Amazfit - Bip 5

My first watch was an Amazfit and it was awesome. I bought a higher-end model for $60. I loved it so much I bought all my family members their own for Christmas and they're all still wearing them 2 years later. Great budget watches that don't feel like budget watches. They do everything.

I'm really sorry. If it's still relevant at all I got him the Bip 5. They might have something that large and newer by now. If not it's still a really solid model. He's wearing it every day, and the health stuff tracks with my samsung. $60 right now on Amazon.

I bought an original Amazfit bip 4-5 years ago and still use it for the gym to track time between sets. That's about all it's good for.  A few months ago I went deep down the rabbit hole of affordable smart watches and weighed cost, features, battery life, ecosystem, HR monitoring accuracy,  developer support, etc. and I think the winner at the time was the Amazfit Active/Edge (now supersedes by the Active 2 for $100).  For less than $40 new you're not getting anything that's much worth using. Slow, laggy screens, HR monitoring will be way off, likely to have QC issues, GPS will lose tracking and be inaccurate, no chance of standalone music or Bluetooth connection to other devices, battery may degrade quickly, and they'll probably have proprietary OS with poor app options and support. I'm a big Amazfit fan, so I'd say maybe the Bip 5 on sale right now for $50 is worth it. Has Zepp 3.5 which has some nice features.  I'd say you're either seeing bot reviews or people with very low expectations. If all you want is to read notifications, see the weather on your wrist, skip music tracks, and read the time then sure, but beyond that you can't expect much. 

I've had a charge 6 for about a year and a half. It might be me or it might be my device but I would sum it up as 'inconsistent' I've never gotten a HRV value although it always says it's in my personal range. I very seldom get breathing rate but that one at least says no data available. I get REM and a sleep score very infrequently. Usually its Asleep/Restless/Awake with no score. I have it set to use the phone's GPS. Sometimes I would get a map for the walk activity, sometimes not. Since the recent update I never do. Something in the device or the app? IDK. I've been comparing it to a Amazfit Bip 5 which seems to be a lot more consistent but I really like the smaller form factor. Amazfit has a Band 7 but it is rarely mentioned on r/amazfit which makes me suspicious. The internal GPS is not very good and affects battery life. When using the phone's GPS battery life is good, except for the inconsistent results.

Kinda regretting getting the round early. I'm used to the square Bip and this feels sexy.

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

I had the T-Rex 1 and 2. Both died at close to the 2 year mark due to battery no longer holding a charge. I have the bip now and have no regrets. it even has more features than the T-Rex 1 and 2 (not sure about the 3).

Could be fake reviews. Amazfit (by Xiaomi) are legit and very cheap as well.