The original FitBit featured teal accents the Ultra comes with your choice of either blue or plum. It displays so-called "chatter" messages, too, that are supposed to encourage you to keep moving (even though that super-sized milkshake is causing you some serious side cramps.Īnd of course, there are the aesthetics. In addition, the Ultra lets you check the time and includes a stopwatch so that you can manually time various activities.
From there, your statistics go to your online profile, where you can peruse details, monitor your progress (or lack thereof) and redouble your dedication to getting into shape. A little flower avatar "grows" as you become active it gets shorter if laziness takes hold.Įvery time you pass within 15 feet (4.5 meters) of its wireless base station, FitBit automatically offloads a cornucopia of numbers. So if it's late in the day and you still have 8,000 steps to get to your goal of 15,000, you know it's time to get going, and fast.
The clip has a built-in OLED ( organic light-emitting diode) that scrolls current activity data. Thrashing around at midnight because of that quadruple latte you gulped at 4 p.m.? FitBit will know. It knows when you go to bed, how frequently you awaken and how long you lie prostrate, staring at the ceiling, pondering unmet deadlines. It's also sensitive enough to detect just how vigorous your motions are, which differentiates a slow stroll from a jog that consumes far more calories.Īt night, you slip the FitBit into a wristband so it can monitor your sleep quality. Throughout the day, FitBit logs a range of data about your activities, including the number of steps you take, distance traversed and calories burned.
About the size of a clothes pin, the FitBit is shaped like a clip, which you can easily slide into your pants pocket or onto a bra strap, as it's only around 2 inches (5 centimeters) long and about half an inch (1.2 centimeters) thick.
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