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hey everyone Jimmy with Jim's review room jumping right into this Fitbit is introducing the charge to to replace the most popular fitness tracker based on market sales that's their own Fitbit charge HR there's some pretty big improvements in my opinion especially the options to swap out your wristbands but we'll discuss all that pretty soon I personally paid 150 dollars retail at the time this video but I include my links in the video description below click on my links and they'll give you the most updated prices in real time you never know when the prices might go down so without further ado my channel is here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's review going over the physical features first some things to point out right away there's now a new metal / plastic housing to hold all your electronics in there but sadly though it's still only splash rain and sweat proof Fitbit clearly discloses on the website this is still not shower proof and for swimmers again you're out of luck now the band itself is nearly identical so those who are familiar with the Fitbit charge HR comfort wise it feels practically the same same stretchiness or elasticity the same secure locking mechanism and is practically the same size if there is any different than measurements it's very minimal now what is truly different though just like the Fitbit Alta and the Fitbit blaze the bands are exchangeable without the need of a special tool the previous charge HR was plagued with those defective bands coming apart or bubbling from the adhesives failing that seems to be gone with this particular model the only issue that I've noticed it's not a deal breaker but there is some slight chatter that I noticed here and oddly the longer band tends to miss a line from the display again not a big deal but something that I noticed on my particular unit now rotating to the back there's your heart rate sensor which I'll show you how accurate this is later in the video but there's also of course you're charging pins now better life is claimed to be up to five days just like the previous model and from my testing which included six separate runs at a mile each to give you somewhat of a comparison to how much you personally run on it in any given week here but I was able to get six days and four hours worth of battery life now keep in mind this is of course with the HR sensor on using the GPS off of the phone and receiving notifications not the actual results I've gotten so far has been good considering there's a bigger screen and more features but compared to all other mid-range trackers on the markets 5 to 7 days is usually the average or the norm now recharging the band from dead takes close to 2 hours in total from my experience moving on to the display it's larger it's very fluid and offers much more data to view the same arm gesture still there so moving your arm up as you're looking at a watch the screen does automatically turn on and this function as well as other good performing displays on the market now in bright sunlight it's still somewhat visible you can still make it out but isn't that super bright though and there's seven total different displays here that you can choose from through the Fitbit app you can choose either and analog display huge numbers or having two o'clock with a date nearby but we still don't have third-party apps our third-party displays so hopefully Fitbit down the road would continue to offer new watch faces with their updates now going back to the main and factory display you have your time and date above tapping on the lower half scrolls through your info and element it's easier to do it on here which is those hard taps they had to do on the Fitbit Alta albeit firm but somewhat accurate taps are still required it's not too forgiving that is now what is shown here their steps taken heartrate estimated distance estimated calories burned flights of stairs climbed how many minutes you have been active and last your hourly activity now there's sadly no swiping gestures to make things easier here you do have to utilize the side button which I admit is very tactile a lot of good feedback here but out of display there's your heartrate the next one is allowing you to choose which exercise you want to do and have recorded I'll have the exercises on your screen at the moment a stopwatch is offered however there's no lap times to record it simply pause and start and once the watch starts if you don't move your arm or if there's no action the display does turn off to conserve battery so after the stopwatch there's a new guided breathing feature which shows unscrewed when to inhale and exhale and helps provide mediation or relaxation here it's pretty straightforward and as gimmicky as it sounds it's really a brief and simple process that I felt does work if you do apply it or give it a chance that this feature is clearly subjective and very less there's silent vibrating alarms offered which can be adjusted within the Fitbit app graciously you can set up multiple alarms in one day and select any combination of days within now I asked for the vibrations and having experience with the competitors in the markets I would say the vibration is moderate or medium it might work for some heavy sleepers but I think most heavy sleepers will have to look elsewhere now on the indicators which would have helped greatly would be simply a battery indicator and that's not on here as it's only viewable the app after your band sinks so right before showing you my heart rate test and the charts the charge - does offer reminders for you to get up and move around a bit if you have been inactive for an hour now the Fitbit can also auto recognize certain exercises if you perform a recognize movement for 15 minutes straight and that's adjustable in the app Fitbit will record your steps calories burned and estimated distance then save that activity into the app as an exercise or active session now it's perfect for moments you're maybe playing with your kid or if you're walking in the mall for a while here the band records those activities when you're not really thinking about it or may have forgotten to manually start a walking workout now the other feature that I absolutely desire on every general consumer activity tracker these days here are notifications now with the Fitbit this is seriously a welcome feature as phone calls and contacts will vibrate and display in your band here now the only flaw that I believe for text messages you have to flip your hand up into the watch position to see the message however with those text messages I noticed it's purely a summary in only 40 characters out of 160 are displayed so unfortunately you're not able to read the entire message or scroll through the message itself in addition if the screen turns off while reading or if you press the button the message disappears forever if one of you must have notifications you might consider the Fitbit plays it might be a better option another last feature there's now GPS but before you get too excited it's not built in the band relies on you to bring your phone and use your cell phone signal to get your location-based measurements now despite not being built in a huge benefit though we get real-time stats on the band like pace and much much more accurate distance being shown so to the point that you've been waiting for here how does the HR data look risk-based trackers most of them that I've tested so far there's always some variability with the charge - I ran against one of my chest straps which has been tried and true very accurate and with my first graph a smooth and consistent run my experience it was great for the most part the charge - was very accurate and then performing another run about 1/3 of the way through I'm pretty sure I had adjusted the chest strap so the hunt looked a little bit funky there but the Fitbit charge surprisingly did very well afterwards the only thing I really noticed on a consistent basis was at the beginning of any run the band and a chest straps would be off by a good bit but after a minute or so their readings came in much more within tolerance and then last year a third chart as proof towards the end here there were times I had just stopped running to look down at the band and you can see the heart rate dropping here and then I would then pick up and continue running now in the end there is still some variability amongst all these charts here but amazingly for a risk based heart rate tracker it's pretty accurate and it does perform well so in the end here comparing to the old model the charge HR this is seriously a huge upgrade though with better wrist bands we don't have to worry about those defective bands anymore that's hoping the display is bigger the extra feature of notifications is a huge plus or despite only being a summary but that's better than nothing a guest and last GPS as an option through your phone for more accurate data and if you're ok with that there's no increase in price Fitbit is still offering that sweet spot of a hundred and fifty dollars so in the end here it's not perfect not revolutionary but the upgrades the evolution is very much welcomed making the charge HR to a very much worthwhile purchase over the original charge HR but one of the best mid-range activity trackers on the market as well so that's it for this review hopefully this wasn't too long here but enough detail to help you make a purchase decision be sure to LIKE and subscribe if you haven't and be sure to add me on to Facebook Twitter or Instagram and both gems review room or my personal social media accounts it's at Jimmy long official you guys take care and I'll see in the next one fine