hi everyone welcome back to wesknows tech news and reviews today we've got these two trackers with us
to basically do a comparison and an accuracy test between them so we've got the all-new who are with
band 6 versus the honor watch es so what we'll be doing today is comparing their specs as well as
doing an accuracy test of the heart rate sensors on the back of these so without further ado let's
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as we do the comparison let's quickly run through the specs so first through the design then we'll
get into the display then features and functions and then on to the test so let's do it if we look
at the design so straight away we can see that the huawei is smaller than the honor also the straps
are tapered and you would need to get specific honor or huawei branded straps to replace
on the honor watch es you can get generic type straps we can see the tapered straps
on the huawei while on the honor we can see lugs and the lugs are plastic and that just does not
look premium it doesn't in no way whatsoever the actual quality of the straps is around similar
although the es does have a slightly softer and a nicer feel to the strap if we look at the clasps
both are luckily watch type or classic watch type clasps but they're both plastic but again that's
because their prices are very similar and both under 60 dollars both watch cases are actually
brushed plastic well they're meant to look like brushed aluminium but they're not they are plastic
let's have a quick look at the displays so the huawei band six 1.47 inch amoled display
the honor watch is 1.64 inch amoled display so we get 326 ppi on the owner and we get 288 ppi
on the huawei since you have to use the huawei health app for both of these trackers you get
just as many faces as you do in the es same as on the band 6 but there are subtle differences for
example in the watch es because it is a hybrid smartwatch you do get auto brightness there is
an ambient light sensor here with the huawei band 6 there is just five levels of brightness
yes it's enough but it's just not the same as auto brightness auto brightness does help you
save battery life another interesting thing is that the honor watch es is actually thinner by
0.2 millimeters than the huawei band 6. let's quickly talk features and functions so again
both of these trackers do not have inbuilt gps so if you are out on a run you would need to connect
to your smartphone for the gps readings to get your distance as well as your speed cadence and
so forth now both of these trackers are waterproof both of them have the likes of continuous stress
test continuous heart rate monitoring now with the honor watch es you do get spot spo2 readings what
does spot mean spot means that at a point in time you can get your blood oxygen saturation level
while the huawei band 6 offers continuous spo2 monitoring and that makes a whole world of a
difference because really if you want to pick up sleep apnea or symptoms of sleep apnea you have
to do your spo2 measurement during rest time so while you're asleep now if you've got spot
readings there is no way for you to actually detect sleep apnea with the huawei band 6
you can go to sleep and then you have continuous readings while you're at rest of your spo2 levels
and if your spo2 level is anywhere under 90 continuously it's probably time to see a doctor
let's talk about sports now you'll be happy to know that with both of these trackers
all activities all the sport profiles are actually goal-based and that means that you can set a goal
for any activity that you choose in the range so for example you can set a goal to burn
300 calories or for example to set a distance to run or a time you want to swim also since
they are waterproof you can't take them to the pool with you you can adjust and customize the
pool length both of these trackers have stroke recognition so either you assuming breaststroke
or freestyle it will calculate your swarf so how many laps you swam as well as what stroke
you use to swim the distance now as we talked about bridging the gap so the honor band 6 only
has 10 sport modes the honor which is has 90 sport modes plus guided workouts and animated workouts
while the honor band 6 has 96 sport profiles but these 96 sport modes do not
include the animated guided workouts so there is a bit of an advantage with using the watch es
okay so we've done the comparison in regards to design display and features and functions
let's get into the heart rate accuracy test and before we get into the details let me tell you
about the rules of engagement so what actually happened so i went to the gym and i did my 2k run
then i started doing workouts in between doing the weight exercises i was doing core exercises and
other cardio exercises just to make sure that i am keeping up my heart rate just to keep it pumping
and to make the test more interesting so these were the rules let's take a look at the charts
so for the heart rate benchmark i was actually using the polar h10 ecg chest strap okay so
the polar h-10 has actually shown us the average heart rate as 145 beats per minute
while the max heart rate was measured at 168 beats per minute the honor watch yes has actually shown
us the average at 137 beats per minute while the max was 165 beats per minute so that gives us
a variance of eight beats per minutes for the average and three beats per minute on the max
that's 5.5 percent on the average and 1.8 percent on the max and we can actually see that the max
was registered quite well only three beats per minutes off and that's almost in 40 minutes of
training that's not much at all and we can see where that actually happened but we can see why
the average was so much slower if we look at the last 10 minutes of the heart rate plot we can see
that the heart rate was actually peaking there were three peaks that the honor watches just
missed throughout the rest of the chart we can see that the tracing of the heart rate was quite close
between the honor watch yes as well as the polar h10 so it can only be the last 10 minutes with
these three peaks were lost and hence the lower average now let's take a look at how the huawei
band 6 optical heart rate sensor performed so the huawei band 6 actually showed 143 beats per minute
for the average and 170 beats per minute for the max that means that it has underestimated the
average by two beats per minute and overestimated the max by another two beats per minute giving us
a difference of just one point four percent and one point two percent that's really quite amazing
results i am quite pleased with the who are we banned six that's very accurate and if you look
across the plot we can see that yes we did miss a couple of those speaks at the end of the exercise
just in the last five to seven minutes of the heart rate plot but nonetheless we are still
so close the tracing is much better than the honor watch es so if we were to compare the honor watch
es versus the huawei band 6 which one should we get because price wise they're very similar
the huawei band 6 is only a little bit cheaper maybe 5 10 us dollars than on a watch yes
let's talk about features and functions so on the honor there's 90 sport modes and guided animated
workouts on the huawei you get 96 sport profiles so you miss out on the animated guided workouts
if we talk about the display the es has a larger display 1.64 inch while on the huawei you get
1.47 inches also in regards to display specs with the es you can get auto brightness
with the huawei you just get five separate levels of brightness
but the huawei has one significant benefit which i think blasts the es out of the water and
that is the fact that it has a continuous spo2 monitor thank you for watching this comparison
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