Fitbit Surge

This product is bad to the bone! yes, it's pricey but it has the largest screen and does basically 2 more things that all other Fitbit products are not capable of. It has enabled gps so it tracks your distance very accurately and has notifications and music control from your cell phone which is super cool. My wife works in a job that she has to put phone in vibrate mode while working. This Surge will vibrate when a text comes through and she can read it on the Surge which is extremely handy. We have yet to totally diagnose it's features of heart rate monitoring and such, but has a nice app for cell phone to track and also a good app for home computer to monitor things also. It is water resistant but not water proof so I do have some concern about being out in the rain with it and such, but it looks like it's pretty protective from water intrusion. The touch screen works well and I have discovered there are tempered glass screen protectors available for this device, although they are not sold by fitbit. Personally I like the clock being nicely readable. Although it's price point makes a pretty sizable jump up from the charge HR to this Surge, I feel it's a good investment. Only have had it for a week now and still some time before I could truely rate the applications for it but so far I like what I am seeing on those. Now, allow me to address the size of the band. I had issues determining what size band to get my wife. I went with the small and it's just big enough to fit her wrist on the very last notch on the band and she does have a small wrist. Personally she likes it that way as it is silicone and will most likely stretch some over time. My overall thoughts on this is get a large unless the wrist is indeed very small, then opt for the small band. I do not know if the large would have any issues of being too big on a person as I haven't personally seen one with a large band. I don't see any way of changing out the band like you can with the Fitbit Flex. I would love to see the Surge have the ability to change out the band to repair/replace it as needed. That would be huge improvement. You can't send text of course through this device, but being able to read a text is handy to be aware of what may or may not be needed to reply to. I highly recommend this device!Read full review

Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New