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Get the most out of your daily exercise routine with this Fitbit Blaze in plum, a smart fitness watch that helps you monitor heart rate, where you are and what you're doing. Add regular notifications, track sleep and transfer data straight to your computer thanks to the wireless syncing of the Fitbit Blaze in plum.
 
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Compared to a Misfit
on March 6, 2016
Posted by: Dawn
For starters I will say that I had a Misfit. It was something I won in a white elephant game at Christmas two years ago. I felt it was extremely inaccurate and was just a basic pedometer and sleep tracker. I work out 5-6 times a week and wanted to be able to see if I was hitting my maximum heart rate level while working out. I can't always trust the gym machines and for half of my workout I'm lifting weights. So I put it to the test today.
For the first half of my workout session I did weights. I was able to choose that as a setting when starting my workout. I'm not really sure I will use this feature again. It seemed to tell me what my max heart rate was while weight training and how long I lifted. I can see my heart rate info in another screen just as easily so to me, this wasn't beneficial. I was also in a challenge this weekend with another fit bit wearer. One thing I've noticed is that I'm very light on my feet. I don't take steps that bear down a lot of weight. For me, unless I'm almost stomping, my steps do not register. I also climbed on the stair machine and it didn't record my step unless I let my hand kind of linger by my side. Anyone who knows me knows that I shouldn't be trusted to not fall on a machine like that. I'm just clumsy :) So I ended up stopping the stairs and shifting to the treadmill just to have my steps register for the challenge this weekend. Ya...I'm that competitive. It's also not an issue of it being too loose. I have the small size band and have it on the second to last tightest notch.
Pros:
* Pretty accurate heart rate with the ability to see if I'm in normal, cardio, fat burn or peak exercise mode
* Accurate sleep monitoring
* Able to control music using the watch saving me from having to pull my phone out
* Able to see notifications come across and know whether it's important enough to stop my workout to answer/respond
Cons
* Doesn't always accurately register my steps. It could be that I'm just a light stepper but it's rather annoying especially while doing a fitbit challenge.
* I find that sometimes the screen doesn't pop up with a flick of the wrist and I have to either try again or tap the watch face which can be irritating while in the middle of a workout.
* It didn't include the 7 minutes I spent on the stair master as exercise but it did show up in the peak heart rate.
Would I buy this again? I'm not sure. Maybe once I can do a true workout after the fit bit challenge I can gauge whether or not it's really necessary. Because I had to switch to the treadmill to register my steps it wasn't a completely accurate description of MY true workout. Today I learned that I mostly stayed in the fat burn zone and spend very few minutes in peak (only when I was on the stair master I usually use). So that was interesting to know.
My Best Buy number: 0953680991
I would recommend this to a friend!
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