I bought this watch the first time it was here on Meh! (I’ve seen it several times since that, which was maybe 18 months ago). I have to say I am pretty impressed a thirty dollar watch can pair with my iPhone and go many days on a charge! Sure, the software on the device is pretty clumsy and the iPhone app is poorly translated. But it does work! This is probably the last lot of them since I think they were all built some years ago and I think I’ve seen newer semi-smart watches even here on Meh in the meantime. But it’s a bargain!
I got one of these in an IRK awhile back. It’s ok and is still working. I question the room temperature it gives. Also I don’t think the heart rate is spot on; I take multiple readings sometimes and get different results. Don’t expect an Apple Watch. It has to sync with your phone to get the correct time, and you have to do that each time the battery dies. I haven’t really checked to see how accurate anything is on it since I only use it occasionally.
@phendrick I think you’re on to something… why should it only remind you, when it could stimulate your body to immediately empty your bladder wherever you are? This is the future.
@awk especially for geriatric old people, their sense of thirst is not accurate, so they may appreciate a timer for drinking water every few hours. I agree: for me who is not yet geriatric, I have seen that setting but never used it.
Have one of these, and they’re honestly much better than they have any right to be for being so cheap. When my first one broke, I bought a second (yay Woot). Not a fan of silicone bands, so swapped it for a very nice leather one. Comes with a LOT of fun watch faces, or you can upload a picture and put the time/date stuff where you want.
@RobinBobcat can you swap it with other watch bands then? I bought a different style smartwatch a year or so ago but other bands don’t really work for it.
Any of these that claim to measure blood pressure are shams and make any other reading they “measure” questionable (or more accurately, guess ) to the point that there is no point in strapping this data mining tool into your phone and onto your wrist.
@qazxto I just got mine a few days ago. Data was a little odd, decided to test it
Strapped it to a tin can today and ran vitals, it gave data within a normal range for everything. Meh should be ashamed they sold this.
@Selerik yep, and they can cause patient harm too. I’ve talked to many people on a ton of drugs “oh yeah I check my BP and heart rate all the time, 3 times a day I swear”
Amazon halo band view is on sale for $20 right now. Seems to do a fair bit without their subscription and it’s returnable for 730 days. So even if halo gets the axe it’s not a paperweight.
This sounds like the functionality of my favorite cheap smart watch, the Virmee VT3+, which is on my wrist now. Love this watch, one charge goes 5 or more days. Might consider this one as a spare, as the VT3+ isn’t available as a Virmee anymore. Got this one for $29 from Walmart online a year ago.
It’s pretty much worth it. Could use a countdown timer and flashlight feature, but the message notification system is a lot better than my other cheap Wyze watch.
smartwatches have always struck me as “kind of dumb” because they don’t do much if you don’t have a smart phone and if you do have a smart phone they don’t do much that the phone doesn’t do.
I have one and it basically does what it says. I bought another one as a spare just in case and haven’t needed to use it yet. The bands are really cheaply made but they are easily replaced. Don’t expect a FitBit but for the price it’s fine.
@readnj I had a fitbit charge 3, and 3 months in, the screen died, had to call and FIGHT with fitbit to get a new one to replace it, and 5 months later, the screen died. Know 4 other people who had more than their fair share of problems with fitbits, and it took me calling fitbit out on it’s facebook page, detailing EVERYTHING. They deleted it. Original purchase was made at costco, and was not a refurb unit, I just think fitbits are crap now because of the experience I had, and the experiences others I know and don’t know have had…I’ll take a “disposable” <($30.00)> over $150.00 for less than a year of use, any day of the week!
@Lbouer@readnj@sugarsnx Yeah, my FitBit died with an app upgrade. Wheehah! Apparently the improvement was “Your formerly functional watch has been working too long. brick”
I’m looking forward to receiving mine so I can take it on my next doctor visit and compare blood pressure readings. If they match, I’ll be impressed! If not, I could have stuck with my similarly cheap Wyze watch, which stops at heart rate and O2 levels but doesn’t attempt to do BP. Either way, the phone finder feature could come in handy. I currently use Google Voice to maintain a free landline that mostly gets used to ring and find my cellphone.
