Fitbit Alta HR (Black)

The Fitbit Alta HR is the perfect fitness tracker for the aspiring enthusiast. It has all the essential activity tracking bits in place that should satisfy the fitness curious (but probably not the obsessed). I believe step/exercise tracking, sleep and heart-rate monitoring should be the bare minimum a fitness tracker should be offering in today's age and Alta HR does that very well. It's exercise monitoring may be not perfect (it tries to detect it automatically and so isn't 100% perfect) and the step tracking may not be accurate for the hard-core (it just fine for my 20 min run though). The real time heart monitoring is for the curious (interesting to observe how the heart rate goes up during driving, waiting for interviews, doctors appointment, meeting a girlfriend etc) but the rest heart rate measurement really ties in to your fitness (visible in the app). The sleep monitoring is a fantastic insight into your nightly proclivity as it measures deep sleep, light sleep and REM (dreaming) phases. Lastly, the Fitbit app ties in all the above things into a cohesive package that tries to give you a better holistic insight into your health regimen. All in all the Fitbit Alta HR is greater than the sum of its parts. If you're just getting started on the fitness thing but don't want to go overboard right away, this is the perfect stepping stone. Sure, it's a bit more expensive than the ones from Huawei and Mi but arguably the Fitbit Alta HR is more stylish, less obtrusive, has better social integration (invite your other Fitbit buddies for challenges etc), has a more polished app, and is admittedly a better fit (pun unintended) for the brand conscious.

All things said, it’s a great product and starts in You a healthy habit. BUT if you buy this within India there is zero support or zero availability of genuine accessories which would go the whole nine yards. My charger stopped working just after a month and there is no genuine charger for Fitbit Alta HR anywhere( they keep sending Alta charger which isn’t same standard as Alta HR) . So good people out there ..... be warned.

An incredibly useful fitness product. It has incredible app and community which sets it apart from any other fitness brand. The design of altar hr is very good for both men and women. If you are looking for something to track your steps and daily calorie count or distance travelled or heart rate, then go for this over any other watch. If you are looking to track other specialised exercises in the gym and also need a few smart watch features the go for a higher model in the fitbit line up.

This is my first fitness tracker review. Got it at an amazing price deal and I feel I did the right investment. Pros - 1. This piece looks superb on my wrist. 2. Calculates steps accurately 3. I love the sleep pattern because it shows my dream period also . 4. I wear it without second thoughts in drizzles also. 5. When my phone is in silent mode, I no longer bother for checking the display again and again . Now my tracker shows who is calling me on my hands. Cons 1- whenever I ride my motor bike it wrongly assumes that I am doing outdoor cycling and it considers it an exercise and burns a lot of calories. It would have been better had any mode been there 2. I don't understand how it calculates calories burnt. when I wake up in the morning and check my tracker it shows that I have already burnt 500-600 calories even though all I was doing was sleeping. 3. Other trackers In market show fb and watsapp notifications also but Fitbit only shows incoming calls and messages notifications. Apart from these 3 cons everything else is just perfect. It looks lovely on my wrist and everyone asks me from where I purchased it. Amazon was as usual prompt in its delivery. Overall very good.

I started out long ago with a classic Flex. Fell prey to its failed strap design and lost my tracker. I replaced it with a Charge 2, and found the tracker to be really accurate. Now I’ve moved on to the Alta HR and it’s my absolute favourite. In terms of performance it’s not much difference than the Charge 2 but I love Alta HR’s sleeker looks. It also feels a little more comfortable on my wrist. I debated whether I should pay extra for the gunmetal, and then decided to go for it, because I do wear it everyday, all the time. The best part: I bought it for INR 11,999 in a lighting sale on Amazon, which incidentally is the same price you would get it for in the US.

Te ayuda a mantener un registro del movimiento que tiene al día, el agua que consumes, tus ciclos de sueño, si lo sincronizas con tu celular lee notificaciones que tengas a través de la pantalla del fitbit, parte puedes programarlo para que cierto tiempo te notifique que debes caminar o tomar agua

Works as advertised.. looks great... No issues so far

Really happy with my new Fitbit - a couple of days and I'm already hooked, checking my activity throughout the day to get to my 10,000 steps and going in to the app first thing every morning to see how well I slept. Really easy to set up and use.

