@Kidsandliz Depends on the tracker. I once got over 60,000 steps while I spent the whole afternoon on the couch watching TV and tapping the tracker against my chest.
@yakkoTDI I’m a little disappointed there yakko. I was really hoping for, “Towards the sky I raise my fist. Furiously shaking it while screaming at the top of my lungs, “SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!””
@michaelant Based on what? There are similar priced fitness trackers with actual(ish) reviews all over the web, does anyone know anything about this watch?
@MehAmphetamine@michaelant I know that the one I received in my IRK is totally useless - no instructions and no real way to set the thing up - techno bling at best
@yeppers Every watch like this measures it with green LED lights on the back side of the watch, pressed against the skin. In my experience it is pretty accurate. If you turn the watch off and then on, you can see the two bulbs behind a dark window flash on and then off.
@pmcgrane@yeppers
And that can measure oxygen concentration and pulse. But I’m not sure how it’d measure blood pressure.
It also measures perfusion, the amount of blood flowing, but I don’t think that correlates to bp in any way.
@Narwalt@yeppers I must admit I do not know well how it works. But I do have a pneumatic air pressure cuff machine at home and also the device seems to correspond pretty well to what I get a a doctor’s office.
Apparently lights can do it, if measured precisely.
@grasstread Maybe when their cameras start working consistently I’ll waste more money digging myself even deeper into their ecosystem—an ecosystem which, it’s worth noting, features an ever-expanding constellation of products being launched at such a rapid pace that things like “adequate support” and “service stability” have been reduced to abstract concepts which may (or may not) become long-term (stretch) goals at some point in the future (maybe). The data breaches didn’t exactly boost my confidence in their competence at the operational level, either.
@grasstread Their site seems to show it available now for $25. It didn’t seem to show any delays. That being said, it looks like every other Chinese-made OLED smartwatch. I don’t see anything to really differentiate it.
I bought this last time and it is pretty accurate on blood pressure. I absolutely love it, but had to stop using it because I’m allergic to the metal that touches your skin.
@jeffreywsnyder In the watch’s settings there is a QR code you’re supposed to snap with your phone camera to get the app. Even a couple months ago it took me to FitCloudPro, which was free. They probably just decided to make one tier of app.
The fact they misspelled “BPM” (heart rate) as “BMP” on most of the promotional images is enough of a warning sign to stay away, never mind the $105 discount and complete lack of information.
Here’s whatever other information I could even find on this thing. Neither of these pages are linked anywhere other than going to the college pods section, then choosing list
@rustyh3 Well, for one, most things don’t try to give you health/medical information that could be wildly incorrect (there is no way to measure blood pressure like this). imagine someone with hypertension getting this and thinking it could help manage their condition. not good.
most meh items are just boring speakers or other useless junk where the only harm is going to be the fact that it sucks.
I bought this the last time it was on here (maybe 2 months ago). It is definitely only worth the low price, but it does do everything it claims to do. The on-watch interface is inscrutable and will be frustrating for a while until you sort of zen-out. But I was impressed it can forward iMessage, FaceBook, and Instagram messages from my iPhone (the iPhone is doing all of the work, of course). The iPhone app is a little bit poorly translated but works well on the newest iOS. The magnetic charger is pretty flimsy, but the battery lasts many days. I was kind of surprised it could be done for this price!
Maybe good for just toying with the idea of a connected-watch, or for kids?
The FitCloud reviews on the Apple App Store are atrocious. It seems like the watch is fine, however the only application that will synchronise with it is broken abandonware.
Last time I bought a heart rate fitness tracker from here, I chucked it because it was just not worth my time to STOP EVERYTHING I AM DOING so it could take a minute to check my heart rate. Are all fitbands/smartwatches like that? Is this one?
I bought this a while back. The HR and BP seem very close to accurate and the Pro App works great. It’s comfortable enough that I can sleep with it on and my wrist doesn’t get sore like with all the other cheap smart watches I’ve tried. Well worth the money imo.
The watch is making it up. Precisely zero ways of measuring blood pressure exist that don’t involve using a pressurized cuff. If a sensor could measure pressure, Apple would have done it. Cheap watches like this measure something else and correlate it to pressure, but that’s not accurate - it’s just a mediocre guess.
