I've been using Fitbit for several years and enjoy it. It helps with accountability of health metrics and I like receiving the weekly progress report in my email inbox so I can compare my metrics to the week before.

Ease of tracking health metrics like: heart rate, type of exercise, step count, miles walked, stairs climbed, number of exercise days, number of active minutes, hourly activity, calories burned, sleep duration, menstrual health, weight, and food consumed. The Fitbit also has a stopwatch and timer feature.

It does not offer a lap feature. Thus, if you want to see how fast you walked in 1 lap and compare it to a second lap, the Fitbit cannot do this.

I have had a very pleasant overall experience, almost three years now I think. I wore out one wrist band, but it was easy to go online to buy replacements. FitBit works, gets consistent data and simply does what it says it will do, which alone is a huge positive in today's world.

The thing I happen to like the most is the wide variety of data available. I particually like the heart beat and sleep info.

Seems counter intuitive to re-boot. So simply turning off and on is not very easy to do until you know how.

I use Fitbit myself, and with patients. Monitoring heart rate, oxygen level, and activity/sleep with only one small wrist worn device is highly beneficial. Newer Fitbit models are equipped with EDA scan and ECG. It can identify and alert to AFIB.I was not satisfied with the alarm feature. I had intended on using it as my daily alarm as well as a reminder later in the day. The vibration is weak! If I don't have the device synched down as tight as I can, I don't feel the alarm at all. The alarms cannot be named, making them not as useful as they could be.

- Monitor vitals, daily activity level, and sleep habits without corded and bulky machines.- Remotely access data.- Community features, work out together.- Mental wellness features.

- Not as reliable or accurate as hands on monitoring.- Device, subscription, data or wifi, and smart phone needed. Expensive.- Drains phone battery. Patients forget to sync.- Features vary by Fitbit device.

Very good whilst watches worked. Would definitely recommend screen protectors for your watch. Easy to use. Must remember charger when going on holidays!

Tracking daily activity, encouragement to move, tracking periods and sleep.

I have had 3 watches now and they have just stopped working for no known reason.

My overall experience has been good when tracking the basic trends like step count, heartbeat etc. but I do not find it very reliable for calories burnt and some other features.

The interface is user friendly and not hard to navigate. The statistics on sleep, irregular heartbeat are more accurate compared to other apps

The step count can be exaggerated and other cardio like stair climbing can be under recorded. It can be a little inaccurate depending on how snug the watch is worn and the angle of the arm when running or doing any kind of cardio.