Features:

  • Imported
  • Start dynamic personalized workouts on your wrist with step-by-step coaching. Syncing range: Up to 30 feet. Certain features like smartphone notifications may require Android 5.0+. Syncs with Mac OS X 10.6 and up, iPhone 4S and later, iPad 3 gen. and later, Android 4.4 and later and Windows 10 devices
  • Store and play 300+ songs, plus download playlists from Pandora
  • Use built-in GPS/GLONASS to track pace, distance & routes and get Pure Pulse continuous heart rate tracking & real-time zones
  • Package includes both large and small size bands for the perfect, comfortable fit for all-day & all-night wear
  • Access your favorite apps for sports, weather & more and make payments on the go with a built-in NFC chip. Durable screen - corning gorilla glass 3 is tough and damage resistant
  • Track runs, swims, rides, workouts, all day activity and sleep with 4+ day battery life (varies with use & other factors)
  • Increased pixels & amplified brightness up to 1000 nits, Operating temperature: -4 degree to 113 degree fahrenheit, Maximum operating altitude: 30,000 feet
  • Buy with confidence when your Fitbit product ‘ships from and is sold by’ the following authorized Fitbit retailers: Amazon.com, Heart Rate Monitors USA and Clever Training. Fitbit does not guarantee the quality or authenticity of products purchased from non-authorized resellers on Amazon, and they are not eligible for warranty and replacement from Fitbit.
  • The minimum and maximum circumference range between 140 - 206 millimeters
This is the watch for avid exercisers who like to keep track of everything and for swimmers and very stylish looking!

Like most Fitbits, it is hard to get everything programmed - I had a time getting wireless headphones paired, but once I did, this watch is great. The big pluses are that it is waterproof, has a GPS, and you can listen to music without a phone with you. It is going to be great when the weather is better for long walks. It keeps track of several types of exercise, including swimming so that is another plus. The bands cannot be easily taken off though, so putting on different bands is probably not an option for most people, but I like the way the watch looks - very classy looking. Different watch faces can be used as well - otherwise it is very similar to the Blaze which had the same issues and advantages. Fitbit watches have a history of lasting a year or less, so I will be interested to see how long this one lasts. If you are an avid exerciser, this is the watch for you. Otherwise, probably the Blaze works just as well (and easier to use different bands) and less expensive. I had both and do prefer the Ionic because I am a numbers person and want to know all the statistics! Love the sleep statistics - available on both the Blaze and Ionic.

Easy to read and accurate

Easy to read and accurate. This smartwatch actually reads heart rate accurately AND without having to be completely still while the device takes a reading. I have had several other "smart" watches in the past and not one of them could give me an accurate heart rate - this one does and that alone is impressive. Also unlike most smart watches, this one can be easily read in the dark AND in direct sunlight. It was a bit tricky to get set up initially and the update it downloaded took 3 tries to do before it finally installed and updated - now it works great. I am not overly fond of the proprietary magnetic charge connector but it does work if you're not too rough with it. The watch holds a charge really well - I have not charged it in two days yet the battery level is down only to 69%. Pros: easy to read, intuitive menus and display, accurate heart rate, very good battery life, comfortable to wear. Cons: was a time consuming pain in the neck to update and get set up. Initially refused to connect to my Asus wifi router - I had to make a few changes in the router to get it to connect. Once I did that, it connected immediately. Screen saver timeout is not currently adjustable and only stays on for 2-3 seconds. Not enough usable watch faces to choose from (that will change) Not enough apps to choose from (that will change too) Bottom line: I'm impressed and I am not easily impressed about technology anything. Beats the heck out of any apple watch hands down.

Very Happy Customer (Former Avid Polar User)

I love the Fitbit Iconic! I have always been a Polar user and a happy one. I started considering switching because most of my friends are Fitbit users and I wanted to be able to track with them being the only Polar user in the group. I was very hesitant because my M400 had so many features I did not want to lose. I'm so happy I made the switch. The Iconic not only matches the features of the M400 but actually exceeds them. The only difference is the heart rate is tracked through the wrist and not the heart rate band. I've compared the accuracy of both the M400 and the Iconic to machines in the gym and found no difference in accuracy. If this isn't enough to convince you to switch the style comparison alone should be. It is a color touch screen with a customizable interface. The bands are even interchangeable and extremely easy to switch out. Not tools required. Just make sure it snaps in completely. You should hear a snap.

