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what's up prize five fans i'm brian tong and wearable tech is here to stay tor bringing you the cream of the crop in surprise five punch-out between the fit products and the job bone rare our judges for this fight are senior editor Brian boom-boom Bennet and myself railing a dating column now we'll take both judges blind scores and average the mounts in the nearest tenth each round the final prize fight score will be an average of all rounds using the same decimal system it's four rounds to the finish first one is designed the Fitbit flex brings on a new design with its first wristband and a tiny pebble that fits inside but charges separately it's light and compact and it's five LED indicator lights show you how close you are to your goal with a DoubleTap it's not the easiest wristband to put on and it can really be a pain to secure it sometimes now the jawbone up brings the most unique and stylish fitness wristband with multiple colors and a unique design element it's real easy to put on since its molded to fit on your wrist with metal accents but it's a little more rigid and slightly less comfortable it also has a single LED display that shows whether you're active or sleeping now the eyes don't lie and the jawbone up takes this round with the poor and the Fitbit flex gets a three next round is features the Fitbit flexes major distinguishing feature is it's Bluetooth syncing that works flawlessly but phone owners will need either iPhones galaxy s3s fours or galaxy note phones to use it now if not you'll also be able to sync it to your Mac or PC sleep mode is a must-have feature but it can be difficult to activate since you have to tap the Flex six times at a specific tempo to activate the mode it takes several tries in I still haven't mastered it now fitbit's app may not be the prettiest looking one but it packs better goal-setting and data entry it's compatible with their Fitbit Aria scale and its food calorie counter database is more robust as well now the jawbone up brings no wireless syncing capability and is said you'll need to physically connect it through the headphone jack every time to sync your data when you have to do it multiple times it becomes a hassle and a pain in the butt but it's not a product killer now the up app is hands-down the best looking fitness app with its bright colored graphs and displays and it's organized in a cleaner way the only issue is that you can only view your data through the phone app and there's no way to view it on your computer at home the up sleep mode is super easy to get into with just holding down the physical button at the end of the wristband and that's what you want to do before you go to sleep both wristbands are water-resistant and the data collected can also be synced to other fitness apps to track the Fitbit flex takes this round with the 4 and the jawbone up gets a 3 so after averaging 2 rounds we're tied round 3 is data it's all about the data and these 2 fitness bands I like the number of steps you've taken calories burned distance covered and the quality of your sleep it's really a push here oh there go those charts again now the Fitbit also offers a premium service that's a deeper dive for $49.99 a year and that gives you even more advanced data analysis and overall better goals it's close but the Fitbit flex gets the edge here with the four and the jawbone gets a 3.5 we've got one more round left to go the final round that decides it all ends value the Fitbit flex retails for $99.99 and it's a solid price compared to its competitors with Bluetooth syncing really being the killer feature here now the jungle up retails for 129 and it still brings everything you expect but it feels like you're paying a little more for its unique styling especially without Bluetooth so when you add it all up the Fitbit flex offers you more bang for your buck and we're giving it a 4 and the jawbone up gets a 3 so let's average out all four rounds and a prize fight that went neck-and-neck Fitbit flex push a little harder in the end taking this prize fight three point eight to three point four and is your prize fight winner you can really go either way on this prize fight but these are the top two fitness bands that bring you data you can really use instead of some calculated number called fuel it really doesn't wrap anything specific I'm Brian Cho thanks for watching we'll catch you guys next time for another prizefight you