Yes, saw some of the Apple Watch publicity. Not so convinced by this wearable IT trend, there doesn't seem to be any good reason to be using such a small screen. I suppose there will be niche market for it, but given that everyone will want to have some kind of phablet for daily use I don't think it will become widely adopted. Haven't got the fitbit yet, but looks like one will be on order soon.

Another testament to the awesomeness of Fitbit: I finally heard back from customer services and they are replacing my Fitbit for free.

I told them it was entirely my fault that I wore it swimming, and I had originally just asked if they offered replacements at a discount for doofuses like me who accidentally bugger theirs. They are instead sending me a new one for free. I'll get it next week.

Score one for outstanding customer service.

I have the original FitBit...the small clip on one. In almost two years they have replaced the case three times FOC.

Nice! A friend of mine lost hers - TWICE - and they replaced it FOC both times. I knew they had replaced hers which was why I emailed, really pleased with their customer service!

Steppysteppysteppy. It's been 12 days I've been sans Fitbit, can't wait to get the replacement!

My UP band has died after a few weeks. This is tedious. I will get in touch with them when I get back from vacay and see what they say.

I have a fitbit, started with a Flex last year (June) and now have the force....I absolutely love it......I lost 75 pounds in weight last year with its help and keeping it off so far....these are my badges!!

I didn't realize how gamified this stuff is.

That is impressive! Just got mine (thanks for the tips Schnooks) and it's a great little device & software. I too didn't realise how gamified it is either. Those are some serious badges Monique!

Whoa!! Congratulations...well done...that's some achievement.

Awesome! That's fantastic!

thanks everyone......I don't see it as gamified really.....I have no one else to compete with, yes you can add friends to motivate you....and have had a few over the year of having it, but they have either given up or lost their fitbits....so its just me, I just see it as a device that keeps me moving and motivated, and it works for me, its common sense really, you eat less calories than you burn you "WILL" loose weight.....i since I have had it I have taken 6 cruises and a trip to the UK and a trip to New Zealand and each time put weight on...and have straight back and lost it again.....i have been over weight almost all my life....and now at 49 feel the best I ever have felt....I have gotten so much fitter.....someone said in an earlier post that it wont make you fit....well thats just bollox.........I could barely walk 10 mins without it hurting my legs....I avergae 25-30 steps a day....which is about 12 miles....just walking.....I don't run.....but recently did a 5 k run and nailed it.....and I got this fit from just walking......

You don't need friends because it is using video game elements to motivate you. Filling progress bars and getting rewards (badges, trophies, levelling) for doing so at just the right intervals is a commom trope in many video games and it can be quite compelling.

Anyway, this fitbit looks like a "skinner box" app for walking. This is not a criticism at all; I play a lot of video games and I know how engaging a good well thought out reward schedule for completing otherwise repetitive tasks can be.

well whatever it is/its doing, it works for me.....i've never been so fit and so healthy and so happy, i'm loving every minute of it!!

So which one did you buy Shard? Trying to decide if I need goal setting or not?

Fitbit One. It's mostly doing logging right now