Xiaomi Mi Band White LED - 2015 Original Updated Version

After usage for the past few days, I can confirm that this is a good deal. Battery consumption is about approximately 3% per day...so should last at least 25+ days no problem. Keeps track of your steps (with reasonable accuracy). Reports I have read say that this tracks about similar as Fitbit which should be about 95%. True accuracy is not really necessary for this type of product anyway--you just want a general idea how your activity is compared/relative to other days. You probably don't need to know if you took exactly XXXX number of steps. This is not mission critical information you need. You just need to know if you should maybe go for a walk after dinner...as you only seemed to walk 5000 steps today compared to Monday when you walked 8000 steps +/- 5%.

Sleep tracker is neat. Again, it gives you limited information--it doesn't know what stage of non-REM sleep you are in, or whether you are in REM sleep. Just tracks whether you are moving or not. But...this is not some $$$ EEG machine. Tells you when it thinks you fell asleep and woke up--which was reasonably accurate. It gives you some useful data to ponder over regarding your sleep habits (whether you move a lot or woke up in the middle of your sleep). Something to help keep track if you are trying to improve your sleep quality. Then you can tinker with your sleep habits for better health--going to bed earlier, keeping track of what foods you ate for dinner and whether that affected your sleep, how many hours of sleep per night you need before you feel optimal vs. functional but tired.

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A few cons. No display--just 3 LED lights which you can do a gesture to tell you how far along you are in your set goal of steps. Although, if there was a display, it would have cut down on battery life--so maybe not really a con. Presumably, you would wear this and wear a watch on your other hand. Expensive to get genuine replacement straps. Most of the cheap stuff sold online (for $2 or so) is fakes made with TPU or silicone which is too soft so the tracker falls out over the course of the day--then good luck finding it again. You want the OEM/original band which is made of Dow Corning TPSiV which is plastic but has some elastic/hardness to it so the tracker does not fall out. It seems to be hard to find the colors I want for the genuine one.

Mar 31,2015

This is so much more than simply a fitness tracker... i use it for waking up in the morning without making any noise (bracelet vibrates instead)
I also use it for receiving phonecalls without any noise (no more annoying ringtones heard all over the place), bracelet vibrates to notify me someone's calling me.
Other notifications also are passed through the smartphone to the bracelet so i never loose important notifications.

As far as the tracker use, it works (i never checked it against others to see if the results are exact or not, but the purpose of this is to help you see the tendence and improve it).

The sleep analysis seems accurate and helps to understand if you are having good night sleeps or not.
The step counter seemps to work fine, although we are not talking medical devices here... it counts movements (even if you're at the PC keyboard) but then if you want to count step only movements you should put it in your toe instead of in your wrist :)

This bracelet is also awesome due to its very long battery life (more than 1 month... usually +45 days)

For the price it's really a bargain... everybody at home has one of these (i also have the new Heartrate version one)

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Occasionally doesn't connect with the phone app (don't know if it is a bracelet fault or software fault on phone's side)
On the original software you can only select 3 apps on smartphone to produce notifications on the bracelet (you can have a workaround though)

Mar 19,2016

Great gadget considerably improves the quality of sleep and life. But it does not help everyone - to achieve economies need head on his shoulders. If you sleep well, it is almost useless. If you slept badly, but did not plan to change anything in your life, you will not be too good. The gadget helps with the help of self-accumulation and analysis of statistics to change their daily routine and improve sleep - in itself no miracle he did not commit. I'm using it for a week to figure out what I need to go to bed later and wake up earlier than I used to do it for years, and now I sleep about 7 hours and get enough sleep is better than doing it for 8-9 before. But this is only a small component of good sleep and well-being - other than that you need not drink, smoke, play sports, walk a lot, walk in the fresh air and to maintain an optimal temperature in the bedroom

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Smart alarm clock that wakes counting sleep phase. I do not know how he does it, but the effect is fantastic (it is necessary to put a tick Early bird alarm clock when installing). If you have a measured life, the differences do you not notice, but if a tight schedule - the difference in their productivity during the day you will feel dramatic. Probably true saying that the productivity and the amount of power during the day very much depends on how you get up.

Dec 24,2015

1. Of course, the price.
2. Battery. One of the reasons to choose the device. The gadget is really living a month on a single charge.
3. Universal size. The strap is adjusted to fit the hand. No problems with the choice of the size of the purchase.
4. Functionality. Smart Service statistics sleep counting pedometer with calories expended, broadcast notifications with very flexible settings for each application, there is a counter jumps with a skipping rope and a repeat count to the press. The last two do not use.
5. Plenty of colorful straps both original and unique. Additional straps sold separately.
6. Bracelet protected from water and dust to standard IP67, ie it is not terrible shower.
7. The very smart capsule is inserted into the strap is quite tight, which guarantees reliability.
8. Excellent appearance.

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1. Bracelet protected from water and dust to standard IP67, but the sauna can not be with him.
2. If the bracelet to wear for a large hand (wrist), it will sit pretty tight.
3. Personally, I do not have the display showing time as it is implemented in a series of Fitbit.
4. Choice of colors "native" straps is very poor, and analogues, judging by the reviews, do not guarantee a reliable fixation of the capsule. There are cases of loss capsules.
You can definitely say that considering the price and vitality devaysa outs is negligible.

