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Hey, you seem to know to be an enthusiast about fitness tracking, can you give me a quick advice? I want a fitness tracker, but I don't want the display. I wan

Hey, you seem to know to be an enthusiast about fitness tracking, can you give me a quick advice? I want a fitness tracker, but I don't want the display. I want it to be lightweight and comfortable to wear, ideally wrapping around my wrist. Sweat-proof. Pedometer, accelerometer, and have decent sleep tracking. A killer feature for me for me would be measuring jumps, as in rope jumps. Does something resembling this exist somewhere?

somberi 12y ago
@blumkvist. I own and use Argus (on the Iphone), FitBit and a Garmin Forerunner and in that order. The way I "teach" Argus is to first create a sample set of data and add it as an "new" exercise. In your case, I would count the number of jumps you do in a minute, obtain the calories burned online, and feed both into Argus. With Garmin afaik you cannot do that. FitBit has a funky "Steps climbed". I don't know what to make of the number it shows.
- yaur 12y ago
  Fitbit uses a barometer/altimeter to work out the floors climbed so in place jumping shouldn't trigger it.
  - blumkvist 12y ago
    Is this too hard to make? Shouldn't 3 axis accelerometer be able to do it out of the box, if you program it? If somebody from these companies is reading... this is a killer feature! Lots of people jump and would throw money at you if you can integrate it into a fitness app.
    - yaur 12y ago
      Suunto supports third party "apps" and has a "rope skipping" app[1]. Can't vouch for its accuracy (I'm personally more interested in hiking/climbing features), but it exists. http://www.movescount.com/apps/app10028993-Rope_Skipping_R3 http://www.movescount.com/apps/app10028993-Rope_Skipping_R3
lhl 12y ago
In theory the Amiigo does what you want. In practice... well the device and software is pretty rough at the moment. I'd send you mine but I lost the shoe clip part already and I'm not sure if it works w/o it (it complained every time I loaded the app about it being missing).
brlewis 12y ago
I think the Jawbone Up might fit that description; I know Fitbit Flex does (the Fitbit tracker ethompson must be referring to as a "Fitbit"; the other 3 shipping Fitbit trackers all have displays, as do the 2 that aren't shipping yet). I just did 20 jumps as if jumping rope and my Fitbit Charge counted 20 steps, so I bet there's a way to get your killer feature. I work for Fitbit in site engineering; I don't speak for Fitbit -- this is my opinion, not necessarily my employer's.

somberi 12y ago

@blumkvist. I own and use Argus (on the Iphone), FitBit and a Garmin Forerunner and in that order. The way I "teach" Argus is to first create a sample set of data and add it as an "new" exercise. In your case, I would count the number of jumps you do in a minute, obtain the calories burned online, and feed both into Argus. With Garmin afaik you cannot do that. FitBit has a funky "Steps climbed". I don't know what to make of the number it shows.

yaur 12y ago
Fitbit uses a barometer/altimeter to work out the floors climbed so in place jumping shouldn't trigger it.
- blumkvist 12y ago
  Is this too hard to make? Shouldn't 3 axis accelerometer be able to do it out of the box, if you program it? If somebody from these companies is reading... this is a killer feature! Lots of people jump and would throw money at you if you can integrate it into a fitness app.
  - yaur 12y ago
    Suunto supports third party "apps" and has a "rope skipping" app[1]. Can't vouch for its accuracy (I'm personally more interested in hiking/climbing features), but it exists. http://www.movescount.com/apps/app10028993-Rope_Skipping_R3 http://www.movescount.com/apps/app10028993-Rope_Skipping_R3

lhl 12y ago

In theory the Amiigo does what you want. In practice... well the device and software is pretty rough at the moment. I'd send you mine but I lost the shoe clip part already and I'm not sure if it works w/o it (it complained every time I loaded the app about it being missing).

brlewis 12y ago

I think the Jawbone Up might fit that description; I know Fitbit Flex does (the Fitbit tracker ethompson must be referring to as a "Fitbit"; the other 3 shipping Fitbit trackers all have displays, as do the 2 that aren't shipping yet). I just did 20 jumps as if jumping rope and my Fitbit Charge counted 20 steps, so I bet there's a way to get your killer feature. I work for Fitbit in site engineering; I don't speak for Fitbit -- this is my opinion, not necessarily my employer's.