Fitbit Luxe Smart Fitness Tracker with Stress Management, Sleep Tracking, 24/7 Heart Rate Monitor - Black/Graphite (Includes S & L Bands) | Perfect for Gym, Running, Yoga & Daily Activity Tracking

Most important (to me, anyway): the heart rate monitor is actually somewhat accurate!! I’ve been trying and failing for years to find an accurate heart rate monitor that can be worn on my wrist and not around my chest. This is the first I’ve found that actually performs well not only while sitting around but also while working out!! I’ve done weight training, HIIT workouts, hiking and treadmill workouts and it’s worked pretty good during all of them. Now it's not *as* accurate as a chest strap, so don't have your expectations set to expect perfection, but it’s still much better than previous wrist models. It also works great for step tracking.The last watch I tried was the Fitbit charge 4 and it seemed accurate while doing nothing, but not at all while working out. See my attached workout comparison. It was so frustrating doing a really intense workout and seeing it display my heart rate at 100 (which is about what my heart rate is while brushing my teeth). When I knew from manual readings it was closer to 160. Even when on the treadmill with my wrist not flexing at all, the Charge couldn’t figure out my heart rate. I am very happy to have finally found a watch that can finally track my workouts!!Your steps will be tracked even if your hands are resting on the treadmill bar or on a shopping cart, etc. Your wrist just needs to have a little motion for it to register the steps. So, if you’re resting your forearms on the cart or treadmill, it will NOT count the steps because your wrist is not moving with each step while in that position. But holding the bar with your hands will work just fine.The screen is small, but extremely crisp and clear and easy to read. However, it has some software issues. Either moving your wrist or double tapping the screen is supposed to turn the watch face on. Twisting your wrist does work pretty reliably to turn it on. Double tapping does not. If the watch has been “asleep” for awhile and I try to double tap it it can take anywhere from 20-50 taps to get it to turn on. That’s a LONG time. And when I put it in sleep mode for the night (so the watch face doesn’t turn on while I’m moving around in my sleep), it can be very difficult to get it to turn on in the morning to be able to turn sleep mode off. A bit frustrating. But sometimes it does the opposite. Like this morning it was still in sleep mode but I turned my wrist and the screen turned on (it’s not supposed to and usually doesn’t!). And sometimes when the screen turns on even from just a wrist movement, it just starts to go crazy and will be scrolling up and down and pressing buttons and vibrating like crazy like some sort of poltergeist is messing with me. Trying to press the screen and stop it does nothing. It takes it a few minutes to calm down and stop doing this, but so far it always does eventually stop and will start working normally again once I’ve let it exorcise its demons.A couple other things to note:-This has no altimeter and it will not tell you how many flights you’ve gone up. Somewhat disappointing, since I found that interesting as we live by the mountains and hike a lot. But it’s more important to me that the heart rate works accurately (which it does) so this isn’t a deal breaker for me-There is no on-board gps, you’ll need to have your phone on you to use for gps tracking if you want it. I always have my phone on me when I’m out anyway in case of emergency so for me, again, not a deal breaker.-The battery lasted me about 6.5 days. I was using it constantly during this time, so I am quite impressed with how long it went before needing a recharge.