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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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.
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.
Refreshing
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.
So many Amazon 1 star reviews keep talking about a mandatory $80 membership for their nee features. Is that true?
swim good
Love this guy. Great review.
Putting Deepak Chopra into the video plummeted the credibility of the content
nice review now go have a cheddar cheese omelette 🙂
In your opinion do you think it would look/feel bulky on a small wrist?
batter life?
Paying a subscription fee after paying $180 for a tracker? Also the Fitbit app doesn't work on my s21 ultra. Emails with Fitbit acknowledge it as well.
Great video but I love the energy though 💯
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.
im at a cross, should i get charge 5 or the sense
As Jackie Stewart said … "through experience comes knowledge, through knowledge comes wisdom".
It's gets boring and annoying when people keep using north Indian music to represent India. Please try using south Indian music
Awesome review
Tshaka's reviews always have so much quantitative data as well as personality, which I absolutely adore. Another fantastic review, thank you very much sir!
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.
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.
Wow this was much better than expected! Best Charge 5 review ive found so far.
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.
Looks good and seems lite weight
I was bummed after reading the verge article but this video made me happy about my pre-order.
This was a great review. You touched on it at the end built in gps and depth of the app is what seals it for me. Thanks
The community is so good that they still haven't implemented kJ read outs on the watch face despite having years of requests.
I'm still buying one though 😉
Change I change my Spotify songs with it?
Impatiently awaiting my order.
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.
Gotta say Tshaka always comin through with exactly whats relevant to me. Great addition to the channel but Id pay him extra to clean up his desk 😛
Is that a Spawn poster ? Awesome 🤘🏻
Tshaka is my favorite part of the android authority channel now.
Daamn this video is lit🔥🔥🔥
So down to earth. I have been debating the charge 5 and now I have a solid rec
It also has ECG feature?
Tshaka is nice pace of change…