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Striiv - Fusion Activity Tracker - Black/Red/Blue
Striiv - Fusion Activity Tracker - Black/Red/Blue
Striiv Fusion Activity Tracker: Monitor your daily activity with this activity tracker that includes red, blue and black bands for personalizing your look. The backlit OLED touch screen displays your results in a variety of light conditions.
 
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sleep "tracking" that isn't, features that aren't
on December 24, 2014
Posted by: Edward
The device is comfortable enough, staying on the wrist easily and with a clasp that doesn't come undone accidentally but can still be easily removed. The interface is very simple, giving you steps, miles, "calories," and "minutes of activity." I put the last two in quotes for reasons I will enumerate shortly. The Interface also allows you to view unseen notifications once, see the time, and turn on and off "sleep mode."
The "sleep" issue is one of the biggest for me. There are a number of free apps you can download which will have you place your phone in bed with you, monitor your movement during the night, and show you, in a graph, how much of your night was spent in light sleep, deep sleep, and REM sleep. I assumed that when this device advertised "sleep tracking," that this is what they meant. I was wrong. It simply refers to a "sleep mode," for which the user activates the setting on the device, and this silences all vibrating notifications. When the user wakes and turns the sleep mode off, the device will tell you how long you had it in that mode. That is aggressively unhelpful. You can just look at a clock when you start TRYING to fall asleep, and again when you awaken. But everyone should be aware that trying to go to sleep and being asleep are vastly different, as is sleeping through the night and waking up several times during the night. So in addition to not actually showing the user anything relating to quality of sleep, this device also shows the user nothing related even to duration of sleep. Additionally, the screen is still incredibly bright, even in sleep mode, and every human who has had a bright light shone in their face in the middle of darkness can attest that it is a decidedly unpleasant experience.
Another feature advertised by the packaging is the ability to control smartphone capabilities, including music. After trying to figure this out, I contacted the company for information on how to control my music. I was informed by the email I received back #which was a very friendly and apologetic email#, that this feature hasn't actually been added to the software yet, but that they're "working on it."
As a fitness enthusiast who is not a runner, and not someone who is interested in simply tracking steps #I would have bought a $15 pedometer if that was the case#, the steps information means nothing to me. What interests me is my caloric input and output. While this device pairs with a calorie counting app like MyFitnessPal, it only sends data on expenditure to other apps. It doesn't display metrics of caloric intake gathered from "paired" apps. It begs the question: why bother to pair with other apps?
The calculations of caloric output and minutes of activity are very inaccurate, as well. As a trainer, I have a pretty good idea of how much time in my day I've spent working out. And when this device tells me after 8 hours working at a desk that I've gotten 80 minutes of exercise for the day, I am disinclined to believe it.
Finally, the notifications only show you notifications you have not viewed yet, even partially, in the device. There's no way to go back, even when you've swiped through to the middle of the message, to read the start of the message, or to read a previous message.
In short, if you're looking for a smartwatch, just buy a smartwatch which can actually control features of your phone and show you notifications you can have some control over; and if you're looking for a fitness band for activity and especially sleep tracking, purchase literally anything else.
My Best Buy number: 3457613397
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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can i set up fitbit with my galaxy 8.5 tablet

Yes. it is compatible with any android device equipped with bluetooth
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