@UncleVinny supposedly the newer ones have continuous bp, pulse rate, spO2, and so on to let you know if granny has fallen and can’t get up. Or for people who want to keep tabs on their health.
Always accurate watch that never needs to be set, not even for daylight saving time.**
Never forgetting to turn my phone off or down in a theater, meeting, house of worship, etc., because I can leave it always set to complete silence and get notified of calls and messages by subtle wrist vibration.
** I do have “atomic” watches that also do this, but not as quickly. They are especially difficult to use in a place like Manhattan NYC , where I was living when the Pebble Kickstarter took place.
@simplersimon sorry, air line employee. From Minnesota. Who has gotten calls from people upset that they have ticket the wrong airport. Portland, Maine is the worst. I’ve had people calling me because they already flew to Oregon, and angry at us for ruining their trip.
@gominosensei@simplersimon
Ha, ha, I do! ORD when I think of Chicago. Also, I may not know which cities are the capitols but I can tell you what the major airports are. Sad (esp. since I’m NOT an airline employee - but a road warrior…)
@simplersimon The way to remember it, Meh-aholics is that it is the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. One can’t forget the latter, as it is the better, smarter, and better looking of the two.
@hchavers that what Martian aims for. It’s a smartwatch for people who don’t care about the world knowing they have a smartwatch. It’s a smartwatch that puts being a watch first. No, I can do this; time to go full marketing mode. It’s not another ugly smartwatch. It’s your watch, smarter.
Imagining myself setting it up when it arrives, putting it on the charger overnight, forgetting about it for a couple days, before wearing it… A red LED comes on and I’m stuck trying to remember if I coded red for calls from high-priority callers or from telemarketers… Meanwhile co-workers are wondering why I appear to be staring at the bottom of the watch as opposed to the dial…
@ruouttaurmind I’ll field that one. Let me ask you a question. Why would a grown man whose shirt says “Genius at Work” spend all of his time watching a children’s cartoon show?
Slightly off kilter of topic…I’ve been looking for a replacement for my (no longer around) dad’s Skagen 433lslb. They seem to be $44 dollars and more. About 2x the price of the watch. It’s a crazy world.
I had gotten a different watch from these guys from morningsave, it came super buggy and broken. I would heavily recommend staying away from this thing, unless you REALLY want a sub-par analog watch.
The only good thing about the Martian watch Meh sold about two years ago was the built-in LED flashlight. Other than that, complete piece of crap.
Is Martian still in business? I thought they died a year ago.
I got the stainless steel band version of this watch from Morningsave a few months ago. It’s a really classy looking watch and a good size for a female wrist. The notifications and step count work great, but the photo function works so inconsistently it’s not worth the effort. The app shows your steps but doesn’t communicate with anything else on your phone or integrate with Apple health kit. Overall, I think it’s worth $40. It’s a nice looking watch that also counts steps and lets you know when someone’s contacting you on your phone.
Stay awaaaay, you guys. I got an mVIP the last time Meh sold them, and it’s craptacular crappy crapballs McCrapkins crapulous crap.
I tried syncing it with my work phone, an iPhone 6. There are typos all over the app, including the home page. (Do not distube!) Not a good sign.
The iOS app’s registration process is fully broken. You have to be registered to enter a support ticket. Given the company’s already evident half-assedness, I didn’t try to track down support through other means. I tried using it without registration.
The notifier LED is supposed to be color coded. You create groups of people or apps, and assign each a color. So you do that, and also disable notifs on all the other ass-random apps that are enabled by default. Then you watch in wonder as the damned thing blinks red or blue several times an hour for no discernible reason.
It claims to have Step Count and Sleep Tracking functions, but you have to use the app to change modes. So it’s really Step Count or Sleep Tracking.
I wish I could comment on the Android app just for the benefit of the community, but since the watch is actually slightly less useful than my Timex, I’ve already misplaced it. /shrug
@whogots thanks for the review. I had fleeting thought that I might purchase it for my sister but I don’t have time for a craptacular crappy crapballs McCrapkins crapulous crap watch.
Mine just sucks, but it sounds like yours doesn’t even “work” and the vendor isn’t honoring their warranty. I’d contact Meh. Hopefully they can make it meh for you, instead of the crap crap crappydance stupidsauce crappypants situation you have now.
I don’t usually do reviews on products - good or bad - however, I feel I need to put my 2 cents in on this product.
