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I really wanted to love this. I have waited a few months before writing this review so that I could really live with it before giving my feedback. I was excited when I bought it. I am not a fitness person, so I didn't mind the reviews that criticized the accuracy of the step count etc. I got it because I wanted to monitor (give or take) my overall activity, sleep and stress levels. I also dislike the look of the fitbit. I am a working mom, so not super glamorous, but still wanted something pretty to look at. On paper I thought the bellabeat had everything I wanted. First, the pros: I like the fact that you can track you sleep, steps, stress and even your meditation. So the idea of it is good. My favorite is the step tracker. The cons: 1) It is much too big. This is much larger than a standard woman's watch. When I carry my son with my arm on which I wear the bellabeat, he complains that it hurts him because it digs in his sides. 2) The bracelet it comes with is worthless. I started wearing it and it doesn't close completely so it was falling off everywhere. Even when I wasn't doing anything super active. So I had to buy a bracelet on Etsy, with lobster claws and I didn't love it either. Finally I had to have one specially made that makes it look OK, but still not ideal. Finally the specialty bracelets made for it ended up costing me more than the bellabeat itself. 3) The sleep tracker is way off. This was one of the main reasons I got it. I wanted to track my sleep. But I end up having to enter it in manually every day as the tracker does not pick up when I am sleeping - or sometimes picks up that I am sleeping when I am wide awake. I thought I had to enter it manually the first few weeks to get used to my schedule and then it would start to know my habits, but it still doesn't track my sleep properly after wearing it for 3 months straight. Conclusion, the only reason I am giving it 2 stars is because I think the idea of a "well rounded" fitness tracker for women is really good. I just think they need to make it much smaller so it can really look like jewelry and of course improve the sleep tracker, and bracelet. |
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