{"id":6127,"date":"2012-02-28T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T07:45:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-04-09T14:17:26","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T21:17:26","slug":"fitbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/fitbit\/","title":{"rendered":"FitBit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been wearing a Fitbit since late 2009 and overall I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n<p>The Fitbit is expensive for a pedometer ($99), but in return you get wireless syncing of your steps to your computer and to fitbit.com. Plus you can add friends as &#8220;Fitbit buddies&#8221; to compare how many steps everyone took each week. I&#8217;m currently in a year-long competition with my brother-in-law to see who can take more steps. Inspired by the Fitbit, I will often do 1:1 meetings as a &#8220;walk and talk&#8221; around the block instead of sitting in a room. I take the stairs at work instead of the elevator. I park my car a couple hundred yards from work instead of close to the building. So far since later 2009, I&#8217;ve taken 7,715,383 steps. That&#8217;s 3000+ miles towards better health!  <\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s not so good? The Fitbit costs a bit much, although I think it&#8217;s worth it. If you&#8217;re looking for something a little less expensive, try the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B003U3HMN2\/ref=nosim\/?tag=cooltools-20\">Omron HJ-720ITC<\/a> . It&#8217;s only $30 and it&#8217;s just as accurate, but you have to sync the pedometer to your computer with a cable. The Omron also doesn&#8217;t have social features.<\/p>\n<p>The other (mild) issues I have with the Fitbit are that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Water can short it out. Don&#8217;t go swimming with it on, and attach it somewhere that won&#8217;t get 100% drenched in sweat.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s no software for Linux (Mac and Windows, yes).<\/li>\n<li>After six months to a year, the clip isn&#8217;t as strong. This hasn&#8217;t been a huge problem for me, as I tend to be quite hard on my Fitbits and short them out or lose them once a year or so.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, I think wearing a pedometer (Fitbit or otherwise) is one of the easiest\/best things you can do for your health. This tool is highly recommended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Matt Cutts<\/p>\n<p>I use a Fitbit, too. The wireless syncing means that you don&#8217;t need to think about it. The hardest part for me is to remember to move the device if I change my pants. The simplicity of the website, and of the user interface on the object, entice you to use it, and to pay attention to the results. It is a small thing that works well and a habit that is very sustainable over the years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; KK<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smart activity monitor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11375,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127\/revisions\/11375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}