I love this device

I think that it is time that I wrote a review on the Fitbit ionic. I love this device. It has really changed things for me. I am interested in the Fitbit Ionic as a method of measuring my exercise and am less interested in having a smart watch. This bias may influence my opinion of the watch. I love the fact that the Fitbit shows my course and heartrate for an exercise session. I used to do this manually with my phone t generate a gpx file, but such generated files only include my exercise path and did not include other interesting information about my heart rate while I exercised. Such gpx files also did not suggest a calorie count. When I go on bike rides, the watch reminds me to stop the recording at the end of the ride and this often works very well. When I go on walks, I sometimes forget to turn the recording off at the end of the walk. On my laptop, the web interface for exploring an exercise is a bit sluggish, but I can export the exercise as a tcx file and use local software (not hard to find) to look at it and this works well. Sleep tracking is also cool. I have a lot of work to do in this area. Unfortunately, fixing my sleeping problems is proving a bit tricky. I have also become more aware of how my heart performs when I exercise. I don't know how useful this is but it is motivating and interesting. My resting heart rate is good (50 bpm) but, although I don't feel this, my heart has clearly aged. At the high end, the rates that my heart rate can achieve are noticeably lower than they were when I was 25 years younger. The thing that I am currently excited about with the Fitbit is that it is helping me lose weight. On January 14 of this year, I weighed 228 pounds and I now (March 18) weigh 210 pounds. This represents a steady weight loss of about 2 pounds per week over a two month period. I have always been pretty active but I have through my life always been gaining weight. What the Fitbit did for me was to make calorie counting easy. I was able to correlate my eating and my exercise to make changes in my weight. There has been much discussion as of late (maybe always) about the accuracy of the Fitbit Ionic's measurements. I will start with the one that is easiest to test. I suspect that the heart rate measurements are pretty accurate. They seem to be generally consistent though there are some occasional anomalous readings which I am sure are wrong. I have started testing the Fitbit Ionic against the heart rate measurements of the polar H10 chest strap. In my first test the readings were spot on (though the Fitbit is a little less responsive to sudden changes in heart rate. I am going to do some more experiments with my bicycle rides and I will post more information if there are any surprises. The measurement of calories seems more suspect though. A friend and I have noticed that different programs will take similar or the same data and calculate different calorie results based on this data. When I tested the Fitbit Ionic against the polar h10, they both calculated different numbers for the calories burned for the same exercise (the polar's numbers were about 2/3rds that of the fitbit). My suspicion is that maybe this does not matter though. Counting calories only sounds precise; for me my estimation of calories burned and calories eaten are not exact numbers. I am not completely sure how many calories are in that burrito that I eat from a nearby restaurant. Even the measurement of my weight seems to include a lot of noise in it. I have measured my weight at different times in the same day and had different results. The trick is to get a feel for how these numbers are related and to adjust them to get the result that you want. I think that I will have a better idea on how this works when I try to stabilize my weight (I am aiming at 190 pounds hopefully in the summer sometime). I will probably wean myself off of the daily calorie counting that I do now but - if everything goes well - I am planning on using calorie counting as a tool to keep my weight stable.

