I purchased a fitness tracker by Jawbone called the UP24. It was like a chunky orange bracelet, but I don't like the watch ones, so I went with Jawbone. It just died it's third and final time in the last week and a half.
It was only fifty bucks, since I purchased it after it had been discontinued by the manufacturer. They came out with an equivalent but newer version for $100, and I just wanted to try out having a fitness tracker while waiting for Jawbone to get their head in the game and get active heart rate tracking like Fitbit has.
Honestly, if it were just a functionality thing, I would go Fitbit Charge HR, but I can't stand how Fitbits look. And their only colors are black and plum. And I've heard their step tracking can be way off.
Since the warranty for my product expired in March (before I purchased it), they won't replace it. The best they can offer is a 25% discount code for their website. The UP2, their current band, is $100. I would be paying $75 to replace my $50 band.
And I asked if I could use the code at Best Buy, but no, it's just for their website. And since my band freaked out after three months, I want Geek Squad protection. They'd replace it for the next two years.
Dang it. I'm more frustrated by this than I thought I would be. I've read bad reviews on the UP2. None of the other fitness trackers look good.
And apparently I've become addicted to having something track all my steps and workouts, like I'm working toward something, even just my 10,000 step daily goal.
I have a lightweight app on my phone called Google Fit, and it can track steps and actually is smart enough to tell when I'm biking. But I don't want to have to carry my phone everywhere, or if I want credit for that dance exercise I did in my basement, have to have it on me.
Really, the takeaway from all this is 1) I love fitness trackers, and 2) get them from Best Buy and get Geek Squad protection.
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