Fitbit Charge 4 Special Edition: Fitness & Activity Tracker - ReviewingShip

Hey, what's up everybody, and welcome to another Fitness Tracker Reviews article. If you're anything like me, the older you get, the more you're going to be thinking about your fitness and there is no better way to track that than with a smartwatch. 

Product Information:

• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.72 x 1.13 x 0.49 inches; 3.53 Ounces
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ FB417BKBK
• Batteries ‏ : ‎ 1 C battery required. (included)
• Date First Available ‏ : ‎ March 31, 2020
• Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Fitbit
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084CQ41M2

• Best Sellers Rank: #130 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #1 in Activity & Fitness Trackers

• Customer Reviews:
  4.5 out of 5 stars    64,568 ratings

About This Fitness Tracker:

That's why today we're going to talk about the Fitbit Charge and why I think it's the best fitness tracker yet thanks to its built-in GPS and helpful new health features. Now this $150 Fitbit Charge four is only the company's second device with GPS. Now  

Fitbit is behind the game a little bit when it comes to including GPS in their watches, but they're doing a great job. During my time testing the charge for I went out and ran in the suburbs, and I kept a good distance from anyone I  encountered. Of course, the Fitbit is great, thanks to the GPS, and its step tracking. But it's got a ton of other great qualities too, including enhanced sleep tracking, and a new fitness metric to let you know if you're getting enough exercise. So before reviewing the features and the functionality of the watch, I want to talk about design a little bit. Now listen when it comes to smartwatches and fitness trackers.  

Personally, I like bigger devices such as the  Samsung Galaxy Gear three. Although that's the case, I actually really liked this thing.  For one thing, it's a lot lighter. So if you're going out doing exercise, it's a lot less cumbersome than the giant watch the galaxy makes.  

Now the charge four looks almost identical to its predecessor, charge three, they both have a  

similar rectangular design and they both have a  grayscale OLED touchscreen. And of course, like any other Fitbit, the band is replaceable, and you can get different colors, different materials.  

Now if you go back some to some of the more previous generations, they did have a physical silver button, and the touch button works well.  But sometimes it is nice to have that feedback.  

Now one of the greatest things about the charge force touchscreen is it's super easy to read in bright sunlight, and it responds quickly to swipes even when my fingers are greasy or sweaty.  

And the good news is if you're upgrading from charge three to charge four, you'll be able to keep your old band and swap it to the new watch if you've got one that you're really attached to.  

All in all, I like the look of it and I really like the feel of it. This watch works great when it comes to how it fits on my wrist. Now about the watch's functionality with the charge for Fitbit is introducing a new fitness metric called active zone minutes. Basically what it's going to do is it's going to measure the time you spend in a target heart rate zone and track your progress towards the goal of 150 minutes per week. That means that during the course of the week, all of your exercises are tracked and it'll tell you exactly how many minutes you've stayed within the recommended heart rate. And that set heart rate is the recommended minimum from the American Heart Association Centers for Disease Control and World  Health Organization. by inputting your age and your resting heart rate as well as your overall fitness level. Charge four will automatically calculate your target heart zone based on that information. The app will also show you a chart of your heart rate and the time you spent in each zone, fat burn cardio, and peak. But I only spent about 23 minutes in the cardio and peak zones and I was awarded 46 minutes of credit.  

Not bad. Now again one of the greatest features of this new Fitbit Charge is its GPS and its running performance. Like I said the charge for is only the second of Fitbit's devices and the first one of its fitness trackers to have this feature.  Considering this as new technology to Fitbit, I was really surprised at how quickly it picked up its GPS signal. On top of that, the watch seems to be really accurate, so no problems there. Now the charge four does come with six exercise shortcuts already pre-loaded onto the watch, you've got run bike, swim, treadmill,  

outdoor workout, and a walk. If you go through the app though, you also have 16 other activities ranging from everything from yoga to kickboxing.  During my run, charge four would buzz around my wrist when I moved from one heart rate zone to the other. That gave me great feedback to figure out  

if I need to slow down speed up or stay how I am  now there was a couple instance where the charge  

for his heart rate monitor seemed to be a little  bit tardy, my heart rate would suddenly Jump up  

10 to 20 beats per minute. But I think overall,  the heart track seemed pretty consistent. 

Now of course like many of the other Fitbit you also  have sleep tracking which is great with the Fitbit  

Charge for a new restoration metric shows not just your heart rate while you're sleeping but also how much you've been moving around and your estimated oxygen variation. Now unfortunately the Fitbit  

Charge four does not have onboard music storage but you can control your Spotify so if you're someone like me that likes to run with their music and you have a Spotify account you are completely set. Another nice feature is that it does have  Fitbit pay, which is essentially a contactless payment method on your watch meaning anywhere that has Apple Pay or Google pay Fitbit pay will work.  

Now in terms of the battery life, Fitbit says that the charge force should last up to seven days and normal fitness tracking which is the same as charge three and fairly standard for most fitness trackers. So all in all with the GPS and the other features that they've been working on the Fitbit Charge four is a big improvement over the charge three. You can track your running,  

biking, swimming as accurately as you can with the bonafide GPS watches so if you're a big fan of the charge three, the Fitbit Charge four is a great upgrade, especially with the new GPS functions.  

Hopefully, this review is going to help you out and give you an idea of whether the Fitbit Charge four is right for you. If it's not there's a ton of other watches. In my opinion, this one doesn't all.  

So hopefully you found this video helpful. If so please feel free to leave a thumbs up because I  

always appreciate that. And just a reminder, I'll include a link so you can check updated pricing and availability for anybody that's interested in it. Also, let me know any comments or questions you have because I always love getting the answer as many of those as I can. Hope you have a great rest of your day.

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