So the watchface says BMP instead of BPM. Is it measuring something other than Beats Per Minute? Bike Miles Performed, perhaps? Being Meh Philosophers, but with a ranking system? Or did I completely misread and make a FOOL of myself in front of the MEH audience?
@Squic Might be the British way of saying it. Their dates are dd/mm/yyyy and ours are mm/dd/yyyy so we say Beats Per Minute and they might say Beats Minutes Per? Whatcha think?
@bigmeh 85 reviews, all 5 stars, and all look like scams. I’ll be skipping this one. No reliable sources to risk blowing 40 buck on and the apk reviews for empower suck.
@ColeSloth Look above Under Specs “App integration “ Fitcloud iOS if you have an iPhone reviews on App Store not good. Under the FitCloud Pro the positive iOs App Store reviews are in bad English and seem sketchy or refer to some app about reading stories.
@bigmeh When I abandoned my cart, they immediately sent me this email detailing their exorbitant shipping charges, but only accounting for $13.35, rather than the $16.80 their checkout page listed. Desperation…
I just want one which tells time and buzzes when I have other activity on my phone. Don’t need all the other stuff which drains the battery in 3 days. I sure do miss the Martian watches which were sold here a few years back. Those were great (well, until they broke, way too early).
@bigmeh@ColeSloth Agreed.Martian watches were awesome. Mine worked flawlessly until one day it looked like something inside exploded. Oily residue all over the inside of the crystal. Was hoping for radiation so I could play Hulk.
@bigmeh agreed, I miss my Martian Notifier watches. Went thru 2 in a little over 3 years.
I just got a Zeblaze GTS from Banggood. Currently $26 plus $3 shipping. Uses the DAfit app like so many of the cheap Chinese smart watches. So far so good. Does not have the broad compatibility with apps that Martian had, but works with my reminders, phone, camera. Has alarms (vibration not adjustable and not as strong as the Martian Notifier), heart rate (pretty accurate), BP (worthless), sleep (meh), steps, blood oxygen (giggle), more. Rechargeable battery lasts a solid 6 days, but the clamp thingy to connect the charger is stupidly designed. There are also a wide variety of watch faces you can download from within the DaFit app.
Big drawback for me is that it has a 17mm band, so I cannot use my metal watch band that I used with the Martian (19mm). Oh well, cheap watch, low expectations fulfilled.
Yes, I really liked my black Martian Notifier, which stopped functioning completely after 2 years. RIP.
Still have a Martian Voice, which works, but the battery discharges, even when off, within a week. So it has be charged every week, even when idle. In use, a charge lasts 12 hours or so.
@bigmeh That’s exactly what the Pebble I got from Meh years ago does. Shows me notifications and alerts, lets me control music playback, I can cancel incoming calls if I want to, it’s got a beautifully legible eink screen which is alway on, and the battery last for days and days, still. It’s also a pedometer and a sleep monitor. I keep on thinking about getting an Apple Watch, and probably will one of these days, but I’m pretty happy with my pebble. You can get ones in good shape for around thirty bucks on eBay.
@bigmeh@Jonas4321Fossil Fossil has got a sale right now. Some of the ‘hybrid’ smart watches are on sale for $79. If you’re okay with signing up for their email list, they’ll send you a coupon for $25 off of $75.
the app already doesn’t work according to google store 1 star reviews.
every ‘smart’ thing meh sells, apps go defunct within months. I wish these companies would open source the products they shut down support for
@username I wonder if I can put this on Memu (android emulator) and just use it on my laptop? Then it won’t drain my phone, but I can still check the monitoring status. Good idea or no?
So I explored their website, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the company were a sketchy one trying to sell some sensitive information of the users to some specific countries. Sorry, a huge meh from me…
Having said that, I appreciate meh for trying to provide nice deals!
@manhattnik I came here to say this. Apple can’t measure blood pressure on their Watches. If they can’t manage that, there’s no way this will do it. And think about how you measure blood pressure. Need an air pump. Where’d they hide that?
@BethanyAnne I saw a watch which purported to take blood pressure, and it had a sort of inflatable bladder built into the band, so I guess it was something like using a wrist monitor (which aren’t too accurate to begin with – a watch could be near useless). Maybe the geniuses at Apple will come up with another way of measuring it, but I don’t see how. I sure don’t want an inflatable cuff built into my wrist strap!
Can this be used without a phone? Or needs to be constantly be pairing with one? They can be an option gifts for kids that want a smart watch but obviously don’t have a phone.
