Called PurePulse, the band continually monitors heart rate whether you're asleep or awake, and funnels the results into Fitbit's app. Plus it feels nearly the same, but adds new 24-hour heart rate tracking technology that sounds worth waiting for. I'd suggest you skip the Charge and wait for the Charge HR instead: it costs just $20 more at $150 in the US, £120 in the UK, or $180 in Australia.
Its continuous all-day tracking is something most heart rate-enabled fitness bands don't do. But, Fitbit promises 5 days of battery life while the Charge HR monitors heart rate continuously, even during sleep. It looks nearly the same, except its band uses a standard watch-like buckle instead of little snap-on prongs, for a snugger fit. The Fitbit Charge HR is, basically, the Charge with the addition of an optical heart-rate monitor on the back. Fitbit Charge HR: The heart-rate monitoring band you want to wait for Īt $130 in the US, £100 in the UK and $150 in Australia, however, the price seems a little high considering it's just a glorified step counter: competing accelerometer-based bands have been lowering prices as of late. It lasts 7 days on a charge, which isn't as great as other fitness bands like the Shine or the Jawbone Up24. And the Charge finally has caller ID that works when paired to iOS, Android or Windows phones - a promised feature that never arrived for the Fitbit Force. The Charge has new automatic sleep tracking, much like products such as the Misfit Shine already offer. And it has a redesigned band made with new materials, as well as fastening prongs that Fitbit claims won't detach as easily (several of us at CNET lost our models last year when they flew off our wrists). The Charge has the same horizontal OLED display and side button as before, but it's slightly wider. The Fitbit Charge is, basically, a Fitbit Force. It'll also be available very soon, this November. Here's the good news about the Fitbit Charge, the least expensive of the three bands: if you've been missing the Fitbit Force, an accelerometer-equipped band with OLED display that was pulled from store shelves due to an outbreak of allergic skin reactions, this is pretty much the same thing. Fitbit Charge: Finally, a replacement for the Fitbit Force I got to see all three at CNET's offices and try them on for size. Left to right: Fitbit Charge, Charge HR and Surge.įor now, this fall, Fitbit's only new product is the Charge.
Two of them - the Charge HR and Surge - have all-day heart-rate tracking, but, alas, they aren't coming until early 2015. Now, as leaks have hinted, it's back at the end of the year with a trio of new products.
Fitbit is the runaway leader in the fitness-tracker market, and yet the company has been completely quiet in 2014.
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