XIAOMI Smart Band 7

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's Pros: - 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 quickly Cons: - 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!

So far only used for a couple of days and a much bigger improvement to Mii band 5 previously owned. I'm shocked and pleasantly surprised we can now send replies & emojis via WhatsApp (app I used excessively lol). Notifications are wonderful, BBC News/Sports updates, Tapo CCTV updates to name but a few. Practically any notification you get on your mobile can be set to notify you on the band but the more botications, the more power 8t uses. Charging is so fast (best charger for these too, 2 pin version). I use Zepp Life app as I think this is much nicer than Mini app, I maybe wrong (do tell). Also I use a customisable Mii 7 band face app so I can put my own personalised images e.g. family, as a background. Ok just realised if u give permission to allow photos, you can use any of your personal photos in Zepp Life store (5 stars for that). Powerful enough vibrations are great for waking you up too (what did I do before using Mii band I have no idea lol). Anyone else notice if you're watching a movie on yr phone, even though music feature shows no music found, try pressing pause, guess what... it actually pauses, stops and plays whatever you're watching 😲 fantastic. In Netflix, it actually brings the names of any episode you're watching too, how about that hey (especially if you can't find remote at the time). Absolutely fantastic. Not really tried other health features as not really what I purchased it for. Excellent bit of kit and would definitely buy again for the price. Ordered a new leather band and screen cover as my last Mii band 5 had chips in 2 areas at the edges, so was not impressed with that as I really did love my Mii band 5. Mii band 7 definitely supercedes Mii 5, as it should anyway. Once you put it on you're not even aware you're wearing it till you get a notification. Very, very happy customer. Steps are a bit hit and miss but hey ho. Will update further once I've used it for longer.

It's a solid upgrade over Mi Band 6, with a larger, brighter screen and a nice colourful UI. The exercise tracking is better, with more information and analysis available to the previous model. Overall this is still a great fitness tracker and you get a lot of value for the price. There are some annoyances though - my main issue is the coaching notifications that pop-up occasionally. I haven't found a way to disable them. There's a notification that popups in the morning with a summary of the previous day. It's extra annoying. Some functions like the timer are less convenient compared to the previous band. The touchscreen also seems to be less responsive annoyingly. But that's about it when it comes to the downsides.

MY daughter avised me to buy this particular watch as I only really wanted it for the step meter, she has one the same and said it was basic enough for me to understand. I am 62 and was not born in the era of such technology. I will be honiest I did struggle abit and i needed to video her to set up the initial pairing of the watch as i didnt understand the wording. Once i had it paired to my samsung galaxy i was away and I have found all the setting very interesting, like the sleep app. Who would know it could tell you how badly you sleep at night. If I had to make a comment about a something i didnt like it would be that the silacone strap does make it almost stick to your coat or jumper when trying to look at the time. Plus the watch is alittle high and is hard to get out from under a coat sleeve. I think in the hot weather the silacone strap will become to hot against my skin and I do struggle to do the watch up with that little popper as i need my glasses to see the holes. I am very happy with this watch and would definately recommend it for the small price I paid. I have since found out that I can replace the strap for loads of different colours and styles {not silacone ones}. This watch is worth buying. I give it 100%

I had high hopes for this little tracker, especially after grabbing a deal on Prime day. Yet it was a disappointment overall. The positives are it's light, extremely comfortable and has a great battery life (compared to my Apple Watch). The idea in buying it was to leave it on all the time and be able to wear a regular mechanical watch from time-to-time. What wasn't so great: The biggest issue for me was the accuracy compared to my Apple Watch was too far apart. After testing for several days wearing both together, the step count between the two were sometimes 1,000 steps apart. The distance travelled was also too different. This was tested on my usual morning walk to get a coffee. The Apple Watch has always returned the same data results for years. Now who's to say Apple is right and this unit was wrong but I'd like to think that the money invested in developing and selling the Apple Watch far exceeds that for this unit. I found the screen really clear and great quality but everything is just too small to focus on for me. Wearing at night, the screen comes on when you move your arm (as it should) but it lights up the room disturbing your sleep. You can dim the screen before going to bed but this is buried several steps down in the settings and something you just won't do every night. On that note, simply activating a workout track, say a walk, takes several clicks compared to Apple Watch's two presses and you're off. I found the 'get moving', 'stand up' notifications too regular so you'll need to turn these off. The type is very small to read. The App is quite good and well presented. It's easy to digest and understand. It does however need to sync with the watch which you sometimes need to do manually. The strap is very comfortable but a little tricky to press the stud into the hole (not joking). The watch is very light and you barely notice you're wearing it, something I was keen on having. Overall, not bad if you've never had a health tracker but I wasn't confident in it's tracking accuracy. Certainly not offering me anything my Apple Watch doesn't, except for lightness.

I used a much older version of this product for a long time - it was the Band 3 and I really liked the battery life and the fact you could wear it 24/7. This is a much more sophisticated tracker with a lot more features - I use it with the Zepp Life App which also syncs with Google Fit if you set it up. I didn't ever really like the original straps as they got too sweaty and caught on things - this time I've opted for elastic adjustable watch straps which are much more comfortable though clearly not waterproof. Using Zepp Life there are not as many watch faces available as with the Mi Fitness App but I belive there are 3rd party Apps you can use - it's not a major problem. All in all so far so good.The thing I like is that I can continue using my regular watches something I probably wouldn't have done if I'd gone down the smart watch route.