I purchased one of these mVIP watches and I am not at all happy with my purchase. The watch won’t charge, the alarm didn’t work, the LED notifier doesn’t work, I tried to switch to sleep mode but I couldn’t get that to turn on, even after turning off the step counter like you were supposed to do, (how am I supposed to count my steps when I get up and walk around in the middle of the night??) and now it won’t even connect to my Bluetooth. I wore it 2 days ago and it didn’t count steps while I was wearing it but managed to count steps while it sat on the charger all day yesterday (wtf??). And it STILL isn’t charged!!
I have contacted MVip twice now and have not heard anything back. What I have is really just a glorified watch (at least it still manages to keep time), which is not at all what I thought I was purchasing. I think I will just go back to my basic, reliable little fitbit. I don’t really need to know what time it is. Everyone always expects me to be late anyways.
I wish I would have read the previous reviews before I hit the purchase button. I could’ve saved my money and took the family out for dinner instead. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!! Next time they are on sale here “LOOK AWAY, LOOK AWAY, LOOK AWAY”!!
Hmmm can’t get my to stay connected to my phone… (still in the initial pairing step!) … Will send a note to support too, but anyone know if this Martian warranty will be honored??
1 Year Limited Warranty
Martian Watches warrants the Product, and only the Product, against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE (365) DAYS from the date of purchase by the first purchaser (“Warranty Period”). Only products purchased directly from Martian Watches or from a Martian authorized retailer are warranted.
Will never buy again. Very disappointed. Could not get it to connect . After a week later it magically connected but then the notifications wouldn’t work all the time even when in close proximity of the watch. Waste of money.
Piece of junk. The watch function works, but doesn’t sync up to my phone. It connected initially and then disconnected shortly after. I reached out to Meh who then told me I had to contact Martian. Martian has never even looked at my ticket which has been open since April 20, 2018. Idc how inexpensive it is, I wouldn’t take another if they paid me to wear it.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x Martian Smartwatch
1x Micro USB charging cable
Pictures
Styles
Where the notification thingy is
CL01
CL03
CL04
CL05
CL06
SP01
This movie scared the piss out of me when I was a kid
Price Comparison
$71.39 - $118.61 at Amazon
Warranty
1 Year Limited Martian
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Gotta cover my eyes…I just can’t watch this…
/image just for the ladies
If this watch is so smart, why does it need an app?
Maybe it’s cuz my phone notifications are infrequent and not very important, but I don’t understand the appeal of a smartwatch. At. All.
@UncleVinny supposedly the newer ones have continuous bp, pulse rate, spO2, and so on to let you know if granny has fallen and can’t get up. Or for people who want to keep tabs on their health.
@UncleVinny
Always accurate watch that never needs to be set, not even for daylight saving time.**
Never forgetting to turn my phone off or down in a theater, meeting, house of worship, etc., because I can leave it always set to complete silence and get notified of calls and messages by subtle wrist vibration.
** I do have “atomic” watches that also do this, but not as quickly. They are especially difficult to use in a place like Manhattan NYC
, where I was living when the Pebble Kickstarter took place.
It’s MSP! MSP, not MPS.
@simplersimon sorry, air line employee. From Minnesota. Who has gotten calls from people upset that they have ticket the wrong airport. Portland, Maine is the worst. I’ve had people calling me because they already flew to Oregon, and angry at us for ruining their trip.
@simplersimon Or maybe they meant fan of Mount Pleasant… (airline employee, too!)
@simplersimon That was making me crazy, too.
Do you think of cities by their airport codes?
@gominosensei @simplersimon
Ha, ha, I do! ORD when I think of Chicago. Also, I may not know which cities are the capitols but I can tell you what the major airports are. Sad (esp. since I’m NOT an airline employee - but a road warrior…)
@simplersimon The way to remember it, Meh-aholics is that it is the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. One can’t forget the latter, as it is the better, smarter, and better looking of the two.
@gominosensei @motme @simplersimon I think O’Hare received ORD because travel through there is such an ordeal.
@gominosensei @motme @simplersimon @wood8176 That’s probably more accurate than what I remember, that it used to be an ORcharD.
@gominosensei it’s really problematic when you take a road trip with people who never fly and don’t know what you mean.
@simplersimon @wambut Other fun facts about St. Paul residents. They…
Lucky them!
