expired Harvey Norman - Fitbit Zip $40.50, Aria Scales $90 Paying Via PayPal for 10% off - Free Pick up
This was posted 5 months 29 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal
Am a Fitbit fan hence couldn't believe that HN of all places could get these prices down to this level!?
Fitbit direct pricing $69.95 for the Zip and $149.95 for the Aria scales.
http://www.fitbit.com/au/store
Even the US pricing isn't as good as HN's of $59.95 and $129.95 respectively!!
Recent deal by Flingshot of $65 including shipping for the Zip pales in comparison.
Fitbit Zip, listed @ $45 in various colours with 10% off paying with Paypal for all items in the Fitness category bringing it down to $40.50
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/fitbit-zip-wireless-activity-...
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/fitbit-zip-wireless-activity-...
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/fitbit-zip-wireless-activity-...
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/fitbit-zip-wireless-activity-...
Aria Scales, listed @ $100 in black or white with 10% off paying with Paypal bringing it down to $90
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/fitbit-aria-wi-fi-smart-scale...
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/fitbit-aria-wi-fi-smart-scale...
Hope this makes a great Christmas gift for someone!? Enjoy! :)
+3 votesYeah kinda happy with the fitbit and need some scales so was looking at these last night.. nice price.
Shame my HN $5 coupon doesn't still work (Said for 48 hours on the email and I still have 3 hours left on that from the time I received it)update
actually though it was worth trying it on with the online pop up support support since they did say 48hours I knda feel like they should stick with it (they told me it was an error with the code that it wasn't working - and has been fixed and should work) … and as long as I logged in with an account the code worked so with the code and paypal -$15Price
1x Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale - White $100
Discount (WELCOME5) -$15
Subtotal excluding delivery $85
(Incl GST $7.73)
stratbargain on 21/12/2012 - 10:11 ¶Thanks man!!!
I wouldn't have bothered trying it if you didn't mention it but it works great.
For $85 I'm willing to take a gamble on a set of scales :)
Also for anyone else the Welcome5 works without having signed up to Harvey Norman earlier. But you do need to create/login an account before it will work.
+3 votesGreat Buy - $129 at Amazon.
Ordered one.I Got the Fitbit One for my wife for Christmas (she asked for it, I'm not that stupid!) and when I checked out yesterday it came to only $101. I used the WELCOME5 promo which is $5 off but it gave $16 off - I just thought it was a glitch but it must have been the 10% off fitness when paying with PayPal (which I did not know about).
$101 was cheaper than the flingshot promo that is the cheapest I have seen the one since launch.
WELCOME5 is expired now otherwise it would have been $85!!
-1 voteHmm. Fitbit Aria apparently only works with 802.11b. Oh well.
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Some things like MIMO and the higher encryptions don't work with 802.11b. Some modem/router/WAPs also have performance issues when in mixed speed modes (automatically normalising to the speed of the lowest speed device connected).
Considering the hundreds of complaints about the wifi in the Amazon reviews, your blaze attitude towards it is a bit, well, knobish.
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There is always a way to fix things - cheap $5 11b adaptor to a PC that might be always on with a bridged connection won't slow your network. MAC address limitation will keep it secure if you are worried about WEP etc.
I must have missed the "hundreds" of complaints about wifi on the Amazon reviews. Admittedly I only looked at the Black scale that had a total of 100 reviews ranked from 1-3 stars and 522 rated 4-5 stars with an overall ranking just above 4 stars.
It says it works with WEP, WPA, WPA2 - is there a higher encryption that you are running at the moment? I'm happy with WPA2.
Seriously? A dedicated wireless card and an ad-hoc network? Oh yeah, great option.
You got me on the hundreds though. There's only about a hundred. A hundred complaints about the wireless is nothing to worry about.
802.11b doesn't work with WPA2. Which means the spec page of the Aria must be wrong. Further investigation shows it possibly also supports 802.11g. But considering the kind of wireless complaints… I can't help but think there's two versions and the WPA2/802.11b issue is the reason so many people have complained as it's advertised as working with WPA2.
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Well for $5 you can keep your MIMO, avoid mixed mode and keep your network pristine with only the latest and greatest technology without the impurities of lowly 11b/g devices. I agree that if you are the kind of person who insists on doing that then it is a great option! Probably the majority of people (hundreds!) will just use it the way it was intended and not have a problem though.