I’d like a good tracker, but I HATE having stuff on my wrist. I much prefer a “button” type I can clip on my belt or attach to my shoe. Anyone have a recommendation? Email broomist at gmail dot com and start off the new year with a good deed!!!
I’d like a good tracker, but I HATE having stuff on my wrist. I much prefer a “button” type I can clip on my belt or attach to my shoe. Anyone have a recommendation? Email broomist at gmail dot com and start off the new year with a good deed!!!
I just got my watch but I would say for the money it’s more than I expected!
I own an apple and several smart watches and this one has been as impressive as most of the others!
@smartshopper2 I had the same problem, but just got it to sync the time and date using FitCloudPro. After I set the time, I uninstalled the app due to too many permissions. Guess I’ll reinstall next daylight savings.
@smartshopper2, I want to thank you for answering the question of how to set the time. It is NOT institutive that one needs the sync to the FitCloudPro app to do so. As soon as I bound (connected), it corrected the time.
My wife and I are having a very hard time getting this to work, are there any tricks we should know, sure would like to get it going, any help out there ??? Other wise I’m gonna return it.
Love the watch. It is very accurate. I have O2 monitor, temp monitor, and BP cuff in my home. Tests have confirmed the device to be very accurate. However, I had to stop wearing it. The band was making my skin on my left wrist break out with a rash. I tried to switch to the right and had the same experience. Too bad, because it really was helping with tracking vitals and sleep patterns. Looking for one that will perform the same functions without the irritation.
Specs
App integration:
What’s in the Box?
Price Comparison
$129.99 at Empower
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Sep 20 - Wednesday, Sep 22
Towards the sky I raise my fist. Furiously shaking it while screaming at the top of my lungs “MEH!”
@yakkoTDI How many steps does shaking your fist get you?
@Kidsandliz Depends on the tracker. I once got over 60,000 steps while I spent the whole afternoon on the couch watching TV and tapping the tracker against my chest.
@yakkoTDI I’m a little disappointed there yakko. I was really hoping for, “Towards the sky I raise my fist. Furiously shaking it while screaming at the top of my lungs, “SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!””
@Trinityscrew I prefer a stew made from Soylent Red and Soylent Yellow.
Got this in my irk - no instructions no way to set it
@jmhsrv Now is your chance to buy the instructions.
@jmhsrv @yakkoTDI You just made my night
@jmhsrv You set it by syncing to the app. Most of these watches work that way. Use the app to do your watch settings
When are they going out of business ala Olio?
That’s certainly a good deal. If I didn’t already have an Apple Watch I’d consider this for activity tracking.
@michaelant Based on what? There are similar priced fitness trackers with actual(ish) reviews all over the web, does anyone know anything about this watch?
@michaelant The step tracking seems less reliable than having an iPhone in your pocket, which you would need to have anyway.
@MehAmphetamine @michaelant I know that the one I received in my IRK is totally useless - no instructions and no real way to set the thing up - techno bling at best
Anyone find any real info on this watch? Everything I’m seeing is links to deal sites like meh.
@MehAmphetamine yeah, it’s a $10 watch being disguised as a $130 watch, selling for $25
@truquito Certainly looks that way.
@MehAmphetamine this site is giving them away for shipping and handling, also some limited reviews there. https://freesmartband.com/products/free-smartwatch?variant=36263103004837#scm-reviews-importer
@MehAmphetamine @steeltoesenator $15-$16 shipping fee btw
@MehAmphetamine @truquito most of the ones i see on amazon or other sites are selling in the $30 - $50 range, just under what the Amazon Fit sells for
How does this measure blood pressure? Is it just making something up?
@yeppers Every watch like this measures it with green LED lights on the back side of the watch, pressed against the skin. In my experience it is pretty accurate. If you turn the watch off and then on, you can see the two bulbs behind a dark window flash on and then off.
@pmcgrane @yeppers
And that can measure oxygen concentration and pulse. But I’m not sure how it’d measure blood pressure.
It also measures perfusion, the amount of blood flowing, but I don’t think that correlates to bp in any way.
