Amazfit Band 5

NEW UPDATE!! Ok so I got my Amazfit 5 watch 7 months ago. It still works fine...BUT HERE'S THE KICKER....I was gifted a fitbit charge 5 which retails around $119 at the moment..but I'm sure was higher upon release....anyways...I LOVE MY AMAZFIT MORE!! So much more . I love the details on the app better...and it's laid out way better. The amazfit alerts me to my heart rate over a certain limit..perhaps the fitbit does but it's so confusing at times...it seems to check heart rate periodically. Also on my amazfit 5 I can check my oxygen level anytime...fitbit only gives a reading after so many hrs of sleep... and that's it. Also I don't see anything about daytime naps...or details about sleep on the fitbit..although it tracks rem deep and light(I never got a rem reading on amazfit but that's fine) The amazfit isn't as big and bulky as the fitbit...it actually looks more sleek to me than the fitbit charge 5.....even though the face isn't as big...and the graphics are an (irrelevant) tad bit lower pixel than fitbit. I have showered with amazfit..with the fitbit you cant...the fitbit has a few features that amazfit doesn't like skin temp and afib measurer..but you actually have to initiate it(afib)...I don't even use these so no deal breaker...also...the fitbit has functions that seem to come with (amazfit for free) that you only get if you subscribe to premium on fitbit. So overall I love my 38 dollar watch...not sure of the price now...but a 38 dollar watch which you can buy multiple bands to switch it up... for under 15 bucks is, for me, a winner. The amazfit 5 never failed me. As a matter of fact I believe I will be putting IT back on..because I've been wearing this fitbit for a couple weeks and it's just not as good. It takes long to sync and seems to disconnect from blue tooth on my phone...and has repairing issues which are ongoing.. While I appreciate the present... I just had to let you guys know. Amazfit 5 is worth it... PS...I didn't get paid to say these things. It's just true. And as a second update to intial review...I could have just bypassed...but this Amazfit is def worth trying. This is an update to my poor review of the watch. It finally worked after I figured out I had to actually touch the pair first symbol. It then paired. The features are actually good for a low price watch and the screen although is little..works for me. I don't know how accurate it is but it seems ok. It alerts when you haven't moved lately so that's a plus. It also has a breathing exercise function which is useful. ..which guides your breathing for like a minute. Yeah I like the watch. Its an ok to good buy for me. However the company needs better directions. That way we know if it works or not. I know it may be an older watch..bit if people are still buying then we deserve a better manual. Not everyone is techsmart. I vocoder myself to be savvy and I had a heck of a time. So maybe better instructions. Overall great gift buy. Good watch. Nice price.

I started a new job that required me to be on my feet all day, move around a lot, and wash my hands constantly. It was important to me to have a waterproof watch so I could time certain aspects of my job. I wanted a cheap waterproof watch, and after trying two different 20 dollar watches from The Mart of Wal that both lasted less than a week, I decided to purchase this. I didn't care about tracking anything, I just wanted something cheap but durable that could handle being roughed up and exposed to water that would still tell the time. This thing is amazing for that purpose, but I wouldn't want to rely on it to accurately track biometrics. I've knocked my hand/wrist/arm into walls, pipes, sinks, toilets, desks, doorways hard enough on multiple occasions to wince and be convinced I accidentally cracked the screen. The screen is still flawless, and I didn't put any sort of protector on it. I've washed my hands enough to turn them red, submerged this watch, wiped it with lysol orisopropyl alcohol to disinfect it, accidentally slathered it in lotion, and it's come clean and still works perfectly every time. In fact, after a few months of use, it looks just the same as the day I bought it. 11/10 for durability. However, sometimes this thing misreads. One time I had it sitting in the pouch on the front of my lunchbox at work for a few hours, and it decided my heart rate was 40 BPM during those hours despite me not even being in the same room. (Unless my lunchbox has come to life?) Sometimes the device decides my heartrate is 120 while I'm sitting down, or 50 while I'm on my feet, and when I check my pulse with a blood pressure cuff I have in the house, it is most definitely normal. Overall the baseline pulse seems somewhat accurate, it just spikes and falls once or twice a day seemingly at random. The blood oxygen sensor seems to be bamboozled if I'm sweaty or have just washed my hands. One time I was sitting watching TV, and when I got up the watch decided that during the time I was watching TV I was actually asleep and it cheerfully informed me of my 'nap' biometrics. The one set of readings that seems pretty accurate is the step counter / pedometer. It wasn't a feature I was looking for but now that I have it I like to wear it even when I don't need a watch (mowing the lawn, etc) just to see how many steps I'm putting it. If you have a health condition that requires accurate information, or are serious about tracking, look elsewhere. If you want the world's most durable waterproof watch, this is it. If you're curious but not serious to see your pulse or other readings, and don't need them to be medically accurate, this is probably a good place to start with a basic tracker. The custom backgrounds are a nice perk, but I like having my pedometer information and the current weather displayed on the face, and none of the custom watch face templates have that so I've stuck with the default one. Customize-ability in this is basic but still way more than I was expecting since I bought this just looking for a cheap watch. It's also been EXTEREMELY comfortable to wear. I hate having jewelry on me, won't even wear my wedding ring because I hate the feel of something on my skin like that, but this doesn't bother me unless I'm particularly sweaty. Highly recommend, unless you're looking for accuracy.

