Fitbit Sense Advanced Unisex Smartwatch with Tools for Heart Health, Stress Management & Skin Temperature Trends```

So I got this delivered on lauch day (25th September) and have worn it every day and night since. I have had many fitbit trackers in the past and the last one was the Ionic. I gave up on the Ionic after a year because I had so many issues with it, the worst being it would loose connection with my phone for no reason and then I had to unpair, delete and re install time and time again. I have been using the Samsung galaxy watch active 2 since and it was an excellent smartwatch but its fitness tracking was not good mostly because of the calories burned during exercise which was so off. I was excited to see the Sense on the fitbit website before it launched and I decided to treat myself. I always buy from Amazon because their customer service and aftercare is excellent. Putting it simply I love this watch. It looks great, feels premium and the screen is bright and clear. I'm fully used to the haptic button and prefer it to an actual button as it means that the watch will be better protected from water. My only problem is that when doing strenuous exercise like spinning the heart rate sensor takes a while to register the high heart rate reached, sometimes my heart rate slows a bit before the watch catches up which meand I miss out on the top range readings of my heart rate. Also the watch seems to think my heart rate drops down into the 110 to 120 bpm after an intense interval but my heart rate is definitely still really high in between hard efforts so this does bother me. My Ionic did this when I first got it but it seemed to improve over time so I'm hoping that the Sense does too. My guess is that it is something software related which can be fixed. Also when weight training the watch puts my heart rate at 110 to 120 bpm when I know that after doing squats for 6 solid minutes with a weights bar my heart rate is way higher, my Samsung puts my heart rate at 140 to 150 bpm for this. Walking seems accurate as does martial arts and kick boxing. Maybe fitbit could fix this with an update. All of the features of this watch are great and I love it. I'm looking forward to seeing what updates come in the future to improve things. I'm especially looking forward to being able to answer phone calls on the watch as this was a big feature I enjoyed with my Samsung. The new os is nice and the connection to the phone is way more stable but it did drop out once so far and I had to unpair, delete and re install then it worked. I think that fitbit might be working on stability now as it needs to be better to be able to take calls on the watch so I'm guessing that's why we don't have that function yet. All in all I'm happy despite the niggles. I find this watch exciting. Update! My sense had to be sent back to fitbit today as it was faulty. I'm very happy with fitbit customer service so far as they are replacing my sense with very little effort to action this. Unfortunately though Amazon now don't replace faulty products after the 1st 30 days. They used to replace faulty products up to a year after purchase which is why I bought it from them. I will just buy from the manufacturer in the future now. I have to say the Amazon customer service lady was excellent, not her fault that the procedure has changed. Just thought this might be an important point to make incase anyone else buys from Amazon because of the returns policy which has now changed.

It is a very nice watch that has all the features you could ask for, heart rate monitoring, steps, sleep etc etc. I have mine linked to iPhone and whilst it works well with the Fitbit app itself, it doesn’t really play ball with Apple Health very well, so you have to decide which eco system you want to be in. If you are happy to do everything in the Fitbit app then that’s all you really need. The app records all your daily steps and workouts, either automatically or you can start them manually, and a built in GPS is nice for when you want to map your workout. At the moment I mainly just walk so I let it auto detect my walk and don’t have the GPS activated so it consumes less battery. After the walk it will pop up in your daily activities as a walk and will tell you how many steps you did on that walk, your heart rate and zones you were in such as fat burn or cardio so that is great. Sleep tracking seems to work well and seems to report how diabolical my sleep really is accurately. Build quality is very nice as well and it feels a premium product. I upgraded from a Fitbit Ionic to this Fitbit Sense and do feel it is a worthwhile upgrade, so no regrets there. It has plenty of customisation of styles to keep it interesting as well. I am basically using the Fitbit to try and lose some weight and get fitter again after a long period (since the pandemic started) of inactivity, so for me I find it a worthwhile tool to encourage you to make an effort to improve your health, and it has the application and hardware to achieve this if you are willing to work at it.

