My Fitbit luxe broke this week and so I decided to try out Amazon smart watches after a few friends and family members have said good things about the ones they’ve recently ordered off Amazon. My Fitbit luxe also had been having issues and honestly I wasn’t too happy with it and when the screen finally died and the battery started acting up, I decided it’s time to leave the Fitbit brand. I also can’t believe how expensive Fitbit devices are considering they are so basic. The one I bought 3 years ago has not gone down in price. The $25-70 Amazon ones seemed to have better features so I bought one “on sale” for $26. It was good but I returned it because the clock face was WAY too big for my wrist. But it was so easy to set up. I then bought a round one ($41) that was still too big and the strap was too uncomfortable and I didn’t love the layout of the screen user interface so I returned it.
Decided to give this one a try and it’s only been a few hours but I’m super impressed. It costed a bit more than the last 2 models ($65) but the tech quality feels better and the user interface makes way more sense. You have choices of notification sounds and you can actually feel the vibration. It’s so much easier to find and change settings. The screen quality looks better to me than the other 2 watches I tested. Most of all, I loved that it came with 2 wrist straps, the dressier gold one and the cream coloured rubber one for sports and they both actually fit my small wrists. The HR monitor seems accurate but if you’re used to a Fitbit you will have to get used to these Amazon smartwatches and how they “measure” heart rate at intervals. Instead of a live reading, it’s more like a capture at different time intervals or you just check manually and wait a moment.
I don’t think you can swim in this – when I washed my hands the water sensor started beeping. Some of the Amazon smartwatch marketing is misleading on the waterproof issue. This watch encourages you to shake your wrist if water comes into contact. You can’t wear it swimming but for me, as a regular lap swimmer, I don’t feel it’s necessary to wear your watch swimming (and quite frankly I think maybe that’s why my Fitbit ultimately died!).
I will update my review if I have any issues within the year. At this price point, I would expect this device to work well for a good 2 years of taking good care of it. I also bought it because the reviews indicated it had a good battery life.
Haven’t tested out sports modes yet but there are a ton of options including tennis and horse back riding.
The notifications are well labeled with icons, unlike the other watch brands that showed confusing previews or messages that were hard to identify visually.
A quality watch and its longevity will be confirmed once enough time as passed to have some feedback on that.
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