1: First impression: Hard to open. The packaging did not indicate how you’re meant to actually open it. There’s a little grey tab (unmarked) on the side of the box you’re meant to pull so that it tears the box open for you. Took me way too long to figure it out. 2: The instruction booklet is practically useless. I read it but it didn’t really help me learn to use the watch. 3: The watch itself is not accessible for people with bad vision, lacking fine motor skills, or who are technologically inept (like me). Overall, I would not recommend this product for the elderly. The screen is very small. It is a touchscreen face but again very small with means any and all text on it will also be very small. To turn it on there is a small grey oval on one end of the watch face. That’s the ‘Home’ button and it turns the watch on and returns the user to the main screen. You can swipe up or down to view the other features and you can tap to go further in depth with each feature. 4: The strap is hard to put on snugly. I primarily use this to measure my heart rate so for me purposes I need it to lay flat against my wrist which I can do because my hands are affected by anything like arthritis or shaking. 5: Accuracy wise I can only speak for the heart rate measurement feature (again as that the main reason I’m using it) and when comparing it to a metronome at the same bpm it reads at, it matches. I am confident in its accuracy. However, having said that, it is NOT a constant monitor. In the app settings you can adjust how frequently the watch measures your heart rate and the most frequent setting is every minute. Next intervals are every five minutes and every ten minutes. 6: the app is very customizable but can be confusing because there are so many options but I like that it allows the user to hide features they won’t use so there’s less clutter. 7: the battery lasts for a while and after a full day I’ve seen it drain about 10% ish so I’d assume it’s meant to last a week before needing a recharge. I’m satisfied with it as a whole and it works for me and my purposes but I don’t think this is the best fit for everyone. It’s quality for the price and I’m happy with it.

I have to write this review because I was misled by a lot of negative reviews and waited for long time. I almost decided to buy the Fitbit verse 3, but wanted to give this band a try first. I have owned two Samsung smartwatches, one Fitbit, and a new Apple watch 6 for wife, but I am looking for a simple, light, long battery life particularly with Alexa control function smart device. I finally made decision to try it. It took less than 5 minutes to setup EVERYTHING. The screen is beautiful, super crisp text. The Alexa function works perfectly even without the ability of speaker. I can read text message, and get phone call notification. It has a lot of basic health fitness tracker features that are very useful. I would give it 5+ stars. Now, why I disagree with some of the negative reviews which is misleading. ** Simply the most important: set the right/realistic expectation for a $35 smart device that can do Alexa control 1. Not accurate: come on... is the xx steps difference really that important for you which will destroy your whole health tracking plan? If yes, go spend $400 to get an Apple watch. what's important is the trending: did you exercise consistently, do you have a surge or drop in the heart rate suddenly. 2. Buggy software: I set it up and forget about it. I am not really sure what buggy is about. Are you doing a stress testing for a $35 device? 3. if you are pulling out each feature and compare with a dedicated device or apple watch or Samsung watch, why don't you buy all those devices to make sure you are happy with everything? Last comment/warning: the screen is small, the text may be too small for some users. For me, it is really trivial comparing with what I am expecting from this smart Alexa band. Thanks.

