- I recently bought it, as a start I will write my first impression and in the future I will return with a new review.
- I got the khaki color, it looks beautiful. Its strap is stable, has very good quality and elasticity, and this helps the watch to remain stable and not to strain or move on the wrist unnecessarily.
- As for the construction, it seems very high quality and strong, it is a bit bulky but that doesn't bother me, and let's not forget that it is a G-shock style, the display is very good, with nice colors, and excellent brightness even in strong sunlight, while the touch response is immediate and without incorrect selections due to the screen size; as for the display, it is large and easy to read.
- I don't have an opinion on the battery yet, because it has been tested a little, however, it fully charges in less than an hour.
- The watch's software is fully translated into Greek. And very easy to use.
- As for the software and what it can do, I think it is quite limited; what it can do is measure heart rate, the measurement is accurate, doing repeated measurements with a professional sphygmomanometer that also measures pulses, the measurements agree with each other, within 2-3 pulses difference. It does good measurements and records the distance accurately; the comparison with professional equipment shows very small deviation, e.g., over ten kilometers it shows a deviation of a few meters; the GPS generally works smoothly, sometimes when there is no line of sight with the satellite, it loses the signal for seconds and recovers by itself without problems.
- The watch can work without the need for an immediate connection to the mobile phone or tablet; when we want, we connect via Bluetooth, and select from the app to sync, then all recordings transfer to the phone very easily.
- Communication with the mobile phone occurs at the following levels: when we have the phone, e.g., in the bag and it rings, then an immediate notification comes to the watch and we can either choose to silence it or to end the call; the watch does not have a microphone or speaker so we cannot answer directly from it. With the right settings, we can receive notifications from our mobile or tablet at all levels, meaning Facebook Messenger, Viber, email, etc.; generally, all notifications we have chosen to appear on our phone come immediately and seamlessly to the watch. Messages from Viber, Messenger, and others can be read in full from the watch by scrolling the screen, it just does not display the images of the messages, only the text.
- In terms of step measurement, it sometimes misses; it counts steps while you are lying in bed and moving your hand. I found a way to fix this by selecting from the settings menu of the Notify Amazfit program to change the option from vibration measured in steps to pacing measured in meters.
- The sleep recordings are amazing, it records many parameters related to sleep, especially if you install the: notify for amazfit, which is clearly superior and has many more measurements and features, as well as a multitude (endless), free faces. The notify amazfit can work alongside zepp which is the official application of the watch, it can even pull the log files (synchronization) from zepp afterwards, but this does not always yield reliable results, sometimes it synchronizes the measurements with a deviation, however, when you have the notify Amazfit program open, it reliably pulls the measurements directly from the watch in real-time, as long as the continuous recording option is set in the internal settings of the program's menu. I should emphasize that the notify Amazfit has most of the features that the user needs completely free, while there are also quite a few more specialized ones that someone has to purchase. The free ones are more than sufficient even for demanding users. Both notify Amazfit and the official company app zepp are fully translated into Greek. While notify Amazfit has the capability for full backups of all data and settings stored in the application, either in the cloud or in a folder of our choice within our mobile. We have the ability to restore the options we want.
- Generally, the watch is easy to use, very sturdy construction, it also has an alarm clock where someone can set many different alarms for different reminders, it has a stopwatch, countdown timer, etc., when we record for walking, cycling, etc., via GPS, the route is recorded, you can then synchronize it with the application and the full map will appear on our mobile. There is also a compass, etc. The watch has the ability to activate its screen with a hand movement, but through the application, we have the option to disable this feature and activate the screen by simply pressing the lower right button. Overall, it is worth its price (72€) and you won't have the anxiety of it getting hit, getting wet, or falling, it's a real beast, it withstands temperatures from -40 to 75 degrees. A real dog!! - of course, as we said, it has quite limited capabilities as a smartwatch.
- I will return with less after more use.
I RETURN (12 FEB. 2023):
- After several months of recording daily exercises (cycling, walking, etc.), I continue to be just as satisfied as at the beginning.
I RETURN (26 APR. 2023):
- Up to now and after intensive daily use, the watch works flawlessly! I continue to be satisfied with the purchase I made!
I RETURN (6 NOV. 2024):
- All good, the watch continues to do its job correctly without any problems.
WARNING: I encountered the following issue
At some point while I had the exercise recording activated for cycling, while the watch was recording normally, it suddenly stopped recording the exercise. What happened is this: the memory of the watch filled up with previous recordings that I hadn't taken care to delete, so I deleted all the previous exercise recordings from the watch. Moreover, the recordings had already been transferred to the application on my tablet, so after I deleted all the previous recordings, the watch automatically restored all the data from the last exercise that had not been recorded due to memory shortages! (In the end, it had saved it by itself).
So in case you notice that your T-Rex cannot make new recordings, delete the older ones and the problem will be resolved immediately.