a) I do not want to wear it on my wrist. I wear one on my wrist now. Hate it. Just not my thing.
b) I do not want to recharge batteries. I recharge the battery on the one on my wrist now. Hate it. Just not my thing.
c) It must be able to sync with Android 9, the OnePlus 6. Fitbit does not have that as a compatible device, which means it will act with it sporadically or not at all. It has been my experience that "not at all" is closer. (The one I wear on my wrist now syncs perfectly with the phone.)
The Fitbit Zip was the perfect animal for me. I clipped it on the inside of my pocket and forgot about it. It didn't touch my skin, and was extremely accurate, based on several tests I did with GPS and other trackers that were high end, known distance sources, etc. Not perfect, but very accurate.
The CR2025 button cell batteries are extremely cheap when you buy them on Amazon. Put one in, and forget about it for months. Just works.
I'm not a huge fan of "multi-function" this/that/whatever, so the fact that it didn't measure sleep, stairs climbed, mountain goats herded or whatever didn't disturb me--in fact, that was a plus. It just very reliably measured steps and distance, unobtrusively, reliably, consistently, and for a long period of time without maintenance.
Is there another device that is a competitor to this that fits the criteria above I identified in a) through c)?
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