I bought this as an upgrade for a Charge 3 as I wanted to be able to access more health information, I did not buy it as a smart watch which to be honest is probably a good thing as it really isn’t one (yet?) I don’t use the voice features, call making feature, Spotify or most of the apps. Pros. I am impressed with the sleep tracking and all the other associated features which allow you to collect a large amount of health data. This of course relies on a Premium subscription. I have had no issues with the side button which some users have and the display can be viewed clearly even in bright sunlight of which the inability to do this was one of the major niggles of the Charge 3. This device also works with the Cardiogram app which was a question I was unable to find the answer to until after I’d bought it, it’s not listed as supported on the app details and I couldn’t find the answer online. Even though it’s a large watch it’s comfortable to wear night and day. Cons. Battery life, battery life, did I mention battery life. How Fitbit can claim six days is quite beyond me. Bear in mind I’m not using the ‘battery draining’ features and I needed to recharge on day 3. I turned off the GPS which has to be done on the watch itself not within the Fitbit app, no change. I ran the snore detector for a few nights and realised what I had always suspected, I don’t really snore so I turned that off too but I’m still charging on day 3. Most of the charge seems to go overnight so I guess it’s all the extra data collection during sleep that’s doing it. I have noticed that the charger is quite fussy about where it’s plugged in and charges faster when connected straight into a USB port and not into a mains adapter. I didn’t like the strap supplied so bought a cheap and cheerful fabric one which is really comfortable. I do worry about the robustness of the screen as it’s quite big and vulnerable to knocks and most screen protectors seem to prevent some of the features from working. To sum up. This device does what I bought it for which is to provide health data. I did not buy it as a smart watch and had I done so I would have been disappointed. It has lots of really useful features but the one factor which really lets It down is the poor battery life. Even with lots of features unused it is still half of that advertised by Fitbit. I think it’s important to be realistic in your expectations of this device as in reality it’s not where Fitbit would like it to be (or advertise it to be) in terms of its performance especially with regard to realistic battery life. I’ve given four stars as it meets my expectations but taken one off for the battery life issue. Update. July 22. As predicted a couple of small chips on the edge of the watch face caused by knocking it accidentally against things. The charger which came with the Fitbit stopped working earlier this week. The cheap unbranded alternative from Amazon seems to charge the device much faster than the original did…. Update. September 23. I have finally dropped Fitbit and purchased a Garmin watch. Reasons as follows, Battery life on Fitbit is dreadful and getting worse. Continued issues with the charger failing and no resolution from Fitbit. Fitbit have issued an update which has completely ruined the layout of the app and which cannot be changed. In addition since the update my Sense has failed to track my sleep. Fitbit has been taken over by Google and the Fitbit app will soon be removed and Fitbit will only be accessible via Google. My Garmin device gives me everything that Fitbit did with the exception of ECG monitoring (which I suspect wasn’t very accurate anyway) and flights of steps but without any premium subscription which saves me £80 a year. Sorry Fitbit but it’s goodbye from me.

Brilliant little gadget, I love it. I upgraded from the Charge HR 3 in September upon release and it's been brill - I haven't had much chance to use some features yet though like the fitbit pay element. The sleep tracking is great, gives me an insight into why I feel the way I do in the morning, and the "true" sleep i.e. I'll wake up thinking I've had 8 hours but when I check my fitbit it's only 6hrs 30mins or something because of waking up throughout the night. The mobile app is great and has everything I personally need, my only wish is that the food library was as comprehensive as My Fitness Pal and that it would show what your weekly calorie deficit is, but it's not too bad because it syns automatically with MFP so I'm not making double the work when logging foods. The battery life is brilliant, I only charge it about once a week (with always on display turned off) so I barely have to think about charging it compared to my partner's Samsung Galaxy Watch 2 which he has to charge every single night without fail. It also charges really quickly and the charger connection is so much better than before, it's just magnetic rather than fiddling around with the connection. Love the fact you can change the bands too. One of the most motivating aspects of this watch for me is the built in exercises to choose from which then accurately records whatever you're doing e.g. An outside walk (tracks GPS along with heart rate, distance, steps, active minutes based on your heart rate) or treadmill (everything listed before but GPS), workouts, weights, swimming etc. I especially love the new active zone minutes, you get single zone minutes in fat burn zone and double minutes in cardio or peak heart rate zones so I find it very easy to meet the minimum 150 active minutes per week, it's very motivating to carry on when you're smashing the zone minutes out! Sometimes, and I mean it's only happened about 4 times since I've had it (since September) it kind of crashes in that the screen is black and won't wake up, then I just have to hold the side button down for about 10 seconds and that sorts it out. Other than that it's worked brilliantly for me. For anyone wondering I believe the only difference between this and the cheaper Versa 3 is that it also has a stress EDA scan and ECG function. They're interesting insights but I'm not really sure what I can do with that information really, it seems to be more about health as well as fitness. But if you're just into fitness then I would just get the Versa 3 because I'm pretty sure all other functions are identical. Overall I really enjoy this product, and use it every day. I don't think I could go back to working out/doing my daily steps without one now!

