Fitbit Charge 6

I loved the features/broke insss than a year

The battery life on this thing sucks! I’m coming from an Inspire 2 that had a battery life of about 7 days. Disappointed that after 4 days the battery was close to dead. I thought new models were supposed to perform better?

I bought my Charge 6 during Target’s Black Friday sale last year, 2023, for $99. I’m glad I bought it. It’s still working great and the battery lasts for days. I needed a fitness tracker to keep track of my workouts and log and rate my sleep. I didn’t want the over-bloated fancy-schmacy apple wrist product. I already have enough apple products. In fact, I’m using the Fitbit app on my iPhone to link to my Charge 6. The Charge 6 is simple, skinny, and almost unobtrusive compared to other products. I wear it on my right wrist and wear my automatic dive watch on my left wrist. I prefer the simplicity of an analog watch so I wanted the smallest possible fitness tracker to wear while I’m wearing my dive watch. Yes, I wear two watches. I workout 5-7 days a week, mostly because the Fitbit wants you to workout at least 5 times a week. It’s weird that I used to work out 3-4 days a week but now, because of this Charge 6, I voluntarily workout more. For exercise tracking, the Charge does a fair job of detecting an exercise. It’s actually easier and faster to select the exercise manually. The ECG function is very accurate considering that the reading is coming from this tracker. I get an official ECG from my primary doctor every year. I’ve compared the printouts and the ECG reading from the Charge 6 does a good job. There’s also a countdown timer and alarm clock that I use all the time. It’s a Google product so you can set it up for Google Pay and YouTube music. I don’t use those much. Big bonus - it’s much cheaper and much simpler than the very popular apple product.

This version places workout above being able to quickly view your home screen. When it detects a workout it will spend several minutes on a screen with the word play. It will periodically display heart rate. Once it decides the workout is over it will spend several minutes on a screen waiting for confirmation. Once confirmed it will then go to a screen reviewing the workout. As a person who utilizes the tracker for the time the workout feature is not an improvement

Stopped working suddenly after only 6 months of use.

I hate this thing. Randomly stops tracking my sleep and won’t sync or update, can’t find my phone. It just doesn’t work unless it feels like it. I should be able to return it but i can’t.

Battery lasts alot, so far has been great

I’d give it 0 stars if I had the option. Believe every negative review you see out there. I had an Apple Watch for years and decided to give the Fitbit a try despite reading all the negative reviews… that was a mistake. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn’t. Sometimes it doesn’t sync, other times it does. Just does what it wants. Extremely irritated at it. Getting an Apple Watch again asap. I’ve had the Fitbit now for about 5 months and I’m over it. The champagne gold also looks silver when you take it out the box, just a heads up.

Quality isn't great, Worked less than 5 months & screen messed up & stopped working.

We purchased this last December and it has quick working. It won’t turn on even though my app is saying it is fully charged.

Fitbit is an interesting concept to monitor steps, activities, heart rate, etc but the silicone band makes this unwearable. It causes allergic reactions (on my wrist and many others, according to reviews). Changing the band is the only alternative, which is costly and takes time. Because of this, I would not recommend it.

Stopped charging after only two months. Target in Dallas, TX (9440 Marsh Ln, Dallas, TX 75220) would not exchange.

Band does not stay firmly attached to device. It has flown off my wrist due to things like washing dishes, changing my shirt, and just existing. I have had 2 other models of this and neither one have had this problem. Fitbit app also seems to have many users with a similar experience. Sad

I bought this as a Fitbit user for over 13 years. Once aquired by google, I knew things would change but the simplicity of features (sleep, health metrics) I was going for in this so called upgrade only lasted 2.5 months.

I bought a Charge 6 after my Charge 5 died. I have had a Charge since 2015 but am disappointed in the 6. Heart rate is high inaccurate. I have contacted Fitbit customer support only to get no resolution or a response within the time frame promised. I am looking to potentially return.

It's fine as a basic pedometer, but if that's all you're looking for, find something cheaper. Fitbit is continually removing features, first it was daily challenges, then the website dashboard, if you're looking for a fitness tracker that fully integrates features such as food logging, this isn't it anymore, which is a shame. Go with a product from a different company, fitbit users have been reduced to merely data cattle.

If you buy a new Fitbit device, you will need to move your Fitbit account to a Google account. Unfortunately, the set up process is a nightmare. Don’t buy!

The Charge 6 is so terrible I wouldn’t recommend anyone buying. Purchased and set up right out of the box, it’s defected, would not receive any messages notification from my iPhone, I tried every troubleshooting tips and didn’t work. I read many reviews with people having the same issues, for some people, their watch only lasted 3 months and died completely. Hopefully, if a Charge 7 debuts without anyone is these defects

We like using fitbit and the community. BUT.... Always disappointed on how they never last.. This one lasted less than a year. It was purchased in November 2023, we are in June 2024.

I got this in Dec 2023. By May 2024 the battery would not longer charge