What is the difference between fitbit and fitbit force

But the same problem remains as before: without knowing more about personal habits and daily life, the Force can only tell me how many hours I slept and how many times I was restless.

I have to figure that out for myself, and who am I to diagnose my erratic sleeping? Knowing is half the battle, but I need the other half too.

By all accounts, the Force is the best fitness tracker yet. It takes the convenience of the Flex and adds the information density of the One. A perfect system would satisfy three things: get me off of my butt, measure what I do, and then inform me on how to do it better.

If the Force had an always-on display, it might at least be a passable watch, and functioning notifications for more than just incoming calls could turn it into a useful, if rudimentary, smartwatch. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.

By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Fitbit Force px. Filed under: Apple. Linkedin Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Turning on the display just to check the time is tedious. In addition, you can use it for sleep tracking, and set up a silent, vibrating alarm.

Update: Here's our full review of the Fitbit Charge. Fitbit describes the heart rate tracker as using LED lights to detect changes in your blood volume as your heart beats.

Read more: Samsung Galaxy Gear smartwatch. Get the Charge HR if you are serious about your fitness and want a fitness tracker that can also give you statistics for your heart rate. Its battery life is slightly less at five days.

Read more: Leap Motion sensor jumps exclusively into Dick Smith. The GPS allows you to show route history, and other stats specific to training runs. It can be used not only for caller ID, but also for text alerts, and also music control.

Put simply, this is the Fitbit to go for if you are a competitor and want a fitness smartwatch with all the trimmings. The battery life is stated as being seven days. All of these wristband trackers are available in the sizes of small, large and extra large, though extra large is only be available from Fitbit. Unfortunately, the display is not always on and glanceable — you wake it with the single button on the side of the Force, and you can long-press that same button to start a basic stopwatch timer.

The Force is pretty much the same thing as the One with the wristband of the Flex. Different from the Flex, Fitbit designed the Force as a single, contained unit. While the Flex required you to remove the actual tracking unit from the wristband to charge and sync with your computer, the Force has a proprietary charging port right on it, and it can sync with your computer wirelessly with the new USB dongle. It can also still sync with your Android or iOS device over Bluetooth 4.

Fitbit claims that the Force has seven to ten days of battery life with regular use, and that the device is water resistant against sweat and splashes. The two-pronged clasp is exactly the same, for better or worse, and the entire device is light enough to wear all day without becoming irritating.

Like the Flex, the Force can be worn at night to monitor sleep habits, and the silent alarm function is calmer and less annoying than on the Flex — it just vibrates quietly at the time you set, and can be easily shut off with the button on the side of the device. If you forget to tell it that you are going to sleep, the Force will still track your activity and you can manually input the times you went to bed and woke up to see how well you slept in the app.

On top of the better design, the Force adds yet another piece of tracking data to your fitness profile: the new altimeter can measure how many flights of stairs you walked up and down during the day. If you have another Android phone, you will have to sync the Force with your computer first before you can see the data in the mobile app.

With the Force, Fitbit seems to be matching its already great services and apps with the features that its competitors such as Nike and Jawbone are offering, which is certainly not a bad thing.

If the Force is able to live up to all of its promise, it could easily become the fitness tracker to get. Fitbit is offering it for sale today through its online store, and it will be in retail stores in the coming weeks.

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