Amazon.com: Customer reviews: Fitbit Versa Smart Watch, Gray/Silver Aluminium, One Size (S & L Bands Included)

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2019

I've had a Fitbit One for probably about 4 years. It was originally picked up when I had been a year into working an office sales job when prior to that I was outside on my feet doing landscaping or selling in a garden center. I wanted something to encourage me to get up and move, and at the time just seeing the pedometer and using the app worked out fine for me.

Recently, I've made a much more successful effort to better my health, and during that process, I decided something that could monitor my heart rate would benefit me. I had been looking at the Charge line, but this one popped up along the way. I decided to go ahead and go for it. I'd say for me, the extra cost over the Charge 2 that I had been looking at was worth it.

I love having a watch always there, instead of trying to remember if my Fitbit One was in my pocket or not. It's customizable and allows you to add or remove workouts you don't want to have on the quick start portion. It tracks my sleep in a way I find fascinating and insightful, as now it means I'm using it to better my sleep habits. It has a silly little game you can add to the apps part that allows me to make walking a fun challenge. It also will tell me once every hour if I've not walked around enough, key for me in my office setting. The text portion is handy for when I'm not looking at my phone, and I love having my daily stats right there if it's not updated to the website dashboard.

The biggest thing I still love about it is the heart rate monitor. It helps me see where I'm pushing myself a bit too hard, and has given me a way to know when I should be increasing my intensity during workouts. I want to be more fit heart and lung wise, as well as loose weight. In the two weeks I've had it, I've already improved my resting heart rate, which has encouraged me to continue on!

Overall, I love it and hope it continues working for years to come, lasting me as long as my little Fitbit One.

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Luciano

Great Buy

Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2018

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That is it!!! Finally a good-looking smartwatch combining a fair price point with the features I need the most. All I need in a smartwatch is the ability to track all my health metrics and workouts, while listening good music, and leaving my bulky cell phone in the car.
Versa is very light. I like the size and the style. Set up was very easy. I downloaded some apps from the page. Lots of options.
I like to spent $200 once and be done. I would never sign up for another monthly bill like Apple Watch 3 cellular connectivity for $10 plus tax (that's the same I pay to watch everything I want on Netflix, nonsense).
Fitbit Coach is so nice. The watch shows you the exercise, you start doing it, it vibrates when time is over, and then it shows you the next exercise. I will certainly use it on my business trips.
I went for a 5-mile run this morning using a Garmin GPS on my other wrist. When I checked the data the distance gap between the two was just 0.1 miles. I'm not sure if I will use the connected GPS and carry my cell phone for such a small difference.
I have been heavily using Versa all day and my battery is still at 79%. I had a Apple Watch 2 and battery would not last 1 day.
I'm buying one for my wife for Mother's day.
It is hard to regret buying such an useful device for just $199.

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Daniel Eshbaugh

Bugs are better but women will need a different band

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2018

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My husband purchased this for me for Mother's Day. However, I didn't know it was available in silver aluminum to match the cool silver bangle band I purchased separately until I had the black Versa. So back it went to Amazon only to have to wait the the silver Versa to be back in stock because they were back ordered until the 11th, then the 13th, the 15th, oh you get the idea. I can only assume they were back ordered so they could fix those bugs a lot of the early reviews on here talk about. Well, I've had mine almost a full day so I've had a chance to check a few things out.

1. Accuracy. Initial reports show this fitbit being wildly inaccurate in regards of heart rate, steps, flights of stairs, sleep, etc.
I looked at heart rate first and while I've always thought my resting heart rate was around 60 this device is showing a resting heartrate of 98. Well I'm sick right now and hopped up on tons of Sudafed and cough meds so rather than assume its wrong I manually took my heartrate radially and it was actually closer to 105. So the heart rate feature is pretty accurate.
Next, I looked at steps. A lot of people complained that it counted steps as they drove, moved their hands a lot, or even when they were typing. I did all of those things and really didn't experience any more than the standard margin of error you normally see with pedometers in general. The 20-50 extra steps that were logged that weren't really steps are negligible to me when I'm logging thousands of steps per day.
Flights of stairs. Versa reports that it counts an elevation of about 10 feet as a set of stairs. So if you're going up or down stairs that are way more or way less than 10 feet then it won't seem accurate. However, I only went up one flight of stairs when I came up to bed and my arms were packed full. It still managed to be able to tell that I went up just 1 flight of stairs. And despite all the moving I did all day those were the only stairs I climbed and the only stairs it logged. So that appears to be working okay.
As for driving in a car, I drove all over the place to day and my step counter didn't really change except for when I swung my arms too much dancing in my seat to Justin Timberlake.
Lastly sleep. I'm afraid I can't help you there unless I fall asleep at work. I can't stand having anythjng on my wrists or hands while I sleep, not even my wedding ring, so I can't really track my sleep. Sorry.