@simplersimon “Do you think of cities by their airport codes?” Abso-frickin’-lutely! Message to my wife last night: “YWG just scored on a softie”
@simplersimon oh man, I’ve totally had that experience. Especially with cities with weird codes that don’t match the name of the city.
I’m also frustrated when I need to abbreviate a city with no airport.
what type of sensors? I assume it has an accelerometer, but what about a pulse sensor or anything else?
This looks too much like a classic watch for me to flaunt it like a smart watch.
@hchavers that what Martian aims for. It’s a smartwatch for people who don’t care about the world knowing they have a smartwatch. It’s a smartwatch that puts being a watch first. No, I can do this; time to go full marketing mode. It’s not another ugly smartwatch. It’s your watch, smarter.
@hchavers @simplersimon
Technically, it IS an ugly smartwatch.
@cinoclav @hchavers @simplersimon technically its a beautiful smartwatch for le old generation.
Kind of cute, but they look fat as hell.
@brhfl Can confirm, thing is feckin’ huge.
Imagining myself setting it up when it arrives, putting it on the charger overnight, forgetting about it for a couple days, before wearing it… A red LED comes on and I’m stuck trying to remember if I coded red for calls from high-priority callers or from telemarketers… Meanwhile co-workers are wondering why I appear to be staring at the bottom of the watch as opposed to the dial…
Does this, like their Notifier, require Martian’s proprietary, nonstandard, not-really-a-micro-USB cable?
@richrauch
All smartwatches I’ve messed with (several from diff big names) except an early Sony seem to use non-standard USB charging cables.
Water-resistance I suppose.
@f00l @richrauch THIS one includes a small proprietary cradle.
@richrauch I bought a Proxicast 8mm usb cable off Amazon that works just fine with my notifier usb cable
But more importantly, will the mVIP app work with my Olio smart watch.
@Pacers
They do really well together in a junk drawer.
So this is like a Notifier without a display and with a narrower band? And that step counting thing.
It amuses me that the link in that bullet point goes to a 16mm strap, yet the watch requires a 18mm strap.
Clearly I’ve had a pretty uneventful weekend if I’m getting my laughs at that.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@ruouttaurmind I’ll field that one. Let me ask you a question. Why would a grown man whose shirt says “Genius at Work” spend all of his time watching a children’s cartoon show?
@otherstalin Uh… gotta put all that genius processing power on hold once in a while or you wind up with a catastrophic core meltdown??
Slightly off kilter of topic…I’ve been looking for a replacement for my (no longer around) dad’s Skagen 433lslb. They seem to be $44 dollars and more. About 2x the price of the watch. It’s a crazy world.
37% one-star reviews, 58% at or below two stars. Careful.
It looks like it does need an app to operate and I found this info video with its features. (I hope this posts OK I’ve never done this
)
I had gotten a different watch from these guys from morningsave, it came super buggy and broken. I would heavily recommend staying away from this thing, unless you REALLY want a sub-par analog watch.
These are ugly
Don’t need this. Don’t want this. But whoever wrote the copy… well done.
the first thing I’ve seen that i hope DOES NOT come in my FUKO 19 bag…
If I don’t count out loud I lose track, JASON
The only good thing about the Martian watch Meh sold about two years ago was the built-in LED flashlight. Other than that, complete piece of crap.
Is Martian still in business? I thought they died a year ago.
Not crazy about the smart watch, but I’d totally buy the martian head!
While technically they are “discrete” (separate), I believe you meant “discreet” as in unobtrusive.
Do any of these have elastic bands? People with limited mobility or only one hand can’t use the snap shut or normal hook style bands
@msujp It appears these don’t. If you can find one that fits the watch in need, I highly recommend the magnetic bands. Easy to use and they hold well. Something like this: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Gear-S3-Watch-Band-Fintie-Unique-Magnet-Lock-Loop-Adjustable-Stainless-Steel-Replacement-Bracelet-Wristband-Black/683715090
Reviews aren’t very good. I was excited, but then… meh.
I got the stainless steel band version of this watch from Morningsave a few months ago. It’s a really classy looking watch and a good size for a female wrist. The notifications and step count work great, but the photo function works so inconsistently it’s not worth the effort. The app shows your steps but doesn’t communicate with anything else on your phone or integrate with Apple health kit. Overall, I think it’s worth $40. It’s a nice looking watch that also counts steps and lets you know when someone’s contacting you on your phone.
