THE UP3 EXISTS!! IT FINALLY ARRIVED!!
I've only been waiting since Nov. 30. 
It arrived nicely packaged, but had zero charge - although it appears that it had a little charge during shipping, as it recorded steps on its journey.
The form factor is surprisingly small. It's narrower than even the Fitbit Flex, but not quite as flat. The main body is not as long as my wrist is wide, which is good...I had to return the Surge because it was longer than my wrist width and was actually painful to wear. The Up3 has a thickness of maybe half an inch at its thickest point.
The wrist band has a catch which appears very secure, and is adjustable. I have a small wrist, but it appears that I could wear the same band if I gained another 1.5-2 inches of girth in my wrist. It's quite comfortable to wear, even with it adjusted somewhat tight to ensure the sensors maintain contact. The band is very soft and flexible.
Connection was very easy once I got my band charged. You just tap and hold your finger down on the top of the band while your phone searches, and it pairs easily. I've heard complaints from others that it can be difficult to get the band to recognize a tap, but so far I haven't had that problem. You also tap to switch the band from sleep to active and vice versa. Apparently, per Jawbone, you need to put the band in sleep mode so that it can track how long it actually takes you to fall asleep once you've settled down to do so. This apparently is affected by things like when and what you ate, what kind of activity you engaged in before bed, etc., so that's why they say it doesn't detect sleep automatically.
The app is nicely laid out, very intuitive, with a good bit of information. I would love a desktop version with more indepth info, but alas, that's not available.
The band has options for inactivity alerts which you can set for various times, a vibrating alarm clock, and reminders. I haven't tested yet to see how strong the alarm vibration is.
There's heart rate sensors, but right now it only tracks resting heart rate. I won't see that until morning. Supposedly there will be a future update which will expand heart rate tracking capabilities. That matters less to me than it does to some people because I had the Bodymedia Fit, which was extremely accurate on calorie burns without ostensibly tracking heart rate...it had the same bioimpedence sensors and tracked all kinds of things which it used to calculate calorie burns, but it did not present the data for those sensors where you could see them. I expect the Up3 to function in a similar manner.
Tomorrow I'll be able to update with more information on accuracy/resting heart rate/etc.
It arrived nicely packaged, but had zero charge - although it appears that it had a little charge during shipping, as it recorded steps on its journey.
The form factor is surprisingly small. It's narrower than even the Fitbit Flex, but not quite as flat. The main body is not as long as my wrist is wide, which is good...I had to return the Surge because it was longer than my wrist width and was actually painful to wear. The Up3 has a thickness of maybe half an inch at its thickest point.
The wrist band has a catch which appears very secure, and is adjustable. I have a small wrist, but it appears that I could wear the same band if I gained another 1.5-2 inches of girth in my wrist. It's quite comfortable to wear, even with it adjusted somewhat tight to ensure the sensors maintain contact. The band is very soft and flexible.
Connection was very easy once I got my band charged. You just tap and hold your finger down on the top of the band while your phone searches, and it pairs easily. I've heard complaints from others that it can be difficult to get the band to recognize a tap, but so far I haven't had that problem. You also tap to switch the band from sleep to active and vice versa. Apparently, per Jawbone, you need to put the band in sleep mode so that it can track how long it actually takes you to fall asleep once you've settled down to do so. This apparently is affected by things like when and what you ate, what kind of activity you engaged in before bed, etc., so that's why they say it doesn't detect sleep automatically.
The app is nicely laid out, very intuitive, with a good bit of information. I would love a desktop version with more indepth info, but alas, that's not available.
The band has options for inactivity alerts which you can set for various times, a vibrating alarm clock, and reminders. I haven't tested yet to see how strong the alarm vibration is.
There's heart rate sensors, but right now it only tracks resting heart rate. I won't see that until morning. Supposedly there will be a future update which will expand heart rate tracking capabilities. That matters less to me than it does to some people because I had the Bodymedia Fit, which was extremely accurate on calorie burns without ostensibly tracking heart rate...it had the same bioimpedence sensors and tracked all kinds of things which it used to calculate calorie burns, but it did not present the data for those sensors where you could see them. I expect the Up3 to function in a similar manner.
Tomorrow I'll be able to update with more information on accuracy/resting heart rate/etc.
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The sad thing is, even with all the bad reviews, I still find myself wanting the blasted thing. I had the up24 and loved the app, but really wanted the heart rate.monitoring. Wound up getting the fitbit charge hr due to all the delays,and while I like the functionality the app isn't as good, nor is the sleep tracking particularly helpful. I miss the smart coach too. I was hoping up3 would knock it out of the park, but the reviews have been universally blah at best. I've been following this thread to see if they were being too tough on the band, obviously not.
I am surprised after such a long delay those new features, coming 'soon' didn't already get implemented. Makes me worry that they don't have a clue how to use these new sensors. Particularly for heart rate tracking, but what about those temperature monitoring, or hydration monitoring they featured in the press release?
I'll keep my eye on new features as they add them, perhaps at that point the price will also have come down. For now, I'll keep my fitbit I suppose....really disappointed in how this turned out. I really am doubting the waterproof story for the delay, feels like they gave up waiting as they try to figure out how to enable the new features.0 -
jbrown2339 wrote: »The sad thing is, even with all the bad reviews, I still find myself wanting the blasted thing. I had the up24 and loved the app, but really wanted the heart rate.monitoring. Wound up getting the fitbit charge hr due to all the delays,and while I like the functionality the app isn't as good, nor is the sleep tracking particularly helpful. I miss the smart coach too. I was hoping up3 would knock it out of the park, but the reviews have been universally blah at best. I've been following this thread to see if they were being too tough on the band, obviously not.
