Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 6-1.56'' AMOLED Touch Screen, SPO2, Sleep Breathing Tracking, 5ATM Water Resistant, 14 Days Battery Life, 30 Sports Mode, Fitness, Steps, Sleep, Heart Rate Monitor [Official UK]

I absolutely love the watch and can't fault it at all, other than I am still trying to get it to link to the camera shutter on my Redmi note 10 Pro, but I have only had it a few days so I'll find a way eventually. The display is fabulous and measurements are very accurate when compared with my oximeter, so I am very happy with it so far. Text messages are really clearly displayed and the vibration alert is a godsend as I often don't hear the phone. However I am having problems with the strap, which is a bit fiddly to fasten, but my wife helps with that, and it is making me itch to the point of having to take it off to stop it. I started with my left arm and after a couple of days swapped to the right once the itch started. Now I have had to take it off there too as it was driving me mad. It calms down after an hour or so and I have been keeping everything clean and dry as I know that sweat can be a problem with silicone bands, but it's still causing problems. I can only wear a conventional watch for short periods as they cause a lot of skin problems, usually from the metal contact, but I had hoped that as there's no metal on the smart band and it's not a cheap copy or replacement one, I would have been OK with it. So although my photo doesn't really show much, try to imagine how much it is itching while I try to imagine that I am still wearing the watch, it feels like I am at least 😢. There's probably nothing wrong with the whole thing and quality and performance wise I really can't complain at all, it's a fantastic product and particularly for the crazy price. I have had the phone a couple weeks as well, the camera is incredible at this price and I'm completely blown away by that too hence going for the matching watch, so a bit upset that I have a slight issue with the strap at the moment. I am sure I will find a solution to the problem with a bit of frantic searching online and I am sure I am not the only person who is itchy, then I can carry on enjoying brilliant little device and also the app to go with it, which I haven't mentioned in detail as I am still learning about it myself, but so far is really good. The off-putting thing is the fact that it needs access to absolutely everything on your phone to work correctly with the band, but it all depends on what you want it to do so you can restrict some things if you don't you want to use them.. To sum it up, if you are thinking about a really great product and don't want to spend a fortune then you can't go wrong with the Xaiomi and, as with their phones, you will get a flagship quality product for a bargain basement price. Some people say that you get what you pay for and think that it is necessary to spend a fortune to buy a " good" one and if you want, or need to have a an expensive one then that's fine, but don't waste the extra money on the name because these are, in my humble opinion, going to be just as good and you can save the extra money for your other designer goods and prosecco 😂.

Had another low-cost smart watch prior to this that, even at £15, wasn't worth it. Before that, had a really nice Microsoft Band - but that (a) didn't last long (my first was replaced free by MSFT) and (b) got abandonned by MSFT.This watch is a nice balance. Low enough cost that I don't have to worry about it even if it broke in a year but with enough nice features to actually make it useful.Connection to the phone (I'm using Android in this case) seems reasonably robust (though I've had to stop/start Bluetooth a couple of times for the watch to be picked up by the app - I leave my phone in the office overnight but wear the watch and it sometimes loses connection). That was a real problem with the previous watch where I had to restart the app continuously.Watch faces are much of a muchness but it took me a while to realise that you can change some of the main information displays round in the watch itself. I've only used walking and cycling sport trackers so far but they work well.Battery life is decent, I have ALL of the features and live monitors turned on and have extended the active display time slightly and I get slightly less than a week. If you turn the settings down, you'll probably get a couple of weeks.I generally prefer a full watch face so wasn't too sure about having such a narrow face but actually it is pretty good with everything very clear and the display runs right to the edge so nothing wasted.The default strap isn't the best but it is just about acceptable and fine at the price I paid and there are loads of replacements.As usual, lacking in documentation so make sure you keep going back and messing with things because I keep finding new features even after a couple of months or more.Another fine product from Xiaomi product, recommended if you want some smart features but don't want to wear hundreds of ££ of watch and have to replace it every couple of years.