Constant monitoring, notifications durable (although it does chip if it falls from hip height onto concrete, get a silicon case). The device easily lasts a week with constant heart rate monitoring and notifications on. Loses about 5%-10% battery an hour if using the sports functions. App that accompanies it is simple, full of options and can share sports data with strava and google fit.
Bought this smart watch as i thought it had the capability to store music however not the case, so quite disappointed. For me that would of made it a 5 star item especially at this price. However really like the look and feel of the watch, a lot of faces to use but i have kept the original as it shows a lot of information from the weather to temperature to health stats. Not too sure about accuracy yet about 3000 steps difference between this and my old tracker, not to say the other tracker may have been inaccurate all this time, will see. Setting up the watch was a different matter, for me quite difficult as i have a xiaomi phone thought connecting to receive notifications would be easy but an hour maybe two latter was ready to throw the watch at the wall. Some help from tech sites online then suddenly watch and phone paired not exactly sure what i did but working ever since. Not exactly tech savvy so this might actually be my issue not the watches. Overall still happy with the watch but less than a week review.
Right, first and foremost, this tracker is beautiful, great looking, amazing battery life and does lot’s. The gps locked in within 30 seconds and was very accurate. My only complaint and the reason i returned was the inaccuracies of the step counting, wearing several trackers this was between 2500 and 3500 steps down on the other trackers. I guess if this was the first i had i would never know but compared to my fitbit and garmin this just seemed to low. Its such a pity because it does everything else brilliantly and this make is usually brilliant, my wife has a bip and my daughter’s have mi bands, it’s such a pity. Returning this and getting a refund was easy though.
Having owned the amazfit bip i waited eagerly for the gts to become available. It retains the same ‘feel’ as the bip and so it was an easy transition to make. To me, the heart rate and steps seem accurate, or just as accurate as other fitness bands i’ve used. However, i use it mainly for seeing the notifications on my phone. Using the amazfit app, these were easy to set up. The notifications are clearer than the bip. The battery life has been better than i expected; my first charge lasted about 14 days but this could be extended if i downgraded some of the settings. Overall, i am very happy with the gts.
I am quite fussy when it comes to watches, i have recently tried and returned a fitbit versa 2 (notifications would not work) and a garmin vivoactive 3 (notifications were hit and miss and workouts were too fiddly)this watch though ticks most of the boxes for me, the notifications work every time, workouts are simple and accurate where i have the ability to check. I cannot comment on any gps workouts as i am not in a position to run/cycle outdoors at the moment due to an injury so i have only used the elliptical and freestyle workout method. So all in all very happy with the purchase but there are a couple of negatives i should mention, the battery life is nowhere near 14 days, i have the always on display switched off, the brightness at low, i don’t use gps as mentioned earlier and i have changed the heartrate monitor from every minute to every 5 minutes and i reckon it is more like 7 days, i would say 14 days is impossible. The other thing is the strap, it is garbage.
The amazfit gts is my first ‘smart’ watch. I bought this watch after reading hundreds of reviews for various smart watches. I’ve recently taken up running and wanted something to track my runs without having to carry my phone with me. On the gps front i would say it does a pretty good job. It locks into a gps signal in around 10-30seconds. This is slightly longer than my phone would take but nothing i can’t work with, i just have a little stretch whilst waiting for it to get a signal. The tracking is accurate enough for what it want. Sometimes it cuts off a corner or puts me as running on the wrong side of the road etc but it’s more than adequate. It gives you helpful updates throughout your run with a little vibration every km so you can check your time and pace which is easy and clear on the move. I’ve also used the watch to track an swim which was amazingly accurate.
My first smartwatch, so can’t compare it to anything else, but i wanted something with blood pressure and sleep pattern – both work perfect. Mobile app is very detailed. Watch itself can be set up to show all options is different ‘layout’, so most used apps shows first, like alarm, weather, notifications. Can set up almost anything to get notification, no issues so far. Got even set up my house alarm when its armed and disarmed. Loads of watch faces to choose from and can uploads your own photo even. Would recommend , oh battery life for me ( with every 1 minute blood pressure check and 24h sleep monitoring ) i get easy 1 week, 2 weeks on average, so that great for me.
Took the plunge after being very impressed with the amazfit bip, the gts is the next evolution of this series. I got the black onyx edition i think it is. Very premium feel & look to it. So light and thin i don’t notice it on my wrist anymore. Interface is really easy and responsive and full colour display is superb and bright. Dedicated app is equally responsive & syncs much quicker than the bip. Primarily use the gts as a conventional watch as the variety of brilliantly designed & colourful watch faces available on other companion apps is mind boggling. I have a display that also shows me the number of steps, distance travel and calories burned and heart rate. I am just into very simple fitness (long walk at lunch time) so again, interesting to see calories burned, etc. Sleep tracking is not 100%, as there is no way to inform it (to my knowledge anyway) that you are now physically in bed and intending to go to sleep.
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A good step up from the Bip
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Overall worth the money
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Connectivity and music
Amazfit Men’s GTS, Obsidian Black, standard size
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- Thin metal body. Lightweight 9.4mm thick 24.8g aluminum alloy body for comfortable wear and a nice look
- 340 AMOLED screen and custom widgets. Large 1.65 “, 340 PPI AMOLED display for an exceptional and more comfortable viewing experience with 7 customizable access icons
- Water resistant up to 5ATM. Designed to withstand all your activities, this watch is 5 ATM certified, equivalent to approximately 80 PSI or 50 meters of depth in water
- 12 sport modes and GPS + GLONASS measurement. 12 different sports: outdoor running, treadmill, walking, outdoor cycling, stationary bike, elliptical, pool / open water swimming, hiking, trail running, skiing and gym. GPS + GLONASS will accurately track your routes
Bought to replace amazfit bip also. Swiping is slightly laggy but not enough to affect my experience. Lack of icons for common apps such as snapchat and facebook is a shame but maybe will be updated?.There’s enough watch faces to choose from but not many to my taste but again cannot fault them for their style. Charges very quick and delivery was just 4 days.
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Great device. No complaints.
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