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  • - What's up guys?

  • So I'm here in Las Vegas for CES 2016

  • checking out some of the new tech products that will

  • be coming out later this year.

  • And one of the things I've been looking at is the

  • wearable devices.

  • Now wearable fitness trackers are something that

  • I've been interested in for a while.

  • I've been using them for a while.

  • And I've been switching back and forth between

  • different brands.

  • So I really wanted to see what the different

  • big companies were coming out with

  • and what they could do.

  • One of the first things I checked out was the new

  • Under Armour HealthBox.

  • Now what this is is a new fitness tracker that also

  • comes in a $400 bundle with a scale and a

  • heart rate monitor.

  • Now the fitness band will track your steps,

  • your sleep, and your calories.

  • Although I'm assuming the calories you eat

  • will have to be inputted manually through their app.

  • The scale will track your weight as well as your

  • body fat percentage.

  • And the heart rate monitor will track your heart rate

  • during your workouts and runs.

  • Now this seems like it's really geared towards athletes.

  • And all of their marketing's certainly

  • really geared towards athletes.

  • I had a chance to take a look at the band

  • up close in person.

  • Although I wasn't able to try it on.

  • But it looks really similar to the UP Bands.

  • And I've gotta say I've used those UP Bands for a long time

  • and they're pretty uncomfortable to sleep in.

  • So with my UP Band, I ended up not using it

  • for sleep tracking at all and switching to the Withings Aura

  • system which uses a mat instead.

  • So I worry that this will be uncomfortable to sleep in

  • as well.

  • I also got the chance to try out the new Under Armour

  • app which works in conjunction with all these new devices.

  • And I gotta say that's probably my favorite part of this

  • new system.

  • The app is really clean and nice looking.

  • And everything is really super intuitive

  • on that home screen.

  • Now I was pretty excited to see what this system

  • has to offer, but I gotta say, I'm not sure what

  • it brings to the table that's new.

  • You know Withings has a scale that integrates

  • with its app as well a heart rate monitor that integrates

  • with its app and the new fitness band doesn't do anything

  • that the other fitness bands don't do.

  • On top of that, it's geared towards athletes.

  • But most of the athletes, at least the ones I know,

  • are already tracking their workouts using something.

  • And $400 is a big investment to make in a brand new

  • system so I'm not really sure that this is gonna

  • be a success but Under Armour is a really big name

  • that has its own following so we'll just have to wait

  • and see.

  • Now I'm a big fan of the Withings Ecosystem.

  • I think that their app is probably the best fitness

  • tracking app out there right now.

  • And the Withings Go is definitely something I was

  • interested in seeing.

  • The Go can be worn as a watch or it can be clipped on.

  • And it tracks everything you'd expect it to track.

  • Steps, sleeping, swimming even, it's actually

  • water resistant.

  • But the big difference here is that it uses an

  • E Ink display.

  • Now what that means is it isn't your standard

  • full color illuminated display that you have on something

  • like an apple watch.

  • But instead it uses a system similar to what

  • the Nook eReader uses.

  • Or if you ever had one of those old Game Boys.

  • That it's just black and white, no color and it doesn't

  • light up, it's similar to something like that.

  • And the advantage to using E Ink is that you don't

  • have to charge it very often.

  • It doesn't use very much power.

  • In fact, they say that the Withings Go will be able

  • to last you up to eight months without a single charge.

  • On top of that, it's pretty cost effective, around $69.

  • Although Jawbone does have a similar product

  • that's a little bit cheaper.

  • Now the last fitness tracker I was able to go and take

  • a hands on look at is the Fitbit Blaze.

  • And this is the one that's probably been getting the

  • most attention because it's the one that looks the

  • most like a smart watch.

  • But that being said, it is a fitness tracker.

  • That is what it's capable of doing.

  • It does not have anywhere near the capabilities of

  • something like the Apple Watch.

  • It's basically a fitness tracker with a screen.

  • The watch itself is fairly light.

  • Which I think is a good thing for working out.

  • But it also kind of makes it feel a little bit cheap.

  • I also don't think it looks very stylish.

  • I think the metal housing kind of looks bulky and weird.

  • And it's very big.

  • Even on my wrist.

  • Which is quite large.

  • It's also modular which means that you can switch out

  • the straps for new ones.

  • And Fitbit is going to be selling premium leather

  • and metal straps.

  • Which is where I start to get confused because if I

  • think about it as a fitness tracker with a screen, then

  • okay, I get it.

  • But Fitbit seems to be marketing it as more of an

  • all around everyday sort of device.

  • And it doesn't have the capabilities of the other

  • smart watches to begin with.

  • But it's also not very attractive.

  • It's not very stylish.

  • It's not something I would want to wear

  • all the time.

  • So guys that's it for this video.

  • I am gonna be continuing my coverage of CES 2016.

  • So please stay tuned for new videos.

  • But let me know what you thought about these new products.

  • Let me know in the comments below.

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  • Thanks so much, guys.

  • And I'll see you next time.

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