I really appreciate your detailed review, best, most thorough review I've probably ever seen!

Another reviewer gave a pretty good analysis of the GPS tracker with the Charge 5. He found in order for the GPS tracker to work properly during his runs, the wrist band has to be worn loose. By doing that though, the heart rate monitoring did not work. When he tightened the wrist band back up, the heart rate monitor worked great, but then the GPS stopped working. he could never find a wrist band setting to get both working at the same time. The reviewer talked to support about that, the problem was never solved. I dont have a fitbit charge 5, but it is on sale now and plan to get one. People say the Apple watch series 7 (400 dollars) is better, but I found out that you also need a 1000 dollar Iphone to make it work properly. Apple sucks far as not letting their devices not work with non-apple type devices. So their watch would not work with my android phones or PC laptops even though they both have bluetooth. thanks for your video and take care, learning allot about these devices.

Thanks for an awesome review. I appreciate you explaining the features and how well they work/ how useful you find them/ how they stack up to competitors in the market. By far the best Charge 5 video I've seen.

Checking out your other videos on this now, but I wanted to say I love this review. Thank you for all the effort and time you put into being thorough on this. Great job! I was hoping you would address the missing altimeter piece(maybe you did and I blinked). I'm on the charge 3 now and want a GPS watch to track obstacle course events where I can't have my phone on me, but the missing altimeter is the biggest hesitation I'm having, cause I love tracking stair sets through my everyday life. Hate the idea of having 2 watches for a "daily" tracker and an "event/exercise" tracker and it feels like the Sense is too bulky and awkward to be comfortable in an obstacle course race. If charge 5 didn't have the brighter display and aluminum case I'd just get a charge 4, but I do love the idea of being able to read the display more easily on a sunny day. Anyway, love the work you put into this video to be as comprehensive as possible! Thank you!!!

Thank you for this review. I'm going to buy Fitbit Charge 5

This guy really cares that we get what we can out of this fit bit and I am thankful for this video

Great in-depth review, and particularly appreciate the deep Toronto content in the video. Thanks!

This is a very helpful review. I was looking at this watch and another brand. The premium subscription was something I don't want to commit to. Thanks for helping me make an informed decision!

Solid review man. Lot of good information

I love this watch. I’ve had no issues that some people have been complaining about. I opted out of getting an Apple Watch because I didn’t want the “smart features” and only the fitness & health benefits

Really good and thorough review.

Best review on here! Thanks for sharing

Maaaaaan I love the time stamps so much

Thanks! Great review!

Great review, well done

Thanks for the tip ! Very used full.

Wow! Excellent review! I just bought one a few days ago and I'm still checking it out. I use it mainly to track workouts because I do a lot of cross-training. Everything from weight training to martial arts to running and even calisthenics. I use this to replace the Samsung Galaxy Fit and it seems like the tracking on this one is a little more on point. Thanks for the review!

Thanks for the honest review! I have had Fitbits since the Charge 1 up to the Ionic. Unfortunately I had a bike fall and haven’t been able to update to this Charge. Now using Garmin 245, where the sleep tracking is terrible and the app not very friendly. Can’t wait to get the C5 next month!

Thanks for a great review

I love that you bring up The Quantified Scientist! It's the best reviewer regarding testing the sensors of fitness trackers/smart watches. Your test is really good too. Also, you are a sympathetic person :-) Subscribed!

Great review! I had battery issues the 1st few days and was about to return it. But I finally figured out what the issue is. It'll go to 99% rather fast when charging. Everyone naturally assumes it'll go up 1% in 5 mins to hit 100% and will take it off the charger. However, this isn't the case. It'll have to stay on the charger for close to 2 hours before it switches by 1% to 100%. Since then, its gone 5 + days. No issues. Happy camper. Thank goodness.

awesome review i loved my charge 4 then got versa 2 for larger color screen

really good upgrade from charge 2!

