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Fitbit Charge 4 vs Amazon Halo

Fitbit Charge 4

Fitbit Charge 4

150 reviews

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Amazon Halo

127 reviews

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Great sleep tracking

Provides all the data of Fitbit's highest end watch

More accurate than cheaper trackers

Two brightness settings, dim and normal

Budget friendly activity tracker

Great activity tracking with flexible and simple goals

Unique features such as tone analysis and body fat measurement

Long battery life

Not waterproof

Charging process can be difficult to align correctly

Brightness settings may not be visible in direct sunlight

Not as comfortable to wear as other fitness trackers

Lacking in accuracy compared to other fitness trackers

Monthly subscription fee is a point of contention for some users

Verdict

The Fitbit Charge 4 is a budget-friendly activity tracker that offers good sleep tracking. It has two brightness settings, dim and normal, which may not be visible in direct sunlight. The device is not waterproof and the charging process can be difficult to align correctly. However, it provides all the data of Fitbit's highest end watch and is more accurate than cheaper trackers.

Verdict

Overall, the Amazon Halo has received mixed reviews. While some users appreciate its unique features such as tone analysis and body fat measurement, others find it uncomfortable to wear and lacking in accuracy compared to other fitness trackers. The monthly subscription fee is also a point of contention for some users. However, for basic activity and sleep tracking, the Halo is on par with similar devices in its class.

Reviews by Topic

Our analysis shows how reviewers feel about different topics. Please note these are not full reviews.

Fit

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Fitbit Charge 4 // In-Depth Fitness Review

Let's go over what the charge 4 offers in terms of the smart watch type experience interacting with your phone with the built-in apps on the first scr...

Neutral

youtube

Amazon’s new Halo View fitness band seems a lot less creepy than last year.

There are a lot of other color screen fitness bands out there. You can look for them on amazon, for instance. Well, the halo view is going very compet...

Positive

Software Updates

Getting my first Fitbit!

Fitbit Charge 4 is one of the best Fitness trackers in the market. Update the software inside the phone app once received.

Positive

reddit.com/r/fitbit

Maybe worth it at a discount? Buyer beware of this first-gen product however!

I had to factory reset it after all, which did clear out any data collected since the last time it synced but fortunately everything else on my profile appears to have been restored. There was a firmware update immediately available for the Halo, and it applied successfully. I'm not sure how often it updates itself in the background (e.g

Activity Tracking

I ordered a Fitbit Charge 4, pretty excited. Currently, I'm using a no-name tracker with some Chinese spyware (probably) software.

Positive

reddit.com/r/fitbit

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Amazon Halo View review: A $80 Fitbit competitor

The halo view checks a lot of the boxes. You'D want from a basic fitness tracker, especially for less than a hundred dollars, but the big question is ...

Positive

Connectivity

Battery gone weak Invisible in daylight One clock face Customer service surly Community, apps, gone

I will find another willing helper and set up again to see whether the app will work. In the community help, people had been concerned about the Google take- over and were assured by the company people that it would not affect service and apps, but several people complained that their PC apps no longer worked. Community help is no longer on the web site, and what is described as available on a phone sounds like feel- good messaging and discussions of exercise, as available from the dashboard. I went online to customer service to discuss matters

It makes a 3D model of your body and tracks the emotional tone in your voice

It communicates with your phone via Bluetooth, and it should work equally well with both iPhones and Android phones. The three main band colors that will be sold are onyx (black), mineral (light blue), and rose gold (pink-ish).

Positive

Price

Returning the Charge 4, Apple Watch is Significantly more accurate... Fitbit more comfortable.

. on an expendable device, including Apple Watch, the price is much better and is just as accurate. I'm very glad Fitbit came out with the Charge 4 and built off their Charge 3 design

There are some great features, but not the innovative ones you're hoping for.

If I had to spend $100 to get the device today I doubt I would pull the trigger. If I have to start paying for the features I like in the Halo app, forget it. I'll just get a Fitbit.

Design

Good fitbit, but not durable.

