Heart Rate Monitor Wristband

Product Description

Make every beat count with Charge HR—an advanced activity wristband that gives you automatic, continuous heart rate tracking right on your wrist—all day, during workouts and beyond. Check heart rate 24/7 to maximize training, maintain exercise intensity and measure calorie burn. Automatically track your all-day activity, exercise and sleep, and stay connected with call notifications on display. By wirelessly syncing stats and trends to your smartphone and computer, Charge HR gives you the motivation you need to push yourself further—every step, every beat, every day.

Features

• Track workouts, heart RATE, distance, calories burned, floors climbed, active minutes and steps
• Monitor your sleep automatically and wake with a silent alarm
• See call notifications, daily stats and time of Day on the OLED display
• Sync stats wirelessly and automatically to your computer and over 150 leading Smartphones
• Utilize the sizing tool in product details below to ensure proper fit

Top Reviews

Designed to Fail
by I Feel Fine (1 out of 5 stars)
July 25, 2016

The is my fourth fitbit. The wristband breaks under normal use. This starts as bubbles in the band, then frayed glue, then disintegration. The only remedy at 366 days+ is to beg for a repair which I did just once, for my most recent fitbit. They sent me a refurb which I thought was great. But the refurb lasted only three months before it failed. All in all, I've purchased four and five failed.

Why NOT put the wristband on a hinge and take the stress of the glue and make the band replaceable? This century old design works great for watches. It's almost like they design these Fitbit things to fail in a year...

Five stars if they change their annuity model and make a durable product.
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There are no third chances!
by 2boymom (1 out of 5 stars)
March 6, 2017

I work out all the time, and I wear my Fitbit all the time, regularly participating in competitions with my friends. The motivational part of the Fitbit gets it one star. Here's where the stars start falling off. While I love the motivational aspect of the Fitbit and love a little healthy competition with my friends, the stats are not very accurate. Having had a polar heart monitor (strap included) before, I knew what my heart rate and calorie count should be, and the Fitbit is pretty far off-base (1 star down). Also,I purchased this in 2015, and right around a year later, the area on the back where you charge it completely fell apart and looked completely corroded inside (aren't these supposed to be sweat resistant...especially since they are typically worn by people working out?) - two stars down. I might also add that I regularly made sure I took it off and let it dry completely before putting it back on. I contacted Fitbit, as I had heard their customer service was great. They reluctantly gave me a new one, but made sure to let me know that it would never happen again - three stars down. There's no sense in being catty. It wasn't like I didn't have a legitimate complaint. It's my feeling that if you know people are going to be wearing these almost 24/7 AND sweating in them, they need to be more durable. Less than 6 months into my SECOND Fitbit, the back has again fallen apart (you can see the crack in the picture where the charger connects to the tracker) - four stars down. I'm done. I'm very careful with my Fitbit. I was even more careful the second time around to make sure I pressed against the back as I was pulling the charger off, and it still fell apart in even less time. I'm going back to my tried and true Polar.
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I ordered the Fitbit Charge HR only after I gave up on Jawbone fulfilling my preorder for the Up3 an
by Kristopher Baker (5 out of 5 stars)
January 16, 2015

Full disclosure, I ordered the Fitbit Charge HR only after I gave up on Jawbone fulfilling my preorder for the Up3 and once I realized the Fitbit Surge was like having a VCR strapped to your wrist. Further complicating my decision was the reviews that were all over the place on Amazon. Either people loved it or they thought it was the biggest piece of crap ever. I am writing this review to try and offer a realistic perspective for those looking to buy the Fitbit Charge HR.

First, disregard the reviews from all the "personal trainers" and "hardcore" gym goers out there. It's amazing how everyone becomes a trainer or gym rat when reviewing a piece of workout equipment. Wrist based heart rate monitoring is still in its infancy and if, and I stress if, you are so hardcore that a possible 5-10 beat variation is so critical then you need to stay with chest based HR monitoring for awhile. The Charge HR isn't for that. Not to mention, I haven't seen that it is off like others have said. I was skeptical and I have a Garmin Running GPS watch with a chest HR strap and I see the two being pretty consistent.

Second, I cannot stress enough the quality of the Fitbit app and web based dashboard. They are motivational and intuitive and they give you goals to shoot for. I have yet to see any sync issues or any of the other nonsense I have seen in other reviews.

Finally, $150 is a lot of money but it less than other comparable products out there. To me this is the perfect entry level device. If you like the concept and are disciplined, then you can upgrade to another device. if you are trying to get a snapshot of what you are doing on a daily basis and how you can make some life and fitness improvements, this device is a perfect way in. If you are a "personal trainer" or just "crushing it" beyond what the Charge can handle, you should probably do another set of burpees, stick with chest strap HR monitors and save your "insightful" reviews for Flex magazine.