@Narwalt @yeppers I must admit I do not know well how it works. But I do have a pneumatic air pressure cuff machine at home and also the device seems to correspond pretty well to what I get a a doctor’s office.
Apparently lights can do it, if measured precisely.
https://smartwatchhelp.com/can-smartwatch-measure-blood-pressure/ using “Pulse Transit Time” (look for that further down the page)
Lights unquestionably cannot measure pressure, that’s absurd.
@yeppers your BP will skyrocket trying to set this thing up
@yeppers fitness trackers are quite good I guess. Recently bought half sun band. Results are decent.
https://smartwatchadviser.com/best-fitness-tracker-with-bp-monitor/
Buy a Wyze watch. $20. Shipping soon.
@grasstread Yeah, came here to mention this.
Was wondering what you were talking about, @grasstread. Found this link in case others were as well…
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/1/21726548/wyze-watch-44-47-smartwatch-price-release-date-features
@grasstread @lowlypeon what are so special about them?
@grasstread Maybe when their cameras start working consistently I’ll waste more money digging myself even deeper into their ecosystem—an ecosystem which, it’s worth noting, features an ever-expanding constellation of products being launched at such a rapid pace that things like “adequate support” and “service stability” have been reduced to abstract concepts which may (or may not) become long-term (stretch) goals at some point in the future (maybe). The data breaches didn’t exactly boost my confidence in their competence at the operational level, either.
inb4 “mine works fine”. I’m sure it does.
@grasstread looks like you allegedly get a Wyze in April if you order now …
@grasstread Their site seems to show it available now for $25. It didn’t seem to show any delays. That being said, it looks like every other Chinese-made OLED smartwatch. I don’t see anything to really differentiate it.
I’ll sell you a smarter watch for just $15
I think this is the same watch the coyote uses trying catch the roadrunner. So it must be good. Right?
/giphy coyote-fail-acme
Remember when Meh was fun?
@gertiestn Yes…when it was WOOT. Alas!
I bought this last time and it is pretty accurate on blood pressure. I absolutely love it, but had to stop using it because I’m allergic to the metal that touches your skin.
/giphy whaaaa?
@haydesigner not op, but my sister is allergic to cheap jewelery.
APP INTEGRATION:
“App integration:
FitCloud (iOS / Android)
FitCloud Pro (iOS / Android)”
FYI:
“FitCloud PRO “ seems to be supported. Free. Updated three weeks ago.
HOWEVER
It does not look like “FitCloud” is supported any longer. BUT, so what?
@jeffreywsnyder In the watch’s settings there is a QR code you’re supposed to snap with your phone camera to get the app. Even a couple months ago it took me to FitCloudPro, which was free. They probably just decided to make one tier of app.
I bought 2 before, one for my husband and one for my daughter. They work really well!
The fact they misspelled “BPM” (heart rate) as “BMP” on most of the promotional images is enough of a warning sign to stay away, never mind the $105 discount and complete lack of information.
Here’s whatever other information I could even find on this thing. Neither of these pages are linked anywhere other than going to the college pods section, then choosing list
https://www.shopempower.com/pages/about-us
About us page - mostly just fluff and absolutely nothing about the company, but namedrops “Action Products Worldwide”
https://www.shopempower.com/pages/contact-us
Contact page - references “apwlink.com”, which is a domain holding page
I would stay far, far away from these, unless you want a fancy looking paperweight.
@Xkeeper The interface and especially iPhone (likely Android too) app are not quite perfect translations from Chinese, but the gist is apparent.
@Xkeeper You’re going to hurt Andy’s feelings
@Xkeeper exactly how is this different than most of the stuff that sells on meh?
@rustyh3 Well, for one, most things don’t try to give you health/medical information that could be wildly incorrect (there is no way to measure blood pressure like this). imagine someone with hypertension getting this and thinking it could help manage their condition. not good.
most meh items are just boring speakers or other useless junk where the only harm is going to be the fact that it sucks.
They really seem to “get” the mediocre philosophy
I bought this the last time it was on here (maybe 2 months ago). It is definitely only worth the low price, but it does do everything it claims to do. The on-watch interface is inscrutable and will be frustrating for a while until you sort of zen-out. But I was impressed it can forward iMessage, FaceBook, and Instagram messages from my iPhone (the iPhone is doing all of the work, of course). The iPhone app is a little bit poorly translated but works well on the newest iOS. The magnetic charger is pretty flimsy, but the battery lasts many days. I was kind of surprised it could be done for this price!
