Fitbit Charge 3

plasmin · 06-01-2019 9:56am #1

Bought fitbit charge 3 from Dixons at Dublin Airport for €119, regular price €149

keano25 · 19-01-2019 7:28pm

Biggest heap of ****e I ever bought

gabbo is coming · 19-01-2019 7:34pm

keano25 wrote: »

Biggest heap of ****e I ever bought

Ha ha brilliant

wandererz · 20-01-2019 2:34am

Bought this for my wife & gave her the opportunity to select other Fitbits or other manufacturers.

She stuck to the Charge 3.

It seems that there is a problem with them whereby they lose connectivity to the phone.
They then need their cache/memory cleared via the watch display.
Once done it's back to normal operations (until next week).

My suggestion is to clear the cache on the phone every 5 days.

keano25 · 20-01-2019 4:37pm

Ya got one for myself and herself. Both keep getting black screen.. have to hard reset everytime.. very annoying

bri007 · 20-01-2019 4:40pm

I gave my one back after numerous faults with it, I got a Garmin one now instead so far so good. I don’t think I’ll ever get a Fitbit again, screen issues, connection, the strap.... only had it a week or two and it was faulty

TallGlass · 22-01-2019 1:55pm

Any time I get a sync issue, I restart the app on the phone seems to fix it.

Fairly annoying considering they are not exactly cheap either.

Reati · 22-01-2019 1:56pm

TallGlass wrote: »

Any time I get a sync issue, I restart the app on the phone seems to fix it.

Fairly annoying considering they are not exactly cheap either.

Yeah, I've seen the sync issue myself and a reboot of the phone fixes it. It's a bit strange.

Cionn · 22-01-2019 5:31pm

I had one of their other devices, after 7 replacements I gave up. It looked great but I was unreasonable an wanted it to work

mdwexford · 22-01-2019 7:54pm

I had a charge 2 for a year and got a charge 3 this Christmas and both have worked fine for me.

buster180 · 30-01-2019 4:45pm

Bought one myself on Saturday, worked great first two days.
Went to work on Monday and as I was sitting at my desk working away after two hours I got a notification that I had done 5000 steps, I would have been lucky if I did over 600 from getting out of bed into the car and into the office. By the end of the day I had over 10.000 in work alone.
Brought it back yesterday to DID and got a replacement, all was working well until this morning and the same happened again currently have over 7500 steps from sitting at a desk!
Stay well clear from them.
Oh and as for the Fitbit customer service. One of the most ignorant bunch of Ba@@ards I have ever dealt with

[Deleted User] · 30-01-2019 4:53pm

buster180 wrote: »

Oh and as for the Fitbit customer service. One of the most ignorant bunch of Ba@@ards I have ever dealt with

They're probably sick of dealing with all of the issues from their shoddy devices.

I bought someone a Fitbit a year or two ago (against my advice, told them they should be getting a Garmin). They had to return it twice, I think the third time it broke they just cut their losses.

bri007 · 30-01-2019 5:07pm

Customer service are a joke tbh. My gf had one aswel, her one was replaced twice but unlike mine the 2nd time her one lasted a bit longer, 5 days in fact last warranty and customer service couldn’t do anything about it!

All they could offer me was 5% off there website, when I said they are actually 10-15% cheaper in my local shops they said have a think about it and hung up.

Stay clear of Fitbit!

CrapBit more like

buster180 wrote: »

Bought one myself on Saturday, worked great first two days.
Went to work on Monday and as I was sitting at my desk working away after two hours I got a notification that I had done 5000 steps, I would have been lucky if I did over 600 from getting out of bed into the car and into the office. By the end of the day I had over 10.000 in work alone.
Brought it back yesterday to DID and got a replacement, all was working well until this morning and the same happened again currently have over 7500 steps from sitting at a desk!
Stay well clear from them.
Oh and as for the Fitbit customer service. One of the most ignorant bunch of Ba@@ards I have ever dealt with

TallGlass · 30-01-2019 6:26pm

CS. Must be gone down hill. They replaced my strap handy enoght. Just took pictures and sent receipt. Was replaced.

GF got Charge 3 and seems to be alright. My Blaze is going strong 2 years now and the scales seems alright I suppose.