2. Those things addressed, its time to talk about form and functionality.
Form: 0HATE the bands it comes with and not because of the pins. The bands are too bulky and masculine for women to wear everyday. I put mine on and I didn't feel feminine at all. But like I said, I got the silver Versa so it would match this awesome bangle band I purchased separately. I've had several people compliment me just today who are shocked that its a Fitbit. I am concerned about the face scratching or cracking so I may purchase one of those gorilla guards for it.

3. Functionality: the setup wasn't as smooth as it was when I had that first black one I sent back. The required 3 part update kept failing and I had to switch from wifi to bluetooth. It failed a few more times on bluetooth but fortunately picked right up where it left off every time, even when i restarted my phone to see if that would help. (It didn't.) Finally after about an hour it was good ti go. However, the fitbit app was very slow and had a hard time pushing the clock faces and apps I chose to the watch. I kept getting error messages. I also wasn't too happy with the selection of apps. The driving one looked cool but the fine print said it was a free trial of a paid app. I would have liked too see more exercise or yoga apps or even just more games. Gotta love games.

4. Lastly, the buttons and swiping around through screens has been a little hard to get used to. They're a tiny bit confusing but they don't seem too hard to eventually memorize the layout. Overall, I like it. I'll edit my review if things change.

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Barbara Ingram

Price

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024

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This is for my self. The price was in my budget. Didn't like the band that came on it. Bought another style

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KT

Just Forget It and Get a Vivioactive 3 Instead

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2019

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Because so many of my friends use FitBit, for years I have attempted to find one I liked. It's been harder than it should be because, frankly, the programming is utter garbage. First I had a Flex 2 and I used it for Aquazumba (which it supposedly was rated for, being waterproof). After replacing it twice as they kept just hitting a point where they wouldn't sync and FB would just send another one I got frustrated. So I got a Blaze on super sale and it's been okay, battery life is meh, and app synch is spotty because the app is glitchy. When the Versa came out, it solved my non waterproof gripe and I decided to eventually get one. Huge mistake.
1) there is no way to do anything with the Versa without connecting it to the app and using the app to set up the watch.
2) the Bluetooth programming is terrible. Even the instructions demand you unsync literally every Bluetooth device except the watch from your phone. It's because if anything else is connected, it drops Bluetooth in a matter of seconds. I spent a literal hour troubleshooting and fighting this stupid flaw. If you can't even synch them, there's literally no reason to have the watch as you literally can't set it up.
3) if you do manage to get past that hurdle, mine absolutely and entirely failed to find WiFi, which it wants to use to force update the watch. So I manually typed in my wifi info. It still couldn't find it and would just time out and tell me it couldn't synch.
4) meanwhile, in the app (which as I've mentioned is buggy) it showed my previous devices as both being currently hooked up and as having full batteries. My Blaze has been out of battery for 3 days and the Flex 2 died in 2017. Obviously neith device is transmitting any data. But in the app, it thinks I'm magically wearing all 3 devices.
After troubleshooting Bluetooth for an hour and attempting to synch to WiFi for another hour, then ultimately saying screw it and telling it to just use cell data to connect (which also failed) I'm just done. There is nothing this product could do to redeem itself.
5) also, working out isn't just about steps and considering Samsung and Google and Apple all have better fitness tracking in their phones that covers activity points, HR, V02, and auto workout tracking, I have no idea why people are continuing to buy FitBits at all when any smartwatch can do a better job.
I'm returning this for a Garmin Vivioactive 3 Music for the same price. It lacks the total lack of quality control and garbage programming I've found across the multiple generations of Fit Bit I own. Instead it has far more features and is a functional smartwatch that is just as waterproof. I'm not even sure what attracted me to the Versa anymore, so don't waste the time and inconvenience of the frustration and return, and just skip this product entirely.

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A Christy

So much fun, but not without quirks.

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2018

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My first Fitbit was a Charge HR and this Versa is my third. The ever expanding capabilities are lovely, though I don't need them all. I do like the reminders quite a lot. As a writer, I can forget to get up an move when I work and that little vibration on my wrist is probably very good for me. That said, I did experience the same thing many others have reported. My Versa simply couldn't sync after the first couple of days without a great deal of bother. Unlinking, restarting of bluetooth, restarting the watch...all of it. Very frustrating. I've just got a new phone, and there was some additional bother getting that set up, but we'll see if the sync stays put on this one.

One major flaw was that I put it on all day sync. On my old phone (S7) it took it down about 24% a day, but didn't adversely impact the Versa. On this new phone, it drained 100% of the entire charge of the Versa in 16 hours. I turned it off and recharged my Versa, and so far, it looks okay. BUT, I will monitor it rather more closely. I'll have to be sure to use the app daily now in order to ensure it syncs and I don't lose my active hours history (which doesn't seem to carry over from one day to the next).

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RMK

The smart watch I've been waiting for

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2018

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I knew I wouldn't use all the features of an Apple Watch, but I also wanted more than what my Fitbit Charge HR offered. This is it. I get the notifications I need, can track my runs and other fitness info, and can also do a few other things as well. I love the look and the size. (It's been mistaken for an Apple Watch multiple times.)

