FitBit Heart Rate Tracker... Lawyer Claims It's Off By 20 Beats Per Minute

**Auto Donk** · 05-21-16, 12:05 PM

Originally posted by TheMoneyShot

How many fitness gurus are using this thing now?

You pay for something... sh#$ doesn't even work.

Glad I didn't get one.

I'm also glad they won't be airing that dumb ass commercial anymore. Annoying as fuk.

so it's sped up to make people feel like they're doing they're better than they are, fitness wise?

sounds like the "jundersized, altered" ruler JJ and weeder bought to measure their junk.... it's off by 3/8" inch per inch listed, making them think hey have four inches

**cashin81** · 05-21-16, 12:12 PM

I have one. for £100 its not going to be perfect.
its not off by 20, more like 5 either way.

Consumer Reports: Fitbit Uses Inaccurate Heart Rate Tech? Not So Fast.

http://fortune.com/2016/01/22/consumer-reports-fitbit-heart-rate-tech-accurate/

After a recent lawsuit, a retest was done.

**TheMoneyShot** · 05-22-16, 02:21 AM

Originally posted by cashin81

I have one. for £100 its not going to be perfect.
its not off by 20, more like 5 either way.
http://fortune.com/2016/01/22/consum...tech-accurate/

I wonder why that attorney went nuts and said it's off by 20?

Honestly... if you say it might be off 5 either way.... to me... that's still not accurate enough. Some doctors want their patients specifically in one heart rate zone... and do not want them to go over.

You know those treadmills and stair climbers at gyms? I wonder how accurate their heart rate grips are?

**cashin81** · 05-22-16, 08:13 AM

Well i mean at worst its off 5 either way.

And thats just me checking it, im not doing it under optimum conditions.

Now, if i had heart disease and my health was at risk, id ask the doctor for his recomendations. But mostly people are buying it as another tool to help them. And if its off a little, then thats expected for just a £20 premium.