Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I've had this now for about a month. Had the microsoft band and liked the features but hated the recharging. Researched and found that the wrist-mounted heart rate trackers are useless over about 140 so I went back to chest strap for HR and just wanted a step counter for my wrist that I didn't have to recharge. The withings watch was the best thing I found and it's done exactly what I hoped it would. The little percent-done tracking hand is an unobtrusive way to see how much I've done. I can see it at a glance without having to press a button and it's not showing up in neon glow for everyone else to read. The sleep tracking is sort of useful as well - never could use my fitbits or the microsoft band reliably at night because they needed recharging. With this I can tell more about my patterns. For instance my deep sleep occurs right after I go to bed but not if I go to bed at 1am because my wife starts her restless period. Anyway, that's nice to have. Waited to review to try out the swim feature. They just pushed the update to me yesterday for me and went swimming today. As advertised, it just appeared upon sync which was really nice. I've always been annoyed at having to write down when I swim. While this doesn't integrate with apple's health app (yet - hopefully coming??) it's a very nice feature. Not sure how they are calculating calories - they do have weight but it seems effort dependent and i'm not sure pace gives you that. Anyway, you just see a duration, not a stroke count. Maybe that's coming. I've never had a fitness product that received automatic firmware updates - that's outstanding. Finally a quick thumbs up for their customer service. I had two questions for them and they responded to both within a day. It's nice to be as pleasantly surprised by a company as you are by their product. update: after six months I'm still wearing this watch every day. One battery replacement that went smoothly. They have moved the swim tracking piece out of beta and it's accurate in terms of time in the pool. The band is holding up well but it's my least favorite part - sort of cheap looking - something a 12 yr old would choose. Their online choices are colored bands. Not sure who they think their market is, exactly. Do kids really care about step counting? Having said that, my other watches are collecting dust as having the reminder that you haven't moved all day is a motivator, never having to stop to recharge it makes it easy and not having to think twice when you head for the pool seals it for me.