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If the Fitbit Flex is the bottled Mexican Coke of fitness bands, then EB Sport Groups's new Sync Burn is a can of warm RC Cola. It's not that it doesn't get the job done—either way your thirst is quenched (or your steps are tracked) but one experience is offering distinctly more than the other.
EB Sports Group, best known for brands such as Men's Health, Everlast, and Bally, produces a variety of plain looking pedometers and heart rate monitors under its Sportline brand and is now looking play in the consumer market with two fitness bands the Sync Burn and the Sync Fit.
LifeTrak Move (left) vs. Sync Burn (right). Fight!
When the Sync Burn arrived, I was eager to check it out—I'd already reviewed a similar product, the LifeTrak Move C300 and had been pleasantly surprised by the good impression made by that budget band. So, how did the Sync Burn fare in comparison to its cousin? Meh……
Hardware
Both devices, worn side by side.
EB Sports produces a number of fitness tech devices, albeit all generally on the plainer side, but for the Sync Burn they decided to go a different route and partner with Salutron (the company that developed the LifeTrak Move). The result is two products that are nearly indistinguishable: The Sync Burn is practically the mirror image of the LifeTrak from the information displayed to the physical design.
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