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June 2013
(76%)
153 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(79%)
24 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Tracks steps like a champ. Unimposing and easy to wear. Long battery life. Cheap at $99
The Fitbit Flex weighs only 16 grams
And it comes in two sizes and 10 different colors
Making it easy to wear
You'll never leave home without it. Battery lasts a full 7 days. Design makes it more unlikely to lose than a tracker with a clip design. If you are already in the Fitbit ecosystem – transistioning to the Fitbit Flex will be a breeze. It's light on your w
It has a very minimalist design
Water resistant
Available in a variety of colors
Mobile app is extremely comprehensive
Comfortable to wear for extended periods of time
Great battery life
Interchangeable bands are available in lots of color options
Cheaper than many other options
Custom alarms let you remind yourself of anything with a gentle vibration on your wrist
Comfortable and inconspicuous
Optional bands and pendants available
Effortless data uploads
Two wireless options
Simplicity
The virtue of doing one thing and doing it well is espoused in a lot of different areas. I would say that the Fitbit Flex is a perfect embodiment of that principle. The Flex is there to record your steps and your sleep. If you so choose you ca
Simple elegant design
Good price
Light and comfortable body
Accurate
High battery life
Discrete alarm (vibration)
Easy to use
Compatible with a variety of iOS and Android apps
Comfy wristband form factor and showersafe water resistance means you can wear it 24/7
Very adjustable wristband
Progress lights tell you how close you are to reaching your daily goal
Wireless syncing
Silent vibrating alarms
Variety of band colors to
The Fitbit Flex is a simple way to track steps
Sleep
And calories. The Flex's strap design makes it light and comfortable to wear. It also offers handy Bluetooth syncing
And Fitbit's platform gives plenty ways to analyze your stats
Comfortable desig
Multiple color option
Appealing and intuitive ap
Plugs into several third-party apps
Excellent battery life. Accurate. Comfortable
Light
Stylish. Includes silent vibrating alarm. Interchangeable bands available in several colors. Bluetooth and NFC-enabled wireless syncing to smartphones. Great Web experience.
Tracks steps and sleep with accuracy
Hard to lose
Bluetooth syncing
Vibrant user base across Fitbit line for social step competition
Minimal
Comfortable design
High level of customizability
Comprehensive suite of applications
Wide range of connected devices and services
Cheap. Waterproof. Discrete
Sleep tracking function wakes you up gently by massaging your wrist (but not your partner
Lightweight wristband is comfortable. Available in multiple colours
NFC and Bluetooth 4.0
More accurate than the Jawbone Up
The Silent alarm
Sleek
Attractive
Colorful
Bluetooth/wireless syncing
Real time data viewing
Waterproof
Long battery life
Light and thin
Accurate and consistent
If you've been on the fence about which tracker to get
This is the one. It beats the Basis B1 which still doesn't have a smartphone app and still requires a cabled connection to sync (although it does track heart rate
Which the Flex does not). It beats
Wireless syncing over Bluetooth 4.0
Convenient
Simple LED display
Competitively priced
Clean
Attractive design with multiple color options
Accurate (confirmed by comparing to the Fitbit One)
Cheaper thanf the Fuelband
7day battery life
The editors didn't like
If you're already active
Tracking steps and steps alone just isn't enough
Its battery only lasts five days
Which is less than many other trackers
Band is cheap feeling and difficult to close on your wrist by yourself. You will rely on the app or dashboard heavily for how you are doing throughout the day. Also
The indicators on the Fitbit Flex offer minimal information of your progress
Proprietary charging port
Misinterprets hand movements as steps sometimes
Calorie count is exaggerated in my experience
As is step count in some instances
Clasp on the band can easily get snagged and come undone
Basic LED display
Doesn't track stairs climbed
Proprietary Charger
Lack of OLED display
Doesn't monitor heartbeat
Takes time to get used to sleeping with it
Difficult to put on your own wrist
Does not count stairs
Requires a USB dongle for syncing
