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- Optimize your workout routine with a Daily Readiness Score that reveals if you’re ready to exercise or should focus on recovery (Requires Fitbit Premium membership)
- Get a daily Stress Management Score showing your body’s response to stress and take steps to improve your levels with an on-wrist EDA sensor mindfulness session
- With the Health Metrics dashboard, track SpO2, heart rate variability, skin temperature variation and more (Not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition and should not be relied on for any medical purposes. It is intended to provide information that can help you manage your well-being)
- See your real-time pace & distance without your phone using built-in GPS during outdoor activity, then see a map of your workout route in the Fitbit app
- Includes a 6-month Premium membership complete with personalized insights, advanced analytics, guided programs and more (New & returning Premium users only. Valid payment method required. Content and features may change)
- Your stats come to life on a new color touchscreen that’s two times brighter than Charge 4 in daylight, all with up to 7-day battery (varies with use and other factors)
- Track calorie burn and optimize workouts with 24/7 heart rate tracking and Active Zone Minutes, which guide you toward your desired intensity level
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Product Description
Fitbit Charge 5 + Premium connects the dots between your activity, sleep and stress so you can make the best decisions for your body, mind and health. It all starts with your 6-month Premium membership and Daily Readiness, a score based on activity, sleep and heart rate variability (HRV) that helps you optimize your workout routine. Your score comes with personalized activity recommendations: low means go easy and recover—light yoga, deep breathing—while a high score gives you the green light to go all out. Enhance your recovery routine with advanced stress-management tools like the on-wrist EDA sensor. Stay ahead of heart health with atrial fibrillation (AFib) heart rhythm assessments using the on-wrist ECG app. And you’ll always have motivation to reach new goals with hundreds of guided workouts, a gallery of refreshing mindfulness sessions plus the fitness features you know and love like Active Zone Minutes and built-in GPS.
Product details
- Product Dimensions : 1.45 x 0.9 x 0.44 inches; 1.02 Ounces
- Item model number : 810038855868
- Batteries : 1 Lithium ion batteries required. (included)
- Date First Available : August 26, 2021
- Manufacturer : Fitbit Inc
- ASIN : B09BXQ4HMB
- Country of Origin : Malaysia
- Best Sellers Rank: #13 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
- Customer Reviews:
Top reviews from the United States
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2021Color: Graphite/BlackVerified PurchaseThe fitbit charge 5 is not eligible for return even if you have amazon prime(For safety reasons, items containing flammable liquids or gases can’t be returned to Amazon) so only buy this with the knowledge that you will not get your money back if anything goes wrong. If you have no plans on paying for the fitbit premium subscription then do not buy this as they are very careful not to tell you that half the features of the watch don't work without it. The health metrics dashboard is part of the subscription so without that you don't get SpO2 monitoring, heart rate variability, skin temperature variation, breathing rate during sleep or 14 out of the supposed 20 exercise routines. There is more outside of the withheld features like not being able to turn off gps(the options are dynamic, using the gps built into the watch and just your phone), location services, being auto enrolled into some social club, fitbit selling the data they collect even though it's not a free product(you MUST agree to this in order to setup the watch) and by default having the watch set to send you all sorts of emails but I guess I get upset about that more than other people these days. If you are still ok with that then I can say the watch itself is comfortable to wear. The screen is a bit slow to respond and the image is on the soft side but it's bright enough that sunshine doesn't bother me. I do have a lot of missed inputs(I can swipe 5 or so times before the watch reacts) and also it will register incorrect inputs like moving down when I swipe right. A smaller gripe is that fitbit can't seem to decide on what material the charge 5 is made from. The amazon page says it's stainless steel but the fitbit website where I originally found this on still says it's made of aluminum. The watch is lightweight though. This is about all I have to offer now. I'm stuck with a watch that won't do half of what I bought it for and in my mind amazon is beyond complacent. Until very recently amazon owned fitbit which makes it seem like this scenario was intentional. I have a product that won't work unless I pay essentially a rental fee(formerly to amazon) and I can't return the near useless product because it's now considered to be "hazardous" by amazon. I actually bought the charge 5 as a second chance for fitbit after directly buying a charge 4 from amazon(no third party) and RETURNING IT IMMEDIATELY as I payed for a new watch but was instead sent a used model with a screen that was scratched to heck and gunk left on the sensors from the last customer. I doubt that the charge 5 is somehow way more dangerous than the charge 4 and therefore is unsafe to take back to the warehouse. Both watches were safe enough for the warehouse to send them to me and amazon tried to scam me with the charge 4 but I was able to send that back so the way I see it now is that they just factored that into a predatory business model. I have one last thing before I forget. If you didn't know you can look around the add to cart button and under it you will find the amazon return policy. On first glance you will see that it says REFUND OR REPLACEMENT AVAILABLE but make sure you hover the mouse over it because that is not actually amazon saying that it can be returned. I honestly don't remember if I ever noticed that before but I certainly will remember from now on.Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2021Color: Graphite/BlackVerified PurchaseI ordered this the day before it’s release date, based on reviews I found on the internet, as there were no Amazon reviews yet. Imagine my horror when I went back to look after the release date and the Amazon customer reviews were so disparaging. I was already thinking I’d be returning it before I even received it. I have had this for a week now and am so very pleased with this Charge 5. (I went from a Charge 2 to this Charge 5). Right out of the box, I felt it was easy to set up and did not have difficulty with any of the features. I chose not to activate the 6 month free premium as I would not be continuing it. I’m aware of the features that you need premium to get and I’m okay without them.
