What’s Included:
Watch, 1 x resin/silicone & 1 x black chrome metallic watchbands, 3 x pogo pins, watchband pin pusher tool, cleaning cloth, wet wipe for screen protector, magnetic USB charging cable, instructions card, user manual.
First Impressions:
The description indicates an AMOLED display, but in the same product page photo, it indicates it’s IPS. From my research, IPS & AMOLED are two different technologies. AMOLED is self-lit organic diodes while IPS uses a backlight to illuminate the screen.
It also indicates the display is 2.01”, but when I measured it using my calipers, it only comes to 44.9mm/1.77” diagonally but is 33mm/1.29” wide x 40.9mm/1.61” tall and mathematically, it’s supposed to come to 2.06” using the formula of square root of the width squared + the height squared, but my physical measurement provides a different number. I’m gonna base it on my physical measurement as it doesn’t look like 2.01” diagonally.
The watch bezel has a very nice tactical/futuristic/industrial/rugged design that includes very fine etching around the bezel. It looks beefy as well measuring 47mm/1.87” wide x 61.9mm/2.43” tall (from top lug to bottom lug) x 15.4mm/0.6” thick and weighs 61g (without bands).
Has a built-in flashlight with ok light output that is positioned on the top edge, which in my opinion, is the optimal location as it works if you wear your watch on your left or right wrist.
Pros:
– Nice large display, bright.
– Comes with a black chrome metal band as well as a dark green silicone/resin band.
– Has a really nice tactical/industrial/futuristic/rugged looking design/style.
– Integrated flashlight on the top edge of the watch, which is the most ideal location as it works for both left and right-handed watch wearers.
– Has sensors for blood oxygen, heart rate, blood pressure (via app), sleep tracking, step count.
– Can enable a password to get into the watch settings as well as to boot the watch.
– Should fit any standard 22mm watch bands, so you can customize to fit your style.
Cons:
– Display specs are a bit questionable as it indicates it’s 2.01” but physically measuring the diagonal and it’s only 1.77” and is spec’d as an AMOLED display, but product page photos also indicate it’s IPS, which is a standard backlit display, so uncertain of the display type.
– Unable to set time manually, so it needs to be linked to a phone/app for it to update/set the time as well as change the time from 24hr to 12hr display.
– The FitCloudPro app has limited watch faces options.
– Requires the app in order to set an alarm.
– Can’t disable the lift to wake option, so it will always light up when lifted up, even when sleeping/in a dark room.
– Although the power but dial rotates, it doesn’t actually do anything.
– Although it comes with a cleaning cloth and wet wipe for a screen protector, it does not come with a screen protector.
– There are some hard edges on the bezel corners. It does help with the design but would have preferred if they were rounded off a bit as it doesn’t feel good when you scrape your hand across it.
Final Impression:
Overall, the LIGE FV14 smart watch worked ok. It has a really nice look/design, has sensors for a variety of functions and has a built-in flashlight positioned on the top edge. Unfortunately, with all the good items, there’s a bunch of negatives, primarily the fact that you can’t use this as a watch to tell time right out of the box without pairing with a phone/app. LIGE does produce nice watches, but not being able to set the time manually without a phone/app is a big negative in my eyes. There are people out there that don’t have a smartphone yet want a smart watch to tell the time, for the pedometer, heart rate monitor, etc…, so not being able to set the time, or even an alarm without the app/phone is very disappointing to say the least.
At the time of this review, the watch was priced at $45.99 and may be a good option if you like the design and have a smartphone to pair with the watch, but if your biggest ask is to have a watch that can manually set the time without a phone/app, then this is not the watch for you.
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