Slick Device

I enjoyed my Charge HR 2 a great deal and knew early on I was going to buy the Ionic barring any release surprises. So I waited for some customer reviews vs. professional reviews and took the plunge a few days ago. I’m glad I did. I think it’s a great, natural, and substantial, upgrade to the Charge HR 2. Some immediate first impressions: 1) It’s crazy lightweight. I don’t know if officially it’s lighter than the Charge HR 2 but it feels like it on my wrist. Despite this it feels solid and sturdy, not cheap. 2) The touch screen is more reactive than my Charge HR 2. The one issue I had with that device is that sometimes I had to touch the screen a number of times for it to react. It feels like there is a sweet spot for the Ionic in so far as learning where you should press the various on screen buttons and areas but it’s consistent throughout the interface. Once I picked up on that I’ve rarely had to click something twice. 3) The clarity of the screen is amazing. Sharp detail and crisp colors. Other notes: 1) I really, really, really like that Fitbit didn’t shy away from adding more tactile buttons on the side vs. going with full touch screen control. I know this probably will come down to a personal preference for most people but there is an important difference to me between full touch screen control on a device such as a phone that you’re going to want to stop and look at compared to something like a watch. When I’m moving or exercising I don’t want to stop or pause and fiddle with extra touch screen swiping. As cool as that is I just want to press a button and go without having to look at anything. This might come down alongside people’s expectations as to what this device is. I feel like Fitbit has been pretty clear that the Ionic is more of a Fitness focused device with smartwatch features whereas something like the Apple Watch seems to be a smartwatch focused device with fitness features. The former is what I expected and wanted so I’m pleased. 2) On the phone side I like the integration of the Ionic with the Fitbit app. As you can imagine there are more things you can control than with the more basic Fitbit models. Uninstalling apps is quick and easy. As there is no app store yet I can’t say what installing apps is like but it looks as easy as installing anything else on a smartphone. 3) Rearranging how things are displayed on the watch itself is easy as well. There are various display options through the app and through the watch screen. Long press on an app icon on the watch face itself, for instance, allows you to rearrange the order in which the apps are displayed so you can position your most used apps in the front and not have to keep swiping through all of them to access the ones you use most often. Not a big deal now but could be once the number of available apps expands. Adding and removing exercises can be done through the phone app. So if you never use it for swimming or biking you can take that off the list so it’s one less option you have to swipe through on the watch itself. 4) I’ve read some reviews commenting on the size of the watch. I’ve never thought about whether I have big or small wrists - so I guess I’d call them “normal” for an adult male. Either way, it fits me just fine and looks proportionally in line with a what a regular watch would be. I feel like some of the pictures from both users and Fitbit can give the impression the device is bigger than it actually is for some reason, but for me, size wise it looks and feels like most of the other smart or “dumb” watches I’ve worn throughout the years. The “dumb” watches I’ve had however are usually the round, metal, nautical styled watches which do seem to lean towards being a larger type of watch so that may affect my view of the Ionic’s size. The Ionic is certainly no bigger than those though. 5) I don’t really like the band it comes with. It’s as nice and sturdy as the other default Fitbit device bands but they dropped the normal watch “strap loop” for a solution in which you snap the band into one of the holes on the band itself. It’s just as sturdy and holds it in place just as well but snapping it in when you put it on is kind of annoying as you have to press it into your wrist fairly hard to get it locked into place. It’s a small thing but it feels like one of those situations where they implemented a solution in search of a problem. I saw Fitbit offers an accessory band that does have the loop. If the default band annoys me enough I’ll probably get that. Those are my impressions. I like it a lot. I think it’s really slick and shows Fitbit is still heading in a direction of not just fitness tracking but efficient fitness tracking. That efficient part is just as important to me as the device. I want all the bells, whistles, and breakthroughs of modern fitness tracking but I don’t want to spend a lot of time sorting through extra stuff, or going through extra steps, to get to all of it. As a side note, I didn’t know I wanted access to the weather on my watch but apparently I did as I keep checking it for no reason…

Excellent product. I've been wearing it for a week ...