I am a senior who exercises every day and likes to keep track of steps, calories spent, heart rate, sleep patterns and blood oxygen levels. I also like that I get all my text messages and call notifications on the easy to read color screen. So for me, this has been a great purchase. I don’t write many reviews, but wanted to share my experience with this Charge 5 because there seems to be so many negative comments.Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2021Color: Graphite/BlackVerified PurchaseUPDADE 4 (final):
Fitbit introduced the recovery score as part of the premium service (means monthly fees). It’s not as good as I’d hoped. Very generic and seems to rely on resting heart rate and HRV only. It’s a bit of a disappointment. I am keeping the 3-star rating. There are better health monitors out there, but this one is well-rounded. (and priced) enough to be a contender.
UPDATE 3: I am just going to sum things up after two weeks of use.
PROs:
*Great screen, can be easily viewed in very sunny conditions.
*Great for working out. Provides extensive metrics as you work out and seems accurate.
*Very good sleep tracking. Silent alarms (can be setup to avoid waking you up from a deep sleep).
*Decent heart rate monitor. Step tracker. Calorie count, etc. All these inherent features work well.
*Holds charge forever.
CONs:
*No recovery rate metrics, as promised by Fitbit yet.
*The screen is blinding at night. No way to tone down the brightness.
*No longer counts stairs climbed for some reason.
*Does not have actual body temperature readings.
I've learned how to estimate my recovery rate, based on resting heart rate, sleep quality and HRV. Still, wish that metrics was provided by Fitbit, as promised.
UPDATE2: Look like they made the black version FULLY RETURNABLE for whatever reason, so buy in confidence.
One more issue to report: the screen does not seem to have an ambient light sensor and the "sleep mode" does not automatically turn on. I find myself waking up in the middle of the night to a blinding screen that lights up the room. Not great!
UPDATE1: some have mentioned problems with the device being non-returnable. I followed up with Amazon on the issue. It is returnable, IF you experience performance issues or the device itself is defective or otherwise problematic. It seems like all versions but Black are fully returnable, so it must be a glitch. Talk to Amazon, if you experience an issue. They are extremely helpful.
I am now into the 4th day of testing and it looks like there is some calibration going on in the background, as readings are getting a bit more accurate. I wish the temperature sensor would provide nominal values instead of an evaluation on how much it changed from the day before. I hope Fitbit hurries up and releases the Readiness Score feature.
These are my initial impressions and I will update this review, as my experience living with Charge 5 allows me to better evaluate it. I have and regularly use Biostrap and Apple Watch. I am mostly interested in my sleep and recovery data and Apple Watch doesn’t do any of that, while Biostrap is useless for tracking workout. You cannot have it all, apparently. I was hoping that this Charge 5 can reasonably handle both tasks in one device.
To my great disappointment, Fitbit released Charge 5 without the promised Daily Readiness Score, which would basically indicate your recovery score after you wake up in the morning, telling you how your body is really doing, and whether you should go hard or easy on yourself for the rest of the day. It’s a great way to modulate your workouts and properly recover without overstressing your body. The Biostrap is excellent for that very reason (see some of my dashboard pics). That’s what I wanted out of this Fitbit and they didn’t deliver. There isn’t even a timeline for when the feature will be available.
Another missing feature is the ECG, but I am neither here or there on that one. Charge 5 also no longer shows you how many stairs you've climbed, which is disappointing, since Charge 4 did. After using it for two days, I am noticing that sleep time recognition isn't accurate. My Biostrap gets it right, down to a minute, while Charge 5 can be off by hours. Better turn it on yourself in the settings before bedtime.
Speaking of settings are adjustments...the lack of physical buttons means that you'll be scrolling up/down/left/right on a small screen all day long. It can get frustrating and menus aren't all that logically laid out. Another things that's poorly laid out is the dashboard, which is supposed to give you a snapshot of your metrics at a glance. You have to go through multiple screens (and some are not easy to find) in the app to get to various points of data. All of that should be viewable on one screen. AND you must use the phone app to view detailed info. Most of it isn't available on the web interface.
As it stand today, I would rather spend extra $20 and get an Apple Watch SE, which would be a superior tool in just about every respect until Fitbit delivers on the Daily Readiness Score. I’ll have to see how my experience with Charge 5 evolves, but I am giving it very generous 3 start for now…Top reviews from other countries
Eric TittleyECG functionality is absent.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2021Color: Graphite/BlackVerified PurchaseMcDLove itReviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2021Color: Graphite/BlackVerified PurchasemcbirneWeniger Funktionen als das Charg 4 bei einem Höheren PreisReviewed in Germany on September 30, 2021Color: Graphite/BlackVerified PurchaseGerhardLeider ein Rückschritt zur Charge 4 mit wenigeren Funktionen und Abo Kosten!Reviewed in Germany on October 10, 2021Color: Graphite/BlackVerified PurchaseRyanFor those that can settleReviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2021Color: Graphite/BlackVerified Purchase
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