After some hesitation, I finally bought a Fitbit a few weeks ago. For those who're not aware of what it is, have a look at the Fitbit website and browse around. To summarize though, the Fitbit is a device that can track your activity throughout the day, providing you with a breakdown of your sedentary vs. active times, how many steps/stairs you took all day, sleep records, etc.

I've been very happy with the Fitbit. The biggest eye opener for me is how good I am at going up stairs rather than taking the elevator On a typical workday I go up 30-40 floors. The sleep tracker is also very interesting, my sleep efficiency seems to be very high but I don't get enough sleep, averaging less than 6 hours every night The challenge now is to be more active at work, walk more, not sit down too much. The Fitbit lets me track this, on top of the regular workouts I already do.

Biggest cons for the Fitbit (aside from the US$99 price) is the food log which sucks big time. Very western oriented and not very comprehensive even then. The good news is that Fitbit is integrating with MyFitnessPal soon which has far better food tracking including the typical malaysian fare.

Anyone else have questions please feel free to post here. I'm not selling anything, just a happy user

This post has been edited by tishaban: Jan 6 2012, 06:34 PM

Yep the sleep tracking is the most interesting part IMO, I wanted to go for the Jawbone Up device which is similar but has better sleep tracking. Unfortunately Jawbone pulled the Up from the market due to parts failures so I'll get it next time around when it's available again.

peh, will PM you as well. I got mine in the US, going again this weekend so if anyone wants to do a group buy of the Fitbit please PM me separately. It will be around RM360 (Fitbit + small fee). I can probably arrange a quick TT so that you can see what you're getting and how the Fitbit really works, what it tracks, how it integrates into MyFitnesspal etc.

Anyone interested like I said please post here or PM.

This post has been edited by tishaban: Feb 13 2012, 11:12 PM

akujep sorry friend I don't have cheap access to Fitbits yet. I'll let you know when/if I can get more.

I'm ordering the Fitbit Charge HR from the US latest by Monday Feb 16th, if anyone wants to tumpang please reply or PM me.

This post has been edited by tishaban: Feb 15 2015, 11:36 AM

Amazon is a collection of vendors with Amazon themselves being one of the biggest vendor. Some vendors ship internationally, many don't. Amazon ships internationally for some products, but many others can't be shipped to Malaysia.

To answer your question, when you're searching make sure you check the option to ship internationally or ship to Malaysia, that way you only see the vendors that ship to Malaysia. You need to be signed in to your account, and your default shipping address must be in Malaysia.

Sorry princess, a bit late. I placed some orders already although I skipped the Fitbit Charge HR and am planning to go for the Jawbone Up3 instead although it's realistically only going to be out sometime in May/June...

The Fitbit Charge HR is also sold out in many places right now, so people are selling it for $200 instead of the standard $150...


This post has been edited by tishaban: Feb 24 2015, 08:53 PM