Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

To date I have owned the Fitbit Flex and the Zip (twice), Jawbone UP24, and now I have the Misfit. First off, why don't I still have the others? Fitbit Flex was ugly (for the price of these trackers, appearance is not an invalid expectation) . The Zip was first washed by my husband, and the replacement was eaten by my dog (apparently, sweat is one of their favorite tastes). The Jawbone UP 24 was way to bulky on my wrist. Functionally, all of them are competent pedometers. I wore the Jawbone UP24 along side my Misfit for a couple of weeks just to compare their readings. I did see a difference in running around the office with my hands full. The jawbone didn't count the steps as the Misfit did. Minor annoyance in the fitness grand scheme. Both tracked jogging, faster paced walking and running quite well. I returned the Jawbone because of its size. It was much to bulky to wear with my work blouses and suits. I would hide my wrist because it was such a big distraction, for me. I know many other people that are not bothered by the size in the least. 08/09/2015- This thing is amazing. It is still waterproof after a couple of battery changes. The watch function is completely reliable. The exercise tracking is great, and the sleep function is spot on. The only thing that I would recommend is buying more wrist straps. Honestly, you could not get more for this price from a tracker. As far as other activities that I am involved in, namely swimming, the waterproof quality of the MisFit made it an obvious front runner. I LOVE tracking my laps with this device. I also love to bike, dance, Piyo, kickbox etc. and the tracking of revolutions/unconventional movement is also more accurate on the Misfit (the Jawbone barely recognized Zumba, and getting it to calculate cycling was a product placement nightmare). The waterproof quality of the misfit is HUGE. You don't realize how many times you are soaking your hands in water throughout the day, not to mention I don't have to worry if I forget to take it off while in the shower. None of the other devices were waterproof! I was constantly paranoid that one day I would be washing dished and that would be the end of my fitness tracker. Let's talk about the apps that all of the trackers rely on. Hands down, the Jawbone has the best app on the market! If functional and beautiful, making it a pleasure to use. The Misfit and Fitbit apps are just as functional, but not nearly as pleasant to look at. Never had a problem syncing any of them, although the Zip had the greatest lag time. I have read that people have lost their Misfit when the band failed to keep it in place. That has not been my experience at all, and seeing that only a handful of people have reported thia I will guess that some unfortunate "lemons" happen in every product. Also some have complained about sync time. With my Samsung 5 I have not waited longer than 45 seconds (that was after not syncing to 2 days), and the norm is 5 Mississippi's. Over all, I absolutely love the knee jerk reaction I made in buying this tracker (I was waiting on the Jawbone UP3 which had delayed it's launch and to this date has no solid release date). I hope this help. ~D