And just to clarify 100 is a big number but when you are talking about 100 out of 622 it puts it into perspective especially when people are more likely to complain than compliment. When you also consider that is not 100 about wifi issues, people are saying that it isn't always accurate re % body fat and exact weight. Really though it is a consumer digital scale for $90 - it is not going to give you medical class readings re body fat composition and will likely perform as well as any other digital scale in the sub $100 class.
I'm not saying people won't have problems or that it will connect to every network but the blaze attitude of just writing it off is a bit, well, knobish. ;)
+1 votechillipaste on 21/12/2012 - 09:40 ¶can someone explain to me what's the point of a fitbit? sounds like an expensive pedometer, nothing more. genuine question.
+2 votesThey automatically interface with programs on computers/phones to track your activity… Just makes it all automated rather than manually putting details in… Combined with the scales and a calorie counting app and it makes calories control, and thus weight loss, very easy. I have had MyFitnessPal for over half a year and it has been the easiest 'diet' I have ever had, for me the ease of it all has made it the first thing I have stuck with.
Though yes ultimately this all does nothing more than a pedometer and pencil/paper combo could.
Well, it is an expensive pedometer, but it uploads and saves the data, and graphs the results for you. The other models they make, the ONE or ULTRA also measure the number of floors climbed and track your sleep efficiency. As a bit of a slob, I find the fitbit scales, a tracker and the MyFitnessPro app/Tactio Health app an awesome combo to try and get healthier.
+1 voteseeing as my comments been negged(bah) I'll elaborate: http://www.productreview.com.au/p/fitbit-one.html
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Wow I've had a completely different experience with Fibit customer support. I've had my Ultra for nearly 12 months, purchased it from Amazon in late December 2011. I have had it replaced twice, once when I simply broke the clip and they resent out a complete new unit not just the cheap plastic clip, and the second time when the outer black plastic came away from the inner plum/pink plastic. I've received responses via email within 8hrs each time I have emailed them hence I am very surprised you've not heard back from them.
I too am surprised by how your Fitbit is functioning. I wear mine 24/7 bar water activities and have no issues driving, going on the train or even standing still on escalators. I would request a replacement directly from Fitbit as it appears your unit is defective!?
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Actually, that's not quite right. If you go into the fitbit dashboard and log an activity, then select "driving" and enter the time you drove, it will adjust the calorie count accordingly. Keep in mind that just sitting upright still burns calories; you still need to power your heart and lungs etc. In fact driving is a bit more strenuous because you have arm and head movements, tightening of abdominal muscles as you corner, swearing at other road users and increased blood pressure :) and so on. It does a pretty good job of converting what it recorded as walking steps to driving calories burned, at the equivalent reduced rate. If you drive a truck, you will be working harder, so be sure to select "driving a truck" from the activities, not just "driving an automobile". I'm not sure if it will update the display on the tracker, but the online results will be changed, and that's the feature attraction of the device for me, I'm less concerned with what's on the display.
As for support, I emailed them after having my Aria scale for 2 weeks, it failed, they apologized and promptly sent a replacement from USA (they didn't even want the old one back). Pretty good communication and after-sales care I thought.
Well what's on the display is what's most important to me. At the moment I can't look at it during the day and have any idea of how many steps/stairs I've done because the display will always include "steps" and 'stairs' from driving, whether you've logged them as driving or not. The website is great, but I'm not usually near a computer during the day so I don't get the motivation factor of knowing how many steps I've done until late at night most days.
Sure, but don't get too upset if the figure is slightly inaccurate. Unless you are a rally car driver or an off-roader, the readings won't change much when you are in a car. For example, my logger read 9500 steps, 7.25km and 10 floors for the day. After I entered my 1 hour/65km drive it changed to 9100 steps, 6.9km and 9 floors.
It's not slightly inaccurate.. I reckon a 40 minute drive in my (hilly)area equals 25+ stairs and anything from 500-2000 steps. The crux of this is that this device doesn't make tracking activity easy- I've got to press the button when getting in the car and press it when getting out, then later on I've got to assign that time as driving, and If I forget to press the button I've got to try and remember the times.
I don' have this problem - doesn't register driving or hills etc on my One. It measures stairs very accurately and doesn't add any steps (maybe one getting in and out of the car) when I drive to and from work.
