Fitbit Versa 3 Health & Fitness Smartwatch with GPS, 24/7 Heart Rate, Alexa Built-in, 6+ Days Battery, Pink/Gold, One Size (S & L Bands Included)

From the very start of my husband purchasing this Fitbit Smart watch/fitness tracker from Amazon, for my birthday (he ended up giving it to me early) I've had problems with the molded band. After a week or so I noticed a rash developing under the band, all the way around my wrist. I tried putting tissue under the band, etc to keep the band from coming into contact with my skin. After a week of frustration with this method, not working, I realized I might be allergic to the band. So I started looking for a hypoallergenic band. I found a pretty faux pink leather band and ordered it, also from Amazon. My husband put the new band on. At first, it seemed to take care of my skin issue but within 30 minutes one side of the band fell out of the holder. My husband tried and tried to reattach the band without success. I now decided I needed to go to another big box store and purchase a leather band, thinking the pink faux band was inferior. Within 30 minutes of the store staff member installing it for me. This one fell off, too; became unattached. I return to the store right away and the clerk told me that my particular fitbit smartwatch/tracker was of inferior quality and that I should return it to my original store of purchase.Note: I have been wearing one style or another of Fitbit smartwatch/tracking devices, since 2014. I have always used with the original composite bands and Never had an issue before this time. My husband also wears a Fitbit product because Fitbit always stands behind their product. I'm extremely frustrated, that because I bought this product in late August, Amazon will not replace it. If I had purchased it now they would replace an inferior product up to and including January 31, 2023. We will never purchase from this vendor again in the future, as they won't stand behind their product. We still believe that Fitbit makes a superior product, over the competing brands. I'm extremely disappointed!!

I read a lot of reviews online saying this or that step tracker was more accurate, more user friendly etc. I bought every single one, and returned them each time because of some major design or accuracy flaw.The Versa 3 fitbit has...-accurate step tracking, #1-a LARGE COLOR display-a touch screen-is usable as a watch-pairs with these great stretchy decorative watch bands that make it more comfortable than other steptrackers-has great battery life-monitors your pulse, including an ability to set a warning range of too high or too low.Those were the things I was looking for.What I didn't realize I would also like were the different goal markers. There is this awesome multicolored star animation that comes on when I hit my step goal for the day. There are also these (optional) activity goals for active hours of the day to let you know to get up for a few minutes and walk around if you want to hit *that* goal for the day. Being able to succeed at something small every day is a mood booster, and I miss it the few times I forgot to put my watch on for the day.

I use this not just to track exercise and daily steps it sleep, menstrual cycle (it is VERY accurate!), water intake. And meals. I’ve learned a lot about my sleep patterns and I’ve been motivated to work harder to hit those goals. I also love that it shows texts so I can easily see if it’s something I need to interrupt what I’m working on to check on. I’ve worn this everyday for well over a year and use the same band. While it is starting to show wear on the band it isn’t noticeable unless you really look at it in the light. Not something just anyone would notice. I do keep a screen protector on it. The one I use is just some cheapo but it does the job and the screen is in perfect like new condition regardless of how often I bump into counter and desk edges and doorways (maybe I’m a little clumsy). I have gotten it wet with no issues. I believe it can be worn while swimming but I haven’t tried it myself.

No Fitbit I’ve ever owned has been perfect. Typically I’ve never had any issues with step count and maybe just the occasional glitch with sleep tracking, but heart rate monitoring has had its share of struggles with every device I’ve had. My last one (Charge 5) did great reading heart rate during hard cardio but struggled during weight lifting—it would tell me I was at something like 67 bpm when I could manually take my pulse and tell it was at least 130. The Versa 3 still isn’t perfect, but the heart rate monitoring is a lot more balanced and it does a better job reading it during weights (to the point that I actually get active minutes credit now). I like the larger display and the variety of UI layouts—I chose one that lets me see all my stats in one go rather than having to swipe through any screens. I don’t use it with music or voice assistant or anything, but the larger screen is also great for checking incoming mobile notifications. The battery life may not be quiiiite as good as some of the previous models I’ve owned (maybe 5 days instead of a whole week), but I’ve also only had to charge it once since I got it and I don’t think it was fully charged when I started wearing it, so it’s hard to tell. It does charge fast though, which is nice.It still has its little quirks that I wish could be improved, but overall I’m very pleased.

Replaced an old watch. Love it.