Xiaomi Redmi Smart Band Pro [Exclusive to Amazon], Black, One Size

Really great. Accurate and tracks really well. Has every excersies you can think of. Even fencing 🤺. It's great. Water proof, tracks swimming, aqua fit, zumba, 🏸 badminton and all that good stuff!! Highly recommend.

This watch received a recommended rating in Which and so I bought it on that basis. It is accurate and has many features and is reliable. The only problem is that the strap does loosing after about 6-9 months. The workaround is to glue the ends to the watch body or by a set of straps. Make sure you secure it properly and you are good to go. Overall excellent value at half the price of competing products.

The size of this device is smaller than the petite watches elevated women in the 1950s wore with white gloves at dinner tables. This means the screen is small, very small. It means you have to have seamstresses tiny fingers to fiddle around with it. But all that is just a dream for those trying to fire up this impractical device made by the Lilliputians of Gulliver Travel’s world.The first issue on starting up with this is the instruction manual. It is like one of those collector items of the bible in miniature size. I needed my reading specs on (only required by me for the smallest print) but that was not enough, I also needed to add my magnifying glass, and then position a strong over head light.Trying to charge the device means you need a 240v to 5v output adapter. - not supplied (thankfully many mobile charges are based on this - look for "output 5v" on the phone charger.) Then once charging for the first time the screen comes to life via the connect with the minuscule copper caps to the minuscule contacts on the device. Which keep disconnecting as they are so small and flimsy (and so the screen then goes off - though once the battery is fully charged that will not be an issue.If you get to that stage then you have to capture a QR code on the tiny screen on your mobile. Neigh impossible despite using my mobile camera’s macro mode So I downloaded the app from google play: the Xiaomi app - only one to download, in the hope this is the standard app for using the device. But was never sure this was the right app.Then I got to the bluetooth connection stage and with mobile in hand realised it does not appear on my new expensive Samsung mobile despite the phone seemingly logging every other TV, headphone etc in our block of flats. However, there was one device on the list, a long string of numbers beginning with letters GB with no discriptionID name, which may be the Xiaomi device? But how would I know? It might be a neighbour's computer which will get access to my mobile if I pair it? Why couldn't they put that label on their bluetooth ID?I thought I could refer to the 500 miniature pages of the miniature instruction manual to see if that might provide a clue but by now weary of all this miniatur-ery un-user friendly experience I want out of Xiaomi's tiny world and know with relief the Amazon return label is just a click away.Anyway Which (who I subscribe to and recommend this purchase named this device the best value fitness device On this occasion made no mention of the difficulties of size (for men particularly) and the vexing set up as normal. Though I am sure their high rating for its performance vis price is most likely correct.

Finally succumbed to a tracker, great value according to Which and I agree. It covers steps, heart rate, oxygen & sleep. Can also track exercise. But you need your phone for GPS. Very pleased with my purchase.

Let's start with the good...Easy to set up and the app seems pretty simple to navigate. A neat little band with a nice bright responsive screen. Magnetic charger connection works well and battery life is really good.Considering this is primarily a fitness tracker, the 'Smartwatch' functions I've used on it also work pretty well, music control, phone finder (Android) message alerts etc.There are a good range of fitness activities listed even fencing as another reviewer noted (which as a fencer is unusual to find as a default!)At this price point it's not a bad feature set 👍and that balance of features and price combined with the independent Which? recommendation was a big reason for my purchase.Then the not so good...Step tracking is either much more accurate or much less sensitive than the Fitbit Charge 4 I used before this. Very seldom do I hit the same 10K step goals that used to be attained regularly with my old fitbit. (no I haven't changed my level of activity.)Heart rate monitoring is patchy, particularly when doing an activity. Yes you can choose to log your fencing session, but it will probably have big gaps in the Heart rate data while you're training 🫀🤺😕.(Oh and fencing footwork doesn't seem to be counted towards you step goal 🤺🤔👎)This could all be down to getting a good fit with the strap design? The loop and stud design on this is a bit fiddly and the single small stud is prone to getting popped open when it catches on clothes. There are some aftermarket metal bracelet style strap options available that fit like a frame over the device, but bracelet straps aren't always the best or most comfortable option when doing a sport or activity. For a start, you have to be able to adjust the number of links in the bracelet to get the perfect fit.Unfortunately nobody seems to have made an aftermarket silicone sports strap with a traditional buckle fastening or even an elasticated fabric strap option for this tracker yet. (At least I haven't found one in any of the usual online places)There are some posts that claim the straps for the smartband 7 pro will fit at a push, and these can be found with a normal buckle, but I've tried one and while the clip design, to connect strap to tracker is very similar, I found it wasn't reliable and would randomly disconnect from the mounting points. 😕

This band worked well for me for almost 3 months, tracked calories burnt, steps, and heart rate with decent accuracy, and the app it came with was useful. It didn't reset at midnight a few times but that is more of an inconvenience than a major issue. However, not even 3 months after purchase and not even during exercise, the strap popped off. I know the straps are designed to be removable and replaceable but it's the part of the actual watch that holds the strap that broke so a replacement strap won't fix the issue. The watch is still useable as I managed to fit the strap back on however it is very loose and I fear that it will fall off again if I exercise while wearing the band. Very disappointing as this is my first smartwatch purchase. I will not be buying from xiaomi again.