Smart Band 9 Arctic Blue

Bought this to replace Fitbit’s which themselves broke every 2 years! Low cost, has everything I need, easy to use, accurate, easy to see, phone notification, activity tracking, sleep tracking, excellent battery life and Mi Fitness app is easy to use. Couldn’t be happier with it, thoroughly recommend.

Battery life excellent, especially in battery saving mode, 30 days before needing a charge. Strap a little off. So far it fell off only the once. No issues wearing, very comfortable. It will sometimes not record step count. A reboot usually fixes that. Overall very happy with it IMHO.

using it non-stop for a while, mainly for heartbeat and calory burn for gym sessions. It's not accurate by any means, and sometimes the heartbeat is way off (especially with arm hair...), but it's good enough for me for everyday fitness tracking. Holds up well in water too. The original wristband sometimes opens if you flick it at the right angle, so I changed it. For the price it's great.

After a month of using this I can safely say I'm pleasantly surprised. Besides the annoying fact the date is US format and the strap was a tad annoying (so I purchased an elasticated nylon one) it's without a doubt a great purchase I'm really happy with. For such a cheap price I've compared it to my wife's apple watch and my old apple watch (series 6) I just can't get my head around why they cost so much in comparison. The only thing which I can tell that isn't included (that id actually use) is the ability to reply to texts; let's be real though your phone isn't ever really far away and replying on your watch is fiddly at the best of times. Also want to mention the battery life is astonishing. I always used to charge my apple watch daily but this seems to last for over 2 weeks and still have around 35% to go before I get nervy and charge is anyway. Don't hesitate grab one and don't look back.

For £30 you can’t go wrong. My first one lasted 7 months and the strap broke. Got a replacement strap which wasn’t much. Has all the info you would need, time, HR, sleep data etc. control music on your phone from it. Comfy and light. Vibrating alarm is great for waking up in the morning without scaring yourself and your partner. Now and again loses connection but doesn’t affect data collected. Just adds it all once connect again.

I was impressed at first. It was comfortable to wear and seemed accurate both for exercising and sleep tracking. Then it went wrong after a few days of use. After exercising, with the app running on my phone, the app showed the correct number of steps and calories but the band showed about double those figures. I could not get the two to agree until I unpaired and re-paired, losing my settings in the process. I tried again later in the day with another short exercise; again, the band showed higher figures for steps and calories. Now packaged up ready to return to Amazon. Pity; I liked it a lot while it was working correctly.

After my second fitbit charge 5 died randomly again, I decided to look for something else. Having small wrists there wasn't much to choose from, but this watch is brilliant. It just works, unlike the fitbit. It syncs instantly, changes time zone instantly and the battery life is great. I'm easily getting 2 weeks from it. If your phone is set to date-month-year, then all the watch clock faces do it too. Again unlike the fitbit which forces you to use US format. I can't comment on exercise tracking as I only monitor my steps. I've only had it a couple of months so also can't comment on its longevity, but hopefully it will last longer than the fitbit.

Had this now for a few months. Some good data. Although it misses or does not report on the app each day. Shame about the quality of the data. I swim 3 times a week and to date it never has calculated the distance correctly. As you count the lengths and the pool size does not change. It is about 40% out. For walking missing days of data. Even when you sync. Sleep. Says I’m sleeping at times when I’m just reading a book. I like that it is simple to use and no subscription required. Helps as a guide but nowhere near accurate. Hoped for better from the brand.

I have this band after my Iwatch was broken. I realized I didn’t use the full functionality of it, because the watch screen is too too small to do anything complicated. I also don’t need (don’t want to be interrupted by) all the notifications/functionality like using my phone. Therefore, I decided to focus on what I really need, which is fitness tracking. I tried the other more famous band, which looks great. But the battery life was a big concern to me. It didn’t last one day after I turned on all functionality. It might be defective, since it claims a little longer Battery life than that. Besides, I had to pay for some functions. So I switched to this one, cheaper but with longer battery life. The battery life is really amazing. With all functions on, it can last 10 days or more (I never let it go down to 30%). When I have a short business trip, I don’t need to bring a charger at all. It provides enough fitness tracking. By comparing with my old Iwatch, I found that the Distance is accurate , the steps is a little lower but ok for me. The calories are very different (I heard the calculation is different). But it does provide me the relative information for my day to day fitness activities. I have it on my wrist all the time. Charging is also very fast. I like it very much!

I had the Smart Band 6 previously, and when that one eventually died, I was happy to get the latest one, which was at the time, the Smart Band 9. Mostly I really like it. I keep my phone on silent, so the only feature that I really need is to be notified of incoming calls and texts. Everything else is nice to have, so spending $200, $400 or more for an Apple Watch is overkill when this one is $47 and does what I need. Things I like: - Durability - Water resistant: I accidentally wore it in the shower a few times, and it was fine. - Watch face is not huge like most smart watches. - Color screen with lots of free watch faces. - Syncs fine with iPhone. - Long battery life. - Value, as discussed above. Cons: - One other SUPER useful feature the Smart Band 6 had was that you could use the watch to make your phone beep so you could find it. While this one technically has that feature, there is one critical flaw: If my phone has its ringer off (again, see above - my phone is ALWAYS on silent), then when you use the watch to find the phone, it no longer beeps, it just vibrates. And this is not due to a change on Apple's side since I was using the same phone. - A few of the watch faces are customizable, where you can choose what info you want displayed (steps vs heart rate vs ...). I wish more of them were customizable. Also more watch faces with large print and simple designs for those of us who have bad eyes would be much appreciated. Overall, I 100% recommend this watch. Just verify if it has all the features you need. If so, get it!

My fitbit charge 5 decided to quit on me after 1 pool session so I found this alternative. Let me tell you, I didn't have my hopes high but I was pleasantly surprised the first day I started using the Mi band! First off, the battery life is AMAZING. It has wonderful visuals, apps, and options yet it can last a whole week (or more depending on the settings you choose) compared to the boring, small, and not simple things of the fitbit. For the price you literally can't beat it, I swam with it in the pool and the ocean and the waterproof rating is doing its job! (Shame on the Charge 5 that got water damage and only had it for 6 months) The heart rate sensor is decent, not as perfect as the fitbit but gets the job done. Sleep tracking is pretty good as well for what I use it for. I also get notifications instantly to the watch which is super nice while working to check quickly without having to take my phone out. Overall 10/10 for the price! It has plenty of features and it looks nice too with plenty of watch faces to choose from. The app is also easy to use as well.

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Bought this to track steps and workouts and I'm pleasantly surprised! It's excellent quality for the price. Tracks heart rate and sleep pretty well. Battery life is great so far, I've only been using it for approx 2 weeks. Loses a star as it's not as robust as some of my old fitness bands, I knocked my hand into a door and there is a minor scratch on the screen. I know from experience others held up better with minor bumps and knocks. Although there are many functional and pretty watch faces to choose from in the app, I would like some more customisation with the watch faces.