I am surprised after such a long delay those new features, coming 'soon' didn't already get implemented. Makes me worry that they don't have a clue how to use these new sensors. Particularly for heart rate tracking, but what about those temperature monitoring, or hydration monitoring they featured in the press release?
I'll keep my eye on new features as they add them, perhaps at that point the price will also have come down. For now, I'll keep my fitbit I suppose....really disappointed in how this turned out. I really am doubting the waterproof story for the delay, feels like they gave up waiting as they try to figure out how to enable the new features.
I will wait as well. That is the reason I have a non bluetooth UP...the UP24 was having major issues when I went to buy mine...so now that I am ready to upgrade I will wait till the bugs get ironed out.0 -
The thing is: Two different people with the same height, same weight, and same age do the same workout, with exactly the same perceived effort. Everything seems to be the same but guess what: They burned a different amount of calories! And that is because everyone IS different. And that's where the BodyMedia sensors come in, measuring all that stuff that actually can calculate YOUR calorie burn.
No offense, but reading SezxyStef's statements gives me a headache! How is it possible to calibrate a device that measures your steps with an accelerator sensor on your wrist to be more accurate with your calorie burn? Skin temperature, heat flux, galvanic skin response, AND acceleration can give a somewhat accurate measurement. DavPul was right, only with food intake and weight a calibration could occur, but that would still be too vague.
Besides all that, how can anyone question the BodyMedia device's ability to calculate accurate caloric burn? There are so many studies that compared the BodyMedia's ability with science-backed methods (I have read a few). And that over years. How more clear can something be?
I suddenly start to believe SezxyStef tries to influence our view on Jawbone's devices....0 -
AlexBulkFit wrote: »I suddenly start to believe SezxyStef tries to influence our view on Jawbone's devices....
she's cool. she's vouching for a device that's working perfectly well for her. i'm sure it would work well for us too because let's face it, none of this tech is necessary to lose weight. i bulked and cut successfully without using anything but a scale, pen and paper and could do it again.
that said, the BMF makes SUPAH SIMPLE and was completely effortless. what SS isn't understanding how baffling it is for former BMF owners to see newer technology that regresses from the previous versions. I would be like the next generation Galaxy Note coming out and not having a pen, no front camera, and no bluetooth.0 -
AlexBulkFit wrote: »
I suddenly start to believe SezxyStef tries to influence our view on Jawbone's devices....
This was in regards to the new UP3...I have no issue with the BMF...I was actually surprised when they sold to Jawbone...
My surprise with the new Up3 is that it doesn't seem any different from my "old" Jawbone so just trying to give info to aid those who might be in the market for an Up3 to not bother as the Up24 or the older ones are just as good maybe better...
she's cool. she's vouching for a device that's working perfectly well for her. i'm sure it would work well for us too because let's face it, none of this tech is necessary to lose weight. i bulked and cut successfully without using anything but a scale, pen and paper and could do it again.
that said, the BMF makes SUPAH SIMPLE and was completely effortless. what SS isn't understanding how baffling it is for former BMF owners to see newer technology that regresses from the previous versions. I would be like the next generation Galaxy Note coming out and not having a pen, no front camera, and no bluetooth.
Maybe if I can find one I will purchase a BMF...
the bolded part with the Galaxy would not be funny at all...
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Okay, but talk to me about the app, though. That's what I really want, I think - an app that will take input from my sleep and activity levels and tell me things like "You know, you don't sleep so well when you work out after 8:00 pm, maybe you should not do that anymore." What other tracker/smartwatch/whatever has a comparable amount of information?0
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Larissa_NY wrote: »Okay, but talk to me about the app, though. That's what I really want, I think - an app that will take input from my sleep and activity levels and tell me things like "You know, you don't sleep so well when you work out after 8:00 pm, maybe you should not do that anymore." What other tracker/smartwatch/whatever has a comparable amount of information?
The app doesn't tell you that but if you are interested in stuff like that you can start correlating things.
I know that I sleep without waking the 2 nights my husband works, but not so much on his first 2 days off...but then I get used to him in the bed again....I sleep well.
The app does the following things:
food score - not a fan of that...
Trending in all aspects (sleep, steps, net calories, calories etc) in days weeks months
syncs with mapmyfitness and mfp
It gives me my total miles per week (smart coach)
average sleep per week (smart coach)
Of course sleep mode which is my favorite...wakes me with a vibration during a light sleep period. I never wake up feeling groggy anymore.
stop watch (track activity time)
Power nap function which uses recent sleep data to calculate optimal nap length...between 27-45 mins wakes you with the vibrations or you can set a time to nap
Idle alert which you can set
reminders
emails giving weekly data and updates.
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Actually the app tells me very similar stuff. It told me that when I sleep late I tend to have fewer steps throughout the next day so I should get up on time. It also told me that my resting heart rate was higher than average and I was probably dehydrated so I should track my water the next day. The app is pretty awesome and you can download the app without having an Up band, and use your phone to track steps. It's a lot less accurate, but it's a start.0
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Question for the group. I am considering getting a WiFi scale to track weight, bmi, fat %. The fitbit aria looks good, and I have a fitbit charge hr right now, so that extra integration will be nice. However, if jawbone gets their band working in the future, not sure if I want to be so invested in one eco system. I still prefer jawbone app more then fitbit app, and would go back if they get the new sensors working (maybe).
Withings has a more expensive scale, and it apparently doesn't integrate that we'll into UP either. Both do integrate with the MFP app, so wondering if I should just get the aria and if I swap to an up3 in the future, just use MFP to link the data....decisions decisions.
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This is kind of off-topic!0
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AlexBulkFit wrote: »This is kind of off-topic!
Sorry, you are right. Tried to delete but it won't let me.0 -
Took them six days, but they finally processed my cancellation.0
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