-When you are on the “home” screen, it shows the time and below it will be switching between showing you your basic daily info (heart rate, steps, active minutes,etc). If you manually tap the screen while on this, you can manually switch to see whichever of those you want to see below the time. So in the morning I tap my screen until I see my heart rate is below the time and then it remembers that that’s what I want to see and the next time I flip my wrist it is still showing my heart rate. You can set it to whichever you like though, like if you want to always see your step count then just tap it until it’s below the time and it’ll show you that next time you flip your wrist. It does “forget” after awhile sometimes, but it’s easy to set it again and overall it works pretty well.As usual, the straps are removable/interchangeable. So you can put on prettier bands or extensions or what have you. I personally like the feel of the soft, silicone wristbands so I’m leaving mine as is. I have a pretty small wrist (about 5.5”) and the back of the watch makes excellent contact with my skin and my bones don’t get in the way to interfere with readings or get bruised. It’s quite comfortable even wearing it all day and night (I’ve only taken it off to shower).I love the fitbit app. It’s easy to use and navigate. And the 6 months of free premium (normally costs 9.99 a month) you get with this too is nice, I find it interesting to see my sleep stats each morning. Stats like breathing rate, skin temperature, and heart rate variability are included with premium. This watch DOES have an SpO2 monitor but as of now it has not been activated on the luxe so you can’t get readings from that yet. Not sure when that will be available it doesn't specify yet.Overall, despite the software bugs/screen turning on issues, I really am happy with how well this works for heart rate tracking (especially while workout out!). If you’re willing to have a little patience with it and deal with these small annoyances (hopefully there will be an update to fix these problems eventually), I still think it’s well worth it for the heart rate tracking alone. Hope this helps you make a more informed decision!UPDATE: More issues keep coming up. The screen keeps freezing on a black screen with just navigation dots at the top and no amount of tapping or twisting or charging will get you off this black screen. I do not see a way to do a manual reset (there is a reset under settings on the watch but when the watch is non-responsive you of course can't get to it) I figured out that you can then go to the Fitbit app and change your watch face selection. This will update the watch and make it start functioning again. Then you can switch back to the watch face of your choice. This has been happening once or twice a day now and seems to be happening more often. Not a good sign.Also several times I've noticed when it looks like the watch is working it's not actually counting my steps. It was frozen at 9993 steps last night and I walked around the house for 5 minutes and it was still at 9993. I sat down for 10 minutes and tried again and it finally went up to 9996. But it clearly was still experiencing a major delay and the step number did not catch up to all those steps I know I got during those 5 minutes. It's possible this has been happening frequently but I rarely check my steps until the end of the day so I really can't say for sure. I have to deduct another star until they get some of these issues fixed. They are becoming more than just a slight annoyance at this point. I am still holding out hope for an update to fix at least some of these problems before my return window is closed.2ND UPDATE: They released an update today (July 23rd)! I installed the update through the app on my phone and the app kept giving me an error - telling me there was a problem with the update and it couldn't complete, but on my watch it said the update was complete. So I completely shut down the app and restarted and now it says my watch is updated, so hopefully that's true. Just add it to the list folks. I can't find any information anywhere about what this update contained, but I'm hopeful anyway. I'll update in a week as to whether or not it's helping with the issues I've been experiencing.3rd UPDATE: It's been just over a week and I don't think the update did much of anything. Still locked up again yesterday, but I've found after about 30 minutes or so it will usually fix itself. And I think it's still monitoring heart rate and steps decently well while the watch itself may seem unresponsive. I find myself checking it less and less through the day so I don't have to deal with the issues as much. I mainly just look at my stats each morning and at the end of the day on the app. I think I'm going to keep it despite the ongoing issues as I do enjoy comparing my daily results and looking at my sleep stats every morning.I had a Fitbit Alta that lasted 6 years, (which