Fitbit Charge 5 Activity Tracker with 6-months Premium Membership Included, up to 7 days battery life and Daily Readiness Score, Steel Blue / Platinum Stainless Steel

There seem to be a lot of differences in opinion about the Charge 5 and I think a lot of it depends on what you are upgrading from and whether you are a serious runner/sportsperson.Personally I love my new tracker but I upgraded from an Inspire so the Charge 5 offers me a lot more functionality with the heart rate monitor and the more detailed sleep data etc. I am able to get a lot more information than I could before and I'm finding it very interesting and useful - I am taking advantage of the 6 months premium membership and enjoying the extra stats but not sure that I will keep it afterwards. I especially love the colour screen - the joy of being able to read the screen in the sunshine! I did try the screen always on function but it is very dim so you can't really see it and all you do is eat up the battery so doesn't seem like a useful function.I am not a runner so I can't comment on how good it is for that but I love the active minutes and find myself walking that bit more briskly to earn more. I know there are some issues with the GPS but I always have my phone with me and use Strava to track my routes - even if I took up running I can't imagine that I would ever want to go out without my phone!The battery life is great but does mean you have to consciously check the battery level rather than just charging every couple of days otherwise I suddenly discover it is low just when I'm about to go out. Having said that it does charge up really quickly so you can just pop it on charge for a short time to top it up if necessary.I thought I would upgrade the strap as soon as I got the tracker but actually I find it stays done up, is very comfortable and I love the way the end tucks in. I may get a new strap at some point but I don't feel desperate for one.If you have had a Fitbit before you will be familiar with the app and I find it very user friendly with lots of useful things to track. I have issues syncing with my phone but its a Huawei and I know I just need to put up with that until I can upgrade to a different phone so I'm not letting that affect my rating.

This feels like half the weight of the Charge 4. Very light on the wrist such that you really do forget it’s there.The strap is very good; the fastening system not at all intrusive. Mine did detach a week after buying it whilst picking/carrying the toddler and being so light I didn’t notice it was no longer on my wrist. Thankfully some honest soul found it and handed it in. Note it detached where the strap meets the case, not at the fastener. No idea how it happened - I had never fiddled with the strap fixings.The functionality with the premium membership on the App is fantastic - mine came with 6 months free. £80/year after that seems excessive though. Most of the premium stuff seems like nonsense that can be got for free elsewhere eg all the mindfulness stuff can be got on YouTube. But the app is great and you can get lost in all the data.Sleep tracking is very interesting but it really only confirms what you already know; eg wake up and think you’ve had a bad nights sleep? Well, the app will tell you that. Wake up and feel you’ve had a greats nights sleep? The app will concur. So, after the first 2 weeks the detailed sleep tracking seems less exciting. You know (without needing an app) if you’ve slept well or not.It has ECG, pulse oximetry (which isn’t an on demand measurement - it just seems to do it when you’re sleeping as part of sleep monitoring), stress tests. It will monitor you for AF (heart irregularity) which is useful for older folks more at risk and notify you.I like that plain text messages (iMessages only, sadly - not WhatsApp etc) will show up on the screen meaning I don’t need to get the phone out of my pocket. I like the timer and countdown features.Not much else to say other than it’s clearly well made, worth the ‘brand’ and does everything excellently. The paid app experience isn’t worth it beyond the free 6 month trial, in my opinion.Would recommend!

It looks good, very stylish and appears to be quite accurate. The charge will only last 7 days if you turn everything off. I tried it with the screen on so I could see the time, it needed charging the next day. THere is no GPS for walking so no map route to see. It also took some time to get used to the clock. However it also has some other useful features. Overall it is very good. 17 th October 2024. when bought it states that the watch was waterproof and resistant. I can tell you it is not water proof at all. I wore it in the pool recently 1.5 meters deep and it stopped working immediately and has not worked since.

I bought this in the Prime Early Access sale as an upgrade to the Charge 4 I'd had for quite a while - great value especially with 6 months of Fitbit Premium included, as I was previously paying £7.99 a month for this. It really is a good and worthwhile upgrade now that all the features promised at launch are available. The AMOLED colour screen is orders of magnitude better than the Charge 4's black and white screen and I was able to find a home screen design that I like quite easily. I find the watch to be very responsive and the menus are all pretty intuitive. Battery life seems good so far, I've been using it non-stop since Wednesday and it's at 53%. All in all I'm really pleased with it.