what's the difference between a smartwatch and a fitness tracker?
a fitness tracker is designed to keep track of your health and exercise,
a smartwatch keeps the track of your fitness too but also keeps you connected by delivering notifications and updates on your wrist.
there's a lot of overlap between the two.
Amazfit Bip S Lite might be the best budget option available.
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Amazfit - this brand is particularly good at building impressive longevity into its products,
something that a lot of the bigger rivals fail to deliver on.
the Bip S Lite is no exception, claiming an impressive 45 day battery life
this compact budget fitness tracker is the follow-up to the Amazfit Bip and has nearly all the same specs except GPS tracking.
when i took it out of the box i was positively surprised by the design and the quality of the silicon strap.
the box contains the Bip S Lite itself, a magnetic charging cable and the multilingual instruction manuals.
the watch case is made of plastic and has a PPG biotracking optical sensor for heart rate monitoring.
there are the magnetic charging pins and there's one multifunctional button on the side of the watch
the rectangular shape and lightweight materials gives the watch quite a sporty look.
you can choose between three colors of Bip S Lite: charcoal black, oxford blue and sakura pink.
the watch weighs only 31 grams making it light and unobtrusive wearable,
I honestly forgot that i was wearing it sometimes,
it's comfortable and easy to put on and isn't too bulky around your wrist either.
Amazfit Bip S Lite is waterproof to 5 ATM, which means it's water resistant up to 50 meters and we found this to work well,
you can wear it while you're swimming, however it can't actually track swimming as a specific activity - only your heart rate during the exercise.
we made a waterproof test just to be absolutely sure before taking it to the pool.
to recap: the ATM 5 enclosure means it will withstand the pressure up to 5 bars or can be used on depths up to 50 meters or 165 feet,
and we found this to work well.
because the construction of the watch is all plastic you can't even get it to the salty water,
where most of the watches won't end well while submerged into conductive water
Bip S Lite will survive the sea and the ocean challenge.
i'll quickly show you the most important features of Bip S Lite;
the step counter is well accurate - it gives you an estimation of your steps but it's very accurate,
i have done exactly 1000 steps with a manual tally counter in my hand -
and the Bip S Lite has counted 1002 steps that's unbelievable!
this clearly gives you a decent 99.8 percent of accuracy. that's amazing!
i like the graphical representation of the heart rate range,
the Bip S Lite's accuracy in monitoring the heart rate is decent.
we have compared the heart rate readings from the watch with the medical pulse oximeter which provides very accurate heart rate measurements
okay let's start the first measurement
i'm resting now and the heart rate readings show 76 bpm on both devices,
great let's take another go
now i'm relaxed - 69 bpm on both devices - that's fantastic
ok let's take it to the higher level
i'll do the next two heart rate measurements during workout obviously these readings should be used for reference only,
however, these are well accurate
the Bip S Lite shows 100 bpm - the oximeter 99 bpm this is still 99 of accuracy fantastic let's do it again
the bpm dropped a little bit - it's 94 bpm on both devices as you can see the Bip S Lite performs very well
the heart rate tracking is outstanding as for a non-medical device,
the readings are nearly identical on both devices.
the 1.28 inches display area is protected with gorilla glass 3 with its native damage resistance,
so the glass can survive pressures, deep cuts and scratches
it's got 176 x 176 pixels screen, but as soon as i turned the watch on the display wasn't exactly impressive
i wasn't impressed for two reasons:
- it's got a large bezels which kind of spoil the look
- and it's always-on transflective tft screen is kind of dull and lack of vivid colors and brightness comparing to ips or amoled screens spoiled the excitement a little bit.
don't get me wrong, the screen is basic but designed to be easy to read and navigate,
it gets the job done and it's easy to look at mid-workout and it's perfectly readable under almost any ambient light conditions.
by the way, the transflective display technology isn't new,
it has been used for the first time in 2013 in legendary pebble smartwatch.
