In 2014, as always, I had great intentions to boost my fitness routine and become even stronger. And I did for half the year. Then I swam laps every day in our pool during the months where the weather permitted and I felt great about that. But when September hit somehow school meant that my workload increase also impacted my fitness level. That has to change this year. That will be a goal for me to sustain my routine throughout all of 2015. Despite the rocky exercise routine and the peaks and valleys of fitness and health issues this year, one thing consistently worked well and made me happy. I am naming this gadget, The Misfit Shine, the Best Fitness Gadget of 2014. For me the Misfit Shine was a high motivator to get moving. It forced me out of bed many mornings to get moving.
So what is the Misfit Shine? Misfit Wearables SH0HZ Shine – Activity and Sleep Monitor, Retail Packaging
The Misfit Shine comes in a bracelet or a clip on version in one package. It is about $100.00 which is a decent price for this gadget which looks like a bracelet. It comes in a host of colours and I have already had two of the different colours to test out here. I had the copper colour for a time as shown above in affiliate link and then I received the blue shade as well. I like that it has a simple and light design and I love that it follows me into the pool when I do laps. The actual electronic portion of the Misfit Shine slips in and out of a watch band style bracelet. It remains secure and I have never had any issues with it falling out.
Misfit Wearables SH0HZ Shine – Activity and Sleep Monitor, Retail Packaging
My only negative comment to the Misfit Shine is that it doesn’t measure my yoga activity. So when I do yoga class and stand mostly in one spot stretching and doing flexible poses that work my muscles and build strength, it doesn’t capture that. If there was one improvement I suggested for this gadget it would be that. Make it measure yoga and activity based on heart rate too. Or perhaps there could be a setting you flipped on when doing yoga types of activity. It’s still worthwhile because I love that it makes me walk. Literally. I do laps every morning because it makes me feel better throughout the day.
I received product in order to facilitate this review. My opinion is all my own. This post contains affiliate links.