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Derek W said:
You're saying someone is 'sad' cos they play vinyl??? :rolleyes:
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Well tbf when I said that I didn't think anyone actually did it :D but tbh you have to admit it is a little sad choosing to listen to something in low quality just for nostalgic purposes. I mean fair do's if you're listening to something from the 40's you probably want it to sound bad so you can get the original experience and it can "take you back" to the time, but for anything made after 1980 it was available on tape/CD anyway.

However as it turns out some of my stuff is worth money on eBay I have decided I like these retro audiophiles, I guess it's like how some people spend loads playing old Atari's and stuff instead of using their PC, to each their own.
 
Fitbit Charge HR - found that I could get it through my private healthcare provider for even cheaper than I thought.

Finding it interesting so far - not sure on how accurate it is in terms of calculating calories etc... However, using the basic information you programme into it, it seems to be within 10% or so.

It is just a gadget, but since I'm quite interested in health and lifestyle it'll just help me geek it up a little with relation to it. :)

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If you haven't already you need to set stride length. Amazing how many people don't and/or how many estimate or measure a fake stride.
A few miles of walking with gps tracker then divide by footsteps registered.
 
Freefaller said:
Fitbit Charge HR - found that I could get it through my private healthcare provider for even cheaper than I thought.

Finding it interesting so far - not sure on how accurate it is in terms of calculating calories etc... However, using the basic information you programme into it, it seems to be within 10% or so.

It is just a gadget, but since I'm quite interested in health and lifestyle it'll just help me geek it up a little with relation to it. :)

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You watch the tv last night with the roundup of these type of devices?

Works by registering movement in your arms relating to walking.

Therefor if you walk without swinging arms then it registers no steps. Equally just sat at your desk can rack up steps. They tested 3 of the most popular ones on people sat at their desk for an hour. Most, including yours registered over 100 steps and the worst one registered over 300.

Calories used is just a rough approximation as well unless the software can be programmed with your weight and even then will just be an estimate. Eg takes no account of how fast you walk or whether it might be up stairs etc. Even sat in the pub drinking a pint registered 20 steps if you use the arm you have the strap on for drinking :P

My gf has the same one as you and it bugs her that some days it says she has been awful but has had a really really busy day but now realises on those days she has spent most of the day carrying stuff around and hence the strap hasnt been registering any steps for them.

So overall they are a mildly useful tool to keep track of rough steps taken each day and clearly a lazy day on the sofa will show up compared to an active day.

And i have yet to see a review of ones with heartrate monitors that are close to been accurate.

As i have said before, based on it just been a lot of guesswork by device, i can see the point of them if they are £10 to £15 but at £80 they are overpriced tat IMO.
 
ubersonic said:
Well tbf when I said that I didn't think anyone actually did it :D but tbh you have to admit it is a little sad choosing to listen to something in low quality just for nostalgic purposes. I mean fair do's if you're listening to something from the 40's you probably want it to sound bad so you can get the original experience and it can "take you back" to the time, but for anything made after 1980 it was available on tape/CD anyway.

However as it turns out some of my stuff is worth money on eBay I have decided I like these retro audiophiles, I guess it's like how some people spend loads playing old Atari's and stuff instead of using their PC, to each their own.
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Maximum troll mode. :D
 
Oh it's just a toy, I managed to get 50% off thanks to my healtcare provider.

To be frank I know more about my health than a tracker could ever tell me.

I have a control chart with my calorie intake, my BMR, RMR and TDEE, I track my weight, bodyfat measurements (using callipers), blood pressure monitor, blood glucose and many other measurements, so I'm pretty sure of my calorific expenditure and requirements - so this thing will not be able to provide any of that.

What I am interested in is how it works, as I want to see how accurate it is, and because I know so much about health / fitness I can be quite dispassionate about a piece of technology. However at the same time I like my gadgets - but this will not influence necessarily how I behave as I already behave in a pretty healthy way.

What you say is valid, and I'm not relying on it as a mitigation for exercise, au contraire, my lifestyle is very much based around health and fitness, and this is more than likely just a gimmick - but I also think it may have some value if it is used correctly, and with a percentage error taken into consideration. I think it can have a legitimate use - but as has been mentioned it has to be used correctly and not something to base your life on.

As it happens so far it appears to be relatively accurate with my calories expended (within 10% or so) and heart rate (which is of interest to me) but I'm still tweaking it. For example yesterday it said I expended 3000 cals (which is about right - including exercise and just being alive), and I had eaten about 3300 cals which again is not far off (closer to 3600 cals). It said I walked 4km, which is about right for my daily commute + walking around the office (massive) and all the escalators in the tube (which I walk up/down). Okay it's just one day, but I'll be experimenting and learning about it. I'm interested in seeing how it ties in with my lifestyle.

Because I am very active, and have set it up to be relatively accurate it should provide some useful feedback. However of course you can skew the figures my moving your hand around and so on - so it's not to be taken at face value - which is why I will be using it with interest to enrich my data rather than rely on it solely. I take so many measurements that it cannot do that it may negate it, but it's handier than having this than carrying my phone around in the gym or whatever.

If I hadn't got my discount I wouldn't have go it I agree it is expensive for what it is. :) It's a gadget, and well, why not? :)
 
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