Bottom line; the Charge HR is well worth the money. No product is perfect but this one does perform as promised. Amazon has the best customer relations of any company out there so if you don't like it you can send it back anyway. I hope this review helps. I know when I was looking, these reviews can be ridiculous, contradict and misleading. Give it a shot! You won't be sorry!
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Widespead Band Bubbling Issues (research first)
by K. D. Ellison (1 out of 5 stars)
December 22, 2015

I originally got a Fitbit Charge HR in May of 2015 (via Amazon) and less than 3 months later (July), the band began to bubble up and then the band started lifting completely from the hardware. Mind you, I don't wet it and followed the care instructions. So I reached out to Fitbit and what I will say is they have excellent customer services. All I had to do is email the issue and send two pictures; I had a new device within a week. Of course this isn't the end of my story, my replacement devices band began to malfunction in the same way in September of 2015 (less than 3 months). Again the process was easy to get a replacement.

Now it's December 2015 and the band of my 3rd Fitbit Charge HR is malfunctioning, at this point I don't want a replacement I'd rather a refund. I was told I wasn't eligible for one (hey I understand its business), but what got under my skin was they offer of 25% off their Fitbit Surge (a larger device/upgrade). So they want me to spend more money on their products? Wow, that's just crazy, especially since I know that the Surge devices are also prone to band issues per a coworker's watch and a friend. I wrote this blog to vent a little, but also to warn other consumers that just because a wearable is the most popular, or has the most commercials don't mean it's the best. Also just because you haven't heard of problems with the device personally (through your immediate circles) doesn't mean they are without issues.
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Falling apart, and now dead - just like every other FitBit I've owned
by Dennis M. Wierzbicki (2 out of 5 stars)
May 10, 2017

UPDATE: After a little over a year, as has happened to the previous three FitBit products I've owned, this one started falling apart. I knew it was outside the one year warranty, so I glued the pieces back together, and it worked for a few months, but now it won't hold a charge for much longer than a day, and when it does, it is constantly hanging up, showing a "half complete" progress bar on the display. I called FitBit, and they led me through a process to remove the device, reset it, then add it, and this worked....for about an hour, then I once again got the 50% progress bar showing on the display. I called FitBit back, and they said there is nothing more they can do - the product is broken. They offered me a 25% discount on a new device, but how inclined do you think I am to buy a FIFTH FitBit product, based on the absolutely horrible quality I've seen with the first four?

The tech support dude said they've improved the quality....WELL WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG, and IF YOU KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH QUALITY, WHY AM I GOING TO HAVE TO BUY YET ANOTHER BRAND NEW PRODUCT?

Original review: This is the fourth FitBit I've owned. The previous three were FitBit Flex's and all three suffered the same fate - the electronics detached from the band. In each case, FitBit replaced the faulty unit with a new one.

All in all, I like the way they operate and how the FitBit's work, so I've remained loyal. In October of 2015 I decided to buy another one, and this time it was a Charge HR. Unfortunately, the back of the electronics case popped open last week, and I'm going to have to Super Glue it together, in much the same fashion as the last 3 Flex's I've had.

How hard is it to make a product that, when used as designed, actually last longer than 18 months? Yes, I wear it every day, and most nights, but I don't wear it swimming, or in the shower, or while washing my car, doing dishes, etc...in other words, it's on my wrist but not exposed to any harsh conditions...and still, it's falling apart in the same way as earlier versions.

It's out of warranty, so I'm stuck fixing it myself, or buying a replacement.

Oh, and BTW, why is the Charge HR the ONLY FitBit that doesn't have the ability to show the battery level on the device's screen? You need to get this info from the app. Ironic that the Charge does not SHOW its charge, no?
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RUBBISH!
by rsreview (1 out of 5 stars)
November 22, 2015

In a word.. RUBBISH!

If you merely want a product to wear around the house and office, then perhaps this might be useful, but if you are going to actually do outdoor activities such as running or mountain bike riding, don't waste your time on this poorly thought-out product. The product description is somewhere between misleading and downright fraudulent when it says: "Get continuous, automatic, wrist-based heart rate" and "See heart rate all day and during workouts"

That product description is simply not true. In fact, you only get to briefly see your heart rate when you disrupt your exercise, and push a button (or tap) to turn on the display, which then only stays on for a couple of seconds. That is neither continuous nor is it automatic!

If you want to keep in the bounds of your desired heart-rate zone, you need to be able to see what your heart-rate currently is... but you can't see your heart-rate until you push the little button, or tap firmly, to turn on the display, and then you have to hold your hand over the display to keep the sun off of it... but do it quickly because in a couple of seconds the reading disappears when the display abruptly turns itself off... arrrg... simply impossible whilst riding your mountain bike at speed on a rough trail.

And, even worse, most of the time in my actual usage during exercise, the heart-rate display indicates "---" which means that the device is unable to measure the heart rate. In my experience, the Charge HR generally cannot get any useful heart-rate information during active workouts such as mountain biking or running! I tried numerous positions on my wrist, and also tried various strap tightness/looseness, but never could get a reliable reading during any activity.

And even if it did measure the heart rate correctly, the display is not even visible outdoors! What good is a product inteneded for use during exercise which does not have a sunlight visible display?

Furthermore, the Android app is very unreliable, and generally fails to sync with my phone (it connects, but fails to sync). Their Google Play reviews show that this is apparently a very common problem, and apparently either Fitbit doesn't care or doesn't know how to fix it.

