Kids want a fitness tracker

[ItWentInMyEye]

Hi all, me and DP recently bought ourselves a cheap Fitbit type tracker and now our DS (9) and DD (7) have asked if they can buy their own out of birthday money. I was just wondering if other people would let their children have one?

[DecisionTree]

If its fitbit i think u have to put in your age when you set it up and i dont think it will allow under a certain age

[TondelayaDellaVentamiglia]

cant see a problem tbh, other than maybe losing it. So for that reason I would not buy a dear one

I got a Jawbone Up (I think) in Home Bargains or maybe B&M for about a tenner....it has a bangle or a clip attachment, and synced with a phone via Bluetooth

Or maybe just get simple pedometers?

[TondelayaDellaVentamiglia]

<a class="break-all" href="//www.amazon.co.uk/Jawbone-Wireless-Activity-Tracker-Android/dp/B00THEXIYA?th=1&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21" rel="nofollow noindex" target="_blank">JawboneUpMove is mine....I upgraded to a fitbit as I want to go back to swimming, otherwise I'd probably stayed with it.

[ItWentInMyEye]

It's not an actual Fitbit, we call it a shitbit 🙄 Haha. It was only £17 off amazon and the kids wanted to buy their own so we let them. I just wondered if people would think it was inappropriate, like we were pushing them to do so many steps or something! They'll lose interest after a few weeks I'm sure. Thanks for the replies

[gamerchick]

Of course I would. Any incentive for an active kid is a bonus imo.

[ninjaturtlesmum]

We just bought our boys (9 and 7) a Goji tracker from currys. Comes with an app you can download and they love it and are competing every day to see who can get the most steps! It's brilliant, I agree, anything to make kids more active.

[ItWentInMyEye]

Thanks for replies 🙂 We let them get one and they're thrilled with them!

[PossumMama]

Hi OP, which one did you get in teh end and would you recommend it. Most importantly are they still using it?!

[ItWentInMyEye]

Hi Possum we got them a Letscom fitness tracker from Amazon, they're under £20 and do pretty much everything a Fitbit does! To be fair to the kids they used them constantly when they first got them, and now still wear them at the weekends. I'd definitely recommend them!