What is something really stupid you purchased that turned out far better than expected?
What is something really stupid you purchased that turned out far better than expected?
I bought a piece of 1.5 inch stiff foam to try to fix a sag in a bed. It didn't work but having that thick piece of solid foam around has been a life saver.
Need something flat to put a laptop on? Throw it on the foam. Going to be doing something that requires you to be on your knees for a while? Get the foam!
It went from stupid purchase to something I'd gladly replace if it broke.
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My wife got me a fitbit. I resisted a little bit because I didn't want to have yet another device to monitor, charge, and maintain etc. I've been really surprised and impressed and how effective it has been in subtly encouraging me to make some small improvements in my habits. Not a bad deal for $100.
This one really shocked me, too! I got a Fitbit to monitor my heart rate because of a genetic condition, but fast forward a couple years and I'm running a mile and exercising multiple times a week.
Didn't see that coming, but a nice result!
Tbh, I hate the Fitbit though. I hate that it's owned by Google and they charge me to see my own data. I'd love to switch, but I can't find alternatives that check all the boxes from a Charge 5....
Edit: if you're looking to get a Fitbit and wanna save some money, thrift stores often have electronic sections full of em! My bf got his charge 5 for 50$ from a goodwill. Same one 100$ more in the target across the street.
Tbh, I hate the Fitbit though. I hate that it’s owned by Google and they charge me to see my own data. I’d love to switch, but I can’t find alternatives that check all the boxes from a Charge 5…
That's the issue that so far has kept me from buying a smart watch/fitness monitor.
I've had my eye on a PineTime for a while now, but I'm not sure if it's ready for general consumer use or still an early-adopter kind of product. (Although I'm an engineer, I don't necessarily want to buy a project in this particular instance.)
Charged to see your Fitbit data? What does that mean? I have no problem going back years across various devices.
They hide their in depth graphs and readings from you unless you pay for premium. You can get basic data going back years, but if you want to know how long it took you to enter REM sleep for example, your only option is trying to guess using their vague graph charts, or pay premium for the in depth graphs.
Did they change it recently maybe? I got one earlier this year and could see my sleep data before getting premium (just using the free 6 months now).
You get sleep data, but you get more sleep data with premium. If you don't have premium, it completely hides the area from you where the new charts are and the only way to see them is to dig up your past premium data. But even then you can only see for months that you had access to premium, it doesn't give you the data if you don't pay, despite it constantly taking all the same readings as normal.
I suppose it's not technically true they're keeping your data from you. What they're actually doing is refusing to crunch additional numbers for you and show you nice graphs for them if you don't pay. Normally this wouldn't bug me, but since it's already taking all my data and and since I know crunching those numbers doesn't cost 10$ a month when I already paid 150$ for it to do exactly what they're trying to charge me more for it to do...well, now I'm just rambling 😄 it bugs me is all, and I'd gladly try another manufacturer if I could find something more competitive.
I'm already on my 4th Fitbit in 6 years from them breaking (one of them the screen separated from the device. Just peeled out), so I don't exactly have confidence in their build quality anyways.
I see. Well I'll drop premium when my free trial is over and see if I feel like I'm missing anything.
I really hate subscriptions...
Ever read Ubik?
Give it another 10 years and the refrigerators are gunna have us tapping our phones to get some milk.
Thanks, I hate it.
I haven't checked if this works with all the premium features but I know for the sleep tracking ones you can get them by linking your Fitbit account to Google Fit and viewing it in the Google Fit app.
I'll check that out! They might at the very least have more there.
They also give you a cute "animal" profile for your sleep style when you pay. It was meaningless, but fun. I always got the dolphin during my free trial because I apparently have no idea how to sleep for more than 3 and a half hours.
Oh the animal thing does not cross over. I would totally pay if it was a reasonable price but $9.99 a month is kind of ridiculous
Ya, that effectively nearly doubles the price of the device itself. Not worth it.
Some insurance providers cover the low end ones, or offer discounts.