All in all, this is a nice looking but utterly useless product for heart rate monitoring during activities such as running or mountain biking.
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Poor product quality.
by Pyles The Beaver (1 out of 5 stars)
March 6, 2017

The device works wonderfully and the app is great, but quality is horrible.

I purchased this in October of 2015 and after 4 months the band started to come apart from the device. I called Fitbit and they were great by sending me out another one. Well, another 4 months go by and same thing. The band starts to bubble up and come apart from the device. So I call, and once again customer service is great and send me out another one. Here we go again, another 4 months and the same thing a device with the band bubbling up and coming off. So I call and what do you know, they won't send another one because my one year warranty has expired. I tried to explain that this device is only 4 months old, but they told me that the warranty is from the original date of purchase. The most they would do is give me 25% off the purchase of another one. I replied by stating that, why would I want to buy another one when I know 4 months from now it's going to happen again. They also told me that they are aware of some peoples devices coming apart. Sounds like a manufacturing defect to me, one that they will refuse to fix once your warranty is up. Garmin here I come.
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What a clever little device
by Tara-Tamiko (5 out of 5 stars)
April 28, 2015

I forget I have it on sometimes, but I certainly notice when I'm not wearing it. Not only do you get the device, but you also get a community of Fitbit wearers, and THAT is what helps me stay fit. I walk more because of the challenges you can be involved in with the community. I'm currently in a 'Workweek Hustle' in a work week.

I've heard people complain about the price, but when you compare it to the value of what you get, the price doesn't even come into it. I've lost 2.5kg in one month just by pushing myself to walk at least 10K steps a day; no dieting, no gym.

Oh, and I also wear it on my ankle while I'm sleeping. (I can't wear watches in bed!), I got a 20c hair band to extend it, and it tracks everything perfectly while I'm zzz-ing.

Oh the simplest thing about the device that gives me great pleasure is that the Fitbit Charge HR vibrates when:
1. You've set an alarm
2. Your phone rings (provided you have Bluetooth enabled)
3. When you've reached the step goal that you set

All-in-all, I recommend anyone who wants to get fit to buy it. It's the cost of a few restaurant dinners. Cut back on those, and you'll get quick super fast so you will be able to afford to eat as much as you like!
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... product in August 2015 and I couldn't be more disappointed. I have had this band replaced twice
by Megan (1 out of 5 stars)
September 29, 2016

I purchased this product in August 2015 and I couldn't be more disappointed. I have had this band replaced twice under warranty, and it's just broken again. I'm out of warranty currently, but was able to get FitBit's CS to make an exception to replace my band one last time. Additionally, the FitBit I purchased for my sister for Christmas 2015 has also broken and been replaced under warranty. While it's nice that their warranty provides replacements, keep in mind the replacements are simply refurbished products (which break at an alarming rate). This product is clearly defective (and if you Google anything about this band, you'll see this is a frequent occurrence) and I would urge you to seriously reconsider purchasing this product. I've included a few photos of my various broken FitBit Charge HR Bands.
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I wish i bought one sooner
by Nikki Ann (5 out of 5 stars)
December 27, 2015

I bought this for my boyfriend for a christmas present this year over the "cyber monday sales" and at first I thought it was sort of a dumb idea since he doesn't actually ever work out, track his food/water intake, or even seem to be trying to lose weight. Not that its 3 days after Christmas, we returned from the store a short while ago buying me one too because my whole preconception had been flipped that quick!

First of all if you are unsure of type of Fitbit to pick scroll to the bottom of any Fitbit item page and there is a "compare and contrast" chart which separates out all the differences between the models. Though in my personal option I think the Charge HR (or higher) is really the only way to go to be honest. First I'mm just gonna ignore the other models and just list the functions of the Charge HR then I will get into things a little deeper:
* Tracks Steps, Calories, and Distance
* Built in Clock
* Sleep Quality Tracker
* Silent Alarm
* Floors Climbed
* Active minutes
* Caller ID
* Continuous Heart Rate

Now keep in mind I'm about as far as you can possibly get from a fitness nut (which they seem marketed too), What I'm most interested in is the sleep tracking an the heart rate tracking. First of all i've been diagnosed with not only insomnia and a movement disorder (similar to RLS) so I have major sleep issues and often times unless someone is watching me sleep I have no idea how much i'm moving or whats going on, so I can never say for sure which medications are working better. Now if I can track my sleep patterns and if I changed a medications or dose and there is an increase/decrease in that pattern we knows its because of the meds instead of guessing.

Same things goes for my heart rate, I know it can fluctuate drastically at seemingly random times because I can feel it in my chest, but I have no idea what my rate is or what could be causing it. So now if I know what my heart rate is doing when (and track things likes foods/beverages) I can talk to may doctor and see if we find any correlation.

My boyfriend has the black in large and it fits him perfectly and I ended up with the plum in large as well (which is all they had) I generally have small wrists (like i wear kids jewels and stuff) but if i fasten the large tight i'm fine I think the small might be pushing the smaller size so if you are unsure between the two go for the large its better to be safe and the holes adjust pretty tight.

I paid full price for this item

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