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fitness trackers have advanced can the Fitbit charge keep up I'm Scott Stein and this is the Fitbit charge it's here on my wrist it's $130 fitness tracker now last year we love the Fitbit force it was one of our favorite fitness bands of the entire year and then it disappeared it was pulled off the market because of band irritation on people's wrists that was recalled and now all of a sudden it's back and it's been reinvented as the Fitbit charge basically it's exactly the same in terms of a feel for the most part but it has some improvements the band actually has a better clasp so clips on your wrist and holds on much tighter than before I lost the last one so it's nice to have uses the same charger as the Fitbit force and if it's got the same type of OLED display here so it's going to show you step count miles estimated calories and stairs climbed it has a barometer to a few features that we were waiting for on the force that never arrived during its run when it was out our call notifications and automatic sleep tracking both of which are available here and they work as you'd expect if a phone call comes in it buzzes on your wrist and if you go to sleep yes it will know when you go to sleep for the most part and show you how many hours it works pretty well but what this doesn't have this heart rate tracking keep in mind early 2015 there will be a Fitbit charge HR for $20 more that will have heart rate tracking built in you probably would want to wait for that and $130 is a lot to pay for a basic fitness band that's really looking at how many steps you walk you can get more for less via other competitors I'm Scott Stein and as the Fitbit charge works well just not spectacular as it used to be