I would suggest updating firmware (if new one available - you might have already done) and then RAing it as it sounds defective.
It sounds like you would have been better off with a cheap $5 spring-loaded step counter then. You aren't that interested in logging it to the website and you aren't pleased that it is measuring distances in the car and height changes, it doesn't seem that this device is suitable for you if you aren't taking advantage of it's unique features. Unfortunately those "heaps of reviews" you refer to are usually written by people in your situation where it is is unsuitable for them, and write that it doesn't work, the company doesn't respond to emails etc., when the exact opposite is true in my experience.
You've misinterpreted what I said, actually you've invented things - I DID NOT say I wasn't interested in logging to the website.
What is on the display is what's most important to me, but that doesn't mean what's on the website isn't important -it's just that on an average day I don't get to look at the website during the day. That doesn't mean I don't take advantage of the great features on the website.
As far as me saying that it doesn't work, well it doesn't work as advertised AND the company has NOT responded to me.
Your experience, however good, doesn't change mine but it does give me hope that they'll eventually pull their finger out.
Even cheaper than Amazon and more info / customer reviews there - http://www.amazon.com/Fitbit-Wireless-Activity-Tracker-Black...
bucketbong on 21/12/2012 - 11:46 ¶What's the difference between these scales and this: http://www.withings.com/ ?
Any disadvantages for going the cheaper model? Because i can't see any
When I was deciding between the two earlier in the year, I landed on the Withings scale since it synced with more 3rd party services than the Fitbit Aria. It's also worth noting that while readings from the Withings scale can be synced to your Fitbit account, readings from the Fitbit Aria scale can't be synced to your Withings account.
At least, that was the case around six months or so ago when I got mine.
mrhorseham on 21/12/2012 - 16:08 ¶I'm now leaning towards getting a withings from amazon for AUD$150 as you can export aswell as withings has an iPad app.
- mrhorseham on 21/12/2012 - 12:56 ¶
Are they the best scales money can buy? I rely on ozbargain for the majority of my purchases ;p. Says the data uploads to the fitbit website, is there a way to export it to excel or anything like that? Or just view on the website
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Actually you can but it'll cost you premium membership, $59.95 per year.
http://www.fitbit.com/premium/export
Just having a quick Google to see if there's anyone out there who has hacked it.
PhoenixAUS on 21/12/2012 - 13:50 ¶Expired unfortunately. Advertised at $100 on the site. Shows as $147 in the cart and Harvey Norman has told me the price is $147.
Bugger, was a great sale price!
- mrhorseham on 21/12/2012 - 14:09 ¶
aww man, i missed out on the scales, dick smith still has for $105 atleast.
yeah if you look thru the whole post you'll see this was found somewhat early on. just needed an account to claim code. i pulled mine for $85 too :)
Has any one got theirs yet? I thought ordering for pickup meant I could just goin and get one but I went in on the 24th and they had none in stock and I was told they would email me. I get Christmas is a rush and all but I was hoping that they would have restocked by now - I'll go in this weekended again - but was wondering if other were in the same boat?
I think it depends on the store. I have used the internet ordering system before and it worked great, it was quick and efficient and the goods were set aside for me to collect. A surprising change from the regular HN experience. I ordered my scale from this deal, was emailed that it was out of stock within an hour, then an hour later they emailed again and told me my order was ready. So I drove to the store and collected mine within a few hours. As I say your experience may vary depending on the store, mine is Coburg Victoria.
Went in today and they were on the shelf .. was told they came in a week ago but 'the system didn't flag you to be called'. In and out in 10min.
For those above talking about network compatibility - had no problems connecting to my timecapsule duel-band 5GHz router [configured for 300mb N only wifi].
started looking for a fitbit and missed out this deal,
called up harvey norman to try and get the same price but they wouldn't do it so I called up domanye which is also harvey norman and he said he couldnt do the same price but could give it to me for $50 which I took.
I also asked for the fitbit one which he said he could do for $105 (same as flingshot but can pick it up instead of waiting for delivery)
If you call up, ask for Ryan in the computers department, it was his first day today at the auburn store after moving from the bondi junction store.
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I was contemplating purchasing the scales at the flingshot sale (already have the Fitbit Ultra), will pick it up now, thanks!