I suspect this product is no longer functional. I owned 2. I could only use 1 at a time, but I had purchased a 2nd when I thought I lost my original one, but then I found it. All of a sudden, I can only choose a language, and advance to the instruction "pair first", which is done before use. I can reboot and factory reset as well, but those don't change the language/ pairing prompts. I can't use it as a watch, I can't measure steps, or heartrate, or do anything with this. The (required) app still remembers everything that happened today. I unpaired it through the app, and tried to pair it again. It hasn't worked. I let my phone "search for a device nearby" and it never advances. There's also a way to "scan the QR code appearing on the watch's screen", but there is no such QR code. Scanning both sides of the watch does nothing. I figure this one is just busted, and I'll try the other one out. So I charge that one up, but then it does the same thing! It cannot pair it with the phone! So I now have TWO watches, where if I wore this, all I would see is the "pair first" message, in whatever language I choose. I also tried updating the app, that also did nothing. I suspect it's no longer supported given it's not for sale. So all I can now do is throw these things in the trash! And the thing is, I rarely used the app in recent years. The watch seemed like it would work just fine regardless of whether it was linked to the Zepp app or not. The app just tracks and compiles the data, I would have been perfectly happy continuing to use the watch with or without the app. But know it's completely useless!!! If anyone over on Amazfit's end would like to contact me, please reach out or tell me where to go. The watch was working fine this morning and most of the afternoon, but for TWO of them to be out of commission - that's not a coincidence. When I bought this, I expected it to work throughout the shelf life of the product. Not when you decided to stop supporting it. I will not be buying Amazfit ever again.

By far one of the worst accuracy with the step counters when chosen walking as a workouts. In a 3.5 miles walk about 7000 steps, it lose about 2000 steps and base on phone GPS it also lose .6 miles. I have tested this 3 times in the last 3 days walking a distance about 3 to 3.5 mile. The short distance walk of 2000+ steps 6-11-2021 was closer to being accurate but for some reason the Zepp app decided to drop my morning walk on the history log. Comparing it to Google fit app on phone and manual step counter the Zepp app report is highly inaccurate in steps and average speed and mileage walk. Look at the included images of the Zepp app report walking map distance 3.08 mile, the Zepp app reported a step counts of 4,783 steps dropping about 2000 steps. It did do good on the short 1.18 miles walk in the attached image on the first short afternoon walk after questionable accuracy on morning walk. This may have something to do with it not having a GPS and relying on using the phone GPS which could be the causing this the problem. The Amazfit band 5 does have some nice feature such as a Sleep monitoring, a heart rate monitor that is relatively accurate, and a SpO2 monitor for referencing approximate blood gas. The workout is only limited to 12 type, it doesn't include weight training as an option. I'm not saying this is a bad smart fitness tracker, but the main purpose that I have purchased this unit was to track my brisk daily walking so far have been inconsistently and not accurate when pairing it with my Moto G Power phone GPS. I would have given this a 4.5 stars rating if not for the steps inaccuracy tracking. The phone Google fit app give a much better result so far comparing to my Garmin GPS. I have this unit for just 5 days so far, with further testing I may make change my rating of the Amazfit band 5. Update 06-21-2021 Returning item for another replacement Amazfit 5 band Further walk workout testing indicated the unit in my possession may have a defective 3 axis accelerometer chip. The step counter consistently drop 2000 to 3000 steps when I've walked 3 to 5 miles regardless of using the phone GPS or not. I went for a short 3 miles walk today which usually equate to about 6500 steps for my height. The Amazfit band 5 band recorded 4235 step dropping 2000+ steps. Good things Amazon have a easy to use return policy. Update 09-08-2021 Overall this is a 3.5 stars out of 5 product, the replacement Amazfit 5 step counter work much better but still have steps count inaccuracy. I'm sure it have to with motion algorithm that compensate for arm movement. Using a hammer motion or jumping up and down would count as steps, keep that in mind. If you're over 50 and use reading glasses, the text message transfer to your band are too small to read without straining your eye. The Amazfit band 5 only use the the middle section of the AMOLED screen, you get unused black space on the top and bottom of the screen. The screen is hard to read on sunny outdoor activity. The SPO2 monitor can't be use for tracking sleep apnea because it's on demand variety, but it does monitoring your heart rate when sleep tracking is turn on. I don't think the sleep tracking is accurate in my opinion. The Amazfit band 5 is just an okay smart band in this vast field of fitness tracker.