Excellent product. I've been wearing it for a week now and I love how lightweight and comfortable it is to wear. It actually feels lighter than my Charge 2, but that may be because of better weight distribution. I was shocked by how nice it is to leave my phone behind and go running with just this and my bluetooth headphones. The upload time for music over wifi was painless. It took a while, but once it gets started, you can leave your laptop behind and let the download commence as do other things around the house. My suggested improvements are more control over the watch via the desktop app. I am a huge alarm user, and it was really easy to set them up on my laptop and then sync them over to my Charge. On the Ionic, you have to set them up solely through the watch itself. I am sure this will be patched via a software update sometime in the near future. Aesthetically, I love the way it looks in person. I thought it looked a too retro from online pics, but it really grew on me. The biggest fashion faux paus, is the ugly grey/purple band that comes with the silver model. Seriously Fitbit, who picked out that color as the default for stainless steel? I guess they were trying to navigate that fine line of appealing to both men and women, and ended up disappointing both. Thankfully, there are plenty of very affordable replacement bands on Amazon. I ordered the Stainless Steel Milanese Loop for 9.99 with free prime shipping and it should arrive later this week. I will update this review with pictures once it arrives. I had the same type of band on my Charge and got compliments on it all the time. Welp, I'm off to get stomped by girlfriend again in another "work week challenge." Cheers.

Beats Apple Watch on Fitness

I labored over the decision to get a Fitbit Ionic or an Apple Watch. I even borrowed borrowed my wife’s Apple Watch for 2 weeks. Ultimately I realized that the software experience around fitness for the Apple Watch is severely lacking. You’ll love the Ionic if you’re a runner, swimmer or generally enjoy tracking your fitness closely. This includes activity, GPS, heart rate and sleep. Also, the sleep tracking is something the Apple Watch will never be able to offer because of battery considerations. So far I love my Ionic. I’m really hoping Fitbit can successfully replicate the awesome app ecosystem that Pebble created prior to being acquired by Fitbit.

Loving the Ionic! Stunning screen, great battery life, waterproof!

I'm a seasoned FitBit owner -- I've had the Blaze and the Charge 2. My Blaze worked just fine and I really enjoyed it, but I was really drawn to the aesthetic of the new FitBit Ionic (does anyone else want to call it the "Iconic" instead?). First of all, the Ionic is, in my opinion, very sleek. I love the design. It looks incredibly stylish! And the screen is just gorgeous. Bright, crisp, and incredibly responsive. Even in bright sunlight, the Ionic screen is sharp and vivid. I'm in awe of how stunning it is compared to the Blaze and that was honestly the biggest selling feature for me. I could barely see my Blaze screen out in the sun, but with the Ionic, I had no problem seeing the screen at all while walking in the Florida sunshine. Set up was easy. I'd say the initial update and install took about 30-45 minutes. My device came with about half battery life. I immediately swapped out the band it came with for one I bought on Amazon the day I ordered my Ionic. Detaching the bands on the Ionic is so much easier than the Blaze. Very easy to snap in place and they hold on strong. Heart rate seems extremely accurate. I've taken my own pulse to test it and the Ionic was always spot on. I love that you can reorganize the apps in the watch (hold down on the app and then you can shuffle it between screens, similar to how you would rearrange apps on your iPhone). I then removed apps I don't plan on using right now (Strava, Pandora). I was also very happy to take my dogs for a walk using the built-in GPS without being required to have my phone with me. It worked incredibly well to track our walk around the neighborhood and again -- the big, bright screen was so easy to see! After my morning workout, I promptly tested the Ionic in the shower. I didn't think I'd want to shower with it, but now I absolutely will! I love being able to check the time in the shower (silly, I know) and now I won't miss out on steps walking to and from the bedroom. While FitBit does say you can take the Ionic into the ocean, I, personally, would not because of salt build up. The Ionic is so beautiful that I'd hate to see it soiled with the salt build up. The magnetic charger is also a nice touch and I'm thrilled it will tell you the battery life % when you connect it. I hated that on the Blaze I couldn't see the exact battery life %, which is a nice feature of the Charge 2. As far as battery life of the Ionic goes, like I said, the device came with about a half full battery. I plugged it in to charge during the initial set up and install of the device and then promptly put it on my wrist. I'm very impressed with the battery life so far, it's definitely better than the Blaze. I have notifications on for texts and emails, I've been playing with it pretty consistently, and I did one GPS walk with my dogs and I'm still at 69% over 24 hours later. That is incredible! I haven't tried to upload my own music yet and FitBit Pay and Wallet features are lacking in my area, so for now I'm going to skip it. Overall, I've had a greatly positive experience so far with the Ionic.

Spot on!

