate this but it was small and comfortable and not distracting. More features than I need or want but the ones I did want work well and are easy to use. So far, battery life is around 6 days but I'm not a heavy user (using / checking functions all day long).

I GOT THIS FOR MY HUSBAND FOR HIS BIRTHDAY FOR $120. . BECAUSE HE HAS A HEART CONDITION , BUT WOW IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN A HEART MONITOR . A WATCH , STEPS , SLEEP , OXYGEN ,WORKOUT , EKG ,AND MORE . AMAZING .HE LOVES IT.

Its been everything my family wants without excess. For us, the most important things for this to do are : - be comfortable - track our heart rate - track our workouts It fills all these needs at what we feel is a great price. There are extra features that could be useful that we havent plsyed with yet (the option to control youtube music) Bought one for myself and highly recommended one for my mom too. Its been great to both of us aftet upgrading from our previous versions.

Requires an initial setup. Does not work until the setup is complete. This is a bad thing because the setup requires a lot of work. Once setup this is a great tool for activity recording. This has a lot more tools then the older fitbits I have used and good displays both on the watch face and on the application on a PC. Although the battery life is very long, it would be nice if is was replaceable.

i really like this one. it's nice and small so doesn't catch on anything when i'm wearing it. nice screen for me. it tracks beautifully. great purchase