Love my Fitbit. It was a replacement for one that broke. Bought some extra straps for it, & it’s great. Love the alarm feature.

I’ve read several reviews and would like to offer my experience with the Alta HR regarding several attributes. Overall, I love this fitness tracker. It is small, sleek, and simple enough to track exactly the features that I want and nothing more for a reasonable price. I am currently on my second Alta HR — I lost the first one and couldn’t get by without it. Device and battery life: I’ve had my current Alta HR for 1 year and 4 months and it is still rocking and rolling. I charge it once/week on Sunday nights and do not have to charge it again throughout the week, even with actively logging several tracked runs and workouts. The great battery life, especially for a continuous heart monitoring device, is one of my favorite features. Design and screen: What drew me to the Alta HR in the first place is the sleek and small design. The screen is just big enough to see the time, heart rate, etc and can easily be worn with any outfit (see also: cheap and colorful replacement bands for ease of matching). It’s a simple feature, but I love that when you turn your wrist upward the screen auto lights up to the home screen. You can customize this home screen— I have mine set to time and heart rate so all I have to do during a workout to see my HR is turn my wrist up. As others have said, the tapping can sometimes be finicky (~20% of the time the first tap attempt doesn’t register), but it’s really not that troublesome. Again, customizing the home screen to the features that are most important to you can resolve most of this frustration. Sleep tracking: I’ve found the sleep tracking to be accurate for the most part. I naturally have a high resting heart rate and it’s likely that Fitbit is underestimating the amount of deep sleep that I get (10% on avg). However, it does a good job of differentiating between sleep and awake and total hours slept. I like that the auto-light up feature of the screen is disabled during sleep. The device and band are very comfortable and I don’t notice them during sleep. Heart rate tracking: I’ve found the heart rate monitor to be VERY accurate. I was not expecting this level of accuracy and have been very impressed. I do not have a strap monitor to compare with, but I have manually monitored my heart rate (neck pulse and a timer) at different intensity levels and found that my Alta HR was always within +\-3 bpm. As others have said, you do need to follow the directions of the device to get accurate heart rates during workout. The device is EXTREMELY accurate when following the directions. If you are going to workout (or do any activity that causes substantial wrist turbulence), you need to move the device 1-2 fingers above the wrist and tighten it an extra loop. This allows the device to maintain a constant and reliable read during motion. The app: The fitbit app is not unique to this device, but I LOVE it. I love that it syncs with both the device and other apps. I can use MyFitnessPal for my food and it auto-imports and uses that information to calculate remaining calories, including ones that you burned through activity and basal caloric burn (if you set a weight goal, the app will show a dial that uses this information and tells you if you are over, under, or on target for the day and by how many calories). It also easily allows me to track water intake. It obviously also has step goals and hourly step goals, as well as active minute goals. All of these goals can be customized, and move reminders for the device can be customized by in the app. The app also uses resting HR and GPS tracked run information to estimate your VO2 max. The device and app also will auto-detect several activities (walking, running, “outdoor sport” like tennis) with 10+ minutes of an elevated heart rate and steps. I really enjoy this feature because I feel it gives me a more accurate read of calorie burn than just entering a “tennis doubles for 20 minutes” activity in MyFitnessPal. Step tracking: Accurate as far as I can tell. Some have complained about not having accurate step counting while pushing a stroller etc— you can still get your steps counted (but not heart rate) by strapping this to your belt loop. I frequently visit manufacturing environments where I cannot have anything in my wrist and strapping the device to my belt loop always yields an expected number of steps. Other features: I like that the devices notifies you about texts and phone calls and scrolls the person and a message preview (can adjust in settings) if you prefer. I did not want my phone on my wrist as a distraction all the time (@apple watch) and the Alta HR level of notifications is perfect. The device is also water resistant: I’ve accidentally taken it in the hot tub for a few minutes multiple times and it’s not been affected except for a temporary cloud over the screen once that went away after a couple days. I’d hesitate to purposely swim with it though.