Discovery Vitality in 2016

StrontiumDog · Mar 29, 2016

xrapidx said:
All you need to do is get older, then your max heartrate comes down - and you can achieve it easier.

Yes, that is happening next week for me.

SoTrue said:
I expect this thread to become hectic after 2 April.....

Nah, their FB page maybe...

CodeMaster · Mar 29, 2016

In light of all these changes, what is the recommended fitness tracker with HR monitoring.

konfab · Mar 29, 2016

CodeMaster said:
In light of all these changes, what is the recommended fitness tracker with HR monitoring.

^^I am also interested in this information.

This is something that Discovery could be nice about and actually provide.

StrontiumDog · Mar 29, 2016

CodeMaster said:
In light of all these changes, what is the recommended fitness tracker with HR monitoring.

That depends, what types of activities do you do and how hard will you be willing to push yourself?

konfab · Mar 29, 2016

StrontiumDog said:
That depends, what types of activities do you do and how hard will you be willing to push yourself?

I am wanting to do track daily cycling and occasional running.

konfab · Mar 29, 2016

StrontiumDog said:
That depends, what types of activities do you do and how hard will you be willing to push yourself?

I am wanting to do track daily cycling and occasional running.

phoneJunky · Mar 29, 2016

If you are two people can one person can 1 person do the 60000 allowable points for the year or is each person capped at 30000 points?

Blu82 · Mar 29, 2016

If you want a device a Garmin Vivofit 1 or 2 with a heart rate monitor should be the cheapest. The other option is the Polar bluetooth heartrate monitor in conjunction with the polar app.

Tinuva · Mar 29, 2016

Cheapest still is the Muvit HRM belt strap from Makro at R399 combined with Polar Beats app on Android or Iphone.

krycor · Mar 29, 2016

abudabi said:
Nope.. 1 "item" of points per day... whichever earns you the highest

Meh so next month athletes will realize what a mess up is about to befall them.

Btw I did get my 3k points for 2hr cycle today yay!! Will try one more on Thursday so I end up getting 9.6k for cycling 4x this month

Blu82 · Mar 30, 2016

And Takealot has a daily deal at the moment on the Vivofit 1 heart rate bundle.

mcclod · Mar 30, 2016

A Wahoo Tickr X can be synced with Wahoo Fitness app, which itself can be synced with the Apple Health App and then finally to Discovery.
Will either of these use cases work?
Wahoo HRM --> Wahoo fitness --> Apple Health --> Discovery
or
Wahoo HRM --> Wahoo fitness --> Garmin Connect --> Discovery

Tinuva · Mar 30, 2016

mcclod said:
A Wahoo Tickr X can be synced with Wahoo Fitness app, which itself can be synced with the Apple Health App and then finally to Discovery.
Will either of these use cases work?
Wahoo HRM --> Wahoo fitness --> Apple Health --> Discovery
or
Wahoo HRM --> Wahoo fitness --> Garmin Connect --> Discovery

Discovery is specifically blocking 3rd party app data as of April. So it will sync to Apple health or Garmin, but Discovery will discard that data, at least so they say.

You can still buy the Tickr X, but can only use it with another device to do the recording (eg Polar Beats app, or Polar Loop, or Garmin vivofit ect). So the X is a waste of money with Discovery, might as well get the regular Tickr belt.

mcclod · Mar 30, 2016

Tinuva said:
Discovery is specifically blocking 3rd party app data as of April. So it will sync to Apple health or Garmin, but Discovery will discard that data, at least so they say.

You can still buy the Tickr X, but can only use it with another device to do the recording (eg Polar Beats app, or Polar Loop, or Garmin vivofit ect). So the X is a waste of money with Discovery, might as well get the regular Tickr belt.

Hmm that's what I was afraid of. Wife has a fitbit charge hr, which is next to useless now. Can't believe that you buy a Discovery approved device, sticker and all, and you get shafted three months after purchase.

Need an elegant way to track wattbike sessions that will satisfy Discovery.

StrontiumDog · Mar 30, 2016

Here's a gem of a follow up interview with Mr Discovery money-bags:
Why Discovery Vitality cut support for some fitness apps and trackers
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...ut-support-for-some-fitness-apps-and-trackers

TedLasso · Mar 30, 2016

mcclod said:
Hmm that's what I was afraid of. Wife has a fitbit charge hr, which is next to useless now. Can't believe that you buy a Discovery approved device, sticker and all, and you get shafted three months after purchase.

Need an elegant way to track wattbike sessions that will satisfy Discovery.

Got this from Discovery Yesterday regarding the Fitbit HR I bought in Feb this year

As per our previous communication with you, we are in the process of refining how you can earn Vitality points using fitness apps and devices.

Vitality is working closely with Fitbit to enable the integration of heart rate data to enable you as a Fitbit Surge or Fitbit Charge HR user to earn Vitality points for heart rate tracking. Currently, Vitality members can earn 100 Vitality points for tracking 10 000 or more steps a day. Until the heart rate integration is complete, fitness points for heart rate cannot be allocated.

We will keep you updated about an expected date for the integration once this is confirmed. We hope to be able to communicate with you soon on the proposed resolution date.

Your weekly goals will be reduced to 300

Your Vitality Active Rewards goals will be adjusted downwards to 300 points (unless your current goal is lower) to help with the transition process in April.

We are confident that we will have Vitality/Fitbit integration within the next few months and we recommend that members keep their Fitbit devices as we work to enable you to be rewarded for heart rate activity.

However, if you would still like to use the exchange offer before the resolution is confirmed, there are two options to you as a Fitbit Charge HR or Fitbit Surge user:

1. You can choose to keep your Fitbit device and track steps until such time as Fitbit is able to offer HR integration with Vitality. We will also offer you a saving of R1 000 on a Polar H7 heart rate strap (worth R1 399 so you will only pay R399). If you want to take up this offer, reply to this email and we will send you further instructions with a discount code.

OR

2. If you do not want to keep your Fitbit Charge HR or Surge, you can exchange it for a Polar H7 heart rate strap (worth R1 399). If you want to take up this offer, reply to this email and we will send you further information advising on how to do this exchange.

Get active. Get rewarded.

Regards
The Vitality team

Tinuva · Mar 30, 2016

Heh, the offer to buy it at R399 is not too bad.

InSanity · Mar 30, 2016

Hey guys, 'Im sure this has been asked before but there's a lot to read through so if someone can help i have the galaxy gear live smartwatch how do i link that to my discovery app ? as the gear live cant sync to the s health

Tinuva · Mar 30, 2016

InSanity said:
Hey guys, 'Im sure this has been asked before but there's a lot to read through so if someone can help i have the galaxy gear live smartwatch how do i link that to my discovery app ? as the gear live cant sync to the s health

Dont think you can. Only the Galaxy S2 that can sync to S Health can sync to Discovery.

StrontiumDog · Mar 30, 2016

@InternetLuddite, what is your active rewards goal at present?

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