Microsoft Canada is offering a free $25 eGift card with the purchase of the Fitbit Charge in small or large. The Fitbit Charge retails for $149 but is now on sale for $134.10 with free shipping. The $25 gift card is a nice gift back to yourself.
I price compared the Fitbit Charge with other popular retailers to see if there was a sale on the device anywhere. Here is what I found:
- $149.99 @ Best Buy Canada
- $149.95 @ Walmart Canada
- $149.95 @ Chapters Indigo Canada
- $149.99 @ Future Shop Canada (small slate @ $139.99)
Microsoft Canada's deal is by far the best. Their price is better than anywhere else and no one else is offering a free gift card with purchase. Microsoft's offer is available on both the black small and the black large Fitbit Charge.
Like many other fitness devices, the Fitbit Charge shows you:
- Steps taken
- Distance traveled
- Calories burned
- Stairs climbed
- Active minutes
In fact, the stairs climbed feature generally only appears in the higher end fitness devices. I read a review for a lower end model that was missing the ability to read incline so steps up stairs and steps on a flat surface were rated as the same calories burned. As we all know, activity that is more strenuous burns more calories so stairs climbed and steps walked are not equivalent. One reviewer at Walmart said:
I bought this about a month ago and have only charged it once! I wear everyday all day.....tracking my steps.....! I never thought I could burned so many calories just walking.
Now, you may just think this is a glorified pedometer. However, Fitbit Charge communicates with an app on your phone to improve your fitness levels. As Fitness Charge is already talking to your phone, the OLED display will give you caller ID when you receive calls. How cool is that?
At night, the Fitbit Charge tracks your sleep. Wake up to a silent, vibrating alarm instead of that horribly loud blare of the iPhone alarm. I think this is my favourite feature of all - a silent alarm for easier mornings. I am not inclined to be a morning person so silence IS bliss.
The Fitbit Charge will last a long time on just one charge. That means less time on the charger and more time on your wrist (or ankle). The sale expiry is unknown.
(Gift Card expiry: 1st April 2015)
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