If I was getting another I would maybe try Garmin.

n1ck · 30-01-2019 6:36pm

I had a Charge as well, same issues - connectivity and syncing was sh*te so I sent it back.

wandererz · 30-01-2019 10:31pm

buster180 wrote: »

Bought one myself on Saturday, worked great first two days.
Went to work on Monday and as I was sitting at my desk working away after two hours I got a notification that I had done 5000 steps, I would have been lucky if I did over 600 from getting out of bed into the car and into the office. By the end of the day I had over 10.000 in work alone.
Brought it back yesterday to DID and got a replacement, all was working well until this morning and the same happened again currently have over 7500 steps from sitting at a desk!
Stay well clear from them.
Oh and as for the Fitbit customer service. One of the most ignorant bunch of Ba@@ards I have ever dealt with

Have you changed the setting on the app from dominant hand to non-dominant? Or vice versa?

buster180 · 30-01-2019 10:44pm

wandererz wrote: »

Have you changed the setting on the app from dominant hand to non-dominant? Or vice versa?

Yep tried everything. A Complete waste of time and money

JDxtra · 30-01-2019 10:47pm

Had a Charge 2 and some other one before that. Both junk. Straps break too easy and always losing connection to the phone, will drive you nuts.

Seanieke · 30-01-2019 10:54pm

I can tell you the Versa is no better. Her indoors has had nothing but trouble with her one plus replacements (says it all)

wandererz · 30-01-2019 11:39pm

That's the point...it only keeps you a bit fit.

animaal · 31-01-2019 2:33pm

Not to deny the other experiences on this thread, but to provide balance -

I had a Charge2 until relatively recently. The strap started to deteriorate shortly after I bought it, but a replacement was posted out quickly when I sent them a picture of it. Since then no problem.

I replaced it with a Charge3 a month or so ago, and it's been working fine. The improvements are small, but I'm happy with it.

buster180 · 03-02-2019 6:02pm

Brought the watch back today and got a refund. It counted over 16000 steps while sitting at my desk in work on Friday.
Also while driving to the shop today I had the watch on the passenger seat it counted 257 steps!!

Went and bought a Garmin Vivosmart 3 in Argos for €82, happy enough with it so far.

That Fitbit was the worst thing I have ever bought and I have bought some rubbish in my time

mad muffin · 03-02-2019 10:42pm

I have an Apple Watch myself but my wife and sister in-law have the Alta hr with no issues. My brother in law has the charge 2 with no issues. Their theee sons have the charge 3. Also zero issues.

Buddy97mm · 04-02-2019 11:06am

Just for balance, I have a Charge 2, wife has an Alta HR, daughter an Alta. We all love them to bits.

None of them have given any problems, apart from having to change straps maybe every 12 months or so and the odd scrtach here and there on face, which are very hard to remove.

Lemlin · 04-02-2019 11:25pm

I’ve a Charge 3 and so does my wife and they have always worked great.

instinct · 05-02-2019 4:29am

buster180 wrote: »

Went and bought a Garmin Vivosmart 3 in Argos for €82, happy enough with it so far.

Dont suppose you have a link. They showing €129 at the moment.

Thanks

[Deleted User] · 05-02-2019 5:53pm

instinct wrote: »

Dont suppose you have a link. They showing €129 at the moment.

Thanks

Black small/med is €82 direct through Garmin. No idea if they charge shipping.

https://buy.garmin.com/en-IE/GB/p/567813/pn/010-01755-00#

randombar · 05-02-2019 5:59pm

Any recommendations for a similar product from AliExpress?

KCross · 05-02-2019 6:11pm

Fraction of the costs of a Fitbit. Does steps, heart rate monitoring etc. Hasnt missed a beat for me! :pac:

Battery lasts almost 2 weeks as well!

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/312359637231

buster180 · 05-02-2019 6:25pm

instinct wrote: »

Dont suppose you have a link. They showing €129 at the moment.

Thanks

Looks like the price went back up yesterday or today.

They are a bit cheeper on Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-010-01755-03-Vivosmart-Activity-Monitoring/dp/B06XNMZ9B9/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1549387396&sr=8-3&keywords=Garmin+Vivosmart+3+Black+Large

And Ebay
https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Garmin-Vivosmart-3-HR-Smartwatch-Sports-Watch-Activity-Tracker-Black/163144478782?hash=item25fc2b303e:g:Hj4AAOSwyARbReh4:rk:2:pf:0

msmx5 · 05-02-2019 6:53pm

GaryCocs wrote: »

Any recommendations for a similar product from AliExpress?

Mi band 3 is excellent. App is also very good. Price from Banggood or Gearbest is between $23 - $32 or you can purchase in a Three store here.

Fitbit Charge 3

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