Fitness Tracker

[disneychrista]

I am thinking about getting a fitness tracker. I am looking for any recommendations. Looking for step tracking, sleep tracking, BP & heart rate monitoring and should sync with my iPhone. Ultimately, I would love an Apple Watch but that isn't in the budget right now. FYI budget is $200 including tax & any shipping.

 

[eticketplease]

there might be something out there that meets all of those requirements but if you can budget another $100, what you want, the Apple Watch 11 is on sale this week at Target for $300.

Is this something you need right now or can you wait a little and save some more to add to your budget? Target has had these on sale a few times so far since they came out and they and other retailers will have more sales down the road for when the 12 comes out in September or October.

 

[EACarlson]

Fitbit Versa has all of that other than BP. I've never seen a fitness tracker that has BP monitoring. I've had my Versa 4 since Christmas and had a Sense previous to that. Price right now is $150.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I have the Apple Watch and I really like that. I just have the SE version which is significantly cheaper. If you keep an eye out, those seem be available for under $200 every now and then. I don't know of any smartwatches that do blood pressure. I know Apple does a good job with heartrate and sleep tracking. It looks like Walmart.com has some SE2 (appears to be a previous generation) for $159 right now. Unfortunately it's the bigger sized one. The bands can be changed out really cheap and within a matter of seconds.

 

[soccerdad72]

For heart rate monitoring (only during active workouts, however), our gym uses MyZone bands, which synchs to your phone and tracks heart rate and calories burned during a workout. But it's not something you wear throughout the day. For that, like others, I wear an Apple Watch (although it doesn't track my sleeping, simple because I take it off at night to charge it).

 

[tx911]

I am thinking about getting a fitness tracker. I am looking for any recommendations. Looking for step tracking, sleep tracking, BP & heart rate monitoring and should sync with my iPhone. Ultimately, I would love an Apple Watch but that isn't in the budget right now. FYI budget is $200 including tax & any shipping.

Take a look at the Garmin Vivosmart 5 (149.99)

 

[disneychrista]

I must have miss understood the BP monitoring on the ones I have looked at. I looked again and it seems they have an app that tracks BP but you still need a cuff.

The total budget is set because this is the amount being reimbursed through a wellness program. I could technically add more to it but I am hesitant to because I am not sure how much I will like wearing something all day every day.

 

[disneychrista]

Fitbit Versa has all of that other than BP. I've never seen a fitness tracker that has BP monitoring. I've had my Versa 4 since Christmas and had a Sense previous to that. Price right now is $150.

The Versa 4 is the one I had picked as my "choice" when I looked at them last night. I had to look at my Amazon account to double check, since I saved it in my cart.

But if I can get an Apple Watch from Walmart like @Kathryn Merteuil mentioned I might have to go that route. I don't need the latest & greatest. And am mostly interested in the fitness type tracking. The other stuff that the Apple Watch does would just be a bonus.

 

[eticketplease]

The Versa 4 is the one I had picked as my "choice" when I looked at them last night. I had to look at my Amazon account to double check, since I saved it in my cart.

But if I can get an Apple Watch from Walmart like @Kathryn Merteuil mentioned I might have to go that route. I don't need the latest & greatest. And am mostly interested in the fitness type tracking. The other stuff that the Apple Watch does would just be a bonus.

Well it sounds like you "can" get an apple watch you would just be paying out of pocket on anything over $200 correct?

It sounded like that was what you were wanting from the start and if you don't need a top of the line one the SE 3 is on sale at Target for $220.

It doesn't do everything but it would do enough and it would ultimately cost $20 out of pocket. I think the apple watches might be the only ones that can also act as a magicband for getting into the parks and lighting lanes.

https://www.target.com/p/apple-watch-se-3/-/A-94966464?preselect=94482689#lnk=sametab