💜Awesome, and detailed review, thank you so much🌸💜

Great video Could you please do a video about the devices you use for monitoring and treating the sleep apnoea I was diagnosed with sleep apnoea and it would help me alot

I must have missed the HR section. Looking to find for HR accuracy maybe more importantly consistency. Thank you for the video.

Thank you!!!! Great vidio!!

I have have an Apple Watch and I’m so over it. Thanks for your review 😃

The thing is that this is a fitness band and not a smart watch. People tend to confuse this two. You need all those info get a smart watch. For me it’s moore than ok with the C5. Overall good review!!

Comprehensive review, thanx !!!!!

Hello JSyntax, great work. Guidance for 'Fitbit', considering: Daily usage, compliment traditional watch, current premium trials, at least 2 yrs usage. Regards from India, Happy New Year- Avi

I do have a question for you. How good is the oxygen level monitoring on the Fitbit charge 5? I was initially going to get a finger type device, then found out about the fitbit products. thank you for any info. Added note: your cons at the end of the video may be nice to have, but they are not the most important to me. I have a laptop and a Motorola smartphone that tells me all those utilities, plus a much bigger display to see them on.

my charge 3 was doing fine for 2 years but is now failing in the heart sensor function - how long should you expect the charge 5 to last/perform accurately?

Thank you...........I've been searching for info on the premium feature and you gave me the info I needed to decide to purchase or not to purchase this tracker.........

Great review! Can you review the Galaxy Watch4? Compare it to the Fitbit Charge 5 maybe?

Thank you so much!!😘😘

this watch it’s to wonderful beautiful watch i love it

I’ve come from a charge 2 and I am currently enjoying the charge 5. I s ask not worried about smart features like calendar and weather. Interesting to hear about premium is not worth it. I may give the 6 month a go but good to know what to expect.

Excellent presentation!

Own it and it is great. Owned garmin and it is way worse then fitbit in data tracking. I dont actually like interacting with a band itself, but IMO phone app is good as well as web panel. It is just mind blowing how much fitbit is better in tracking than garmin - you wear it and forget it. It auto-detects everything without a problem. With garmin, even if you specify exact hours you go to sleep, it still will detect that you are sleeping when watching movie on a couch - fitbit only detect actual sleep.

Nice review but would’ve been nice if you could share your experience regarding the functionality of the watch while swimming as only smart watches are doing well with swimming. Really not found a single health band where swimming tracking is upto the mark. Most bands screen just doesn’t operate nicely.

Thank you!

I love your review!!

I have the 3 and I’m satisfied with it. Have thought of getting the 4 but nothing new. Waited for 5. And nope for sure. I don’t like when I have to change the accessories. I don’t want to have to buy new bands. Or can’t use my old charger. My 3 still does what I want it to do.

Waiting for your channel to take off. Such great quality vids man.

Just wish you had an option to switch off the Charge. I work where you have to switch off bluetooth enabled items and cannot take my Charge 3. I like the small form factor and dont need too many bells and whistles, but this wont shut down on command.

Does anyone have issues with the responsiveness of the screen when swiping? I feel like it’s very laggy. And I do miss the button

Very nice, I just got one.

I think having a readiness score is actually bad because it guides one into thinking that he or she should not exercise on certain days. From my experience I can tell that my best workouts were on the days where I didn't want to go to the gym initially, was tired and so on but still went working out.

good review

Great review, I had a 2HR for many years until the display went black. Purchased the Charge 5, which I really liked, only to have the band brake in less than a year. Purchased another charge 5, the problem I have with this one is that "Reminders to move" doesn't work. I have it set in my app, however the tracker doesn't remind me. The display on the app shows the description fainted. Do you have any idea as to why this may be? Thank you.

I've found GPS to be accurate pretty much to the inch, steps fine, calories too, heart rate inconsistent (which I don't use anyway), and the only nit I'd pick is that it's often slow to connect to GPS!