I wear my FitBit everyday, but am careful not to get it wet. I like the features available and the interface, but the Fitbit itself is not durable and is very poorly designed. Setting it up to charge seems to need a careful dance to ensure alignment of points or else it won't charge and it takes 2-3 attempts to make it happen. We have 2 Fitbits bought at different times and its the same issue with both, I hope that the powers that be will redesign the charger coz this one sucks big time

Has some useful features but its not there yet

(Doing this by body composition alone I am not sure is a good measure of health)

Also you can not stream the labs to a TV, so watching them on your phone sucks to be honest. Also the workouts in the labs you can probably find for free on youtube if you really wanted to.

I think one design improvement is to have a swap-able battery so you can charge one and have one on the band. Although this is not a huge deal for me as the charging is pretty fast but some might find it important

Durability

I've had a Fitbit Charge 4 for a little over a year and after normal wear and tear, the plastic piece that you snap the band into has broken off. I've contacted Customer Support and they are nothing short of useless just responding with "Thank you for your feedback." It's not covered by warranty and no effort to retain me as a customer with a discount or any other incentive to stay vs. going with a competitor

Negative

reddit.com/r/fitbit

Average, Interesting & Concerning

I'm reviewing this as a basic fitness tracker on par with entry level Fitbits, Garmins and similar devices. This is not a high level or even medium level exercise and training tool. If you are looking for higher level tracking and analysis of overall health, recovery and exertion during a training session, this is not the device.

As a basic movement and sleep tracker I found it operates on par with similar devices

Comfort

It was simple to transition my Fitbit account to this device, and that ease was part of the reason I was willing to accept some other imperfections.

Love it - Negative reviews seem like they didn’t read before buying

Other sleep stuff:
I’m a good sleeper already, so I don’t pay a ton of attention to the sleep aid stuff they have, but my husband uses it when he can’t fall asleep even though he doesn’t wear the band! Seeing the sleep stats each morning is pretty interesting to me though, and I look them over when I eat breakfast.

No face:
I don’t like smart watches, and I don’t want a watch face.

Comfort:
Other negative things I’ve seen claim it’s bulky and has to be worn super tight or it clanks around. Absolutely not true

Comfortability

GPS is good, special edition band is not...

You are fine with carrying your phone constantly and therefore do not need GPS or 2. you are going to be out doing your activity for 2.5-3+ hours. That's where the battery use for GPS expenditure becomes cumbersome

Amazon Halo Review

The corrective exercise videos are relaxing and enjoyable. Physical therapy doctor Kelly Starrett leads you through the exercises while explaining the purpose of each move and demonstrating proper form. You perform each move twice, for about 30 seconds per round.

Positive

Battery Life

Happy with my Charge 4, but I wouldn't get the special edition again...

There’s a lot more plastic on the Charge 4, but the addition of Gorilla Glass is a huge improvement. After a year, the screen on my Charge 2 was barely legible until I polished it. I feared that the Charge 4 would take longer to charge, but it charges just as fast, if not faster. Battery life has been excellent so far with the GPS off

A nice try, but lacking in key features...

One of the primary drawbacks from the Active was the short battery life. Having to take off your smartwatch and charge it every day or so makes it hard to get into the habit of actually wearing the darn thing. If you don't use the Tone feature (more on that in a moment), the Halo lasts a good 3-4 days per charge. That's fine, but with no display of any sort, no GPS, and a lack of other common sensors, it seems as though Amazon's engineers should have been able to get a week out of this thing, at least

Notifications

Motivate and Reminder

The basic operation has served to remind and motivate me to be active. I'm conscious of my eating and physical activity while I'm wearing it. The exercise sensor has mistaken a motorcycle ride for a bike ride. I'm not sure how it figured I was biking at those speeds

Technology in search of a problem

I can only imagine what that does to your battery. What would be great here is a little vibraty notification on the device itself when you go negative. Some sort of subtle reminder that hey, maybe your tone isn't what you want at the moment. That would be so much more useful than hours later being told you did something wrong

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