As I have long predicted, yesterday was the day I lost my Fitbit One somewhere in the teeming streets of London.
It's a great piece of technology, but the crucial flaw is that you can't wear it directly.
During the day, there's a plastic clip to slip it into, and then clip to a pocket, while at night you have to put it within a soft cloth bracelet.
Compared to a wearable bracelet design such as Jawbone Up, a pod monitor is just too easy to mislay.
So where does that put me? I had a Jawbone Up for six months before the sleep/active button broke, and I had a Fitbit One for six weeks before I lost it.
Clearly, I now need to buy a proper wearable monitor, but one that is more robust than the Up band.
But my options are limited as I don't like the Nike+ Fuelband and the Fitbit Force, Polar Loop, Larklife Lark etc isn't available in Europe yet....
It's a great piece of technology, but the crucial flaw is that you can't wear it directly.
During the day, there's a plastic clip to slip it into, and then clip to a pocket, while at night you have to put it within a soft cloth bracelet.
Compared to a wearable bracelet design such as Jawbone Up, a pod monitor is just too easy to mislay.
So where does that put me? I had a Jawbone Up for six months before the sleep/active button broke, and I had a Fitbit One for six weeks before I lost it.
Clearly, I now need to buy a proper wearable monitor, but one that is more robust than the Up band.
But my options are limited as I don't like the Nike+ Fuelband and the Fitbit Force, Polar Loop, Larklife Lark etc isn't available in Europe yet....
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