My charge 5 does have a find your phone but it can’t find my iPhone. I even tried opening the Fitbit app to see if that helps. I’m right by the phone but no. I’ll research if I need more setup

Just ordered this since $50.00 off at Amazon today. But like you I NEED better info on the SP 02 Since my obstructive sleep Apnea converted to CENTRAL Sleep Apnea dice needing 5 major surgeries that have required my using extremely high dose Opioid Pain medication for what life is now left for me. This also required the new purchase of an ASV Ventilator instead of the vastly cheaper CPAP device. I’ve literally nearly died now countless times when falling asleep watching TV in a recliner to wake only thanks to my wife SCREAMING for me to wake up and then freaking out saying I am literally blue from not breathing. I formally rigged a Chinese SP 02 Finger monitoring device that DID have an alarm I could set to wake me but taping the damned thing to my finger all the time and the too weak beeping of the alarm if my O2 or pulse went through my alarms I set often failed anyway… scary stuff that BETTER tools need to be built for! Another NICE review especially for we who have major medical reasons for this search for device’s just to stay alive….

Can you choose your type of exercises if you choose. How many inches is your band? It looks wider than my Lutz.

I am getting active call notifications on my Fitbit charge 5 when I make an outgoing call ? Can you please help me to receive just an incoming call and also what’s app incoming calls.Please help me.

I bought this new today. 8/27/23 and it does have a Find Phone option. I'm looking at it right now. Also I always have my phone with me in my pocket so I have a weather app with me at all times so that doesn't bother me it's not on the fitbit.

How do I get the premium off ? And what does the auto wake off mean , with a line through it?

I’m still using a charge 2 & love the completely passive nature, I really don’t want to interact with it so i like the lack of smart features. I’m impressed with the auto workout sensing & think perhaps it’s time for an upgrade. Thanks.

Thanks for the great review! My charge 4 broke where the band connects to the tracker and I am wondering if the charge 5 is better. Thanks!

Hi. I tap on hear trate and it tells me to open the fitbit mobile app, which is open. the phone says we're synced, but the info isn't goint to the phone. How do I get the charge 5 to talk to my android?

Is this the cheapest fitbit I can get that actually shows distance , not steps, my friend has an older Alta

Great review. I just purchased the fitbit charge 5. The only problem I'm having is, I cannot get notifications for text messages.

Great review, thank you. My biggest complaint is the lack of auto pause on exercises. I would have thought that was so basic it would be essential. Manual pausing while riding is a pain.

How's the band clip-on? I had fitbit 1 or 2, it would break every other month..

I've never owned a fitness tracker or smartwatch before, so I'm a little confused. Does this show only your heart rate history? Or does it also give an alarm as an alert if your heart rate is too high/low? I'm hoping to find something that will warn me about my heart rate so I know I need to find a seat before I blackout. I'm an android phone user. A heart rate alarm is really the only feature I need at the moment.

It’s a fitness tracker, not a smart watch, but very good indeed. Battery life excellent, 7 days no problem, why would you want it on all the time? If you do, switch that on. Good review.

What features do you have access to without premium?

You can change out. Defective watches under warranty or if functions fail

Buying it next week. Cant wiat!!!

I bought mine recently and "find my phone" is available and also the clock face is different. I'm in EU, though.

Good review but there is one very annoying thing with the charger. The cord is only 20 inches long from the magnetic connector to the USB plug which has to be plugged into a charger. Since it is so short you can only charge it in certain places like your kitchen counter. I can't charge it on my desk, night stand, side table, in bed, sitting in a chair or a couch, because the wall plugs are too far away or behind furniture. If the cord was 6 feet, I could charge it in most of those places.

for the watch I have no complains, its good reliable. App on the other hand... most of the features works great - food log for example sometimes get so buggy... right now its bugged for almost a month now and in the forums they just say we work on it ...

Can it be set up on a computer?

phenomenal review..... take a bow.....helped me take an informed decision of not buying charge 5..... Thank you.... I will probably move on to Garmin Venu 2 plus.... DO you have any idea on this gadget?

Hi! I noticed you were rock climbing indoors. I wanted to track my bouldering but I'm not sure how to (which exercise mode to use) which do you do for an accurate workout?

