Amazfit Refurbished Band 7 Fitness & Health Tracker for Women Men, 18-Day Battery Life, Alexa Built-in, 1.47” AMOLED Display, Heart Rate & Sleep Monitoring, 5 ATM Water Resistant, Black (Renewed)

After looking for something smaller while displaying basic information and had a good app, I found this. I really love it so far! I love being able to see the time, steps, and weather at a glimpse without getting out my phone. I also enjoy the app and how it shares data with Apple Health. The app and tracker are easy to use - plus the app has a lot of awesome, free fitness tracking gestures! So far, it is amazing for the price I paid and is worth what I spent!

To frame this review, I'd like to point out that I purchased this entirely for sleep and exercise tracking and am using a normal digital wristwatch for normal watch functions. This thing has great battery life, looks sharp, and is a great size for readability. The UI is fairly easy to use and the touchscreen is responsive. I haven't used all of the features but lets go over the ones that I have. SLEEP TRACKING: This is the first device I've used that does sleep tracking and it seems to do a good job of it. The graphs are informative and it has helped me tighten up my sleep schedule automatically. I'm not sure of the science behind how it detects different states of sleep but it seems to be at least somewhat accurate. On days that show that I had more deep sleep, I certainly do feel more rested. MUSIC CONTROL: I use this to control my music or podcasts when working out. It works great and includes all the buttons you would need for that. ALEXA: The Alexa feature works great using the built in microphone. I do miss the built in speaker of the Bip 5 and the dedicated button that allow you to access this feature quickly but you can only fit so much into a small package. I use the Alexa feature regularly to set a quick countdown timer, a nap alarm, or to create reminders. It has also been useful for settling debates quickly e.g. "What quarterback has the most passing yards of all time". WORKOUT TRACKING: I've only used this with stationary workouts on an exercise bike but it does a good job of tracking and graphing your workout. WEATHER: The built in weather app works well and includes sunrise/sunset data as well as a 7 day forecast. It's good info at a glance but lacks detailed forecast information such as hourly forecasts. NOTIFICATIONS: The notifications system works well. You opt-in to each service you'd like to receive notifications for and your band will vibrate when one comes in. It's great at a glance. You can deny calls from the watchface, and send preset text messages (that you can customize in the app) when rejecting the call. I really wish they had programmed it to where you could respond to text messages with canned messages as well. Simple "Yes", "No", "I'm on the way", "Running late" etc would be extremely helpful. APPS / WATCH FACES: I counted roughly 30 free watch faces in their app store. The vast majority are paid options but I was able to find several free that suited me. There aren't a lot of apps to choose from and I didn't find anything in the app store that seemed useful to me in my daily life. POMODORO TIMER: This is a very simple feature but it can be life changing if you use it correctly. Basically this is a timer where you alternate between focusing on a task and taking a break. A popular setup is 25 minutes of focus followed by a 5 minute break. I regularly use this in my work to make sure that I stay on task, while not sitting on a single task so long that I am spinning tires.

I had an Amazfit Band 5 that was unfortunately lost after several years of use. This updated model is great! It has a bigger screen, has more monitoring capabilities, and seems to better record steps, sleep, etc. It connects to the app seamlessly, but does seem more prone to accidental touch / activation such as random settings occurring in the shower than the prior version. Overall, it's a good item for a decent price.

I've bought this three times now. Twice for myself (I lost one) and once for my partner. I love the app, I love all the options for tracking, messages, calls, etc. I'm happy with the size of the display, other activity watches are too big! Battery life is great.

The band in this is sweaty—but the price is right and I muddled along with it for many months without any serious complaint. Be very careful to dry your skin under the band and wear it loose to sleep and the irritation is quite manageable. However it is now unwearable and there is no justification for an unwearable step tracker taht cannot be worn. I purchased my Amazfit Jan 2, and I have worn and used it every single day. It works perfectly as a step tracker, and that is all I asked of it to be. The sleep tracking is ridiculous, the PAI formula is impossible to attain, and the app is a constant upsell for their paid service. Fine. I don’t care, just count my steps and I am happy. Problem is in that three weeks ago the end of my watch band FELL off. No warning. No catching it on something. No damage causing event preceding. I’m not mountain climbing, I walk—sometimes with a cane. This thing was taken care of like a valuable electronic device—disclaimer I am an adult and both frugal and responsible. I have no idea how or why the end of the watch band loop fell off—but there it was on the floor. I’m frugal, remember? I simply got a bunch of small hair elastics and used them as a watch band and muddled along another three weeks. Today it fell off, and I discovered today that the band is breaking. I have two tears in the band and that is why it has been loosening in my wrist. I am SO frustrated with the quality and design of this watch. I can’t replace it and it definitely can’t be repaired. Don’t be me, don’t buy this tracker and expect it to last a year. I now have to tape this thing together until a new step tracker arrives. Abysmal quality and planned obsolescence.

Biggest complaint: either the watch won't charge, or the charger they sent with it does not work. I'm guessing it's the charger, but I'll have to pay for a new one to test before I know for sure which is extremely frustrating. Best feature: the size/shape and limited functionality. I have small wrists and I did not want a full blown smart watch, and ultimately chose this watch over others with those two things in mind. Overall opinion: surprisingly good for the price, but definitely not on par with some of the bigger brands out there. I'd say this is about a step and a half above a regular watch, and two or three steps behind a full smart watch. It does very basic things fairly well, and that's all I wanted so I'm happy with it. Considering that this watch cost $40, it works very well. There are limited watch faces to begin with and there's not much in the way of customization, but you'll probably be able to find one that is at least close to what you're looking for. The watch band it comes with is much ore comfortable than I expected and I never have any issues with it at home/out and about, but for some reason it constantly comes unhooked and almost falls off while I'm at work. Not sure why, because it isn't getting bumped or snagged on anything. It also has this weird issue where I'll look down to check the time and it has somehow scrolled through multiple screens and activated whole apps/functions without ever being touched, but this also only ever happens while I'm at work and never happens elsewhere. I've only been able to get it to stop by putting it on do not disturb and locking the screen. The sleep tracking feature is great, and the step counter is accurate enough for my purposes. The thing I love most is the size, though - smart watches are almost always too large or awkwardly shaped for my small wrists. I love that this one is just a slim rectangle and doesn't give me whatever the cankle equivalent for wrists is. When I received the watch, it had about 80% charge on it and wouldn't not charge with the cord at all. After about 36 hours of fairly heavy use/constantly messing with it, it dropped down to 51%. I've had it for 5 full days now and it's down to about 5%. After you've gotten everything set up how you want it, I do think it should be able to last 8-10 days on a full charge (if the charger they send you actually works) with normal daily use.

I've been using the AmazFit band 5 for years. I keep losing them. The little pin on the band wears out the silicone and they fall off. I am trying the Amazfit band 7 and like the size of the face better (old eyes). It also has 24 hr heart rate monitoring, and auto detects activity. I mostly mountain bike and wish it could detect that but detecting general cycling is okay. for the price, this is a fantastic activity tracker. I haven't lost the first one, yet, but it has the same silicone and pin combination. There are 10-packs of the band 5 bands that could relace the worn bands before losing them. I haven't seen the reasonably priced band replacements for band 7 watches. Another big negative, for me, is that the band 5 charging cables do not charge the band 7. There's an arbitrary physical difference that keeps the band 5 for touching the charge pads of the band 7, boo-ooo!

I love it and it works great for everything I need.