Fitbit Blaze or Apple Watch Sport

Honestly I'd go with the Fitbit. Fitbit doesn't need to be hooked to your phone to work.

I think there's a future for wearables, I just don't think any of the current iterations have figured that out yet.

Good foodback. I can play music through the Blaze, actually.

Ended up going with the Blaze after reading enough reviews from folks who've used both the blaze and Apple Watch for the same
Purposes as me. I got it from Best Buy last night so I'll update with a review when I've had some time using it.

The one thing that annoyed me about Apple Watch was how expensive it was versus its inability to track workouts (I do HIIT and would have to manually start/stop it otherwise it would go by heart rate alone) and sleep. The fragility of the glass on the sport was worrisome since I tend to be clumsy and no doubt would break the glass--why wouldn't they go with a durable material, like the blaze's gorilla glass, since it's something that'll undoubtedly get knocked just based on location? I know the answer is obvious but that annoys me about Apple.

Good choice, but you may be misinformed on a few items-

The Apple Watch does use gorilla glass that is as strong or stronger than the one on the Fitbit.

I am not sure the fitbit can store music on it, I know it can control music on your phone, but it doesn't have local storage to use independently.

I do agree about the fitbit's superior workout tracking out of the box, but there are tons of apps for the Apple watch that can do more than the fitbit if you have patience with searching.

I would have gone with the fitbit if I did not get the apple watch on sale around Christmas though, the full price is too much for it.

at least you actually did some research though. Unlike my future wife who would have walked in and said oooh shiny i'll take 2, one for each wrist.

I've used it non stop for 36 hours and the battery icon has barely changed. Still loving it, and the sleep charting. Turns out I lose an hour each night just from tossing or "restlessness". I will also note that my running app (runtAstic) and the GPS on the Blaze aren't totally in agreement. My app has me about .10 ahead of the watch Even though I started them at the same time.

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Does the blaze have a vibrating alarm?

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yes.

Did a ton of research and wife went with blaze and loves it. More geared towards fitness and the battery life alone is worth it. It's a massive pain to charge something every day that you wear.

She got the leather band for work and switches to black for workouts. Oh yeah and it's $100 cheaper

Hey-if you change your clock face to "pop" (click in on "blaze" and hit clock face) and you will see steps. I use zone and it shows time, HR, date and steps. It just fluctuates between them. You can just tap it to make the face change to steps, HR or whatever it is you're trying to see. Hope that helps.