Tech Review – Xiaomi Smart Band 7

The Xiaomi Smart Band 7 comes with a larger display than its predecessor with a solid robust feel and IP water resistance rating for a wearable brand. The box lists the major features in a variety of languages, suitable throughout the world. The band comes with one strap (Strap buckle: aluminium alloy) that fits all hand sizes and fits left or right hand. The product was sent to us by Hekka and there is a link and discount code below.

 

Contents

  •       Band body ×1
  •       Band strap ×1
  •       Dedicated charging cable ×1
  •       User manual ×1

 

Specifications / Features

Display ——————-1.62″ AMOLED Display

Battery ——————180mAh battery compacity, Up to 14 days (Recharging time ~2 Hours)

Water resistance —— 5ATM water resistance up to 50m

Activity Tracking ——- Count steps, distance, calories burned, Female health monitor, Blood Oxygen

Healthy monitoring —-24/7 Heart rate monitoring

Motion Sensor———————3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis gyroscope

Connective————– Bluetooth 5.2 BLE

System requirement—–Android 6.0, IOS 10 or above

 

Other Features:

1.Stopwatch

2.Alarm clock

3.Timer

4.Find my phone

5.Phone unlock

6.Event reminder

7.Do not disturb mode

8.lock screen

9.music control on band

10.Easily charged with magnetic charging pins

11.Remote control the photo camera

  1. Female health monitor

13.Blood Oxygen

And More

Health options

 

Battery charging

The battery charging typical 14 days but as suggested when major features were turned on and the default light was turned to max time, the usage time was reduced to about 9 days in line with the manufactures data during this review.

The biggest niggle of this tracker is the proprietary magnetic charger. This is required while supplied this unique charger has to be fitted to the tracker to charge. This additional charger in techbuzz view (as with all smartwatches/trackers) should be replaced with a standardised approach of a wireless charger option or UBC C charger cable for android users.

App:  Mi Fitness (Xiaomi Wear)

The setup of the app was easy with a QR code on the tracker allowing for easy finding and downloading. The App has over 10 million downloads with a 3.9-star rating from over 261 thousand reviews.  On the rating, I possible would rate the app a little bit higher, as from the setup to the use, this was fast, fluent in transactions, and worked as required. The developers have their act together with experience gained in the range on their previous products, The only slight niggle on occasions I had to manually sync to the android phone on few occasions when the phone was separated out of Bluetooth range of the phone. This would have auto-sync over time but on occasion when I want instant updates.

The app allows for tracking workouts and monitoring your fitness. Not limited to tracking your progress. Track your walks, runs, and bike rides right from your phone. Check your heart rate, blood oxygen, stress, and energy level.

Overall:

The Tracker is solid, and has over 110+ fitness modes, with a battery life quoted as 14 days which exceeds most other trackers. (Albeit reduced to about 9 days with most of the features enables) The tracker can be used in most water sports which is less than 50 meters (5ATM). The design of the strap allows for the tracker to be used on all hand sizes and

With the option to replace this with a variety of colours e.g., elegant Ivory, lively Orange, tranquil Olive, stretched Blue, sakura Pink or mystery, Black. The Mi Fitness (Xiaomi Wear) App works as expected leisurely, the screen is logical with the options to enable, or disable features.  The key features are visible on the watch or via the app.

The Motion Sensor 3-axis accelerometer, during my comparisons with 2 other well know branded devices provide similar results in terms of step counts.  The 110 fitness modes should suffice for most amateur or semi-pro athletes or just trying to encourage their fitness. There are various reminders to get up and move or set targets for workouts.  This is a solid kit with a great history of making trackers that work well, have numerous features, and won’t break the bank.

Note:

Whether using the most basic tracker or the most expensive, “willpower” is required to achieve results whereas the tracker allows the ability to set goals, monitor these and flag potential health issues in real-time.

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Tech Review – Redmi Airdots 3 earbuds from Hekka #letshekka #hekka

The Redmi Airdots 3 are an affordable pair of earbuds in an already crowded market even with the discount code we have with them you will want to know if they are worth the spend though and what is on offer, it has been a busy year so far with earbuds and will continue on for the rest of the year but these have the worst pair of earbuds I have ever tested to date.

The company that sent them called hekka  where told I am in Ireland and they will work, however there is an app you can avail of (MI AI) but does not work here as the video will point out below where all the faults rest with these earbuds, they are destined for china however available to buy from the company above which is fine however some finer print should be added to the products on sale to avoid disappointment.

Well for some the features that are available is enough if you are on a budget, you can pause and play music take calls and access your voice assistant, you can also use individually and that is it, there is no skip or reverse tracks, no volume control either which leaves them lacking no matter the price you pay. You also get auto play and pause which is not bad considering.

The sound is not bad though, between bright and flat no bass either present, they are fine for those who want a cheap pair of earbuds and they are loud to be fair, the touch controls are a bit hit and miss too but work ok in general considering the lack of features it has to manage at least from this side of the world. There is a user manual in the box which when translated with Google lens to translate brought up very little in features as mentioned.

Redmi Airdots 3 controls

 

Overall battery life is fine considering the price, they are as basic as you can get in earbuds from what I have tested to date so the choice is yours .

Features

Wireless connection: Bluetooth 5.2

Net weight of single earphone: about 46g

Total weight with charging box: about 51g

Talk time: about 5 hours

Battery life with charging box: about 30 hours

Single headset battery capacity: 43mAh

Charging box battery capacity: 600mAh

Headphone size: 28*16*21mm

Charging box size: 65*42*32mm

Headphone charging time: about 1.5 hours

Communication distance: 10 meters (barrier-free open environment)

Charging time of the charging box: about 3 hours

Bluetooth protocol: HFP/A2DP/HSP/AVRCP/BLE

 

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