In his latest video, Tshaka tackles the holistic health behemoth of the Fitbit platform and it’s latest hardware offering, the Charge 5 fitness band. Other than onboard music and bluetooth for headphones, this device has it all. Heart rate monitoring, Afib detection, EDA, blood oxygenation, standalone GPS and more! But how accurate is that HRM? Is it worth it to pick up the premium subscription to maximize all of the data the tracker collects? Tshaka will walk you through it and help you decide if the Charge 5 is worth the charge to your credit card.

00:00 Intro
1:12 Charge 5 hardware. What’s different from the Charge 4?
2:09 Using the tracker: The Basics
4:30 Testing the heart rate monitor
5:04 Active zone minutes: turning your workouts into actionable feedback
5:45 The new EDA sensor and stress testing
6:18 Holistic health measurements. Helping the whole human
6:58 Silent alarms and Smart Wake
8:00 “Coming soon”: Daily readiness
8:19 Subscription features examined
9:14 The Fitbit platform: Powerful community features
9:32 Final thoughts: premium features, WearOS and data

For a chart of what you get for free and what exactly costs extra, look here: https://www.fitbit.com/global/us/products/services/premium (The items which say “Sense only” also apply to the Charge 5)

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37 thoughts on “Fitbit Charge 5 review: Holistic health guru comes at a cost 💸”
  1. I can't believe none of the reviews are talking about the battery dropping to 15% in 24 hours. This thing won't even go one full day without being charged. Fit bit needs to do a software patch to fix this. I have everything turned off. Brightness on low, heart rate off, heart zone off. Everything is OFF. It still can't go 2 days even though it advertises 7 days.

  2. I don't think the heart tracker review is so accurate. Just saw a post PhD guy from Vienna making throughout comparison with the same tracker (H10) as here and the results where disappointing. For me this is a no buy.

  3. Don't buy the Charge 5. It's a broken, half baked, POS. I've had one for 12 days now and it's absolute garbage. GPS does nothing but drain battery.

  4. I was really thinking about this watch, but the one thing I want to track ( sleeping ) is part of the subscription service. If it was half as much I would maybe consider it, but at $10 a month I cant justify it. The watch looks beautiful though.

  5. Great review! Very helpful
    How do you like the size of this?
    I was planning to buy Luxe cuz of its size but liked this more because of feature.

  6. Thank you so much for this video. I just ordered a charge 5, and you made the data easy to understand. I'm subscribing to your channel. I like the was you present.

  7. I wish the screen size was bigger. It looks the same size as Charge 4 with large bezels. With smartphones we're used to near full screen displays now.

  8. Appreciate the down to earth and also informative review. Well done. The heart rate is the most important aspect as it defines every other metric. And looks like they nailed it.

    Also fun fact for those who want premium for less your insurance will half the price of a sub.

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