Hey hey! How are you? I hope you’re having fun with the day to date. Right now, I’m re-sharing this submit with up to date information – evaluating two health instruments: the health alta and the apple watch. They now not make the Alta, however the Luxe is comparable 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 newest fave is the Apple Watch. It’s sporty however cute sufficient to put on day-after-day, and the stats and interface are wonderful.
Once I converted to the Apple Watch, I’d been sporting a Fitbit for essentially the most half, and most not too long ago the FitBit Alta. I like that the Alta is way smaller than different health trackers and it gave me comparable stats (plus the guts fee mannequin tracks your coronary heart fee). I’ve been a Fitbit fan for years and have persistently used the Fitbit as an efficient option to observe my steps and exercise stats. I’d been eyeing the Apple Look ahead to a few yr, however wasn’t positive if the price could 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 palms. 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 folks nonetheless keep that? hah)
Right here’s my assessment of the Apple Watch vs. Fitbit Alta:
Interface:
The Fitbit interface is straightforward. It tells you every part you have to know (steps, distance, energy burned) with none further bells and whistles. Should you log into the app, you may also observe knowledge on sleep, which may be extraordinarily insightful.
The Apple Watch takes issues to the following degree. Your targets for the day are cut up into little circles: transfer targets (energy burned), standing (I feel 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 simple option to look and test the way you’re doing.
Because the Apple Watch is clearly…a watch…you may also change the face to an image in your digicam, or any from their gallery (a few of them transfer, just like the jellyfish and butterflies). It’s sort of enjoyable to alter 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 without doubt 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 number 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 may choose swim, indoor stroll, out of doors stroll, cycle, spin indoors, or fast begin, and it’ll goal your stats primarily based in your exercise. It additionally tracks coronary heart fee, which I discover to be fairly correct. Typically once I get tremendous sweaty it slides round my wrist and doesn’t learn it fairly as properly. I like with the ability to inform it what I’m doing so it might probably supplies extra related information. For instance, if I’m outdoors, it consists of distance and tempo on my stats.
Music:
The Fitbit Cost is way more restricted on this side so it’s one of many big perks of the Apple Watch. It shows the music I’m presently taking part in from my cellphone, and I can regulate the amount. That is SO AWESOME whereas I’m educating a category as a result of I can flip the music down for extra thorough teaching and enhance the amount for an intense a part of the exercise.
The Apple Watch additionally syncs my textual content messages and I can reply the cellphone from it (and converse into the watch). I discover that with these options, I’m not on my cellphone practically as a lot. I’m not consistently 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 may swap out the Fitbit bands and make it as fancy as you want.
The Apple Watch seems a bit of extra tech-y, however ultimately, it simply seems like a reasonably watch. I like which you could swap out the wristbands and alter the watch face.
Conclusion:
I really feel like with anything, you need to discover out what works for you and what you like. Once 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 good tracker (and is inexpensive than the Apple Watch), and the Apple Watch supplies a bit of extra perception, settings, and choices. They’re each superior in their very own approach, however for now, I’m utilizing and loving the Apple Watch.
Do you employ a health tracker? What’s your very favourite? What motion targets do you set for your self every day?
I goal to hit 10k steps – some days it’s tremendous simple and others it’s difficult – and get in my half-hour of motion.
xoxo
Gina
