![]() The interface is also the same as the Shine, a ring of LEDs that light up to indicate how active you've been that day, or to display the time as a minimalist clock. In the app, you can set what activity you're about to do, and when you press and hold the Flash's button, it starts tracking.įlash shares similar styling with the Shine, but rather than a machined aluminum face in the center of its band, it has a less costly polycarbonate casing. Unlike the Zip, it also tracks sleep, as well as swimming and cycling activities with help from its companion smartphone app. Like the latter, the Flash tracks steps, distance, and calories. Priced at $50, it's cheaper even than erstwhile cheapie Fitbit Zip. Misfit Wearables, which debuted its first fitness tracker, the Shine, last year, is lowering that barrier with a new option called Flash. ![]() ![]() For someone who's not sure if they need or want such a device, that's pretty steep. The Fitbit Flex charges via USB, but the downfall there is that you’ll need to recharge it every week rather than the 6 months you can leave the Misfit Ray before replacing its batteries.Your average wrist-worn fitness tracker, a molded piece of rubber with a handful of accelerometers and gyroscopes inside, costs around $100 at the low-end. There are more colours of the Flex available, though, but we still prefer the choice of colours offered by the Misfit Ray. If you’re comparing it with other fitness trackers, it sits in the same price bracket as theįitbit Flex, which has very similar features but a less attractive design. You’ll need to replace its little button batteries about once every six months, but you’ll be alerted when the battery is running low by the app so there’s no need to worry about them running out without you realising. When it comes to battery life, there is absolutely no charging involved. You can tap the Ray twice or three times to perform a preset action, but it’s hard to know whether your taps have registered so we tended not to use it. Misfit Link app and pair it with the Ray too, although we found it to be a bit on the clunky side. Red for 25%, red then orange for 50%, red then orange then yellow for 75%, red then orange then yellow then white for 99% and red then orange then yellow then green for goal met. The light will show a different colour depending on how much activity progress you’ve made too. Once that’s set up you can pair your devices and you’re good to go. You’ll need to set up a Misfit account if this is your first tracker from the company, which requires your gender, age, weight and height to improve the tracker’s accuracy. It will work with any device running iOS 7 and above or Android 4.3 and above. Misfit app to your Android or iPhone, and then connect the Ray using Bluetooth. It’s waterproof, so there’s no need to take it off in the shower or during a swimming session, although we’d advise taking it off if you’re swimming in the sea. The plastic band and the device itself are very durable – they look as good as new after our several weeks of constant wear. We found the Misfit Ray really comfy to wear – we usually get uncomfortable with activity trackers on our wrist while we sleep, but this one is easily adjustable to make it as loose or as tight as you’d like it, and it rests comfortably on the top of your wrist too.
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