does it monitor calories burned
1271798
No. In fact, when I had a local jeweler replace the battery, nothing works. I've trashed it & purchased an inexpensive SmartHealth watch from Walgreens which tracks calories, miles, heart rate, & steps taken each day. The only down side is there is only 1 day storage, but I'm OK with that. I won't purchase another Sportline watch.
1271799
I think it does but I can't be sure..... Hmmm I'm sure it does, I used it while on deployment and I remember monitoring calories burned during my workouts.
1229524
No, it does not track steps or miles, just heart rate. But it keeps track of your calories burned, hours spent in activity and how long you are in your target heart rate zone.
2281151
Yes, and if something sounds too good to be true, then its probably false. The only calorie monitors that truly indicate an accurate measure of work are called ergometers. Those instruments are found only on fitness machines (usually stationary bikes) costing at least $2000. The reason why meaninglessly inaccurate "calorie monitors" abound is because customers still demand them. If a brand offers a "calorie monitor" on a $40 fitness machine then its competitors are forced to offer one too. They always give highly overestimated readouts, which makes the machine look (deceivingly) super effective for fitness. I never pay attention to "calories". I always set the consoles of my fitness equipment to instead display either time or cycle rate.
1634337
Only if you wear the breast strap, which would be rather uncomfortable. I have the Basis now, which does that, but is not very good at measuring calorie consumption during activity. In any case, calorie count during sleep is rather uninteresting - the Basis shows I burned some 500 cal between midnight and 6:30 am and I would bet that this is within 10% of what it shows any other day, even after a hard workout when the actual consumption is higher. If you look for calorie count, I'd go with a Polar for workout and a Fitbit or similar with MyfitnessPal for the rest.
1388435
You have to wear the chest strap for it to indicate your heart rate. I do not think this device would register calorie burn.
774191
No it doesn't. It has 3 possibilities for activities--steps, miles, and calories. It also will give heart rate by pushing and holding one button. I don't know how it calculates calories.
252755
I don't think so. Whenever I use the pulse monitor to check my heart rate it gives me a ridiculous number like 93 in the middle of a cardio workout. When I use the exercise function it gives you a calorie burn number that sounds reasonable but there is no way to know if it is accurate because it is based on settings in the watch that are supposed to be described in a manual that I never received. I think it was a waste of money
1912146
No, the Fitbit Zip does not. However you can sync it with MyFitness Pal for the food and it will show calories burned vs. calories eaten.
474557
Hi, I believe calories are only displayed after you have finished training. During training, time is displayed as well as heart rate. Heart rate is on a linear scale with designations for fat burning levels and maximum heart rate level. I also use Cardio Trainer (app) on my smartphone when I run or bike outside. And I use My Fitness Pal (app) as well (after workouts) to track things like calories, exercise. Hope that helps. Kathy
183002
It can be used to track calories burned while walking. Doesn't count steps taken
2079362
Yes it does. It tracks duration, distance, avg.pace, avg. speed, max speed, and calories.
422652
When combined with the app MyFitnessPal. Then it will give you the calories burned. But it really doesn't know if your running or just moving your arm fast. It does a great job of tracking steps and movement during the day and sleep. But you have to tell it if your working out.
238093
Yes it sure does. It tells you the amount of calories that you have burned and is read as kcalories.
545726
The calories burned by the user is a different (and greater) quantity than what is shown on the display. If you stop moving, the machine registers -zero- while you are still breathing and consuming calories (though not very many). However, the display is certainly useful in measuring your effort, and improvement as you get in shape.
792559
No. It's just GPS. It does estimate calories burned but I really don't know based on what, since this depends much more on intensity of work rather than time...
887170
I only use it while I work out to see calories burned during exercise so I know how much to eat to recover. I don't know how accurate it would be to monitor calories burned all day long as I doubt it takes in resting energy expenditure /basil metabolic rate.
557963
It DOES take the Heart Rate Monitor into consideration. The vivofit estimates calories burned from activity in addition to resting calories (aka metabolic calories, aka being alive) calories. WITHOUT a Heart Rate Monitor the activity calories are based on steps (and height/weight/age/gender). WITH a Heart Rate Monitor the activity calories take heart rate into consideration. So at the end of the day you have a pretty accurate estimate of how many calories you've burned. (Well technically you have to wait until midnight because that's when the steps/calorie count resets.) There is a detailed review with more info here: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/03/garmin-vivofit-review.html#how-calorie-tracking-works