A state of the heart Fitbit

FitBit Inspire HR

£89.99 

I almost became teetotal ten days into Dry January when I noticed that quitting alcohol had made my heart rate drop by ten beats a minute.

But then I filled my fridge with lager on February 1 and forgot all about it.

For any self-respecting hypochondriac, a heart-rate monitor is an absolutely essential device, offering something new and interesting to worry about.

The Inspire HR is not quite as strokable as the top-end Fitbit Charge 3 but the curved OLED screen is sharp and easy to operate

Fitbit’s new Inspire HR is the first ‘bargain’ Fitbit armed with built-in heart-rate tracking (which also helps you work out when you’re pushing yourself in the gym and when you’re sleeping well).

At £90, it’s easily the best-value Fitbit ever. There’s no GPS, but if you bring your phone you can still see a map of your runs. And it also offers waterproofing and swim-tracking.

The Inspire HR is not quite as strokable as the top-end Fitbit Charge 3 but the curved OLED screen is sharp and easy to operate, with a simple swipe putting it in exercise mode. Taps on the screen show you how many footsteps, calories and miles you’ve done.

You can, of course, buy cheaper trackers – there are plenty of Chinese-made ones around the £20 mark these days – but Fitbit’s app makes everything very simple.

Well, bar the bit where you actually have to do the exercise, of course.