Love it! Came with half a charge and lasted for over 2 days on just that... Would have lasted more but I an opportune chance to charge and decided to take it. The screen is crisp and clear, not bulky at all. Design was well thought out and totally awesome that there are customizable clock faces! I've had several styles of Fitbits... This is by far my favorite. I haven't been daring enough to dunk it in water yet, but I'm sure that day will come soon! Seems to track my activity better as well. Not many apps but I'm not sure what else I would use it for! And.. being Fitbit, I'm sure more will show up soon as it's a newer version and this is their flagship model to essentially rival Apple's 3rd version of their smart watch. Essentially, it tracks my daily activity as I like, provides subtle motivation that I need, but stays out of my way enough to let me get on with my VERY BUSY life! Plus the notification array helps keep me moving when things can wait or helps alert me when there's something I need to shift my focus to for a moment. Very pleased and excited to see how the new Ionic evolves.

Best health/activity tracker on the market - battery life makes a huge difference!

If your primary purchase decision is a health/activity tracker, get the Fitbit Ionic. If you want a smart watch with a bunch of features (that you really will not use), get the Apple Watch. As a former Apple watch user I really love this. First, it looks great (I always thought the apple watch face was too small on my wrist) and the various tracking capabilities are super robust and accurate. The most understated feature is the battery life! I cannot tell you how frustrating having to charge your watch every day is. It also makes other watches useless for my favorite functionality - sleep tracking. Sleep cycle patterns are really insightful is already impacting how long I allocate to sleeping and tracking how slight tweaks to my "sleeping experience" (different pillows, oil diffusers, etc) impacts my light sleep vs deep sleep, etc. Features - No, it does not have all the features or apps of the apple watch. However, I promise you will not use most of them. You may think you will send texts from your watch, but you really won't. Most apps for the apple watch are super gimmicky and basically just scrunch an awesome phone app experience into a much smaller and less useful interface. For me - tracking heart rates, activity, sleeping patterns is the most important aspect of a smart watch (below). Tracking - This sets the Fitbit far apart from any other smart watch. I do not think the apple watch is even comparable here, though to be fair i think they are trying to achieve different things. In this regard, I guess it's better to compare the Fitbit to some of the Garmin watches. For awhile, the Fitbit lagged behind Garmin for accurate heart rate and elevation tracking. While I do not own a Garmin, i have played around with them and from everything I have read the gap is closed in terms of accuracy. I really like how the Fitbit automatically detects different activities. I don't know how it works but it somehow knew when I took a bike ride a few days ago, which I thought was awesome. Also, tracking V02 max (basically how well your body uses oxygen and thus how fit you are) and comparing this to age benchmarks is pretty cool (I don't believe this is a part of the apple watch offering). Interface - I have read reviews about the laggy user interface and difficulties syncing, etc. Not sure if this was resolved with a software patch but I haven't experienced this at all. The interface seems very responsive to me and it syncs to my phone whenever I open the app. I haven't used the Fitbit pay yet, though it seems pretty cool (in theory). The Fitbit app - last point to mention is that the Fitbit app is awesome and has been consistently getting more useful as time goes on. I really like how they compare your health and fitness to benchmark standards for your age. I find myself opening it multiple times a day, which I never did with my apple watch/apple health app. In conclusion - I obviously really like my Ionic. I usually don't post amazon reviews but I found myself frustrated by articles that seem to miss the point of having a tracker on your wrist. I don't know if those reviewers are just apple fanboys, but man, I rarely used the apple watch for more than checking the time. The concept of a "smart watch" has changed in my mind after owning one. For me at least, fitness tracking is the most attractive use-case here and the Ionic is the gold standard for this. Stop reading reviews hung up on the lack of being able to send a text message. Get this watch and start seeing yourself caring much more about your overall well being. Not sure how to verify this isn't a paid for review other than you checking my user history or posting a photo of it on my wrist/ order form. I ordered it direct on the Fitbit site (attached the order form). Also, I ordered the leather band (pricey, I know) but have not received it yet. I actually really like the blue/grey band though. Hope this helps your decision!

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