So. I originally only needed a pedometer and chose this watch since I needed a new watch as well... And it was like getting two for one with a few extra toys attached. The watch itself is super dang cool. Considering it's more than what I originally needed...I did love all the extra features. Sleep tracking, stress tracking, the app is super cool. The cons I have to list are.... The pedometer is off. It counts 'steps' pretty much any time you move or shake your arm. So the count can be way off if you work with your hands... Or literally do anything at all that causes you to move your arm the watch is on. Careful with the Sleep breathing Beta! It (for me at least) screwed up my sleep reading. If you habe turned it on and notice a green and red light lingering on the watch in the morning, it's because you need to turn the beta OFF. This light will stay on until you do... It took me a while to figure this out. So hopefully I can save someone else the confusion I face. Battery drain! Especially at night. The app seems to drain my phone battery a good 25 to 30% over night while it's logging my sleep. I combat this easily by keeping it charged. But this is just fyi. I've had the watch almost a week now and I've not had to charge it yet. I do see it lasting a good 10 to 15 days at full charge and with minimal messing. So that's super cool, since I did not want something I'd have to take off and charge every single night like my hubs watch. All in all I love this simple lil watch. <3

So I genuinely enjoy this watch, especially because of the value (price vs. functionality). It reads heart rate well, calculates stress and my 'sleep score's (a fun feature that my gf and I compare each morning). I don't believe the calories burned are accurate but that's not based on anything empirical, just my perception. I will tell you that I originally had huge issues with finding Alexa and that is why I'm posting this review as I expect many of you have shared this experience. I returned my original order because I couldn't find the Alexa feature and why it wasn't a deal breaker, I sincerely am never okay being misled and it stated on the product page and box that this watch had the Alexa feature. I complained and then got a replacement that did the same thing - no alexa. Here's the trick: Go-to your Zepp app, next go-to Profile and finally got Add Account. Then add alexa account. To test it after it updates your interface, swipe right on your watch face until you see Alexa. It has no wake word, you have to swipe. It functions at a basic level but is connected to your other devices. Hope this helps anyone having the same issue. In conclusion: absolutely great watch for it's $35 price. It doesn't impact my phone battery despite being connected the whole day and it last for about a week without needing a charge. I can't make the 10-15 days advertised with all the features I have activated but it charges within an hour. Oh and the watch face options are awesome - you can go minimalist or get all the data. Currently I have my own custom background which is super cool. Anyway, I do recommend this. Let me know if you have any questions and I'll provide honest feedback.

This purchase was to replace one I lost in a mosh pit. I felt naked without it, I ordered a new one as soon as I got home from the festival. Really love the sleep app and how it vibrates when my phone is ringing (for work I have to keep my phone on silent, so I don't miss calls anymore).

Je l'ai acheté pour ma fille et elle en est très satisfaite. Le bracelet est très léger, confortable, précis et s'adapte correctement à son bras. Elle adore la fonction de "retrouver son téléphone" et "retrouver le bracelet" (quand elle les oublie). J'ai acheté un autre modèle pour offrir en cadeau, car nous aimons vraiment beaucoup le produit. Excellent produit, prix intéressant et qualité supérieure.

Cet article ne me quitte plus. Je change régulièrement de bracelet pour l'assortir à mes humeurs. Puis la légèreté, la facilité d'emploi, et ce qu'il doit faire rend cette montre impeccable pour moi.

Acquistato a 20€ circa, non ha rivali per fascia di prezzo. Schermo luminoso, visibile alla luce del sole, leggero. Le misurazioni sono buone e direi precise, fatta eccezione per i passi, per i quali rilevo uno scarto del 10% circa in eccesso ( contati 1000 passi e ne segnava 1125). Nel complesso è un prodotto di ottima fattura. Molto pratico il caricatore ad attacco magnetico che si aggancia alla base senza dover smontare il cinturino. La ricarica dura circa 2 ore. L'auto omia, con in modalità automatica le funzioni : battiti del cuore con alert, saturimetro e attività fisica ( che si avvia in automatico quando si accorge che state facendo attività ) e luminosità al massimo, dura non più di 10 giorni ed è tantissimo secondo me. In definitiva, è fatto bene, è preciso, ha una ottima autonomia, costa il giusto e quindi è la smartband più conveniente che si possa acquistare al momento.

Very happy with this buying, much better than expected, easy to use and the battery can last more than 3 weeks before any re-charge