A few other notes based on other feedback and questions I've seen:
- Everything loaded quickly and intuitively (Follow. The. Instructions.) and it has worked flawlessly. No technical issues.
- I've been getting 4-5 days on a charge.
- I haven't found a perfect watch face, but the one I'm using is fine. I do wish I could save favorites as there's a couple I like for different purposes.
- The band was easy to switch and has stayed on fine.
- Step counts seem to be accurate, I'm getting results similar to my Charge HR.
- The glass is sturdy, I've bumped/scraped it a few times already and no scratches to show for it.

My only big dislike is the music apps. I don't like Pandora, and I'm not going to pretend to know what Deezer is. It needs Spotify, otherwise it's perfect for my needs.

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Anthony Li

This is tough...

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2019

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To startoff, I really like Fitbit. I tried using a wearos watch but it didn't have sleep tracking and google fit is kind of meh as an app.

As far as sleep tracking (primary purpose really) goes I think it works great, I like the breakdown and summary and benchmarks. it works for short 1-2 hour naps and it works for longer snooze fests. No issues here.

The App itself i alright. There are a bunch of features that I don't use; I primarily use it for sleep tracking, steps, and I use it to log and remind myself to drink enough water.

The issue I have with the tracking is HR monitoring, I am a very pale skinned person, and sometimes holding my breath while sitting on the toliet will cause my fitbit to think I am fat burning zone. And while I would be ecstatic to learn that I can burn fat doing that, common sense dictates it's probably not true.

Another issue was wifi connection, I was unable to connect to my work's wifi but was able to intermittently connect to my apartment's wifi. Not sure why that is, but makes it slightly annoying and slow to download updates over BT.

Aside from that the only issue I had was after using it for a week there was a small bug where clearing certain notifications wouldn't remove it. I fixed it by restarting the device, but it's still the kind of minor annoyance you wouldn't expect from a 170-200 USD product.

After a month of use the battery life has been great, I keep the display off and intermittently check it once or twice every hour. Battery lasts about 4 days before going down to 25% (which apparently is low battery). It charges fairly quickly too, I got from 20% to full in around 80 minutes or so which is fine. I'll charge it when I am at my computer gaming before strapping it back on until the next charge day.

And so it hurts me to say that, such a great product that is marred by a few small issues, I can not rate the versa higher than 3 stars given that both of these issues are core and central to the product's selling point. Come out with a solid fix for the HR monitoring and the other bugs and I can move it up to 4 stars.

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Bill

Syncing Music more painful than it should be.

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2018

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Updating my review to state that I'm really liking the watch overall, definitely the best fitbit I've had yet. Still want improvements to the music syncing, but the other aspects of the tracker are all top notch.

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It's day one and I may update this review as I spend more time with it, but I have to say my initial thoughts are not that positive. It's certainly a nice looking tracker and the best looking Fitbit that I've had yet, but I'm already questioning the accuracy of the heart rate monitor and counts. I'm also very disappointed in the horrible methodology by which you get music onto the watch. They presume that what ever system your music is stored on has both bluetooth and wireless simultaneously. I keep my music library on a desktop and has bluetooth for my keyboard and mouse, but I had done away with using the desktop for Fitbit syncing a long time ago since smart phones are more than capable of doing the job. Luckily I still had the little Fitbit dongle and could get the watch to communicate with the desktop app. And also luckily, I have a wireless card in the desktop as well.

But then the Desktop app is somehow picking up on playlists and such from five or more years ago - the last time I used Itunes to manage my media library. It's not seeing any current playlists. I have a 10,000+ library of music, and it takes FOREVER to load everything for me to choose what songs I actually want to load. I guess I have too much music, but the app eventually crashes before syncing anything. They really need to allow the device to be seen as storage via the USB charging dock so that a user can simply drop whatever music they want onto the device.

I'm hoping third party developers come up with better options because music directly on the watch was a big selling point for me.

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Tara

Lovde it!! Then a year later it didn't hold charge

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2018

Verified Purchase

Update 1/27/19
It won't hold a charge longer than a day now. I have restarted it and it still happens. I guess it's life has come to an end. It's been a little less than a year and I got a lot of use and loved it but sure wish it lasted longer.

Update- 11/12/18
I was hasty in my negative update. I had the thought it might just be the clock face I had on my fitbit right then and it was. I changed it to the regular fitbit face..it worked. Then I changed it back to the one I want....and it worked! Back to 5 stars.

Update- 11/11/18
This has been the best health tracker I've used. BUT Just today my screen stopped showing my steps, calories, and heart rate. It still shows the time. So strange to me. I'm hoping it can do a update/refresh or something and fix its self. I lowered it to 2 stars (instead of 1) because itis still at least syncing with my phone so I'm able to keep track through that for now.

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I just got it a few days ago and it is everything I wanted. I love the size and quality of the screen. I had the alta HR before and decided to go for a change. So fun! I love that I can get it fully wet with no worry. I'm enjoying having a timer on my wrist and setting alarms from my watch instead of my phone now. The fitbit coaching is cool! I love seeing all the stats from the phone app on my wrist. The leaderboard is neat. I haven't put music on it yet. Anyway, awesome smartwatch!

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