Does not track flights of stairs (like the FitBit One)
Always visible if worn with short sleeves
No screen on device to show you detailed information on goal progress
Does not tell time
Wristband notches gets gross
Very hard to attach to wrist and ca
Clasping the Fitbit Flex's strap shut is tricky. Direct syncing is only available with the iPhone
The Samsung GS3
And the Galaxy Note handsets
Difficult to put o
Display supplies minimal inf
Lacks heart rate tracking
Limited display of information on device. No altimeter
Five day battery life unimpressive
Clasp a bit fussy to use
No numeric ondevice display
Android app a bit buggy
Display isn't informative
Few Android devices actually supported
We had some issues finding the app in local Arabian Play Stores (expect an update on this matter)
General lack of data precision
No detailed feedback without using the app
Only metric tracked is motion
Boring design
Doesn't tell you what to do with your data
Hard to put on and take off
Inputting sleep
Food
And activity is a lot of work
Thanks for telling me what I've done
But please tell me more about what I should do. Would be nice if device itself showed number of steps taken at a glance
Published: 2013-05-07, Author: peter , review by: gizmodo.com
Priced at $100, the same as the more full-featured One, I dont know why anyone would want to buy the Flex. Its inaccurate, has fewer features and is the least motivating activity tracker of those available today. To be honest though, if youre relying o...
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Published: 2013-05-06, Author: Brian , review by: cnet.com
The Fitbit Flex is a simple way to track steps, sleep, and calories. The Flex's strap design makes it light and comfortable to wear. It also offers handy Bluetooth syncing, and Fitbit's platform gives plenty ways to analyze your stats
Clasping the Fitbit Flex's strap shut is tricky. Direct syncing is only available with the iPhone, the Samsung GS3, and the Galaxy Note handsets
A long list of features and a comfortable fit make Fitbit’s new Flex the best fitness tracker you can buy.
In some ways, the Fitbit Flex is the best mainstream health tracker out there. It’s the most comfortable, has the best balance of wireless connectivity and battery life, and – for daily fitness recording, anyway – does exactly what you want to to, ass...
Excellent battery life. Accurate. Comfortable, light, stylish. Includes silent vibrating alarm. Interchangeable bands available in several colors. Bluetooth and NFC-enabled wireless syncing to smartphones. Great Web experience.
Limited display of information on device. No altimeter
Among wrist-worn activity trackers, the Fitbit Flex is the best and most competitively priced one you'll find. If you're not stuck on wearing a bracelet, though, the Flex's close cousin, the Fitbit One, is the obvious choice....
If you've been on the fence about which tracker to get, this is the one. It beats the Basis B1 which still doesn't have a smartphone app and still requires a cabled connection to sync (although it does track heart rate, which the Flex does not). It beats
Thanks for telling me what I've done, but please tell me more about what I should do. Would be nice if device itself showed number of steps taken at a glance
With less accuracy and fewer features than similarly priced hardware, the FitBit Flex feels more like a novelty when measured against other popular wearable fitness trackers. And newer, more capable devices on the horizon will be capable of providing even...
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Published: 2016-08-24, Author: Anthony , review by: macworld.com.au
ReviewsThe fitness tracker business has emerged as one of the fastest growing consumer technology sectors. Almost every smartphone maker has added activity tracking to their devices and many sportswear companies have also got in on the act.But walk into a...
Affordable, works as advertised, keeps you informed and a good motivator to reach certain goals, easy to wear, nearly week, long battery life, easy to clean, easy to charge, easy to sync, tracks day and night, can be worn 24x7, is water resistant.
Doesn't tell the time while making your brain think you're wearing a watch, is less than $100 in the US but costs $129.95 in Australia, will likely look more primitive if Apple's iTime/iWatch arrives, needs a smartphone with Bluetooth 4.0 LE and even then
