Xiaomi Smart Band 8 (Global Version)

I've had this for a few months now, and no problems so far. It's got great features, counts calories and steps well, it has a lot of workouts to choose from and gives a pretty good report of them afterwards with a bunch of stats. It's really easy to use, you can sync with your phone to get messages/notifications on it (can't reply to them, but you can see them on the watch). The BEST part imo is the battery life, it charges to 100% within an hour I'd say, and the battery then lasts for about two weeks, and it notifies you when it's below ten and 5 percent.

This serves the purpose I need, which is a basic watch (with alarm, timer, etc.) and step counter/exercise monitor. I mainly use it to measure the quality of my workouts. It has a lot of functions that not everyone might use, but you can easily adjust the settings to toggle functions on/off. Battery life is great, at around two weeks per charge (but I'm sure that would be greatly diminished by having location turned on). So far, I've had no issues with it syncing to the Mi Fitness app.

I love this little tracker. I watched a bunch of reviews and I understand that this band is never going to be as accurate as the Apple Watch or a chest strap. That said, you're not paying nearly as much for this, and it punches WAY above its weight class. Sleep is one of those areas where it's not supposed to be super accurate and for me, I find that it's pretty spot on - so there's that. There is person-person variability with all of these devices: skin color, thickness of your wrist, how much hair you have, what kind of exercise you do, etc. For general fitness, I find this band to be really good. It does a great job of tracking my workouts and it even provides you with some insights. Screen is nice and bright. Battery life is 8+ days with all health tracking turned ON and all notifications OFF. Steps are very accurate. Heart rate data is decent enough for steady state workouts and resting measurements. Never swam with it but I shower with it every day with no issues. All in all, a great value proposition.

First of all, let me tell you that I have been a loyal user of Xiaomi Mi Bands since the Mi Band 5. I had great experiences with versions 5, 6, and 7. However, this version 8 is just terrible. It no longer works with the Zepp Life app; instead, you have to use the Mi Fitness app, which has fewer features and more bugs.Now onto the hardware issues. It started by missing my sleep tracking, either not registering some nights or only partially registering. Now, it only tracks my 30-minute afternoon nap. The step count is off by at least 20%, which is quite bad. This past week, it stopped recording my heartbeat altogether. No matter the position or how tight I wear it, it just says I'm not wearing it.If that wasn't enough, now it consumes over 25% of the battery per day. I've tried restarting, resetting, unpairing, etc., but the issues persist. Unfortunately, I've missed the 30-day return window, so it's going to the garbage. My recommendation is to either stick with version 7 or find another option.

My wife wanted a fitness tracker that didn't constantly spam her with notifications like an Apple Watch did. Her watch of choice was an old fitbit that had finally died. All other new fitbit choices were pricy and had bad reviews of dying early. Enter this watch. It works great, has a great screen, and is sized like one of the original fitbits! App notification are easily controlled with the app. AND PRICE! for the cost of this watch, it's a no brainer

I love this watch, I’ve been wearing it since September 2024 with no issues. I charge it for like 30 minutes and wear it for 2 weeks at best.It’s small and cute, and I got some bands so it’s not overly bulky with my more formal attire. I never got a screen protector but it’s still veryscratch free. I don’t ever take it off, the screen is sensitive so with water contact, it will touch on its own, totally fine.I wish it was more compatible with my iPhone fitness/health app but I guess this is what I get for the price I paid.Now, 6 months later and this is my screen. No life, left is in rice, and just morning. This randomly happened this weekend. It lasted a few minutes then the screen came back, weird. Then it happened again and just never left.I love the brand, and the cost especially so I am thinking to buy a bigger and later model to replace this since I cannot return but I am bummed out. 6 months is such a short time.

This is as good as any other "fit" device. It will not do texting but will receive messages. It will only buzz, no bing bong.Its a China app and all data is sent to China. But the app is actually a full functioning app and will allow for pushing data to google or other fit apps on your phone.Colorful display, several default options to allow for custom look.