@brainmist@tarpaper it won’t work and it’s reckless to ascribe any veracity to anything it tells you. It’s a sham. This product is on the level of the sex pheromones you can buy in the back of popular science or the x-ray glasses.
Amazon halo band view is on sale for $20 right now. Seems to do a fair bit without their subscription and it’s returnable for 730 days. So even if halo gets the axe it’s not a paperweight.
My biggest problem with mine is I can’t change the length of time it lights up when you touch the face/turn your wrist. Turns off too fast to use it to count patient pulse or respirations…
I work in rough environments and wanted a cheap watch to record steps and give the time. If I bust it to pieces who cares. I don’t want to bust up my iWatch. I’m so happy I ordered another one. The sleep feature is nice to see how much down time I get; it seems accurate for the time I do sleep.
I bought this watch the first time it was here on Meh! (I’ve seen it several times since that, which was maybe 18 months ago). I have to say I am pretty impressed a thirty dollar watch can pair with my iPhone and go many days on a charge! Sure, the software on the device is pretty clumsy and the iPhone app is poorly translated. But it does work! This is probably the last lot of them since I think they were all built some years ago and I think I’ve seen newer semi-smart watches even here on Meh in the meantime. But it’s a bargain!
I got one of these in an IRK awhile back. It’s ok and is still working. I question the room temperature it gives. Also I don’t think the heart rate is spot on; I take multiple readings sometimes and get different results. Don’t expect an Apple Watch. It has to sync with your phone to get the correct time, and you have to do that each time the battery dies. I haven’t really checked to see how accurate anything is on it since I only use it occasionally.
@bmajazz thats what thought on the time. It wont sync to my phone but you can reset the watch at 12:00 and it’ll tell the correct time.
How did people know when to drink water before this miraculous invention?
But I hope they come out with a model that tells me when to pee, seems like the two features would go together.
@awk Maybe it includes an alarm that sounds like running water.
@phendrick I think you’re on to something… why should it only remind you, when it could stimulate your body to immediately empty your bladder wherever you are? This is the future.
@awk If you stick to beer, not a problem. Wait, can the watch tell you when to drink beer?? Maybe I need one…
@awk especially for geriatric old people, their sense of thirst is not accurate, so they may appreciate a timer for drinking water every few hours. I agree: for me who is not yet geriatric, I have seen that setting but never used it.
@awk @pmcgrane geriatric old people? You must be from the Department of Redundancy Department!
Have one of these, and they’re honestly much better than they have any right to be for being so cheap. When my first one broke, I bought a second (yay Woot). Not a fan of silicone bands, so swapped it for a very nice leather one. Comes with a LOT of fun watch faces, or you can upload a picture and put the time/date stuff where you want.
@RobinBobcat can you swap it with other watch bands then? I bought a different style smartwatch a year or so ago but other bands don’t really work for it.
Hmm, that sounds like it might be promising… must be popular!
Hmm… perhaps not.
@haydesigner Maybe Pitney-Bowes is still in the process of delivering them.
“pedometer”? I thought that was illegal, immoral, or something, unless you’re a tech executive, politician, or royalty.
@phendrick Its a pedo who’s a meter tall…
If only it could tell me how to forgive myself
Any of these that claim to measure blood pressure are shams and make any other reading they “measure” questionable (or more accurately, guess ) to the point that there is no point in strapping this data mining tool into your phone and onto your wrist.
@qazxto I just got mine a few days ago. Data was a little odd, decided to test it
Strapped it to a tin can today and ran vitals, it gave data within a normal range for everything. Meh should be ashamed they sold this.
@Selerik yep, and they can cause patient harm too. I’ve talked to many people on a ton of drugs “oh yeah I check my BP and heart rate all the time, 3 times a day I swear”
Amazon halo band view is on sale for $20 right now. Seems to do a fair bit without their subscription and it’s returnable for 730 days. So even if halo gets the axe it’s not a paperweight.
I think we need to watch to see it is time for meh to sell us something new (although we haven’t had these for a while).