I understand is quite a bit longer than usual). So, when it was time for me to replace it, I struggled with what to get, since that model is no longer available. It wasn't the price that prevented me from getting an Apple Watch; I just didn't need that many various features, and I really don't like to wear something that big on my wrist.I tried to find the Fitbit in person in a variety of stores, but they are being discontinued, so I took a chance with Amazon. I know that Amazon has an amazing return policy, and I could have returned it, but I didn't want to be wasteful.Well, I made an excellent choice! This Luxe has everything that I want and need, and more. First of all, the displays are much easier to read than my previous one, and you can change the clock face to a variety of styles (which is typical of any tracker). It is slim on my wrist, and I got an elastic band for extra comfort.I don't know what the issues are with other reviewers. I am not a "pushover," and I like a quality product for a reasonable price. I just like this Fitbit! I can read texts and get alerts on my phone, so that's quite enough for me. I just re-read some reviews that listed cons, and I am actually kind of amazed. it is quite surprising that people want something that tracks so many aspects of their lives. I do like that it shows my heart rate, which is kind of important, but I don't wear it for tracking my sleep, and I don't need to know exactly what KIND of workout I'm doing.If you don't want a huge watch on your wrist, and you mostly want to keep track of your steps, and get phone and text alerts, then this is the perfect choice!When my Fitbit Versa died, I was looking for a less expensive replacement and landed on the Luxe. It’s fine, but there are some features that definitely fall short compared to the Versa.1) there is no button to wake the screen - the only way to turn it on is by tapping it and sometimes it takes multiple taps (5-10), which is annoying. On the flip side, sometimes it wakes up without a tap, and the display is pretty bright when you’re sleeping and it spontaneously comes on.2) The display text is really tiny. I’m getting to the stage in life when I need reading glasses occasionally, and the type on my Luxe (other than the clock) is really hard to read.3) I kinda miss the altimeter. I knew going in that this one wouldn’t track how many flights of stairs I’ve climbed, but since I live in a really hilly area, that tracking was sometimes gratifying to see and I miss it.4) You have to tap and scroll to get to the battery usage. I’m used to getting a low battery notification on the home screen of my Versa and this has run out on me without an obvious reminder that it’s time to charge.Overall in the couple of months I’ve had my Luxe, it performs fine and charges quickly - holds a charge for a couple of days, but not as long as the Versa. When this one dies, I’ll get a different model, but this will work until then.So far, I am mostly happy with my purchase. I think it looks great and the tracking seems to be doing well for my sleep and steps. I feel like it is overestimating my calories burned even more than the last fitbit I had, which was the Charge 4. The screen is beautiful and charging is average for a fitbit. The charge will last about a week or slightly less. The one thing I do find very annoying is that I will accidentally start tracking a workout sometimes and I will look down hours later to see that it's currently on the workout screen. I then have to cancel it and go into the app to delete the workout. I never had that problem with the charge 4 so it must be due to the sensitivity of this screen and the way the watch format is set up. Overall, I think it's great but I just wish there was a way to prevent the accidental workout tracking.Das Gute zuerst: sie sieht gut aus, klein und elegant und die Schlafphasen werden auch gut erkannt.Nun zu den Minuspunkten:1. die App, bei anderen Anbietern gratis, da sie ja mit unseren Daten bezahlt werden, kostet ganze 80€ im Jahr.2. es gibt lediglich 4 Sportarten, die man auswählen kann.3. wenn ich Radfahren auswähle, zeigt die Uhr auch nach 1 Stunde radeln 0 km an (beim „Gehen“ funktioniert es).4. Bei Verwenden der App kommt alle paar Sekunden ein Pop-up was mich dazu bewegen soll der App uneingeschränkten Zugriff auf meinen Standort zu geben.5. während das Training aktiv