After around 3 years, my Smart band 6 started giving me nonsense information (either that or I was clocking up some impressive mileage sleep walking!) so needed replacing. I loved everything about it but thought I’d upgrade to a 7 as that’s bound to be even better right? I’m so disappointed and wish I’d bought another 6 instead. The actual watch face itself is bigger but the display is somehow worse. They have packed so much in - and therefore scaled it down. I loved the display on my 6 but the closest I can find (free) on my 7 is one where the numbers for the time are so big they are displayed one above the other like: 08 30 Which doesn’t work for me, especially as the date is minuscule by comparison. Some people love the fact there are hundreds of other display formats for the watch face but they’re not free and I, personally, don’t want to have to pay to be able to have a simple watch face and date I can read! The format for some of the features (like sleep) used to be easy to read but is now - to my mind - incomprehensible. I wish I hadn’t bought it but - hey Ho - you live and learn. My advice, if you’ve got a 6 you’re happy with, don’t upgrade to a 7, just buy another 6. UPDATED: I’ve downgraded the review on this item further now since it died on me this morning. Not literally, but the battery ran out - no warning and nowhere on the screen is battery life displayed (again, unlike the band 6). If you want a band with a photo of your cat on the display but no useful info, buy a version 7 and pay for the display you want. If you want a smart watch to tell you the time, your step count, heart rate and the battery life - this isn’t the one for you.

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.

First impression - great product. Lots of watch faces to download and in my opinion an improvement UI compared to my old Mi band 5 (even though it is quite similar). Immediate notifications and the large, crisp screen enhances readability. The band does not support my native language (Swedish) but it is not really a problem since all notifications are presented with correct Swedish characters. Step counter seems precise, and battery wise it seems good. After 4 hours of testing and adjusting settings it is only 2 percent down. Nice with AOD function.

Deze Mi band 7 is qua grootte veel beter dan Band 6. Alles is veel duidelijker leesbaar en met name de meting van de van de zuurstof in het bloed is veel betrouwbaarder. Nu twee weken in gebruik en tot heden zeer tevreden. Update na bijna vier weken in gebruik: Alles met alles valt de band 7 toch tegen. De bloeddrukmeting wijkt behoorlijk af en ook de zuurstofmeting in het bloed is niet zo accuraat als eerder aangenomen. Calorieverbruik tijdens het spinnen op de hometrainer wordt ook niet goed gemeten. Behoorlijk verschil met de data van de fitnes apparatuur.

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Este modelo es muy similar al anterior. La mayor mejora que le veo es que la pantalla es algo más grande y legible. La carga se hace de forma magnética, sin tener que desmontar la correa, como en los dos modelos anteriores. Para un llevar un control de lo que se camina a diario y evitar apalancarse está muy bien. Tiene un tamaño reducido, está muy bien de precio, la batería dura mucho, avisa de las llamadas y mensajes entrantes... Para mi, más que suficiente. Las funciones de monitorización del sueño, cardiaca, medición de oxígeno y estrés tampoco están mal, pero para mi no son prioritarias. Para alguien muy deportista puede quedarse corta, pero para las personas de a pie la veo muy adecuada. La mejor que he probado, y llevo unas cuantas probadas ya.

Salve, già possessore di Miband 2 e 4 , continuo la mia "politica" di aggiornamento ogni circa 2 anni, ed ecco che mi ritrovo al polso questo mostro di tecnologia, arrivato alla sua settima versione. Naturalmente, dalle prime Miband, sono stati fatti passi da gigante, sia per l'aggiunta di funzioni (più o meno utili), che per l'aggiornamento estetico, in particolare il display, sempre più grande poi colorato e con una definizione quasi a livello dei ben più costosi SmartWatch. Il mio scopo originale era quello di monitorare i passi, ma con il passare degli anni, ho apprezzato sia il monitoraggio cardiaco che il livello di ossigeno nel sangue, per non dire dell'abbinamento ad una MiScale 2 (bilancia elettronica con divisione della composizione corporea). Stavolta, ci troviamo di fronte ad un bracciale leggermente più grande, e con un display a tutto schermo molto luminoso, quindi finalmente ben visibile anche di giorno. La qualità costruttiva è la medesima delle versioni precedenti, quindi molto buona, cosi come la durata della batteria, che rimane allineata ad un paio di settimane (in base al tipo di utilizzo e ai sensori attivati). Da buon obeso che soffre di apnee notturne, posso dirvi che apprezzo la nuova funzione di monitoraggio notturno del respiro, funzione che tengo perennemente attiva insieme al controllo del battito cardiaco. Un'altra misurazione che trovo utile, è il tempo passato in piedi, dal momento che svolgo un lavoro statico su di un macchinario, che non mi permette grandi spostamenti. Pessima l'idea di abbandonare l'applicazione Zepp Life (ex MiFit) per utilizzare la nuova "Mi Fitness" (ex Xiaomi Wear), infatti quest'ultima app funziona esclusivamente con questo bracciale (almeno per ora), e non è possibile abbinare ne la Bilancia MiScale 2 ,ne tantomeno si riesce ad importare i dati da Zepp Life (quasi 3 anni di misurazioni). Il costo è leggermente alto se si paragona al prezzo di una MiBand 6 , che ha quasi le stesse funzioni , ma costa circa la metà... Il mio consiglio è quello di aspettare ancora qualche mese, sia per un software un pò più "maturo", che per un prezzo almeno sotto le 50€, prezzo che a parer mio è al suo giusto valore.