Amazfit - Bip 3

If you're on a budget, the Amazfit Bip 3 is a solid pick cheap, waterproof, and decent tracking.

Yes, I’m very happy with my bip 6, use it for long walks and exercising by doc recommendations, I’m old enough so was scared that I wouldn’t understand how it works, but it’s very easy to work with. I had the bip 3 before this one, amazing change. Thank you for your review, got to understand a little bit more with it.

I love my Amazfit bio pro 3. It does everything I need it to do.

I have recently bought the trex 3 and it had 17 updates to down load and I have to say it has exceeded my expectations, swimming is perfect for pool laps front crawl and breast stroke are accurate I've not tried open water swimming yet  In the gym it's brilliant and you can adjust the weight and reps on the go and it's good at rep count and very accurate and even tells you what muscles you use not always 100 percent accurate in determining what muscles but I'd say 80 percent and it's a cool feature, Sleep for me is also very accurate  Steps is also very accurate and no ghost steps  I've not tried running or hiking yet so I won't comment  I don't get people saying sleep or fitness tracker not good or accurate, I'm doing fitness all my life not a professional but certainly a person who constantly trains and I just can't fault the watch so far  If anyone is reading this and thinking of getting one I bet you will not be disappointed A couple of years ago I went for a 5km walk with a friend who was wearing a Garmin forerunner 265, at the time I was wearing a bip 3 and the step count was of my 27 steps just saying 

The GPS on this watch seems to be off compared to my Garmin Fenix 8 and Garmin Forerunner 955. I've had multiple people wear it who have came to the same conclusion as well. Not a huge huge deal if your just running to run but the amazfit 3 is about .08 miles short on every mile compared to both my garmins and compared to 3 other people's Garmin Forerunner 965's. That's almost a half a mile on a 5 mile run. This is running in multiple areas as well. Also for reference it's about .04 miles shorter on a run compared to my Google Pixel watch which is pretty comparable in price. Other than it registering the miles short, the V02 and the HR monitor seems to be pretty accurate when I run at slower paced but I did find when it got below 30° out that he Amazfits HR would spike and say my HR was at 195 when I know for a fact it was way lower based on my Polar HR monitor I was wearing which had my HR at around 148. I'm assuming it was picking up cadence rather than HR. The only way I could get it to go down was stop and wait for 5 minutes but it would do it multiple times during my run. I like the idea of the amazfit and the price point but if you want accurate real data and you rely on this type of stuff for training, stick to a newer Garmin watch. 

Bip s. I literally bought a backup unit because it's so cheap and so good

As someone who has used a good amount of the alternatives, I fall under the case of nothing really beats a Pebble. Wear OS is still an unstable mess imo and feels too much like just a phone on my wrist. The Pebble actually feels like an extension of my phones abilities but not overwhelmingly so. Plus, you can make your own apps for it if you are into it. The BangleJS2 and Bip are some alternatives but I didn't enjoy them anywhere near as much. A readable screen, you are looking at e-ink or the e paper we get on the Pebble, Bangle, Bip, JS, Fossil HR (I believe that is what they called their hybrid) and I believe some Garmin watches, though they fall into the category of I haven't used them. The battery life is the killer feature on the Pebble to me. Though the Bangle and Bip have great battery, the pebble just did more with it to me. The ability to reply is nice but a touch screen only was a deal-breaker for most watches nowadays. The buttons are really nice when I need them like when wearing gloves for work. I'm excited for my Time 2, and have my Time Steel on while I wait. I took off my Ticwatch Pro 3 and it has sat with getting put on the charger once a month to keep the battery from just stopping from working. If you have concern, grab a used time for cheap if you can and use it for a bit. Don't like it? Cancel your preorder and you can find something you do.

Amazfit. I think the worst you'll get is 5-7 days with everything enabled, most will do 10+, and some 20+ days with a mix of features enabled. They all have really good screens, the newer ones have better features like enhanced notifications with images, ability to reply to messages with voice or typing, built in AI assistant The Active 2 is often on sale, there's also the Active 2 Premium which adds sapphire glass screen and NFC for contactless payments, then there's the Balance and Balance 2 for basically every feature with a bigger screen and battery, they do the Active 2 square if you prefer that, they also do the Bip range for cheaper square ones. It does depend on what features you want, they aren't WearOS so you can't get the same range of 3rd party apps and watch faces, but there's still quite a few out there. Personally I prefer them as they run smoothly, have good battery, and are generally smaller than WearOS Watches.