The good news is that the connected GPS was much better on the bike ride I tracked (pictured, right), and later in the day the screen was much easier to read as well. It’ll need more testing, but even if these problems continue, it’s to be expected at this price point, and for the casual runner it’s serviceable enough. To be fair, I was running in central London with my phone in a flipbelt by my stomach so I wasn’t really giving the device the chance to shine. There are also ten styles of watch face to choose from in the Fitbit app. Swiping left or right or tapping the home screen cycles through the smaller secondary stat on display: date, steps, heart rate, distance travelled, calories burned, and active minutes. Scroll up to choose an exercise you want to manually track, follow a two- or five-minute breathing exercise, set an alarm or a timer, or find the limited settings menu to turn GPS and the heart rate monitor on or off. There’s also one button on the left-hand side which operates as a back button in the menus and a pause and stop button during manually tracked activities.įlick up to scroll down through your day’s stats, steps, current heart rate, total calories burned, active minutes, distance travelled and how far you are towards the goal of 250 steps an hour. The Inspire HR’s touchscreen is responsive and one of the major upgrades from the Alta HR, which you operated by tapping the bottom of the device. I haven’t seen these in flesh so can’t say if they’re as smart in person as they are on screen, but I did change the strap and it was an easy sprung bolt affair, so if you buy an alternative band you certainly won’t find you’re put off using it by a fiddly swap process.

The band is made from silicone which helps it stay put during exercise and it looks pretty good, although if you’re not a fan there are several other accessories available – bands in stainless steel mesh (opens in new tab) (£59.99), prints (opens in new tab) (£24.99), leather (opens in new tab) (£34.99) and – a new look for Fitbit – a leather double wrap (opens in new tab) (£34.99). That last measurement sounds a bit chunky but the back is curved so it sits comfortably on the wrist, and at a featherlight 28g I barely noticed it was there.Ĭurrently, the Inspire HR comes with a black, lilac or white band (with both small and large bands included in the box so you don’t have to worry about buying the wrong size).

The body of the device is petite at just 16.2mm wide, 37mm long and 12.6mm deep. It’s a compelling offering and something that feels slickly executed when you get your hands on it.

Fitbit Undercuts The Competition With Four New Fitness Trackers.

Not something I’ve tried, but certainly something that sets Fitbit apart.

The final extra unlocked by the heart rate monitor is female health tracking.

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