Based on comments here, I’m ashamed that I paid ten dollars too much for it. That said, I am astonished that such a device as this can be sold so cheaply! It works a lot better than I expected. The companion app for iPhone works great. It does have kind of a slow/choppy screen, but jeezum crêpes it is cheap!
I ordered two of these. Neither will pair to Apple. They will pair to an old android phone on WiFi. I really need to pair to Apple. Running 14.2 on XS Max.
Specs
App integration:
What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
$129.99 at Empower
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Wednesday, Aug 3 - Monday, Aug 8
this watch any good? i just need to text and remote control camera
@heehaw Look under Specs App integration Fitcloud iOS reviews are dismal
OH MY GOD THEY RAN OFF WITH GLEN!!!
Watch It Meh! You are on notice!
So the watchface says BMP instead of BPM. Is it measuring something other than Beats Per Minute? Bike Miles Performed, perhaps? Being Meh Philosophers, but with a ranking system? Or did I completely misread and make a FOOL of myself in front of the MEH audience?
Only time (and the masses) can judge me.
@Squic Wow, how do you measure a BITMAP file on a (not so) smartwatch?
@Squic Might be the British way of saying it. Their dates are dd/mm/yyyy and ours are mm/dd/yyyy so we say Beats Per Minute and they might say Beats Minutes Per? Whatcha think?
@Squic It’s measuring Best Meh Purchase based on your heart rate while clicking BUY IT.
@Squic Buttery Mashed Potatoes - You know - just for incentive to get home for dinner.
I do want this, but if meh sells out while I hesitate, I’m ok with that.
Their website takes Diners’ Club. Do you take Diners’ Club meh? Well, do ya, huh?
/giphy Diners’ Club
“no, mrs. johnson- a pedometer doesn’t tell you how many pedophiles you interact with.”
…really getting tired of this Q bullshit
There’s like no info on the internet about this watch.
@ColeSloth Not sure but this seems to be a similar watch. Most of the specs are the same. Says battery life is 4 days. https://freesmartband.com/products/free-smartwatch?variant=36263103004837
@bigmeh 85 reviews, all 5 stars, and all look like scams. I’ll be skipping this one. No reliable sources to risk blowing 40 buck on and the apk reviews for empower suck.
@ColeSloth Look above Under Specs “App integration “ Fitcloud iOS if you have an iPhone reviews on App Store not good. Under the FitCloud Pro the positive iOs App Store reviews are in bad English and seem sketchy or refer to some app about reading stories.
@bigmeh Love how that one is “free,” but costs $16.80 to ship (Meh speed: 15-24 days). That’s exactly $13.80 more than the item is worth…
@bigmeh When I abandoned my cart, they immediately sent me this email detailing their exorbitant shipping charges, but only accounting for $13.35, rather than the $16.80 their checkout page listed. Desperation…
I just want one which tells time and buzzes when I have other activity on my phone. Don’t need all the other stuff which drains the battery in 3 days. I sure do miss the Martian watches which were sold here a few years back. Those were great (well, until they broke, way too early).
@bigmeh true story. They were great till they broke.
@bigmeh @ColeSloth
Roger that!
@bigmeh @ColeSloth Agreed.Martian watches were awesome. Mine worked flawlessly until one day it looked like something inside exploded. Oily residue all over the inside of the crystal. Was hoping for radiation so I could play Hulk.
VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!
@bigmeh agreed, I miss my Martian Notifier watches. Went thru 2 in a little over 3 years.
I just got a Zeblaze GTS from Banggood. Currently $26 plus $3 shipping. Uses the DAfit app like so many of the cheap Chinese smart watches. So far so good. Does not have the broad compatibility with apps that Martian had, but works with my reminders, phone, camera. Has alarms (vibration not adjustable and not as strong as the Martian Notifier), heart rate (pretty accurate), BP (worthless), sleep (meh), steps, blood oxygen (giggle), more. Rechargeable battery lasts a solid 6 days, but the clamp thingy to connect the charger is stupidly designed. There are also a wide variety of watch faces you can download from within the DaFit app.
Big drawback for me is that it has a 17mm band, so I cannot use my metal watch band that I used with the Martian (19mm). Oh well, cheap watch, low expectations fulfilled.
@bigmeh I’ve got a Fossil Q watch. It tells time, buzzes when I get phone notifications and the battery lasts about 14 months.
@bigmeh @Nate311 Cost?
@bigmeh @Jonas4321 I paid $65 two Augusts back. Amazon’s got some in that neighborhood right now. Fossil often has sales on site for around$75.
