Related: Have a look at the Misfit Shine review After that, you’ll just need to just charge your Fuelband to full, which takes about 3-4 hours, and you’ll be off and exercising. If you’ve got a Nike account you can login immediately or sign up. Don’t worry, you can later customize the Fuel number to whatever you’d like, but Nike offers three presets: 2000 (normal), 3000 (active day) and 5000 (high-energy day). Once installed you’ll be walked through a quick setup process where upon you’ll enter your age, height, weight as well as your desired daily Fuel goal. Once plugged in, you’ll need to head to /setup where you’ll be prompted to download the accompanying software. Instead the clasp doubles a USB plug, though Nike includes a cord for those using a desktop or aren’t comfortable plugging the band directly into their computer’s USB port. Unlike many of today’s smartphone and similar products, the Fuelband doesn’t use a micro or mini USB port. To get the Fuelband up and running I simply had to plug it into my computer. If you’d rather go with a watch, take a look at our Garmin Forerunner 210 GPS review instead. By design, and logically I might add, the information resets everyday at 12am since the goals are designed around a single day. There are also 100 white LEDs that spell out your total steps taken, calories burned and your Fuel number for the day. Leveraging the popularity of rubber wrist bands, such as Livestrong Lance Armstrong bands, is Nike’s Fuelband bracelet, which is arguably the best fitness tracker today.Įmbedded into the bracelect’s face, in addition to a single rubber coated button, are 20 LED lights which indicate how close you are to achieving your daily Fuel goal. Nike’s Plus service emerged a few years ago, and while it provides much needed information for runners, it was, and is, hardly an everyday accessory to help you keep track of your daily activities. Those of the younger, more stylish generation are attracted to sleeker looking products that complement their lifestyle, not ones that contradict it. There is nothing cool, rad or hip about them. But let’s be honest, they’re for middle aged, over weight women.

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