A few months ago I decided that I wanted to see how many steps I was doing a day whilst working for the construction company I was employed by. As I worked for a construction company dealing with concrete and slabs and other heavy things I figured that I would probably break what ever tracker watch I bought so why buy an expensive one? After skim through Amazon I came across this one
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B078WRP4H6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
For the money I thought this would probably be crap. I thought the heart rate and bluetooth would be unreliable or just vague at best but after a few months I was pleasantly surprised!
So the good points, its cheap. Don't believe the RRP for a start, this is an £18.99 watch all day long. The heart rate monitor is on the back and uses green LED's to read, and it is very accurate. The step counter is also very accurate. Construction wise its quite a thing, the strap comes off to reveal a USB plug which is nicely sealed from the elements, the strap can be used either way round depending on your preference. Its nice and light and comfy and the gel strap is fine to wear all day even when its hot and sweaty out. It survived 2 months of daily use on a construction site with only a slight scratch on the screen but this does not affect its use.
Features wise the watch has a single touch interface that scrolls through the Time, Heart rate and activities functions. With the activities you can customise to suit your needs from running to mountain climbing. It records data fine and the data is easy to read in the app.
The other good point is battery life. I get 13-14 days on a single charge and charging takes a couple of hours from a USB socket.
But here is the not so good things about this watch. The app is very system heavy, unnecessarily heavy, also the app needs to be force closed or it will drain your battery. If you remember its not a problem but its easy to sync it and then forget to force close the app.
With the app you do get plenty of data. The home screen shows your activities for the day, there is a tab for sleep and heart rate too. The data is displayed in nice graphics and charts on the main page but this is just the start of the data. Hit details and you can look at your activities, sleep and heart rate for the week, month or year.
The device tab gives you more options that I have not bothered with........ There is so many more features on this watch that I have never turned on. Call alert, Text Alert and even camera remote control. The reason I have never played with these functions is mainly because I didnt like having my Honor 9 on me all day when working for worry it would get damaged. I did lend the watch to a friend and he reported back that all features worked with his LG android phone so lets just say they work and if you want them they are great.....
The worst part of this watch is the compatibility with other apps. I haven't yet found an app that this will work with despite there being a Google Fit logo and button within the app. If I could use a different app this watch would be perfect.
But..... Here is the thing. If you just want a basic tracker that you don't need to care about then this is perfect. It's £18.99 and its a bargain. Yes you can spend more and get one with a better app or even more features but unless you need a specific one for the life insurance/health plan you are on don't bother. Get one of these and spend the money you would have spent on the nicer one on cake, healthy cake..... MMMMMMMMM CAKE.
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