I was very excited to receive my Ruimen Smart Watch and decided to wear it around the house on the opposite wrist of my current smartwatch to compare features and accuracy and wear only the Ruimen watch at work. I work in the tech field so I can’t NOT do a comparison, lol! I enabled all the necessary permissions on the Gloryfit watch app that I downloaded to my Samsung Galaxy phone. Configuration of the app was smooth and intuitive, however, there are some issues noted below.
Pros:
– Excellent large, clear and easy to read display without adding much to the weight of the watch
– App allows for customizing the face with a personal photo
– Very comfortable to wear, even while sleeping
– “Milky white” band easily coordinates with all outfits or switch to the alternate black band that is included in the box
– Bands have a notched loop to keep the excess length in place so the tail doesn’t slide
– Best battery life of any smartwatch I’ve owned! (I made it passed a full week before charging)
– Time is accurate all week
– Heart rate and blood oxygen read the same on both watches so I assume it is accurate.
Cons:
– There is no control or choice of text size or display info for the overlay when using a custom photo – time and steps only the main display. I would prefer the text larger and today’s date added.
– The interface to my phone contacts was inaccurate during set up, i.e., many contacts in my book did not appear and a couple contacts that had been deleted did show up apparently due to still being cached or sitting in the trash folder.
– Interestingly the contacts that did not appear during configuration do actually show by name when a phone call or message is received from that person.
– I ultimately had to disable the call feature because it automatically picked up calls on the second ring, not allowing me an option of calls to go to voicemail. This is the main dealbreaker for me on this watch as I cannot have it engage a call when I’m in a business meeting. Yes, that happened. My phone was on vibrate and after the second bzz , I could hear the caller speaking (like a speaker call on low volume) even though I had not accepted or rejected the call on either the watch or my phone. this has never been an issue with my other smartwatch.
– The step feature is inaccurate. It registered less than 2/3 of the number of steps in a 9-hour timeframe as my other watch.
– The weather stats are waaaayyy off on the watch but accurate in the Gloryfit app (concurrently!) with exception to the timestamp on the weather page – it is 5h 45m ahead of my actual location. Although that isn’t an important feature for me. See phone weather app and watch display photos taken seconds apart.
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