Maybe good for just toying with the idea of a connected-watch, or for kids?
Now China wants to know how active we are? Dumb videos were not enough?
@hchavers I know this is a joke, but it would be worrisome. However this watch doesn’t have any location functions.
@hchavers @pmcgrane … your phone has location functions though. And a data connection, most likely.
The FitCloud reviews on the Apple App Store are atrocious. It seems like the watch is fine, however the only application that will synchronise with it is broken abandonware.
@Michaelforman they switched to only using the “pro” (meaningless designation) app, which is free to download and works okay for me on iOS14.3
What color is it ? The pictures show several different band colors.
@boomklick The “What’s in the Box” states all 3 colors are included.
Last time I bought a heart rate fitness tracker from here, I chucked it because it was just not worth my time to STOP EVERYTHING I AM DOING so it could take a minute to check my heart rate. Are all fitbands/smartwatches like that? Is this one?
I bought this a while back. The HR and BP seem very close to accurate and the Pro App works great. It’s comfortable enough that I can sleep with it on and my wrist doesn’t get sore like with all the other cheap smart watches I’ve tried. Well worth the money imo.
The watch is making it up. Precisely zero ways of measuring blood pressure exist that don’t involve using a pressurized cuff. If a sensor could measure pressure, Apple would have done it. Cheap watches like this measure something else and correlate it to pressure, but that’s not accurate - it’s just a mediocre guess.
Well, that was supposed to be a reply, but I guess that function only works sometimes
Triggered by memories of Martian Hybrid Smartwatch and its abandonware and just general abandonment
I’d like a good tracker, but I HATE having stuff on my wrist. I much prefer a “button” type I can clip on my belt or attach to my shoe. Anyone have a recommendation? Email broomist at gmail dot com and start off the new year with a good deed!!!
I’d like a good tracker, but I HATE having stuff on my wrist. I much prefer a “button” type I can clip on my belt or attach to my shoe. Anyone have a recommendation? Email broomist at gmail dot com and start off the new year with a good deed!!!
@broomist
Older gen fitbit dongle devices do this fairly well. Look for them in Ebay if you can’t find them elsewhere. Prob can be had for cheap.
Be sure to attach the fitness dongle securely, or you will lose it.
You will not get the extra data with one of these oldies that’s not wrist-based tho. No heartrate or pulseox, etc.
This thing here doesn’t measure BP anyway (as mentioned many times above), so no loss with that fake data.
@broomist @f00l If you just want to be tracked, Meh might have some more Pixel trackers!
@broomist You might want to look into the Leaf Tracker:
bellabeat.com/leaf/
I just got my watch but I would say for the money it’s more than I expected!
I own an apple and several smart watches and this one has been as impressive as most of the others!
Got my watch. So far so good!
Love it. Much better than the FitBits I’ve owned. Waiting for it to go on sale again so I can buy as gifts.
How do I set the time on this? I have tried a few apps but none seem to work.
@smartshopper2 I had the same problem, but just got it to sync the time and date using FitCloudPro. After I set the time, I uninstalled the app due to too many permissions. Guess I’ll reinstall next daylight savings.
@smartshopper2, I want to thank you for answering the question of how to set the time. It is NOT institutive that one needs the sync to the FitCloudPro app to do so. As soon as I bound (connected), it corrected the time.
It tells time and counts steps for less than 50 bucks. And the band is comfy. It’s good. I’m happy.
My wife and I are having a very hard time getting this to work, are there any tricks we should know, sure would like to get it going, any help out there ??? Other wise I’m gonna return it.
Love the watch. It is very accurate. I have O2 monitor, temp monitor, and BP cuff in my home. Tests have confirmed the device to be very accurate. However, I had to stop wearing it. The band was making my skin on my left wrist break out with a rash. I tried to switch to the right and had the same experience. Too bad, because it really was helping with tracking vitals and sleep patterns. Looking for one that will perform the same functions without the irritation.