Hey hey! How are you? I hope you’re having fun with the day thus far. At the moment, I’m re-sharing this put up with up to date data – evaluating two health instruments: the health alta and the apple watch. They not make the Alta, however the Luxe is analogous right here.
Apple Watch vs. the Fitbit Alta
One thing that has helped loads with my motivation to get transferring and keep lively 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 superb.
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 far smaller than different health trackers and it gave me comparable stats (plus the center 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 monitor my steps and exercise stats. I’d been eyeing the Apple Look ahead to a couple of yr, however wasn’t certain if the associated fee can be value switching over.
Once 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 fingers. 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 evaluation of the Apple Watch vs. Fitbit Alta:
Interface:
The Fitbit interface is straightforward. It tells you every little thing it’s worthwhile to know (steps, distance, energy burned) with none further bells and whistles. If you happen to log into the app, you can even monitor information on sleep, which could 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 straightforward option to look and test the way you’re doing.
Because the Apple Watch is clearly…a watch…you can even 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 vary the face to Minnie Mouse once we’re at Disney World. 😉
Sleep monitoring:
To be completely trustworthy, I haven’t used this function on the Apple watch. I discover that as a mother, sleep monitoring is among 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. mild/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 couple of day and a half. This implies I both need to 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, outside stroll, cycle, spin indoors, or fast begin, and it’ll goal your stats based mostly in your exercise. It additionally tracks coronary heart fee, 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 having the ability to inform it what I’m doing so it may well supplies extra related data. For instance, if I’m exterior, it consists of distance and tempo on my stats.
Music:
The Fitbit Cost is far more restricted on this facet so it’s one of many enormous perks of the Apple Watch. It shows the music I’m at present taking part in from my telephone, and I can regulate 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 improve 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 always 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 remains 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 a bit extra tech-y, however ultimately, it simply seems like a reasonably watch. I like that you would be able to swap out the wristbands and alter the watch face.
Conclusion:
I really feel like with the rest, it’s important 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 intention to hit these 10k steps. The Alta is a good tracker (and is cheaper than the Apple Watch), and the Apple Watch supplies a bit extra perception, settings, and choices. They’re each superior in their very own manner, 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 intention 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