Stay awaaaay, you guys. I got an mVIP the last time Meh sold them, and it’s craptacular crappy crapballs McCrapkins crapulous crap.
I tried syncing it with my work phone, an iPhone 6. There are typos all over the app, including the home page. (Do not distube!) Not a good sign.
The iOS app’s registration process is fully broken. You have to be registered to enter a support ticket. Given the company’s already evident half-assedness, I didn’t try to track down support through other means. I tried using it without registration.
The notifier LED is supposed to be color coded. You create groups of people or apps, and assign each a color. So you do that, and also disable notifs on all the other ass-random apps that are enabled by default. Then you watch in wonder as the damned thing blinks red or blue several times an hour for no discernible reason.
It claims to have Step Count and Sleep Tracking functions, but you have to use the app to change modes. So it’s really Step Count or Sleep Tracking.
I wish I could comment on the Android app just for the benefit of the community, but since the watch is actually slightly less useful than my Timex, I’ve already misplaced it. /shrug
@whogots Whoops, I got it from Morningsave, not meh. Either way, it emerged from the roiling depths of Mediocre.
@whogots thanks for the review. I had fleeting thought that I might purchase it for my sister but I don’t have time for a craptacular crappy crapballs McCrapkins crapulous crap watch.
@whogots I wish I read your review before I purchased! Mine is the McCrap crapmaster of crappy craptastic crappola also!!
@sheldecamp Oh nooooo!
Mine just sucks, but it sounds like yours doesn’t even “work” and the vendor isn’t honoring their warranty. I’d contact Meh. Hopefully they can make it meh for you, instead of the crap crap crappydance stupidsauce crappypants situation you have now.
Is it possible to get the watch of the CL03 with the band of the CL05?
I don’t like gold dials, but I want a brown strap.
Thanks!
@this1 I don’t believe it’s possible. Maybe buy both and then sell the combination you don’t want?
Not interested in the watch, but best write up in a while.
I don’t usually do reviews on products - good or bad - however, I feel I need to put my 2 cents in on this product.
I purchased one of these mVIP watches and I am not at all happy with my purchase. The watch won’t charge, the alarm didn’t work, the LED notifier doesn’t work, I tried to switch to sleep mode but I couldn’t get that to turn on, even after turning off the step counter like you were supposed to do, (how am I supposed to count my steps when I get up and walk around in the middle of the night??) and now it won’t even connect to my Bluetooth. I wore it 2 days ago and it didn’t count steps while I was wearing it but managed to count steps while it sat on the charger all day yesterday (wtf??). And it STILL isn’t charged!!
I have contacted MVip twice now and have not heard anything back. What I have is really just a glorified watch (at least it still manages to keep time), which is not at all what I thought I was purchasing. I think I will just go back to my basic, reliable little fitbit. I don’t really need to know what time it is. Everyone always expects me to be late anyways.
I wish I would have read the previous reviews before I hit the purchase button. I could’ve saved my money and took the family out for dinner instead. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!! Next time they are on sale here “LOOK AWAY, LOOK AWAY, LOOK AWAY”!!
Hmmm can’t get my to stay connected to my phone… (still in the initial pairing step!) … Will send a note to support too, but anyone know if this Martian warranty will be honored??
1 Year Limited Warranty
Martian Watches warrants the Product, and only the Product, against defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for a period of THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE (365) DAYS from the date of purchase by the first purchaser (“Warranty Period”). Only products purchased directly from Martian Watches or from a Martian authorized retailer are warranted.
Will never buy again. Very disappointed. Could not get it to connect . After a week later it magically connected but then the notifications wouldn’t work all the time even when in close proximity of the watch. Waste of money.
Piece of junk. The watch function works, but doesn’t sync up to my phone. It connected initially and then disconnected shortly after. I reached out to Meh who then told me I had to contact Martian. Martian has never even looked at my ticket which has been open since April 20, 2018. Idc how inexpensive it is, I wouldn’t take another if they paid me to wear it.
@naavah did you try another ticket with Martian or have you just been waiting?
@RiotDemon I’ve opened multiple tickets. They don’t respond. I would never recommend anything from Martian, for their bad customer service.
@naavah I think they went out of business.
Edit:
https://www.androidauthority.com/martian-watches-closed-869666/