Awesome video! Subbed and waiting on the daily readiness feature before I consider upgrading from the charge 4 to the charge 5 or Apple Watch 7.

Do you have to pay to use the watch

How to correct time &date

There was a 20 minute update yesterday. Everything wors much better.

How do I get back to my original screen? I want the easiest possible screen to read.

Great review, I have a Fitbit charge 3 and am overall happy with it except for one thing, the fact that the screen is impossible to read outside or in a bright indoor location, this is why I was thinking of upgrading to the charge 5, is the charge 5 screen easy to view outside? Btw I also use the weather on my charge 3 everyday so I'd really miss that too but would give it up to be able to read my screen outdoors. Is the sleep information the same on the charge 5 as the charge 3? Thanks

Hi! Very good review! I'm considering Fitbit Charge 5 and Garmin Vivoactive 4. What would you recommend?

Geez, i totally love all your reviews but i think watching all the smart watch reviews at once has overwhelmed me and I just don't know how to move forward. I have an google pixel 4 5G and i want to get a great fitness tracker. I have sleep apnea like yourself and would love a great tracker for that, plus music control, workout tracker ( for weights too), calorie burner, gps, notifications for my apps and letting me know when im getting a call but not I don't need to answer it with the watch. I would love to find one that is dustproof as well... There are soo many that do this that you have reviewed but I am just stuck. Would you be able to point one or two out that meet what I need? With boxing day coming up I would save some money and purchase the best one for my needs. I would appreciate any help. You have been soo much help already and I really appreciate all you postings and how in depth you go with each watch. Thanks either way kris

@JSyntax great review again, thank you. I am trying to choose between Fitbit Charge 5 and Garmin Venu 2/2S/2Plus. I'm purely interested in a comfortable and wearable fitness and health tracker with lots of reliable and useful data. Less interested in smartwatch app features (messaging/notifications/voice control/music etc.). Which do you recommend?

My charge 5 died after less than 4 months. Lots of other charge 5 owners have had similar 'bricking' issues. You can find more info about this on other KZfaq vids.

For me, this is perfect. I want the weather or stuff, I'll use my phone. Problems - date format is really really annoying. Sleep doesn't measure actual o2 level. I've got find my phone on my one!

Great video, I know the ECG wasn't available at the time but can someone share if that is usable only with premium or is that part of the basic health and fitness stats that are free with it?

Looks like a pretty attractive fitness tracker. Are you planning on looking at the new Ticwatch Pro 3 Ultra? From what I can see it's not really an "Ultra" upgrade at all. Probably not worth your while buying one to review therefore!

Was the ECG stuff covered? Maybe I missed it. Wait, this review was from 2021. Maybe ECG wasn't a feature then.

Vivosmart5 review? Accuracy test please

Does the smart alarm allow waking up later if you are in deep sleep phase? I think postponing waking up by 15 minutes max could be more useful.

Great review. Does the beddr sleep tuner still work? Thought they went out of business.

Hi, can you tell me if the alarm and timer vibration is strong enough to be felt during sleep time? I had to return my Sense because the vibration was so soft that I often missed the alarm when I was asleep. I had no problems with the Versa and Versa 2 that I had before. I would switch to a Charge 5 if I know that the vibration for the alarm and timer is as good as that on the Versa. Thank you.

Great review, no weather app is a deal breaker for me though 😔

Which functions on the Charge 5 are not supported by the IPHONE? I need the ecg and heart rate reports to my phone

There is a FIRMWARE UPDATE dated Dec 2023. This finally fixed connectivity issues with my Charge 5. I had previously gone back to my Charge 4 (very reliable). Ch 5 no longer mothballed. Prefer having a home button which Charge 6 went to.

Is the spo2 relative range tracking useful for you and do you think it’s useful for those with sleep apnea like me? I use an oral appliance and not a cpap or apap.

You mentioned a charge or subscription for the sleep data was that right ? Does that mean you don’t get to see the sleep data/ scale on you phone without subscription?

Thx