But it does have Active Zone Minutes, which is a feature on Fitbit's pricier options that monitors the time you spend in the fat burn, cardio or peak heart-rate zones while exercising.ĭuring testing, we were impressed by the price, the comfortable, lightweight design, and the fact it comes with six months of Fitbit Premium. There's no GPS or music storage, so you'll need your phone nearby for working out. It also comes with a free year of Fitbit Premium.įitbit rates the Inspire 3 battery life for 10 days, which makes it the longest-lasting Fitbit. For a third of the cost of the company’s smartwatches, the Inspire 3 gets basic health metrics, automatic workout tracking and accurate sleep insights. These incidents are very rare, and this voluntary recall does not impact other Fitbit smartwatches or trackers.If you're new to fitness tracking, the $99 Fitbit Inspire 3 is the ultimate entry-level activity band and the best Fitbit for you. “We received a very limited number of injury reports-the totals in the CPSC announcement represent less than 0.01% of units sold-of the battery in Fitbit Ionic smartwatches overheating, posing a burn hazard.
“Customer safety is always Fitbit’s top priority, and out of an abundance of caution, we are conducting a voluntary recall of Fitbit Ionic smartwatches,” the company said in a statement. (Fitbit discontinued production of the Ionic in 2020.) The watch was on sale from September 2017 through December 2021. The watches were sold nationally by retailers including Amazon, Best Buy, Target, and more. (Internationally, there have been 40 reports of burn injuries.)ĭetails on affected model numbers and colors are on the CPSC website. Additionally, there have been 78 reports of burn injuries in the U.S., including two of third-degree burns and four of second-degree burns. The Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning people to immediately stop using the watches, saying Fitbit has received at least 115 reports in the United States (and 59 reports internationally) of the battery in the watch overheating. Fitbit is offering a $299 refund to all owners. To date, the company has sold roughly 1 million of the smartwatches in the U.S.-as well as another 693,000 around the world.
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