Reviews for UP by Jawbone

I've found the UP bracelet useful since its faltering launch last year -- I never saw the recharging problems others have had. I was having issues synching it (it would take half a dozen tries before it would be recognized and synch) but a software update to the app corrected that.

When my mother was recovering from surgery, her sleep patterns were irregular and she was concerned that she wasn't sleeping well. I put my UP bracelet on her wrist and reassured her by showing the graphs of how often she woke, but how much sleep she was still getting and how much of it was deep sleep.

I now have one of the improved bands and it has worked well. The software added nutritional tracking that has enabled me to lose 30 pounds over a few months without really trying -- just being more conscious of which foods were really adding on the calories.

I've gotten a great deal of value from this and I encourage my friends and family to use it too.

The basic idea of having a gadget to track ones sleep, movement and food is great... the scan mode for food items is cool. It probably will never win a design prize but I could live with it's ugliness while it at least worked.
However, my UP-band lasted only two weeks! It never got wet, dropped or otherwise abused... it simply stopped working / charging. No reset helped.
Good idea but lousy product! UP-solutely disappointed!