tara lamberson

I’ve been researching the FitBit, thanks to Andrew and generally speaking I’m still a bit torn as to whether or not I want to buy one. I really like the idea of tracking my sleep and overall wellness, which are the reasons why I would purchase. The only downfall is that it doesn’t really track (in a scientific manner) other methods of cardio (see email response from their team below.)

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Hi Tara,

The Fitbit is optimized for walking, running and general
household/lifestyle activities and gives you a good general 24 hour
picture of your day. It’s not going to be that accurate for things
like biking, but the website will allow you to manually log
activities, so that an estimated calorie burn for your biking can be
included in your daily totals. If you are only doing the biking for an
hour or so a day, the Fitbit will give you a good overview of your
activities for the other 23 hours.

The Fitbit is really for people to get a general sense of their day
and get motivation from improvements in their general day to day
trends.

Hope this helps.

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Fitbit Support
support@fitbit.com