ist kann man nicht zurück zu den anderen Bildschirmen.6. während des Trainings hatte ich oftmals die Anzeige, dass mein Puls im Höchstleistungsbereich ist, in der App ist davon jedoch nicht zu sehen.7. Training wird nicht in Schritte umgewandelt.Fazit: die Uhr hat zwar die Grundfunktionen Und gehört für meinen Geschmack zu den besten Designs, allerdings scheint Fitbit nicht wichtig zu sein die Funktionen soweit auszureifen, dass sie mit anderen Produkten konkurrieren können und den Ansprüchen der Kunden genügen.Ich werde noch ein paar Tage abwarten, ob ich eine Antwort beziehungsweise es ein Software Update gibt und sie ansonsten zurückschicken.Expected a bigger screen as text is too small. Feel conned because I bought it for the stress monitor but I have to subscribe to premium in order to access this facility. Isn’t the Fitbit luxe expensive enough? It should be an advanced feature any way. Nothing brilliant about the luxe so quite unimpressed.Update: ich wechsle von 2 auf einen Stern.Uhr hängt sich ständig auf, geht aktuell nach nur wenigen Monaten des Tragens überhaupt nicht mehr an.Habe die Uhr einschicken müssen und eine andere gebrauchte Uhr zurückbekommen, die noch defekter war als meine erste. Schritte wurden garnicht gezählt, Pulsmesser funktionierte nicht und Batterie sank von 99 auf 0 in nur fünf Stunden. Würde diese Uhr nie wieder bestellen.In Kürze vorab:Wer eine stylische, schlanke Uhr sucht, die modern daherkommt, liegt mit der Uhr richtig. Für die Optik gäbe es von mir auf jeden Fall 5 Sterne.Wem es reicht, seinen Puls, seine Schritte und Kalorien zu sehen, kann sich diese Uhr also zulegen. Mir reicht es, daher behalte ich sie.Dennoch sind die Negativpunkte leider zu viele, um mehr Sterne zu geben.- Mein Hauptkritikpunkt: Seit der Charge 2 (zum Vergleich links am Arm, kommt deutlich globiger daher) hat sich an den Funktionen rein garnichts verbessert. Die Luxe kann exakt dasselbe wie die Charge 2, die ich mir vor - wann? - 5 Jahren? - zugelegt habe? Das geht für mich einfach absolut garnicht.- Für Extras muss man zahlen, satte 80 Euro pro Jahr für FitBit Premium. Bei einer Uhr, die über 130 Euro kostet, sehe ich das einfach nicht ein.- App ist langsam! Die Synchronisation dauert mitunter Minuten und bricht oft ab. Am Handy kanns nicht liegen, habe das neueste Iphone. Die Datenübertragung ist unglaublich langsam. Oft würde mich in der Früh interessieren, wie mein Schlaf bewertet ist und wie die Schlafphasen aussehen, gebe dann aber nach Minutenlangem Warten auf.- Angebliche Zusatzfunktion: "Stressmanagement" ist absoluter Müll. Am Ende des Tages wird einem ein Score angezeigt. Je höher, desto weniger stressiger war dein Tag. Dazu muss man regelmäßig seine Stimmung des Tages bewerten. "Super, Mittel oder Schlecht". Die Anzeige ist vollkommener Mist. Erstens: Was bringt es mir, wenn ich sehe: oh, gestern war ein stressiger Tag? Das weiß ich meist selbst. Besser wäre es doch, in Stress-Momenten mit einem Vibrieren zb an Tiefes Atmen oder sonstiges erinnert zu werden. Abgesehen davon stimmen die Punkte bei mir so gut wie nie. An einem der stressigsten Tage des vergangenen Jahres sagte mir die Uhr, es wäre ein Top Tag gewesen.Insgesamt ist die Luxe eine hübsche Uhr. Leider zerkratzt sie sehr schnell. Uhr und Band sehen top aus. Dass es aber seit Jahren keine Weiterentwicklung gab, die App so dermaßen langsam ist und mit FitBit Premium gelockt wird, gibt es nur zwei Sterne.Ich hoffe, die Rezension hat geholfen! :)Die Luxe ist optisch wirklich gelungen. Ein wenig dünner und sie wäre top gewesen.Dafür ist das Display aber zu klein, deutlich kleiner, als die Oberfläche vermuten lässt.Das Bild ist zwar knackig scharf, aber halt zu klein.Was aber nicht ok ist, ist der Funktionsumfang. Da bekommt man bei Trackern aus chinesischen Schmieden mehr für weniger Geld. Hinzu kommt, möchte man den kompletten Umfang nutzen, muss man ein Abo abschließen. Ich bin da rausAfter having a couple of previous Fitbit models I was looking forward to the Luxe being released. Ended up bitterly disappointed. Screen size is tiny despite there being a large interface. Screen is unresponsive and pretty difficult to navigate. Doesn’t always wake upon raising your arm which is annoying. Bought one for me and the wife and will be looking to return them. Mobile app great as it always has been, but I’ll be going back to my Charge 3 for sure.