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★★★★☆
It's a great smart watch
I have seen multiple reviews stating the watches tracking and logging of BP & heart rate is irregular and they cannot receive text messages. Here is my review;
As for the BP tracking, if you are wearing the watch too loosely on your wrist you might notice that the reading is highly inaccurate, try making the watch tighter and see if that helps. I took my BP several times with the watch and I must say that it is very accurate. I also have a BP cuff that I use to see just how much of a difference between the two. Watch 113/70. BP Cuff 116/73. I have done this consistently and it is pretty spot on every single time. If I work out or if I leave to go to the doctors office of course my BP is going to fluctuate. As long as the numbers are not off by more than 20 digits I think it does exactly what I wanted it to do. The same goes for my heart rate, both my cuff and the watch differ by about 3-4 digits. I can live with that.
As for the text messages. When I buy something that has certain bells and whistles I want all of them to work even if I find them useless. Honestly my phone is with me 24/7 but in the unlikely event it is not I will say it is helpful to see what someone is sending me. Initially I was not able to see my text messages and it bothered me, so I found the user manual online and instantly realized what the problem was. I already had notifications enabled on the HeroBandIII app so the next thing was to check the settings on my iPhone. My messages were set to display no preview. Per the manual, if there is no notification/display on the phone then the watch has nothing to show. Problem solved! Since then I am now receiving text messages. Now that I know I can, I will turn it off to preserve battery life. Note: I noticed the messages will only display the last 3. I am fine with that.
Battery Life - Excellent! I purchased the watch prior to Christmas, charged, and received a battery low indicator 12 days later. Keep in mind the only notifications I have on the watch are phone and text at the moment. I purchased this watch mainly for the design and the features of monitoring my bp & heart rate.
So far so good. For the price this watch is doing exactly what I bought it for. I have seen the same complaints for some of the watches that cost considerably more! It's not always about the cost, just read the instructions and you will get more out of it than you were expecting.
Watch Faces - I love the variety, I like to change my face often so this is pretty cool.
Sleep Tracking - I have never needed an app to tell me how long I was asleep. LOL. I lay down and get up and if I feel refreshed I got enough sleep. End of story.
January 2023 · Electronics · verified purchase