@bigmeh @ColeSloth ![knock][1]
My Martian is still working fine, my daily ticker, now on it’s third leather band.
@Nate311 Thanks. Looking into them.
Yes, I really liked my black Martian Notifier, which stopped functioning completely after 2 years. RIP.
Still have a Martian Voice, which works, but the battery discharges, even when off, within a week. So it has be charged every week, even when idle. In use, a charge lasts 12 hours or so.
@Zebra Martian watch still has a functioning app? I might dust off mine
@username @Zebra Yes! I found one to work with my Motorola X4. Martian Watch Alerts_v3.0.1_apkpure.com.apk. Works pretty well.
@bigmeh That’s exactly what the Pebble I got from Meh years ago does. Shows me notifications and alerts, lets me control music playback, I can cancel incoming calls if I want to, it’s got a beautifully legible eink screen which is alway on, and the battery last for days and days, still. It’s also a pedometer and a sleep monitor. I keep on thinking about getting an Apple Watch, and probably will one of these days, but I’m pretty happy with my pebble. You can get ones in good shape for around thirty bucks on eBay.
@bigmeh Woot had some $14 watches last night. May still have them. Bonus: if you slap a card in, it’ll work as a phone by itself.
@RobinBobcat @manhattnik Lots of people giving me suggestions. There is hope! Thank you all.
@bigmeh @Jonas4321 Fossil Fossil has got a sale right now. Some of the ‘hybrid’ smart watches are on sale for $79. If you’re okay with signing up for their email list, they’ll send you a coupon for $25 off of $75.
the app already doesn’t work according to google store 1 star reviews.
every ‘smart’ thing meh sells, apps go defunct within months. I wish these companies would open source the products they shut down support for
@username I wonder if I can put this on Memu (android emulator) and just use it on my laptop? Then it won’t drain my phone, but I can still check the monitoring status. Good idea or no?
2 Xmas gifts done…
/giphy morose-full-penguin
Fitness what now in my whonani?
So I explored their website, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the company were a sketchy one trying to sell some sensitive information of the users to some specific countries. Sorry, a huge meh from me…
Having said that, I appreciate meh for trying to provide nice deals!
Fool me once…
@RedOak I presume the 55/82 is the daily lo/hi temp, not some jacked up B/P measurement!
@chienfou @RedOak I had 2 of these they were pretty good for the time… Just donated them to charity
Blood pressure? Seriously?
@manhattnik I came here to say this. Apple can’t measure blood pressure on their Watches. If they can’t manage that, there’s no way this will do it. And think about how you measure blood pressure. Need an air pump. Where’d they hide that?
@BethanyAnne Exactly. There’s no way in hell that can do blood pressure. Most of the other features are probably bogus, too.
@BethanyAnne I saw a watch which purported to take blood pressure, and it had a sort of inflatable bladder built into the band, so I guess it was something like using a wrist monitor (which aren’t too accurate to begin with – a watch could be near useless). Maybe the geniuses at Apple will come up with another way of measuring it, but I don’t see how. I sure don’t want an inflatable cuff built into my wrist strap!
@manhattnik lol, yeah. I saw one on Amazon that estimated your blood pressure from your heartbeats per minute. /headdesk
My wife hates electronics that out think me and tell me what I need to do. That’s her job.
Can this be used without a phone? Or needs to be constantly be pairing with one? They can be an option gifts for kids that want a smart watch but obviously don’t have a phone.
Just found this on Parkersdeals.com for $29.00 free ship. Made from recycled chinese checkers.
@kparty12 Thank you. I just L’d sooooo OL
This is $29 on Sidedeal today. So if you wanted this and didn’t get it, head on over there.
@djslack
gone now…
@chienfou it was the one day only part of the site that day. If it didn’t sell out, it’ll probably come back around.
@djslack
OK. guess i can keep an eye out. Thanks
@chienfou today you and your kind can get it for $36.10 on the older sister site:
Based on comments here, I’m ashamed that I paid ten dollars too much for it. That said, I am astonished that such a device as this can be sold so cheaply! It works a lot better than I expected. The companion app for iPhone works great. It does have kind of a slow/choppy screen, but jeezum crêpes it is cheap!
I ordered two of these. Neither will pair to Apple. They will pair to an old android phone on WiFi. I really need to pair to Apple. Running 14.2 on XS Max.
I can’t get it to charge all of a sudden. I’ve had it for about a month and it’s worked well til today. Any suggestions?
Well, mine worked fine until today, when I dropped it. Screen blank now - I can tell it’s on, but no signal. Sad face.
@RobinBobcat
Bummer!