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[elainegrey]

Is anyone using a fitbit?

http://www.amazon.com/Fitbit-Wireless-Activity-Sleep-Tracker/dp/B005PUONIK/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1327344464&sr=8-15

I "need" to record pedometer output for $50 discount off health insurance this quarter (grumble). I'm looking at a $20 pedometer on Amazon that appears sufficient and easy to use (ie: does not need to be clipped at waist), but i'm wondering if there's a cooler toy out there. I bought a heart rate monitor watch ages ago and found it hard to use, so i'm interested in gadgets that can be managed externally. (However, a simple pedometer should have minimal twiddling, right?)

Fitbit looks fascinating: bit pedometer & sleep sensor with wireless data upload. At $100 it's definitely overspending my need.

I looked at phone pedometers: it's not clear how well they work for all day recording.

I saw the polar+ transmitter for heart rate measurement: not particularly a goal of mine, and it's not a pedometer. Apparently the android heart rate ap doesn't suck.

http://lifehacker.com/5823363/turn-your-android-phone-into-a-personal-trainer
http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/google-android/articles/105748.aspx

Comments

[snippy]

I haven't used it yet, but the new iPod Nano I got to replace my recalled first-gen iPod has the ability to track footsteps. Maybe you could dig up one of the recalled iPods?

[piemancer]

I'm not at FitBit, but I'm on Fitocracy, as Piemancer. Ya know. :)

[emceeaich]

I think the answer to an insurer saying "we want you to wear a pedometer" is "go fuck yourselves."

[firecat]

badgerbag has been using one.

[arlie]

And here I thought _my_ health insurance program was annoying. Yours clearly sucks. What part of "invasion of privacy" don't they understand?