Hey hey! How are you? I hope you’re having fun with the day up to now. In the present day, I’m re-sharing this publish with up to date data – evaluating two health instruments: the health alta and the apple watch. They now not make the Alta, however the Luxe is analogous right here.
Apple Watch vs. the Fitbit Alta
One thing that has helped so much with my motivation to get shifting and keep energetic all through the day has been my Apple Watch. I’m an enormous fan of health trackers – I’ve used a number of Fitbit fashions, the Tom-Tom Spark 3, Garmins, Polars, I’m sort of a nerd about health trackers – and the most recent fave is the Apple Watch. It’s sporty however cute sufficient to put on each day, and the stats and interface are wonderful.
After I converted to the Apple Watch, I’d been sporting a Fitbit for essentially the most half, and most just lately the FitBit Alta. I like that the Alta is way smaller than different health trackers and it gave me comparable stats (plus the center charge mannequin tracks your coronary heart charge). I’ve been a Fitbit fan for years and have constantly used the Fitbit as an efficient option to monitor my steps and exercise stats. I’d been eyeing the Apple Look ahead to a few 12 months, however wasn’t certain if the fee can be value switching over.
After we first moved to Valdosta, we attended an public sale for Liv’s new faculty, and on one of many tables was an Apple Watch. I made a decision to place it into future’s arms. A few mint juleps later, and lurking across the public sale desk, I used to be the proud new proprietor of an Apple Watch (and a pair of Prada sun shades. Yolo. <— do individuals nonetheless keep that? hah)
Right here’s my overview of the Apple Watch vs. Fitbit Alta:
Interface:
The Fitbit interface is easy. It tells you all the pieces it’s essential to know (steps, distance, energy burned) with none additional bells and whistles. If you happen to log into the app, you too can monitor knowledge on sleep, which may be extraordinarily insightful.
The Apple Watch takes issues to the subsequent stage. Your objectives for the day are break up into little circles: transfer objectives (energy burned), standing (I believe it’s transfer for five minutes of each hour), and exercise (half-hour of exercise per day). It’s SO satisfying to see the circles construct all through the day, and a straightforward option to look and test the way you’re doing.
Because the Apple Watch is clearly…a watch…you too can change the face to an image in your digital camera, or any from their gallery (a few of them transfer, just like the jellyfish and butterflies). It’s sort of enjoyable to vary the face to Minnie Mouse once we’re at Disney World. 😉
Sleep monitoring:
To be completely sincere, I haven’t used this characteristic on the Apple watch. I discover that as a mother, sleep monitoring is likely one of the most miserable issues ever. Ignorance is bliss.
I did use this whereas I used to be sporting the Alta, and it was useful to see how a lot deep sleep I used to be getting vs. gentle/interrupted sleep.
Battery life:
That is the place Fitbit wins. My Alta would simply final a couple of days, and my Apple Watch lasts a few day and a half. This implies I both must cost it in a single day or take a noon cost break, which is sort of annoying.
Exercise mode:
The exercise tracker is next-level stuff, and one of many causes I LOVE the Apple Watch. You possibly can choose swim, indoor stroll, out of doors stroll, cycle, spin indoors, or fast begin, and it’ll goal your stats based mostly in your exercise. It additionally tracks coronary heart charge, which I discover to be fairly correct. Generally once I get tremendous sweaty it slides round my wrist and doesn’t learn it fairly as nicely. I like with the ability to inform it what I’m doing so it could supplies extra related data. For instance, if I’m exterior, it consists of distance and tempo on my stats.
Music:
The Fitbit Cost is rather more restricted on this side so it’s one of many enormous perks of the Apple Watch. It shows the music I’m at the moment taking part in from my telephone, and I can modify the quantity. That is SO AWESOME whereas I’m instructing a category as a result of I can flip the music down for extra thorough teaching and enhance the quantity for an intense a part of the exercise.
The Apple Watch additionally syncs my textual content messages and I can reply the telephone from it (and communicate into the watch). I discover that with these options, I’m not on my telephone almost as a lot. I’m not continually checking to see if I’ve any missed texts or calls.
Design:
They each have their benefits. The Alta (now Luxe) appears extra indestructible and continues to be small and stylish. You possibly can swap out the Fitbit bands and make it as fancy as you want.
The Apple Watch seems to be a little bit extra tech-y, however in the long run, it simply seems to be like a reasonably watch. I like which you can swap out the wristbands and alter the watch face.
Conclusion:
I really feel like with the rest, it’s a must to discover out what works for you and what you like. After I put on a health tracker, I really feel extra motivated to get in small bits of motion all through the day and actually goal to hit these 10k steps. The Alta is a superb tracker (and is cheaper than the Apple Watch), and the Apple Watch supplies a little bit extra perception, settings, and choices. They’re each superior in their very own method, however for now, I’m utilizing and loving the Apple Watch.
Do you utilize a health tracker? What’s your very favourite? What motion objectives do you set for your self every day?
I goal to hit 10k steps – some days it’s tremendous straightforward and others it’s difficult – and get in my half-hour of motion.
xoxo
Gina