May 24,2015

Xiaomi Mi band price at gearbest.com has very competitive price. I couldn't find it nowhere cheaper on the web. The delivery took only two weeks, I had expected more. It is very easy to use Mi band, first charge it with the included USB charger, then put it on the bracelet and pair it with your smartphone - either iPhone or Android. It is good if your device supports bluetooth 4.0 but i tried with an older device and it works too. You have to create an account at

https://account.xiaomi.com/

and download the Mi Fit application from Play sore or iTunes.

The band measures steps, physical activity, sleep habits and can be used for vibrating notifications.

The build quality is very high despite the low price. The battery lasts more than a month. Please note that version two of Mi band has only white LED's, no colorful LED's.

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The only con of Mi band is that the bracelet was little tight on the last hole. I assume it is because I have relatively big hands, it should pass perfect for most people.

Feb 03,2016

This is a great tool to log steps in a day and make me aware of how many steps I'm actually taking in a day. A couple of drawbacks with this are:1. information is only available through an app on my phone. 2. It doesn't keep a cumulative information; it is necessary to make sure the band has communicated with the app prior to going to bed.

My cell phone broke and I was unable to communicate with the app until a couple of days later. The only information the band would communicate was that day's information. I was not able to retrieve information from previous days when I did not update the app.

For the price, it accomplishes pretty much what I want it to. The one feature I'd really like is for the band to be able to go back and retrieve all of the information from previous days as well as the current day's information.

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None yet!!

May 30,2017

Do your research, I DID, this is exactly what I wanted and what I expected for the price. I have had Fit Bit for 1.5 year, and lost it, and I was looking for something to replace it with, and did a LOT of reading and research on the options, and there are a lot of them. But now that I had a chance to use this band I love it.
- Easy to use
- Price
- Accurate
- Love automatic sleep detection
- Love the phone call vibrate notification option (my Fit Bit didn't even have that)
- 30 day battery life ( haven't tested it but because only had it for few days, but looking forward to charging it that only once a month)
- App for it is fully in English (was hopping for that but wasn't sure at the time of the purchase)
- Well packaged

Over all very satisfied with my purchase.

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- Long shipping (but that was expected)
- Instruction that come with it only in Chinese ( with a quick search online got all instruction needed)
- Had a problem with it reconnecting to Bluetooth of my phone after I turn off the Bluetooth or walk away to far from my phone(again with quick search online had to download another bluetooth app but it fixed this issue)
- The band that comes with it (I don't have any others to compare it to) is kind of stiff, makes it difficult to lock it in place on the wrist.

Mar 11,2016

I'm sorry I didn't order one of these sooner. I sit in from of a computer many hours a day and sadly have become quite overweight over the past few years. This simple, cheap device changed everything. I set a goal to walk 10,000 steps a day and get 7 hours sleep. Quite ambitious for me but it's been two weeks and I've stuck with the program. Together with a healthier diet, I've lost 5 kg and feel younger and more vibrant. I'm about to up my goal to 15K per day - wish me luck!
I'm going to order one of these row each member of the family and we're going to share our results with each other online.
Either heir a personal coach or get one of these - but start living healthier today. You'll be thankful you did very soon!

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Xiaomi's UI is somewhat limited compared to other Fit Band apps. For example, you can't share results via WhatsApp or Gmail - only WeeChat, a popular Chinese equivalent.
There's a 3rd part app that I haven't tried yet which is much more versatile buy I haven't tried it yet.

It would also be nice to be able to share results with closed and open groups. I saw another app that ranks each users activity with other users around the world.

In short, no big issues. Xiaomi I'm sure will improve the UI with time - it can only get better!

May 28,2015

Ношу браслет первого поколения (с разноцветными светодиодами) скоро уже год. Считаю мега-полезным.
Дело даже не в том, что он меряет количество пройденных шагов, или там будит ото сна (хотя и это очень полезно - будильник, не мешающий остальным домашним,
кому не надо рано вставать).
Самой полезной фишкой считаю уведомления - о звонках, сообщениях и т.п. Теперь телефон полностью перевожу в "беззвучный" режим,
и полностью полагаюсь на miband. И он не подводит!
От одной зарядки miband работает у меня до двух месяцев (в основном от 40 до 57 дней, больше выходило только поначалу, пока не пользовался уведомлениями).
Устройством полностью доволен!

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Легко потерять! Надо обязательно как-то зафиксировать капсулу в браслете. Способов уйма, лично я пользуюсь стяжками.
Ну и это, родной ремешок обязательно рвётся спустя пол-года или чуть более. У моего браслета отвалилось ушко.
Видимо, такой износ оригинального ремешка так изначально и задуман.

Apr 22,2016

- 1000% original Xiaomi product, unbelievable well made and the price is reasonable and corresponds to quality of the product.
- gorgeous design, bracelet is fine,very smooth and perfectly fits on the wrist
- after downloading app and installation you receive perfect Gadget for your sport life.. it is must have for all Sportsmen
- This product belongs to the victory for technical development..simply perfect
- I had little bit problem with charging for the first time, but after cleaning the charging ports it runs everything...
- recommended and huuuuge satisfaction

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- only one thing - Guide is only in Chinese, so for the European it is little bit difficult, no doubt that for less technically skilled could be problem to do everything properly...

Apr 16,2016