it is very energy efficient making it ideal for long-lasting smartwatches
the display has five levels of brightness i would recommend the maximum level it's bright enough even in a sunny day
and thanks to its transflectivity it doesn't drain its 200 mAh battery which can last up to 45 days on a single charge when the watch isn't constantly connected to the phone or in a standby mode.
the proprietary charging cradle can charge the bip s lite from drained to full in less than two hours
out of curiosity i have checked what uses of Bip S Lite saying about this watch,
there are very positive reviews on amazon: - "a super lightweight watch"
or - "solid basic and reliable option",
another one - "loads of technology for a low price"
here's the spanish one, which means: "great for this price"
there's a four star one: - "good watch, allergic to the band" - well, no worries, the band can be replaced for any 20 millimeters wristband.
it can be leather breathable canvas, metal or some super soft silicone strap - as long as these straps are 20 millimeters wide,
i'll show you on how to quickly replace the straps:
pull this little pin here and then you pull the strap away from the watch and to put it back i'll replace it with a new strap you just have to reverse the steps
pull the pin pull the strap away from the watch
pull the pin - it clicked and you're good to go. simple and straightforward.
the Bip S Lite uses ZEPP companion app that you install on your phone once paired with a watch it sets up time and controls most of the watch functionality
you'll have to scan a QR code with your smartphone to get to the Apple Store on Google Play,
as the app is compatible with both iOS and Android
the QR code can be found in the included manual
here in the app you will get a detailed graphs of your activities, set the alarms, set your goals, notifications, etc
and it will give you control on everything the bip s lite has to offer.
Bip S Lite has 14 workout modes:
- outdoor running, - treadmill,
- cycling, - indoor cycling,
- freestyle which means weight exercises - walking,
- elliptical trainer, - yoga,
- jump rope, - badminton,
- ping-pong, - cricket,
- basketball, - and rowing machine
you can easily keep track of these exercises in real time directly on the watch and it allows you to understand your physical condition.
unfortunately Bip S Lite hasn't got a GPS on board so you can't track your position during workout unless you would start the workout from the companion app
Bip S Lite hasn't got GPS, but it's more expensive version
Amazfit Bip S has built-in GPS, obviously it comes at the cost of shorter battery life.
Bip S Lite also gets PAI - which stands for Personal Activity Intelligence,
and is used to set fitness goals over a period of time rather than having goals for every single day,
it pushes the weather info from your phone
to use this feature the watch has to be connected with your phone
it pushes the notifications about incoming text messages and social apps messages as well as notifications about an incoming calls.
you can't pick an upcoming call you could only drop it
and it will only work when your watch is connected with your smartphone via bluetooth
sleep tracking on Bip S Lite is mostly accurate and is broken into three phases:
deep sleep, light sleep and awake.
all the data is presented in a graphical form
and you also get a sleep score and a few suggestions from Amazfit sleep assistant to improve the quality of your sleep
however, it struggles to measure nap or sleep during the day but it works fine when i sleep during the night.
Bip S Lite hasn't got much of a customization as you'd be only able to download the watch faces from the selection of around 60 of them via the companion app.
some of these watch faces are a reminiscent of retro-electronic watches ,
i personally like it - and the sync of the watch faces is almost instant.
by press and hold the display you can quickly switch between the watch faces stored in your watch
there are other useful features which requires bluetooth connection with your phone
and there are - "find phone" - to make sure this feature works, Bip S Lite has to be connected with your phone via bluetooth and the Zepp companion app has to run in the background.
same for the music player control, where you can control your music app in your smartphone.
once the devices are connected just be aware Bip S Lite won't trigger the music player when you press the display,
you'll have to manually switch the music app on your phone first once that's done you'll be able to switch between songs and turn up or down the volume
to say it as honestly as possible this is a good budget entry level smartwatch.
Bip S Lite is available worldwide on Amazon;
you can get it on amazon UK from £29 to £49, depends on the color
Amazon US for around 49$
Amazon Deutschland for around 31€
Amazon France for about 33€
Amazon Italy from 35€
Amazon Spain from 33€
and Amazon Poland from around 190PLN
if you're thinking about buying this one there's Amazon link in the video description when you could find it for the fair price.
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