I have had my Surge since mid-Dec and I am happy to say it is a huge step up from the Flex! I am so excited that I don't have a collection of stuff on my wrist anymore (and that is what it felt like to have a watch and another device on my wrist).So far, things have been overall great!
The Size
It is a bit more bulky than my beloved watch, so it does catch on long sleeves. It is a little annoying to try and view it when I am wearing a jacket, but it is a small annoyance that I can live with. I don't find it bothersome to wear while I am sitting at my computer (which I did have a problem with when I wore my watch). I bought a size small, which fits well, but I probably could have gotten away with a large (despite the fact that I have tiny wrists and it is a fraction of an inch smaller than the recommended size for large).
Style
It is by no-means femenine, but as far as fitness watches go, it is generally unisex. I also don't have the gap that I usually have with fitness devices where my wrist curves but my watch face doesn't, so I end up with gaps under the top and bottom of the face, so that is a definite plus (there is a small gap, but not annoyingly bad).
Function
As a watch, it is one of the best executions of a watch on a fitness device that I have seen. I would love to see the screen have the option to default back to the time screen. It currently stays on whichever screen you last viewed, so sometimes that is frustrating, but nothing insurmountable.
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The backlight is spot on. The sensitivity seems to be perfect so I have yet to look at my watch and not see what it is trying to tell me.
Notifications are good, but it only does calls and texts. I am not sure I really need more notifications, personally. I get a lot of notifications through the day and would get annoyed if I got notifications for each facebook post or email.
Tracking seems to be fairly accurate. Heart rate has been within reason (ie, not really far from what my heart rate should me). Some people need to move the tracker higher up on their wrists, but I haven't had that issue yet. Of course, you can spoof steps if you are determined or animated, you can certainly spoof steps, but then again, I know that sometimes my steps aren't counted right, so I figure it all evens out at the end of the day.
Food tracking is decent, but there are better food trackers out there. Luckily, fitbit does work with other services to provide 2 way integration of food tracking (and other stats).
The exercise settings do allow a lot of options for how you would like to work out. Biking is not currently available, which doesn't bother me, but there are plenty of people out there who want it back. Of course, there is nothing keeping you from using another workout type to at least consolidate your statistics. The GPS is ok. I have noticed that GPS can be inaccurate when you are around a lot of buildings.
Music control works. Not much to see there.
Apps and web dashboard are great. There is a lot of information that is usually presented in an understandable way. There are a couple logs like heart rate that do not populate with your data, but you can see the information on the dashboard with a decent degree of granularity, so it isn't a huge deal. Presumably, this should be corrected by the time this device is officially released.
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The battery is supposed to last up to 7 days. I haven't made it more than 4, but I recently changed settings like bluetooth for music (which I don't use) and made sure to turn off my alarms that I don't use and don't wake up to.
I would urge you not to purchase this until it is released unless you can find it from a retailer (ie Target, Best Buy, or REI) since people are selling them for more than twice their retail cost.
I definitely recommend it! Even at this point, I am very satisified with it!
UPDATE - The Surge is officially available today (1/6) - Check with retailers, but if you can't find it, it is definitely on the Fitbit site!
Also, I added pictured to the review to show the fit. My wrist is about 6.1 inches and this is a size small. The small is supposed to fit 5.5-6.7 inches. The large is supposed to fit 6.3-7.9 inches. I think I would have been able to get away with the large (there is at least an inch of strap holes left on mine), but happy with my decision on the small!
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