I love the sense, but mine broke after 6 months. Fitbit did not wanted to supply a replacement within 10 to 12 days after receiving the old unit, despite identifying the fault as warranty case. Amazon called me back in the late afternoon and solved the matter within 5 minutes. Taking the ownership, I received the replacement on the next day and of course returned the old one now. The customer service from Amazon was outstanding and I can only express my gratitude for their help. Thank you Amazon team, you are amazing.

I set the watch up yesterday and this morning wasted 30 minutes of my life trying to get it to sync with no success. If I haven't managed to get it to sync in 24 hours it will go back tomorrow. Edited to add: Once I replaced the strap with a bigger one it was able to sync. It seems fine. It's nice to have a bigger screen than the charge 5 but I am still getting used to having such a large watch on my wrist. I've not seen any more functionality yet that I want, ignoring the features that I don't like the phone thing. So I'm back to add that it won't sync at all now. I've restarted it several times, switched bluetooth off and on on my phone. Nothing works. What a piece of crap. I have come to the conclusion that the watch is faulty as I removed it from my account and it is not possible to reconnect it. I can restart the watch and that icon that means it can't sync immediatedly comes up. My phone can find the sense - but cannot connect to it as the watch is faulty so it will have to go back.

I have been using fitbit for many years and I find it a superb product in all areas. It provides me with the vital statistics I use in the day for health, fitness and wellbeing. I own an Apple phone and thought an Apple Watch would be logical so I did some research and found fitbit to be Much better product for me. A really big difference is battery life. Using it all the time, I charge my Fitbit maybe once a week and it takes about 30 mins compared to Apple Watch which needs daily charging. What a pain. My Fitbit watch has everything I need and the fitbit app is second to none. I did subscribe to fitbit premium and it was good but I did not need all the extra things offered so I now use app with no subscription and it gives me an amazing amount of collated data presented in an easily understandable way. I love it. Fitbit is easily linked to other apps I use. Thank you fitbit for producing an excellent, affordable, elegant product that does everything I need.

It's a nice watch with a big face and I can understand why people would give it 5 stars if they are new to fitness watches and don't know what else is out there It has an ECG app for those with Afib and there will be many new punters rushing to buy just for this app. But hold on a mo: if you have Afib shouldn't you want a watch that records you your heart rate while you're asleep because this watch doesn't. If you have Afib shouldn't you want to know your breaths per minute in case you are developing heart failure because this watch doesn't. It might have it on the premium pay wall but why pay extra when a cheaper watch will give you that for free . Do you need the ECG function, no I don't think so just stick your finger on your pulse and if it's irregular your in Afib if regular you're in normal sinus rhythm. In fact that is more reliable than the ECG app which only works up to 120 BPM!!! If you have Afib it's more likely your BPM will be 160 in which case it will show "inconclusive" There are a lot of firms like Fitbit, apple and kardia mobile trading on people's fears, just get to know your body, put your finger on your pulse and get a proper watch that gives you ALL your vital signs. The Sense has a nice big face and is easy to navigate. The GPS is immediate with no waiting. The route map shows up good for runs with a blue line for slow pace and green for fast. But other watches will give your route from blue to green to red. The watch gives you the weather and your emails but other watches do that too So after 4 months the face just popped off the watch while I was asleep in bed doing nothing in particular so I sent it back for refund. OK all sports watches are prone to do this but I thought why take the risk of this happening again out of warranty on a watch costing £280, better to get a cheaper watch because I don't need the gimmick of the ECG app. So I went for the Garmin Venu sq at £149 OK the face isn't so big, there's a delay on the GPS before it kicks in and the widgets are a bit harder to navigate but it tells me a lot more and if the face falls off out of warranty I won't be out of pocket so much as on the Fitbit sense which tries to gouge the customer with its premium pay to view apps