Fit Bit Ultra

[Imabeskinny 31]

Hi! I recently purchased a fit bit ultra and we aren't really getting along well. I do bootcamps and used to have a polar monitor with the chest strap. It would register 700 calories burned for one hour. The fit bit registers 400. I have tried pinning it to my chest, hip, shoulder and it registers all over the place. Where do you pin yours to get the best reading?

It doesn't sync to MyFitnessPal like I thought it would. Unless I am missing something, do I really have to plug it into the dock attached to my computer, it isn't wireless? The manual isn't helpful so any other advice you have would be awesome.

Thanks!

[moniq22 12]

I think the differences that the fitbit is a pedometer so it measures steps taken and the Polar is a heart monitor... The difference in calories burned according to them is that if you walk the same amount of steps at a higher intensity level so your heart rate raises you actually burn more calories than if you walk them at a lower intensity even though its the same amount... The fitbit will tell you you burned this amount because you walked this amount of steps but won't take into account if you ran those steps and raised your heart rate.. The polar does take it into account because its a heart rate monitor... When you raise your heart rate you burn more calories that must be why they say different things with the same workout...

[Imabeskinny 31]

Thank you, that explains a lot

[moregoodtimes 331]

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Mine syncs when im near the dongle.. Periodically that is. Also, i get the prompt when i start my pc. One additional oddity... Mine was not registering stairs climbed correctly. I reset the option for right hand and always clip it on my right bra strap, tee shirt or whatever and it corrected the problem.

[yskee 0]

My fit bit sinks with my fitness pal but I think I had to link them thru mfp and not thru fitbit. It's nice when they work together, mine is on my bra all day then wrist at sleep. Try going thu my fitness pal.