I got this watch because I have a nickel allergy and I could not make my FitBit stop irritating my skin. I tried liquid bandage, I tried putting tape over the part that touches your skin, I tried baby powder, I kept the band impeccably clean and dry and I could not stop the nickel on the Fitbit from causing me a horrible rash on my wrist.
I did not want to spend several hundred dollars for a fitness watch all because of a brand name, especially after spending so much on my Fitbit and having it wasted.
There are very few fitness watches on the market that do not have nickel that touches the skin, but this is one of them.
I did as much research as I could and purchased this one and I do not regret it. I actually like it more than I ever liked my Fitbit because this one was only around $50 and does everything my Fitbit did AND MORE. I had the fitbit versa 3.
Not sure why I was not able to get oxygen monitoring on my Fitbit, because they advertised that as a feature, but it is available for free on this band.
Be more customizable than Fitbit or any other smartwatch I’ve seen. I actually put a picture of my dog as my watch face with a customized overlay (the actual watch time, the heart rate, whatever else you want to see). The photo quality of my watch face is crazy. It looks just like a phone screen and it behaves like one too. It’s very receptive and fast.
So much about this watch is highly customizable which is great for me because I’m very particular about what I want popping up on my watch, so I don’t get distracted. You have a lot of freedom in choosing what alerts pop up on your watch and during what hours of the day, you can even choose a custom vibration pattern.
Around October 24 I purchased 2 of the xiaomi band 7s for my boyfriend and I. It is now November 18th as I’m writing this, so that’s how long I’ve had the watches.
The only downsides to this watch that I have found are: the companion app, the durability of the screen, and the band falling off sometimes. I will explain in detail.
The Google app store has two applications for this watch and only one of them is good. Both of them are a little bit unintuitive to navigate, but it is manageable. The app recommended in the manual is the one that most people don’t like (I found this out online from reviewers).
A few times, I was out of the house and my band just came undone and fell off. I almost didn’t notice and I could have lost my watch. Luckily I noticed in time and I picked it up, but unfortunately the screen was chipped a bit on the edge. It fell on concrete but it only fell like 2 ft down.
The good app to get is ZEPP LIFE. Don’t even bother with the other one. You can do everything you need to do in the Zepp Life app!
Hey xiaomi, you should advertise that your watch is nickel free because you could increase your customers! I had to search the web to find recommendations from other people who have nickel allergies. This information is hard to find, so you guys are missing out on potential customers.
TLDR; I absolutely love this watch and I am very happy that I purchased it. I would definitely buy other products from xiaomi because of my experience with this watch. I prefer it to my old Fitbits and the price makes it a great value.
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