Xiaomi Smart Band 7

I struggle with traditional style smart watches having had an Apple Watch and others. I bought a knock off version of this product from another site and found the size was perfect for me so invested in the real deal when it was on offer on Black Friday. I love it. You can get good quality inexpensive straps so you can change the style and colour as you please. The screen is bright and clear. It’s responsive and illuminates when you list your wrist to see the time. The battery lasts so long I only need to charge it once a week. I can’t offer any report on how it measures fitness as I use it to monitor my sleep more than anything else. The app is easy to use and you can purchase other watch faces as well as being able to choose your own photo to display. I really recommend this.

I've had this smart band for a few months now and bought it to start tracking my gym sessions, throughout this time I've had a mostly good experience but wanted to cover pro's and con'sPros:- Affordable, much better than everything else in it's price range, especially no name generic options.- Accurate tracking of heart rate- Compatible with Zepp life app which can feed through into the google fit application- Even with constant heart rate monitoring and sleep analysis turned on, always on display on and phone notifications enabled I get 3 - 4 days of battery life- Able to set up quick replies from the band- Has music controls- Many watch faces available and third party apps available for even more face options- Sharp and crisp amoled display- Charges very quicklyCons:- Strap it comes with my default is uncomfortable, I bought an elastic one to replace it- Doesn't always wake up when you move your wrist to look at it (can be turned on manually by tapping the screen).- you have to move the band up your arm whilst working out for accurate HR tracking or else it can be very inconsistent, if its in the right place its very accurate (judging off what a machine like a treadmill says vs the band).- Charging cable is proprietary which is always a down side.- There are 2 apps that can be used which can cause some confusion, Zepp life and Mi Fitness. After testing I can confirm Zepp life is definitely the better option.Overall you get the same functionality as a fitbit without the price tag being so much higher. Would recommend!

I owned one of these years ago (I think it was the Xiaomi Mi Mand 3) and loved it, but for some reason I went back to Fitbit, just to be disappointed by what little you get for your money.This is different! You get a great tracker for a very good price. The screen is big and bright. You can see it clearly in full daylight and the clock faces are gorgeous. This tracker does everything that a Fitbit 3 times the price does, and looks nicer doing it.Now, for the negative: the strap design is terrible. I saw other buyers saying it, but didn't quite take it seriously, much to my regret. Whereas the strap doesn't pop open by itself, it does so the moment it catches on anything, your jacket, bag... Mine came loose a couple of times and luckily didn't fall off my wrist. That was, until yesterday, when it fell off as I was getting off the car, landed screen first and chipped a corner of the screen.I am gutted to now have a damaged watch less than 1 week after buying it 😭My advice, go ahead and buy this product, but buy also screen protectors, or better a strap with a proper closure. The little pin attachment is just not good enough.For me, I guess I will wait for the MiBand 8 and upgrade when it comes out, but I would have been way happier with being able to use this for a lot longer.

Have bought the Xiaomi band 7, since I lost my previous Xiaomi band ( rubbish strap 😑)I also bought an elastic strap at the same time, to fit the band 7, seems to have solved the problem.Took me a while to set up, my fault, rather than a problem with the activity band.I changed the watch face, there does seem to be a large choice, and free!I wanted a tracker that would record kilometers, or miles, as well as steps, and metres/kilometres are recorded in the step section on the app.I like the fact that I can set an alarm, which I can snooze for 10 minutes, very useful (vibrates on the wrist)Charged it to 100%, (was at 37% anyway on opening) didn't seem to take too long at all.Lots of functions I haven't used yet, looking forward to using them.