'The Blaze looks more like a smartwatch than a fitness tracker … and easily looks nicer than some other sports watches,' according to. Customizable style: The appearance of the Blaze might surprise people accustomed to the look of older Fitbit models. “That puts it on a par, if not above, a number of screenless fitness trackers I’ve tested,” the reviewer notes.Ĥ. As with any device, battery life will vary based on usage, but was able to verify Fitbit’s claim. Strong battery life: What good would a fitness tracker be if it sat on the charger all day? Fitbit equipped the Blaze with a battery that can go 5 days between charges. And when CIO.com put Blaze to the test, “Heart rate readings were extremely close (within about 5 beats per minute) to the ones I got with … one of the most accurate consumer heart-rate trackers.”ģ. “As usual, Fitbit's various exercise and heart rate measurements appear to be very accurate when compared with our own manual observations,” the publication notes. The editors at Macworld love its “unobtrusive and incredibly accurate activity tracking,” while also singling out its “automatic exercise recognition, which is an incredibly useful - and accurate - activity-tracking function.” Many reviewers praise the Blaze for this very reason. Fitness at a glance: For a fitness tracking device, where users want to know things down to the second, accuracy is everything. “If there’s one thing Fitbit’s Blaze has in spades,” notes Digital Trends, “it's features.”Ģ.

The Fitbit Blaze does everything you’d expect a fitness tracker to do, while its full-color touchscreen lets users listen to music, take calls, read texts and see notifications. Smart functions: 'The Blaze's affordability and rich feature set makes it a great choice for consumers who want a fitness tracker but have also been considering a smartwatch,' writes Time. Here are 6 features that make the Fitbit Blaze not just another fitness wearable:ġ. And as Time notes, the Fitbit Blaze is 'the company's most smartwatch-like device to date.' Digital Trends calls the company 'synonymous with fitness bands.' But some shoppers may be surprised to know that Fitbit can now hold its own in the crowded multi-use smartwatch and wearable fields.

Like Kleenex and Band-Aid, Fitbit has become a household name.

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