This sounds like the functionality of my favorite cheap smart watch, the Virmee VT3+, which is on my wrist now. Love this watch, one charge goes 5 or more days. Might consider this one as a spare, as the VT3+ isn’t available as a Virmee anymore. Got this one for $29 from Walmart online a year ago.
It’s pretty much worth it. Could use a countdown timer and flashlight feature, but the message notification system is a lot better than my other cheap Wyze watch.
@wickhameh It has a count up timer not a count down one! LOL
@readnj I know. Why do they call it that? Is the word “stopwatch” trademarked or something?
smartwatches have always struck me as “kind of dumb” because they don’t do much if you don’t have a smart phone and if you do have a smart phone they don’t do much that the phone doesn’t do.
and I don’t have a phone, lol.
I have one and it basically does what it says. I bought another one as a spare just in case and haven’t needed to use it yet. The bands are really cheaply made but they are easily replaced. Don’t expect a FitBit but for the price it’s fine.
@readnj I had a fitbit charge 3, and 3 months in, the screen died, had to call and FIGHT with fitbit to get a new one to replace it, and 5 months later, the screen died. Know 4 other people who had more than their fair share of problems with fitbits, and it took me calling fitbit out on it’s facebook page, detailing EVERYTHING. They deleted it. Original purchase was made at costco, and was not a refurb unit, I just think fitbits are crap now because of the experience I had, and the experiences others I know and don’t know have had…I’ll take a “disposable” <($30.00)> over $150.00 for less than a year of use, any day of the week!
@Lbouer @readnj Likewise bad experiences with Fitbit. Charge 3 and Ionic died - Fitbit response “30% off a new one”
@Lbouer @readnj @sugarsnx Yeah, my FitBit died with an app upgrade. Wheehah! Apparently the improvement was “Your formerly functional watch has been working too long. brick”
I’m looking forward to receiving mine so I can take it on my next doctor visit and compare blood pressure readings. If they match, I’ll be impressed! If not, I could have stuck with my similarly cheap Wyze watch, which stops at heart rate and O2 levels but doesn’t attempt to do BP. Either way, the phone finder feature could come in handy. I currently use Google Voice to maintain a free landline that mostly gets used to ring and find my cellphone.
@tarpaper Same here. Added some Google Home devices, so now I can just shout into the ether.
@brainmist @tarpaper it won’t work and it’s reckless to ascribe any veracity to anything it tells you. It’s a sham. This product is on the level of the sex pheromones you can buy in the back of popular science or the x-ray glasses.
Amazon halo band view is on sale for $20 right now. Seems to do a fair bit without their subscription and it’s returnable for 730 days. So even if halo gets the axe it’s not a paperweight.
My biggest problem with mine is I can’t change the length of time it lights up when you touch the face/turn your wrist. Turns off too fast to use it to count patient pulse or respirations…
I work in rough environments and wanted a cheap watch to record steps and give the time. If I bust it to pieces who cares. I don’t want to bust up my iWatch. I’m so happy I ordered another one. The sleep feature is nice to see how much down time I get; it seems accurate for the time I do sleep.
Specs
Product: Empower Fit Pro Smartwatch with Interchangeable Bands
Model: FPSW
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Price Comparison
$129.99 at Empower (sold out)
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Tuesday, Jan 17
Hey! Watch wear you put that hand. That smarts.
@hchavers On my first reading of that, I thought you were trying for something like
/image Get Smart shoe phone
@hchavers @xobzoo Missed it by that much!
These are 8.00 at walmart. com
@gypzeee Looked for Empower Fit Pro on Wally’s site. Did not see an 8.00 price.
@beachboui @gypzeee However, a search for Empower Fit Pro does turn up an $8 fitness watch screen protector.
@beachboui @gypzeee @macromeh
/giphy whoopsie
Does this record a heart rate over time?
The ether is vastly underrated.
Has anyone received theirs, and does it work? We are just getting a black screen. Getting info on the phone but nothing on the watch screen.
How waterproof is ip67 rating? Can you swim in a pool with these?