Ferocious Media Reviews

 

We’re happy to introduce the first installment of our new web series, “Ferocious Media Reviews”, where we’ll be reviewing products and services used by our company.

The first product we’re going to review is called Fitbit. Fitbits are wireless wearable devices that track your physical activity during the day, as well as your sleep at night. Our great bosses here at Ferocious Media bought them for the entire company to help promote healthier lifestyles around the office, and while I was skeptical at first, I was able to realize how beneficial these are almost right away.

So I chose the Flex, which is the wristband. It’s the perfect size, not too big or bulky, which was honestly my biggest concern. I was very prepared for this thing to bother me, but it actually isn’t uncomfortable at all, and I almost forgot I even had it on. The main thing this product does is track steps, and much to my surprise, I found that I like seeing how many steps I’m taking in a day. The app synced to my phone had pre-set goals already in there, which started motivating me before I even realized it, because next thing I knew, I was doing things like taking the steps instead of the elevator.

Besides that, it also adds all of that up, and tells you how many miles you’ve walked, how many calories burned, active minutes, and pounds you need to lose to reach your goal. All of this info is available broken down per day, which you can then view spread out over time in these charts, which I think is pretty cool. There’s also a feature to add friends on here and compare stats, which gets to be pretty competitive, but makes it fun and provides another form of motivation.

They also have a feature to track sleep, which is quite good, but if I had one negative, it would be that it just doesn’t seem to be as accurate as all the daytime activity tracking ones are. But with that said, I still think it could be a useful feature to some people, it’s just not for me.

But I’m just 1 opinion, let’s hear what other people in the office are saying…

Jackie Flareau from the Social Media department says “I’ve been wearing it everyday since we got them!”

Rodney Edenfield from the Sales department says “I’ve dropped 10 pounds since I got my Fitbit, and ever since, my softball team finally started giving me some playing time again”

Evan Manes from the SEM department says “I’m big into strength training, but I always forget about doing cardio…This fitbit is a great reminder for me”

All in all, Fitbits is a great product, and we’re giving it 2 Ferocious Media thumbs up!

Stay tuned for more reviews coming soon. And if your business is in need of SEM, SEO, Web Design, Animated Videos, or Social Media, please give us a call at (800) 454-9103, or visit us on the web at http://www.drivenlocal.com