calorie burn with Fitbit charge HR
- Thread starter gonnabea5
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I sooooo wanted to get a Fitbit but I read the reviews. Didn't get it!!! I've heard time and again that the calorie burn is grossly underestimated. I have a Polar FT4. It works fine but I'm really interested in the Fitbit capabilities of tracking steps, calories in and burned, sleep etc. I like the idea of syncing it onto another device and seeing a graph of my workouts. All of this is not on my polar but....I read somewhere that the Fitbit is really best used for runners. I hope others chime in too.
irongrl
Cathlete
That was my experience with Fitbit too. I've found the Garmin and Polar HRMs to be pretty accurate for calorie burn.
I use this site to compare and it is very close to the numbers I get from my Garmin:
http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm
I use this site to compare and it is very close to the numbers I get from my Garmin:
http://www.braydenwm.com/calburn.htm
gonnabea5
Cathlete
when I research I wasn't concerned abou calorie burn. I wanted these things listed above and I love it for that. but having a lower count on calorie makes me strive to eat less. lol
bayerngirl
Cathlete
I have a Fitbit Flex and never look at the cal burn 
I make sure I get my 10K in every day I always aim for 15K-20K a day.
I make sure I get my 10K in every day I always aim for 15K-20K a day.
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I use a Fitbit One and love the step and floor tracking, but I also have a Wahoo Chest Strap for my Cathe workouts, and the calorie counts are amazingly close to the calorie burns lists on the Cathe Workout Manager. I also enjoy the burn and burst counts Wahoo supplies. But still, I must try to control those calories!