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I have owned all three. Recently I got a Vivofit to replace my Fitbit force that I bought a few months ago. I had the bodymedia for about 3 years. I lost it while kayaking. I was going to buy the new Core 2 from Bodymedia, but they never came out with it. Bodymedia was bought by Jawbone. So I don't think they every will release it. I did have the reaction to the metal in the Fitbit once in a while. This is why there was a recall. That is what made me want to change. I still had both have been wearing both for about a week. I have to say the Garmin is way more accurate then the Fitbit on calorie burn and steps. On an average day Fitbit is usually over 1000 steps more then the Garmin out about 10,000 steps. Fitbit seems to log more while driving or using the keyboard. I am going to write the pros and cons. Wear ability Garmin is a little thinner then the fitbit and feels more comfortable. The Garmin seems to be more secured. The Fitbit I had to put a o-ring to act as a band so it won't pop open. Which has happened. I still wish the Garmin had some sort of safety band, but was a lot more secured. The Core was a wearable arm band. It was nice and stayed hidden under the sleeve. The only complaint I had about the armband is that is was that the hook part of the vecro was a sticker type. It would wear out sometimes in 2 months and sometimes in 6 months. I went through about 6-7 of them. 1st - Garmin 2nd - Bodyfit 3rd - Fitbit Display Garmin has a larger screen and I do like the fact it very easy to read in the daylight, but it is impossible to read in complete darkness. The Garmin screen is always on, but needs a back-light. I do like a red bar shows you not being active and gets larger the longer you sit. Fitbit is a very small screen, and is off until you press the button. You can see this easy in normal outdoor conditions and at night. During bright outside light it is very hard to read. Bodymedia doesn't have a display, so you had to buy a separate watch type for display or use iphone. Tied Garmin hands down by day, and screen size. Fitbit because you can read it at night. Last Bodymedia because you have to buy another display. Web Interface and Set up Garmin web interface is a little confusing for me. I had Garmin Connect for my forerunner. So I am used to the interface. There is a newer more graphic version took me a little bit to get use to. I think this is still a work in progress. It is a software issue and features will be added. Some of the features that it is lacking are food logging. I really do not like the sleep feature. It doesn't show time a sleep and time a wake. Just shows motion. Some motion. I do like the competition with other feature. It does make you a little competitive. The one problem is that I have an older Forerunner 410 so it does not work on Garmin Express yet. Currently I have to turn off Garmin Ant+ to sync vivofit and then return on it when I want my Forerunner to sync. I am sure this will be fixed with a driver. iPhone interface worked the first time I did it, but can't get it to work again. Fitbit web interface is easy. I have to say this is pretty close to the easy and basic data you need. Installation was easy. If you didn't push the sleep button you can always manually at your time later. The food logger is good. I did have to add some food items, but mostly everything is there. I think this is great if you are trying to use it to lose weight. Worked fine on iPhone. Bodyfit I haven't used the interface in 6 months, but when I did I have to say it was the standard. It did everything. I liked how it track sleep automatically. It also was able to tell the difference slightly active and very active. Food logger was great. Everything you wanted and more. I had the order verison so it didn't have the iPhone interface, but I have seen it work. 1st Bodymedia 2nd Fitbit 3rd Garmin Final Features and Impression I like the Vivofit other then the fact it doesn't have a backlight. I don't use it with my heart monitor. I already using it on my Forerunner. I wish it had how many floors you did. This might be a software upgrade. I like that I can have my forerunner and vivofit all one interface. I wish the Vivofit had a vibrating alarm like Fitbit. It feels and fits much better. The fact it is waterproof is huge plus for me. It is more accurate in steps and calories burn. Battery life is also good because you do not have to charge it every fews days. I recommend the vivofit if you are an athletic or just wanting something to monitor some of your movement not for weight loss. If you want something more for weight loss I would recommend Bodyfit or Fitbit. They have the more of an online functions to monitor your calorie intake and output. Bodyfit is a little bigger, but you won't lose it like the fitbit. Another thing on the Fitbit the rubber band housing near the display is coming apart after only 3 months. Last comment, Bodymedia charges 6.95 a month, but Garmin and Fitbit is free. So these are my opinions and experiences. Ask me anything and I hope I could help you. Update 2014-04-26 I saw on a review someone said Vivofit didn't work while using a stroller if they were walking. I thought to myself that won't be a problem to me. Well, pushing a lawn mower did the same thing. I noticed that it didn't register some of my steps during mowing. It measured it in the beginning, but after a while it must go into an inactive mode because of lack of arm motion. This is a good thing for driving or typing. It is a give and take I guess. It really doesn't effect me to often. The good news on this update is that my Forerunner and Vivofit both now sync with me having to shut down Garmin ANT. Update 2014-06-19 I have learned if you are doing something like I said mowing the lawn or pushing a strolling, I just put it in my pocket and it does measure steps. Myfitnesspal now syncs with Garmin Connect allowing you can track your calories intake. There are other upgrades to the Garmin Connect that make it more like the fitbit site. I really do like the vivofit more then fitbit. The competition with random others on steps each week does make you want to get more steps in each day. My user Id is cathrillseekers if you want to compete. Update 12-31-14 I wasn't sure if there was a new update software for the VivoFit because it seem to take a lot longer to start logging activity. I decided to change the battery and seem a lot more accurate again. 4 million Steps and counting.