But really, Fitbit: what’s wrong with an old-fashioned buckle?įor what it’s worth, when on the wrist it looks great: it’s a stylish wearable with a slightly curved screen, and the sharp and vibrant AMOLED screen is a joy to behold. It’s kind of a moot point, given you can buy a wide variety of first- and third-party straps if you’re equally unimpressed. In the company’s defence, the fact it has two straps of different lengths in the box is convenient (even if it’s environmentally dubious), but once again I find myself questioning whether two bad straps are better than one.
You have to snake the band through two tight gaps and then fasten it shut with a stud that pushes against the vein. Maybe I’m in the minority here, but I find the silicone band enormously difficult to wear for extended periods – either comically loose or uncomfortably tight – and that means I have to go through the song and dance of putting it on way more often than I’d like. You can now get a Charge 5 for £170 or the newly released Fitbit Versa 4 for £200, although it comes with the same problems I’m about to highlight with the Sense 2.īest mid-range smartphone 2023: Great, affordable phones you can buy todayīut Fitbit could make it more comfortable still if it offered straps that weren’t so darned awkward to put on. Not only can you get the new entry-level Apple Watch SE for £259, but the Garmin Forerunner 55 undercuts it considerably at £180.įurther competition comes from Fitbit itself. That’s not the only thing making the Fitbit Sense 2 a bit of a tough sell in these belt-tightening times. However, in the two years since the Sense launched, its price has gradually dipped, and you can now pick one up for under £200. While the original Fitbit Sense retailed for £300 at launch, the Sense 2 comes in at £270. READ NEXT: Our full roundup of the best smartwatches Fitbit Sense 2 review: Price and competitionĪt least, given the few differences between generations, Fitbit has seen fit to introduce a modest price cut to those three figures. Still, at launch, the Fitbit Sense 2 is a curiously empty product compared to its predecessor – never a good thing on a device with a three-figure price tag. Some of these things may come back via updates, and in isolation none of them is a deal breaker. Most bafflingly of all, Google Assistant – introduced for the original Sense – has been taken away, leaving us only with arch-rival Alexa. Perhaps because of this, the built-in Wi-Fi is disabled, which means firmware updates are going to be delivered painfully slowly via Bluetooth. Downloading third-party software via the App Gallery is no longer supported, you can’t use the internal storage for music and you can’t even control on-phone audio via music controls. Those are all good things, but bafflingly, as with the Versa 4, Fitbit has seen fit to take away a whole bunch of useful bits and pieces.
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