Overall, I am pretty pleased with the Leaf's performance.
I'll take you through an average day of the Fitbit vs. the Leaf, for Monday August 24th.
As you can see, both of the fitness trackers captured my small periods of minor activity plus the two hikes on Monday.
It is very accurate during designated hikes.
Many hikes ranging from 1.25-2 miles were performed. Many thousands of steps were manually counted using a fingers-and-dry-garbanzo-beans-in-the-cup-holders-of-the-stroller method. Hikes were done with and without the stroller, and with and without the dog.
When worn on a short necklace, long necklace, shirt, bra, waist of pants, and as a bracelet, the steps were extremely accurate, only off by up to 3%. The two fitness monitors were often only 2-10 steps apart.
There was one exception... when holding on to the stroller with both hands, the fitness monitors on the wrist were both too low. The fitbit clocked in at 8% too low, while the Leaf was a whopping 59% too low! So, if you're walking with something like a stroller or shopping cart, just be aware that the Leaf will record less than half your steps if you wear it on your wrist.
Daily steps and mileage are a little... saggy.
The Leaf has been very consistently under-counting my around-the-house "soft" steps by about 700-900 steps per day, or about 10%.
It also does not count my nighttime steps (seen above as the purple dots in the Leaf App photo), since it thinks I am asleep. For this reason the Fitbit gives me about 300 extra steps per night. This makes the step count more like 12-14% too low for the leaf.
Since Bellabeat claims that the Leaf is accurate to 5%, I am reporting the information to them in the hopes that they update the app to be slightly more sensitive to the movement that the Leaf records. They have already done this at least once. I hear that it's in the plans to update the app so that I can change my stride length, and I am looking forward to that too.
It's time to pass the Fitbit on to the husband.
Now that I know what to expect from the Leaf, I am handing the Fitbit over to Ryan. I am primarily trying to get in about 3 miles hiked per day on top of my regular around-the-house activity, so the Leaf covers my main purpose for using a step tracker.
The Fitbit's nickname was the Titbit, because I always wore it on my bra. I am really enjoying the flexibility of wearing the Leaf visibly as a necklace or on my shirt now, and also sometimes as a bracelet. I've had a few compliments on it when out in public, but they seem surprised when I mention that it's a fitness tracker. Torin likes it too, and will gently flip it over to look at the shiny back side... and the front side... and the back side... and the front side.
Tomorrow's post will be about the Leaf and its sleep tracking... stay tuned!
I'll take you through an average day of the Fitbit vs. the Leaf, for Monday August 24th.
The Leaf App:
The Fitbit App:
As you can see, both of the fitness trackers captured my small periods of minor activity plus the two hikes on Monday.
It is very accurate during designated hikes.
Many hikes ranging from 1.25-2 miles were performed. Many thousands of steps were manually counted using a fingers-and-dry-garbanzo-beans-in-the-cup-holders-of-the-stroller method. Hikes were done with and without the stroller, and with and without the dog.
When worn on a short necklace, long necklace, shirt, bra, waist of pants, and as a bracelet, the steps were extremely accurate, only off by up to 3%. The two fitness monitors were often only 2-10 steps apart.
There was one exception... when holding on to the stroller with both hands, the fitness monitors on the wrist were both too low. The fitbit clocked in at 8% too low, while the Leaf was a whopping 59% too low! So, if you're walking with something like a stroller or shopping cart, just be aware that the Leaf will record less than half your steps if you wear it on your wrist.
Daily steps and mileage are a little... saggy.
The Leaf has been very consistently under-counting my around-the-house "soft" steps by about 700-900 steps per day, or about 10%.
It also does not count my nighttime steps (seen above as the purple dots in the Leaf App photo), since it thinks I am asleep. For this reason the Fitbit gives me about 300 extra steps per night. This makes the step count more like 12-14% too low for the leaf.
Since Bellabeat claims that the Leaf is accurate to 5%, I am reporting the information to them in the hopes that they update the app to be slightly more sensitive to the movement that the Leaf records. They have already done this at least once. I hear that it's in the plans to update the app so that I can change my stride length, and I am looking forward to that too.
It's time to pass the Fitbit on to the husband.
Now that I know what to expect from the Leaf, I am handing the Fitbit over to Ryan. I am primarily trying to get in about 3 miles hiked per day on top of my regular around-the-house activity, so the Leaf covers my main purpose for using a step tracker.
The Fitbit's nickname was the Titbit, because I always wore it on my bra. I am really enjoying the flexibility of wearing the Leaf visibly as a necklace or on my shirt now, and also sometimes as a bracelet. I've had a few compliments on it when out in public, but they seem surprised when I mention that it's a fitness tracker. Torin likes it too, and will gently flip it over to look at the shiny back side... and the front side... and the back side... and the front side.
Tomorrow's post will be about the Leaf and its sleep tracking... stay tuned!
