Fitness trackers
Discussion
PhillT said:
How did you find Gearbest? Did it take long to arrive?
Cheers.
Straightforward. Had to set up a Gearbest account but I paid through Paypal. Cheers.
8Ace said:
Just bought a Xiaomi Miband 2 for £25 from Gearbest.
Spend the evening wearing both it and my Polar HRM and it tracked accurately. Tracks steps too.
Functionality not as slick as Fitbit but good enough for what i need...
Spend the evening wearing both it and my Polar HRM and it tracked accurately. Tracks steps too.
Functionality not as slick as Fitbit but good enough for what i need...
Took about 2 weeks to get here.
Looking at getting a cheapo one for the kids. Does the strap on the miband 2 go very small?
Also re optical HR, you're always going to get cries of it's not as accurate as a chest strap. These are well justified, it isn't. But for most normal people they work very well. I have a Blaze that I wear all the time. Activity wise I kickbox and wear it under wraps/gloves during training sessions on pads/bags and also whilst sparring. It therefore gets a robust workout.
I have no problems measuring my HR. Whether or not it is 100% accurate, I find that they do provide a reasonably accurate trend across a session. So they are helpful at understanding how hard a particular session was overall as opposed how you remember it.
Two examples below. The first was a b
d session (I only remembered to turn the watch on after the 15 min circuit warm up!). The second was pad work, so holding pads, then hitting pads. You can see when I was hitting pads and when I was holding pads, and also when the instructor was instructing.
Does it matter that the numbers maybe out a little? Obviously yes if you are doing heart rate training (buy a strap). But for general training I think they work very well.
Also re optical HR, you're always going to get cries of it's not as accurate as a chest strap. These are well justified, it isn't. But for most normal people they work very well. I have a Blaze that I wear all the time. Activity wise I kickbox and wear it under wraps/gloves during training sessions on pads/bags and also whilst sparring. It therefore gets a robust workout.
I have no problems measuring my HR. Whether or not it is 100% accurate, I find that they do provide a reasonably accurate trend across a session. So they are helpful at understanding how hard a particular session was overall as opposed how you remember it.
Two examples below. The first was a b
d session (I only remembered to turn the watch on after the 15 min circuit warm up!). The second was pad work, so holding pads, then hitting pads. You can see when I was hitting pads and when I was holding pads, and also when the instructor was instructing.Does it matter that the numbers maybe out a little? Obviously yes if you are doing heart rate training (buy a strap). But for general training I think they work very well.
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