This is the best deal on the Trex I've seen. Just make sure you understand that this is not equivalent to the Apple Watch or a Wear OS watch. This is basically a good fitness device with some smart functionality. You'll receive messages, emails, and notifications, but will not be able to reply to any of them from the watch. Otherwise the Amazfit watches/OS works pretty well. The faces are decent and the battery life is usually pretty amazing. I have the Bip U and the original Bip and both have been great watches. I use them a lot more than my Fossil Wear OS device due to the battery life.
I bought this watch on the last deal for around this price and really like it! Sleep tracking, heart rate, and notifications are what I use most, and I love that I can track dirt bike rides/gps tracks with the cycling workout feature. The flashlight has come in handy, as well as the "find my phone" feature.
The battery lasts forever... I haven't had it below 50% and go days without charging, even with the "always on" feature.
My big complaint is that even on "sensitive" mode, many times when I lift the watch face to see the time, it stays off. "Always on" mode fixes this, but does drain the battery quicker (it still lasts a LONG time!)
This is also quite a rugged watch. I smash it around pretty often (dirt biking) with no wear or damage to show for it. While it is a rugged watch, they say not to scuba dive with it. (Depth limit 5 atmospheres.)
One last thing, the app is now called "zepp" instead of amazfit, so don't let that confuse you like it confused me.
All in all this is an awesome deal and a great watch!
I've been using the T-Rex as my daily for over a year. I have used several fitbits, The Samsung Gear S3 Frontier, TicWatch E, and the Amazfit Bip. For me the T-Rex meets my needs. It doesn't have the expanded functionality of an Apple or Google watch but I only charge it once a week. Notifications work and fitness tracking is adequate. The most notable thing I wasn't expecting was the watches durability. I do much of my own repairs around the house and have inadvertently hit the watch against a solid surface on numerous occasions. Not even a scratch! If you can live without the extra bells and whistles or battery life and durability are traits you admire, this might be the watch for you.
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I would like to replace my Fitbit with GTS 2 watch but it rarely goes on sale.
Fitbit is the worst device for health tracking. Can't even get a correct heart rate with it.
[QUOTE] Is it 24/7 heartrate or like those shitty knockoffs that makes you press a button to see heartrate, then show you that heartrate forever until you press it again?.[QUOTE]
You can do it manually, or it does it periodically, like every 5 or 10 minutes.
Can anyone chime in on if this is useful as a media remote? Namely, seeing the track title, next/previous track, and control volume? Bonus points for album art. Thanks.
Can anyone chime in on if this is useful as a media remote? Namely, seeing the track title, next/previous track, and control volume? Bonus points for album art. Thanks.
I have no idea about this device, but my several years old LG watch can do that because of Google Wear OS. Yes this is the greatest part of Wear OS, all the notifications can be sync to watch. So if any player presents the control on the notification area, then it is also on the watch.
I've had different ones over the years, and the most recent one was Versa. Fitbits are good for regular daily walking around, sleep tracking etc. If you do anything where your heartrate goes higher or varies, it struggles. I couldn't figure out what the problem is, but sometimes the heart rate would be way off even on simple exercises like treadmill run (forget cross training or games like squash). Amazfit (at least GTR2 that I have now) seems to be more accurate during exercise.
Damn can't reply to notifications. One of the main reasons I like having a smartwatch.
Are the read-only notifications from the iPhone reliable and consistent? I have a Huawei Watch (1st gen) with latest Wear app and updates and the notifications are spotty as can be.
all seriousness, why use watch as sleep tracker? or why sleep tracker at all?
fine it detects if i toss and turn, and then what? wake me up so i can have a worse sleep? i would know if i had a good night sleep or not enough sleep the moment i wake up.
if anything, putting a watch on my wrist is probably going to be the root cause of not having a solid sleep in the first place.
I spent 3+ years tracking my sleep and being anxious about it. Gave up and happy to report that I'm much happier about my sleep in general.
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The battery lasts forever... I haven't had it below 50% and go days without charging, even with the "always on" feature.
My big complaint is that even on "sensitive" mode, many times when I lift the watch face to see the time, it stays off. "Always on" mode fixes this, but does drain the battery quicker (it still lasts a LONG time!)
This is also quite a rugged watch. I smash it around pretty often (dirt biking) with no wear or damage to show for it. While it is a rugged watch, they say not to scuba dive with it. (Depth limit 5 atmospheres.)
One last thing, the app is now called "zepp" instead of amazfit, so don't let that confuse you like it confused me.
All in all this is an awesome deal and a great watch!
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Fitbit is the worst device for health tracking. Can't even get a correct heart rate with it.
Versa 2 onwards... Perhaps they will update the software algorithm at some point, but at this time it's a terrible device
You can do it manually, or it does it periodically, like every 5 or 10 minutes.
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As for the deal, I second the question.
Are the read-only notifications from the iPhone reliable and consistent? I have a Huawei Watch (1st gen) with latest Wear app and updates and the notifications are spotty as can be.
What is so much better about the Pro?
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fine it detects if i toss and turn, and then what? wake me up so i can have a worse sleep? i would know if i had a good night sleep or not enough sleep the moment i wake up.
if anything, putting a watch on my wrist is probably going to be the root cause of not having a solid sleep in the first place.