Disclosure: I received the Runtastic Orbit through a campaign with SweatPink. I was not compensated monetarily, but was provided the product for review. All opinions, as always, are my own.
For the past month or so, I’ve been using an activity and fitness tracker called ORBIT. It’s a “24-hour wearable from Runtastic – provides you with reliable, round-the-clock tracking to help you get a better sense of your daily movements, personal habits and untapped potential.” As a runner, I can typically reach my “daily active goals” in a single run. Steps? Yep, I can hit that count on a run with no problem. But what about when I’m NOT running or when I’m sitting in front of the computer for extended periods of time, or as it can be called: leading a “sedentary lifestyle.”
Being at BlogFest last week, I was interested in taking a look at how many steps I would be taking since I woudn’t be running as much. as I normally do. But Before I get into all the details of what a day at BlogFest might look like, let’s see what the Runtastic ORBIT can do:
- Track your Steps & Distance daily
- Monitor Sleep Duration & Cycles each night
- Keep an eye on Calories Burned
- Set & Reach Goals
- View Runtastic app stats using Orbit Connect
- Go for a swim with your Waterproof Orbit
I took some screen shots of the Runtastic Me app which allows you to look at your daily goals and the previous week’s stats. Below is what Saturday, on one my most “active” days at BlogFest looked like. It included back-to-back circuit workout sessions.
STEPS: As you can see, I easily hit my steps goal of 10,000 — which you can adjust (it defaults to 8,000). It will also vibrate when you hit the 50% mark and again when you reach your goal showing you a “trophy” so you can celebrate. You can see on the second panel at what point during the day I hit my 10k step goal indicated by the blue horizontal line. It also breaks down steps per hour.
ACTIVE MINUTES: I had two bootcamp classes that morning, so I was pretty active in the morning.
CALORIES: It will live-track your caloric output, to give you instant feedback to help you be more accountable
DISTANCE: That is pretty impressive since this day did not include running — apart from the bootcamp workout.
SLEEP: Please don’t judge my less than 6-hour of sleep from the night before. I included an additional screen shot from a more typical night of sleep on the far right. The red bars indicate “awake,” the yellow is “light sleep” and the green is “deep sleep.” The highest I’ve seen my sleep efficiency is 95% and I typically fall in the the 90% range.
With Lunden, Runtastic’s YouTube rock star
On Thursday, I was keeping track of my steps and comparing them with Lunden, the YouTube superstar for Runtastic, she was also at BlogFest and we were having fun shouting out our step counts. If I can remember, I ended somewhere north of 23k steps, but that also included a 3 mile run in the morning. Check out the video and look at all it can do!
See What It Can Do
The Runtastic Orbit is available for $120, which is comparable to most wearables on the market and includes 2 color band options (black and blue) along with an easy-to-use USB connection to charge it. Additional color options for the wristband are sold separately: orange/yellow/red and green/white/steel.
Do you currently use a wearable or track your daily fitness?
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Looks like a neat product and I love that it comes in all of those fun colors! I love that it gives you a better idea of how active you’re being other than steps–you’re absolutely right that going for a longer run in the morning and sitting for the rest of the day isn’t exactly optimal. I have a Fitbit One that I won in a work contest that I’ve been using and it works pretty well. I’m on my feet all day at work so I tend to be very active on the days I work, but I’m pretty sedentary on my days off.
I love my Orbit! It’s my first wearable and now I get why everyone’s so obsessed with them. It’s constantly zapping me at the office when I’ve been sitting too long, and I love the screen so I don’t need to wear a watch, too.
The Orbit looks great. I use a fitbit and I find counting my steps inspiring. I logged a lot during Blogfest too. And unfortunately, my sleep numbers are much closer to your lower number than your average :-(
The Orbit is amazing!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, great review!
I use a fitbit but just the little guy that is the pedometer. I have been looking into wearables and this one intrigues me!
I tried the Polar loop and I wanted to love it, but I didn’t. I will look into this one a bit more. I love everything it can do!
DAMMMMMN
now I want.
I love my force but it is thisclose to falling apart.
I’ve been wanting to get a wearable like this. I like that they have all those colors and I’m sure all the tracked information would be so beneficial to me going into the fall with a new baby.
Neat! There are so many new wearables – I love seeing how they distinguish themselves.
This looks awesome! This is a dumb question but I wonder why they don’t put fitness trackers around your ankle? It would probably more accurately measure movement since people tend to randomly move their legs less than their arms.
that looks awesome! I currently use a Fitbit but I really can’t get it wet. It tracks a lot of the same things and I love all the reports. You have a nice display screen and I don’t that that :( I have to sync it real quick with my iphone to get y stats- hmmm, if I make another purchase………. you did a nice review!
I haven’t had my Orbit long but I love the sleep pattern data. It’s interesting how different the patterns are on work days and weekends. I also like that it’s a 24 hour device. Very cool.
I am still nervous to wear my Orbit in the water LOL, so I have been removing it for showers. I love the device and really enjoy using it. It took me a few to figure out why it was vibrating on me as I was out for a run one day, but then figured it out. Great review :)
I have one too via SP and am really obsessed with wearing it! I need to be better at looking at, and analyzing, the data so that I use the info it’s giving me!