I've been rolling with the Fitbit Ultra for almost a year now. Losing it is not a worry for me although my sister has lost 2 of them in the same time period.

It's not quite sensitive enough for sleep tracking. I've started using SleepCycle.App again for that.

I may move to Jawbone Up because it is waterproof and it has a vibrate alarm feature. I'd like to remove all other electronics from my bedroom.

I don't think the Nike Fuelband is a good choice. Too bulky and water resistant, not waterproof.

Awesome. Jawbone Up it is. (@emd the 1.0 was notoriously hard to use - the 2.0 is much better)

The one think I haven't completely evaluated is the companion software Apps.

Fitbit.com is good but not great. I just don't think their iPhone App is useful enough. Some of their features are premium: fitbit.com

And their API hasn't achieved any traction. LoseIt.App does write to it.

I haven't looked at Jawbones web app.

I used Runkeeper a while ago. Seeing what I can hook up to their "Health Graph" is on my TODO list.

Agree re Fitbit web app being good but not great. Fitbit iPhone app is pretty good, but doesn't fully match the features on the web app (or maybe that's a premium feature - I haven't looked closely).

Fundamentally, the Fuelband and the Up are products geared to do 2 different things.

Fuelband is about encouraging you to have a more active lifestyle. Get more fuel than yesterday, than your friend, and reach your goal.

Up is about living healthier. Track your sleep, food you eat, your activity, so you can be healthy.

That's the differentiating factor — the features along the way are negligible.

Fitbit goes with Up in that same category.

OK, if I want more active as the primary goal, then Fuelband is a better fit? My sleep and food are fine.

I would say that fuelband is still a beta product. I know many more social / up competitive features are coming out over the next year.

A note: fuelband is totally waterproof. I never take it off even when I go to spas and saunas.

If its not urgent I would wait.

This just got released: pandodaily.com

I went to buy the Basis but it looks like it is sold out for Christmas.

Being able to measure temperature, perspiration, and heart rate is actually pretty big.

Your temperature and heart rate first thing in the morning is a great indicator of being overtrained or generally about to get sick.

I'd love to play with that in real life and see how effective it is/how comfortable it is to wear 24/7. That data's only useful if you keep it on.