HUAWEIBand 3e Fitness Wristband Activity Tracker - Black (Multi-method wearing,5ATM,Up to 21 days usage) 55030407

The media could not be loaded. Got to say this is excellent for the price. Not a perfect fitness device, but for £79 this really is the best value comparing to the bands that are available in the market.I'll highlight a few findings:1. The band is very comfortable. It's not a silicone band but the material is very light and flexible, really don’t have the plasticy feeling, don’t feel the weight when wearing during the night. compare to the old product that I had, I don’t get skin irritation from this product at a constant wear.2. Sleep tracking is outstanding – Out of my techy interests, I've compared it side by side to my FitBit Charge 2 and my Philips Health watch. Both also offer breakdowns of REM, deep, and light sleep. The differences are so small as to be meaningless. The sleep quality, deep sleep continuity, and breathing quality are unexpected features at this price level. I've had no issues with my sleep being recorded incorrectly.3. GPS has worked well. It usually takes around a minute to get the reception, and after I had no issues with the function at all.4. Running metrics are outstanding. The exercise record gives the standard mileage, duration, average pace, and calories burned. The heart rate chart shows the standard heart rate over your exercise duration, along with steps per minute. It's when dive into the details tab that I was again a bit surprised - Average speed is also recorded as is stride length, the "training result" (the value of the workout to your overall fitness), VO2 max, and recovery time. All seem to be in line with the other trackers I've tried, but only I overpaid a lot for the same thing.5. Battery life is close to advertised - I usually lose around 5% each day. It's very true that GPS use will drain the battery quickly but for my 30 minute runs this isn't an issue. Not expecting things to be perfect against what says on the Manuel, but more than good enough. The same, you would take official MPG measure in real use, but got to be in purpose to an certain degree within this battery lifespan.6. The wrist-turn gesture to wake the screen has worked flawlessly, as has the rotate to switch screen feature. While in the middle of a workout, this is a great way to switch screens without having to physically touch the band. The touch is on the band does work very well but it's annoying to be constantly tapping the band while running.7. I don't use this for swimming, even the product support for IP68. But I sallow tested, seems all good.Now for the things that could be a bit better:1. Display is rather small. It’s ok to read the info on the screen, but the step count on the home screen is really tiny. save on battery, and this is only minor complaints.2. The app is just okay. Nothing wrong with it, but it's not a FitBit-type experience, where people put up with a so-so device because they like the app so much. The information is available on the Huawei Health app, you just have to dig a bit to get there.3. Here's my biggest gripe - the continuous heart rate data is basically worthless. The band will only sample your heart rate periodically, I think it's around every 15 minutes. That, combined with the small graph (that doesn't expand when turning your phone on it's side) leave you with a tiny, really spiky graph and no way to delve in any deeper. I would love to see this improved at some point. I understand the effect on battery life of true continuous heart rate data, but it would be nice if the user could choose what's more important - great battery life or better tracking.4. As others have mentioned, this band really needs an open cardio mode where the user can record a weight workout, elliptical, rowing session, etc. Both Run and Bike tracking use GPS, so I tried using the Swimming tracking to record a weight workout. But the tracker won't record a heart rate when in this mode so that didn't work well at all. I don't need dedicated modes for all those exercises, just a cardio function that will record duration and heart rate. This should be an easy addition at some point.I've not mentioned notifications yet...I initially turned them on to see how well they work, but typically keep them all off. They do work rather well given the limitations of the band. A screen of this size simply can't let you read full text messages, etc. For me it's adequate to know a call or text has come in. If I want to investigate further that's up to me. One way or another, this isn't an important feature to me.This Huawei Product really shines when tracking Running and Biking workouts. GPS and detailed, accurate heart rate metrics from a £79 band of this size that is comfortable to wear and IP68 waterproof is nothing short of amazing. Combine all that with really fine sleep tracking and you have a device that can be worn 24/7. It's not perfect, but with a few software updates ( better continuous heart rate tracking and an open cardio mode) it would be very close to perfect.Update....updated. I think I made mistake. Huawei band actually has continued heart rate function. When I turn on sport mode, it will continuously record heart rate, but it does increasing battery consuming. I love the continuous heart rate function. It resolved my problem. I would say that this is perfect for this price, very highly recommended

Band 2 Pro review (Nov17):Comfortable, waterproof (I always wear in shower), measurements seem pretty accurate mostly (though I have a low HR and looks to me like it usually doubles HRs under 40 as often happens to me on my phone app). I have a Huawei phone & sync's well - in initial days seemed to need to reconnect band & phone a lot but increasingly stable). GPS display of workout in app is great and other data input & display pretty user-friendly but not clear that there is a way to download data or chart in app itself (e.g. resting HR every day). Easy to customise which apps notify via vibrate - great way not to miss phone calls (but equally to know that someone's ringing if put phone itself on silent). Runs for quite a while after charging even with 1hr GPS use most days. Does sometimes start workout itself for no apparent reason (perhaps button pressed by accident - sometimes with water pressure in shower, sometimes when in bed) which drains battery if you don't catch it (once woke with no battery life as apparently gone for a 90 minute workout in my sleep...). Strap does come loose sometimes but band never fallen off as doesn't easily come out of main loop through.Band 2 Pro update (Nov18):Watch itself still going great but strap leaves a lot to be desired - increasingly loose on clasp (though still not outright fallen off, just frequently goes loose on wrist, quite a few times a day) and one half came away from watch front fixing - I managed to cobble back together with super glue and a tiny screw and still wearing daily a few months on but not impressed. Looks like they've responded to criticisms and made Band 3 strap a normal watch fastening and with replaceable bands, so will probably look to purchase that whenever this one becomes unusableBand3 Pro review (Mar19):Purchased Band 3 when reached end of line with Band 2 strap. Quite different from Band 2 - strap is a normal watch fastening which is better but electronics also majorly upgraded. Needs to come with a User Guide (it doesn't) as not that easy to work out how to use, especially when used to operating Band 2 which is all via button at bottom of screen. Band 3 has similar push button which you need to press to wake up screen but otherwise not used that much in operation of band - eventually worked out you have to swipe Up/Down through screens/options and tap screen to go into any option, or swipe right to go back. I have only just worked out how to manage Workouts - for each Workout option you can tap separately on the Target & Alerts section of screen to separately set, then on bottom section with play arrow to start workout. To stop workout, hold down push button until Pausing cycle completes then red square followed by blue tick to Stop workout or blue 'play' triangle to continue. The more detailed, colour graphics mean messages are displayed better (display horizontally in full when you go into so easy to read - great for getting website log-in notification codes from texts!) but also hang around until you clear (if don't tap to go into to read detail, e.g. if already seen via phone) - have to scroll to bottom to Clear All to get rid of. Battery life doesn't seem to be as good as Band 2 and indicator isn't as clear (not even included in display on 2 out of the 3 Faces options - see photos - but then you can tap on face to display bluetooth & battery icon by themselves which makes them bigger & clearer). May be worse on battery life as 'continuous' Heart Rate measurement is more frequent - every 5 mins instead of every 10mins?