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On 2024-01-29 16:14, Carlos E.R. wrote:

Hi,

I bought, about two years ago, a cheap smartwatch. A Mi Smart Band 6,
from Xiaomi. I'm not really happy.

...

So I am seeking for another one that is better. Preferably from actual personal experience, not google search. But I don't want an expensive or luxury thing.

Ideas? :-)

I finally bought a Fitbit Google Charge 6. I'm moderately happy.

The thing comes with a 6 month trial subscription to the premium
service, which after the trial is about 80€/yr or 9€/month. Too much.
Some functions depend on it, so I have not activated it yet.

The displays activates with a double tap, and so far I haven't noticed accidental tapping as I had with my previous incumbent. There is a
button on the side, which acts as "home" button.

I have not tried everything. I already detected bugs: for instance, if
I'm tracking a walk and enter a building for some time, the GPS
deactivates and doesn't reactivate automatically on exit, and I haven't
found a manual way to reactivate, except stop the exercise tracking and
start it again (another exercise session).

I have not tried the Wallet.

The timer function I find useful.

I am using two exercise functions: hiking and elliptic bicycle. Hiking
works nicely, except that it thinks I'm resting most of the time, it
wants a higher heart rate. I'm not sure if this can be corrected. No, I
am not going to walk faster for its shake.

The elliptic doesn't work all. The problem is that apparently it expects
to connect via Bluetooth to the machine, and mine is not that kind. It
doesn't detect the rhythmical movement of my arm on the machine, so it
thinks I am not exercising. It only reads my pulse and records it (the previous watch did the same thing).

I got that elliptic bike for 80€ at a sale (original price was 260€). 40 Kg and 3h 30m of assembly (terrible instructions). The readout counts
the calories at the same rate no matter how hard I adjust the brake.

This one (IREB1004M), rebranded in Spain (Eroski):

<http://en.tierentiyu.com/?c=index&a=cate&classid=140>

<https://market.yandex.ru/product--ellipticheskii-trenazher-ironman-ireb1004m/1780220185>


I'm not going to invest in a "better" bike with BT. Maybe finding a
compatible "computer" kit for it. It is just a sensor on the flywheel.
Someone knows about such a thing?


And the other question, someone knows a way to tell the watch to read
the arm movements and count them? A manual elliptic, not an automatic elliptic.
--
Cheers, Carlos.

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