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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room ever since jaw bones fell off the map there's the nothing as small as the up three and offered heart rate tracking today we finally have it answered I personally bought the Ultra HR that's a retail price of $149 and comparing to the charge - it's really interesting to find it at this price point and it makes me wonder if Fitbit is changing their product lineup later this year we'll just have to wait and find out now as always I'll place my amazon affiliate links in the video description below click on my links and they'll give you the most updated prices in real time and I'm very confident down the road you can get beads for less than retail so without further ado my channel is here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's reviewer go little the physical features first it's nearly identical to beam on HR version same comfortable band same screen size and B same thickness but what I have here is black with stainless steel and the bands are still interchangeable so you can swap them for different colors or if ever when the band wears out there's no tools required now as before the Ulta HR is water resistance and only splash and sweat proof there's no indication on submerging this underwater however I totally forgot that I was wearing this while reviewing the JBL flip for the other day if you did see that video and practice replaying a few right now I did my arm in the water about two to three times the Ulta HR still working perfectly fine today no one is different though is the last strap it uses a buffalo instead of these snap-on buttons the last regarding that physical bill of course we have the optical heart rate sensor on the back with Fitbit peer pulse technology number one that's a little bit later touching based on better life if it uses their proprietary charging cable if you're a frequent traveler remember to bring this along here this is great the original ultimate claimed five days worth of battery life the elta HR despite having all-day heart rate tracking is now claimed to have seven days worth of use and while wearing this I was indeed able to get seven days and exactly two hours worth of use until the product officially died now going over the screen a double tap is required to turn on the display two taps with your index finger at times does not register it is quite frustrating for newcomers here now the other method performed here listing your wrists if you're looking at a watch for the most part reveals the screen once in a while you might have to reset your arm and do it again this is pretty common on most vehicles today now regard that screen though that is quite dim though in direct sunlight at midday when you're out walking or running it is still identifiable but it is again hard to see now jumping onto the screen here and seeing what data is available you have your time and date Nexus steps after that is your heart rate distance calories burned and active minute now through the app you can also add a resting heart rate to be displayed and the battery life meter for YouTube view now what you don't get down here is floors climb okay keep in mind there are other vertical and horizontal styles that you can choose from six vertical and six horizontal that I personally counted here all selected through the app to your preference in addition despite the unobtrusive small screen the also still has the ability to display phone numbers and those who are calling in there's also text messages that come through but it only displays the beginning the entire text message doesn't show last calendar events are shown on here as well but I noticed push notifications from apps like aloe or hangouts my personal logic cam or my at home security system doesn't show on here as well unfortunately now other features I want to glance upon so you're aware there's a get up and move feature if you've been predominantly inactive for an hour the wristband will vibrate and tell you to get up and basically perform a couple of steps for a couple of minutes to keep you active throughout the day the last but not least here there is a sound vibrating alarm you can set up multiple alarms in a day and any combination of days including weekends the vibration from my experience is good and it's been able to wake me up every morning from bed now the only thing really missing in regards to features is a barometer to record how many flights of stairs that you climb of course GPS is not on here and I don't expect it to be on here for such a fitness tracker but again all those desired features that are missing though would of course make the band bigger or if not at least more expensive now regarding accuracy here suite tracking first it's not perfect however it does perform equivalent or better than the competition out there I watched Logan in theaters with my father last week and at times trackers in the past has registered me sleeping because I would barely move how watching a movie but in this case with the alta HR there's no false positives now with overnight sleeping it does a very good job of knowing when I fell asleep and when I woke up as well as we're steps like all restore actors they're never 100% accurate but pivots seem to be within reason this will of course be dependent on what you do on a daily basis now finally such a kind of heart rate tracking indeed it does provide general all-day tracking it also provides a resting heart rate to help track your heart health and while on a run or an activity you can see a heart rate but you do have to tap or cycle through the screens the accuracy is quite good when I compared it to my trusty driving through polar and underarmour chest straps here optical heart rate trackers rarely if ever are 100% accurate but surprisingly the alta HR did very well the only issue that I've found here at Fitbit includes smart Trek which enables the band to auto recognize your workouts after 10 or maybe 15 minutes depending on what you're doing and it saves it for you in the app that's great but would be altered the ulta HR for those who tend to run and then walk or stop and go or maybe those who do interval training it won't register those activities because you haven't been consistent again for those 10 to 15 minutes I confirm this in three different runs that I've performed here interval runs that is and again it just never registered never recorded on to the app with the alta HR there's no way to manually tell the band you start a workout and when to stop it so in the end here the Ulta HR although offering the heart rate tracking it is still somewhat of an entry level band now don't get me wrong though Fitbit now including HR ratings on the Alta this is huge especially for such a tiny package but on the other end though if you're a running enthusiast needing pace cadence a more robust and workout feature or layout on the band itself you got to look somewhere else and you have to get something bigger and probably something more pricier at the end of the day I still highly recommend the Alta HR for those not needing all the bells and whistles or new into getting into activity bands and not wanting something big and clunky so I hope this review helped you in some way be sure to LIKE and subscribe to help support my channel here and be sure to add me on facebook twitter or instagram all my accounts are listed on your screen or i'll place them in the video description below for your convenience again I'm Jimmy with Jim's review room and I'm here to help you make a purchase decision you guys take care see you on the next one bye