r/FitbitAir

Do you feel like the fitbit sleep score is just useless? I have had the band for a few days so its not yet fully calibrated, but the sleep scores i have gotten are not hyping me up :D

For example last night i slept super bad. Woke up multiple times and i am dead tired. When i opened the band app the app just says ”86 good” there is no way on a scale 0-100 that i slept 86. Also none of my wake ups are registered. Morning i even opened the google health app looked at it and went back to sleep for ~30min. Sleep was recorded awake time not.

Edit: After a workout the app asks me on a scale 1-10 how hard was the training. Why couldnt you input more info to sleep like how many times did you wake up and remember the wake up in the morning etc. Ofc the things it asks have to be somewhat vague otherwise users would input emotional data and it could scew up the data.

Hello r/fitbitair,

We’ve been seeing a lot of posts asking about third-party bands, straps, and accessories for Fitbit Air devices — which ones fit, which ones are worth buying, and where to find them.

To keep the subreddit easier to browse and cut down on repeat posts, we’re creating this megathread as a central place for those discussions.

Use this thread if you want to:

- Ask which third-party bands are compatible with your Fitbit Air model
- Share recommendations for affordable or high-quality replacement bands
- Post links to bands you’ve found on Amazon, Etsy, AliExpress, etc.
- Discuss band material (silicone, leather, metal, woven) and comfort/durability
- Ask about sizing, clasp types, or quick-release pins
- Share photos of your band setup or customizations
- Warn others about bands that broke, caused irritation, or didn’t fit as advertised
- Ask where to buy official Fitbit bands if they’re hard to find

A few notes:

- Standalone posts about band recommendations or “where can I find X band” may be removed and redirected here
- Please still follow our standard subreddit rules (no personal info, no piracy, be civil)
- If you’re posting a review of a specific band with photos, feel free to keep that as its own post — this thread is mainly for quick questions and general recommendations
- We’ll refresh this megathread periodically as needed

Thanks for helping keep things organized!

I‘m not that heavy of a sleeper but with my Xiaomi Band 10, the vibration doesn’t wake me up, wondering how strong the vibration is on the Fitbit Air

With a lack of third party bands, I’m keen to see what people are wearing, particularly ones from AliExpress!

I feel like it’s not detecting my awake periods at all. For example, last night I woke up 4 times to check on my baby. She fell back asleep quickly with just a bit of soothing, but I was definitely awake each time.

At least twice, I even checked the Google Health app while I was up, and it showed that my sleep had ended (so it did detect that I was awake). But then by the morning, those wake-ups had completely disappeared, and it showed that I basically slept through the whole night.

So it seems like it initially detects the wake-ups, but later “overwrites” them?

The watch fits snugly on my wrist, so I don’t think it’s a positioning issue.

Is this a known problem? Has anyone experienced something similar or found a fix?

I have the Fitbit Air and use the Google Health app on s Samsung Galaxy S25 phone.

I train wrestling and grappling, plus lifting on the side. My band is calibrated, the data is clean, nothing rigged. In short, my body keeps up.

And yet the app keeps parking my readiness at rock bottom. At first I figured fine, I’ll play along, I’ll listen to it instead of pushing through. Result: after a 9 hour night, having done nothing at all the day before, no session, no particular fatigue, it tells me my readiness is 20 and advises me to rest.

Rest from what exactly? From my day on the couch?

At that point it isn’t an indicator anymore, it’s a permanent alarm generator. A score that always says “you’re fried” says nothing at all, because it no longer distinguishes a real fatigue day from a full rest day. And the worst part is that if you actually follow it, you end up limiting yourself on sessions you’re perfectly capable of doing.

That was one time too many. Uninstalling and switching to Bevel.

Btw to get this score with my whoop I have to drink vodka and sleep 2hours …

Hey everyone,
I'm a long distance runner and I use an Apple Watch Ultra for tracking my runs. I'm looking at getting a screenless tracker like the Fitbit Air as a secondary device when my AWU is charging, when I'm sleeping, or when I just want to wear my automatic watch.
I'm obsessed with tracking everything and I need all the data to merge seamlessly into Apple Health. The idea in my head is let's say I walk 2k steps with my AWU and then switch to the Fitbit and walk 4k more, it will show 6k total steps in Apple Health, along with heart rate and sleep data.
If anyone has actually tried running a dual setup like this using third-party sync apps:
1.Does it actually complete your Apple Watch experience, or is it frustrating? Was the day-to-day experience smooth and valuable, or did you constantly fight sync delays, duplicate steps, and broken graphs?
2.Which sync app worked best for you to keep the background syncing as automatic and painless as possible?

Would love to hear from your experiences before deciding myself. Thanks!

Has anyone encountered trouble getting SpO₂ readings? I have used the Fitbit Air for a month and still see no data, so I am unsure whether the device is faulty. Has anyone returned it for a replacement and found the readings effective afterward?

Not sure what’s going on with my Fitbit air. It’s losing its charge within 1.5 to 2 days.

I just charged it at 3pm est and it’s already down 20%.

Any ideas if this is a common problem or what I can do?

I tried resetting by pushing the button on the charger while it was charging but doesn’t seem to be working.

Have had it since about a week after it came out.

I'm thinking about getting an fitbit air to track my everyday health/walks/sleep and only using my garmin watch for runs/cycles.

Can you connect the garmin forerunner 165 to google health so my running data populates in google health too? (I using an iphone)

Ive tried to google this to find out, but im not getting any concrete info if this would work.