Amazfit - Helio Strap
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Based on 1 year's data from Feb 15, 2026 How it works
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"The HR data is solid! ... I am currently testing it agains the Morpheus recovery system chest strap and it is almost a 1 to 1 comparison."
"I have my HS on my wrist connected to Runna, and the HR matches up near-perfectly (+/-1 bpm) against my Garmin Epix Pro gen 2 with HRM Pro Plus."
"HR - even better in tracking than AW. Less drop offs in readings during workouts. 9.5/10 ... I open zepp only to track heartrate."
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"~90% of Whoop 5’s performance at just a fraction of the price."
"a $100 strap without a subscription is giving almost identical readings… across all the genres. ... I’ve noticed a 2% discrepancy at most. Majority of the time they’re the same."
"Amazfit kannst du alles komplett kostenfrei nutzen"
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"it tracks my sleep well, even naps. ... First device I've used that actually benefits me by telling me how rested I am, and being accurate about it."
"I haven’t had issues with accuracy. ... Helio Strap has been really accurate"
"Day to day and sleep, the helio strap is killing it."
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"just loving it. the hardware is sleek & super light and looks good on the wrist. the software is clean and easy to navigate."
"I don't even notice it when sleeping. it's light and doesn't get in the way."
"The original strap is excellent - doesn't stink, isn't so elastic that I even notice it, and super comfortable to wear. ... I shower and train with this strap and there's no hint of stink even after a week, and I just rinse off the strap in the shower."
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"I was soooo fed up to charge every day… this thing battery is super solid… I am really sold on it."
"the battery lasts for more than a week"
"Amazfit Helio strap has been giving me stable 10 days battery ... great battery life"
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"Terrible readings during sleep. ... Active runner with 45-50bpm during sleep… skyrocketed to 140bpm for entire hours…. ... A colleague at work had the same issue. He kept it longer to try the newer updates, but the problem persisted, so he returned it last week."
"It's nonsense it doesn't measure anything after 1 day, no sleep no heart rate no spo2 no anything"
"Amazfit have terribly inaccurate tracking of pretty much everything."
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"I have the Amazfit Helio strap but it’s just so noticeably bad, in terms of the app ... the app UI is ass"
"The Helio on the other hand is a nightmare. It auto tracks everything and floods the app with hundreds of activities, even when you’re just doing the dishes or something."
"it says it's connected, when i start workout on the phone in the app it shows helio is connected and shows my heart rate but nothing"
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"Now I am having the exact same problem with the Helio - Within 3 hours of cycling, 2250 steps where counted - and I manually started a "Cycling Workout". ... for cyclists its a useless product right now, gonna return it ... Currently, the Helio Strap does not support manual adjustment of step counts or the ability to differentiate cycling movements from steps due to vibrations. ... The Helio Strap is useless for clyclists since there is no way to record, or manually adjust/add the data to represent the correct health statistics?"
"the rest is shit. ... I don`t even bother to use it, it`s so way off that it’s insane. ... One hour indoor cycling zone 2 give aerob training effect 5.0 and anaerob 2.8 and resting time 72 hour’s."
"their version of strain maxes out after every workout is useless."
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"Helio definitely isn’t for you, sleep tracking is cooked. ... in terms of the Sleep tracking - the main feature I want a screenless tracker for. So I am baffled. ... the sleep stage tracking is the furthest thing from accurate."
"horrible sleep detection (not stages, it actually always misses you waking up) ... Their sleep tracking is terrible and misses wake ups"
"Sleep stages look artificial. Wakes throughout the night dont show up. ... Sleep stages you can basically ignore too since it gets it flat wrong."
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"Now I am having the exact same problem with the Helio - Within 3 hours of cycling, 2250 steps where counted - and I manually started a "Cycling Workout". ... for cyclists its a useless product right now, gonna return it ... Currently, the Helio Strap does not support manual adjustment of step counts or the ability to differentiate cycling movements from steps due to vibrations. ... The Helio Strap is useless for clyclists since there is no way to record, or manually adjust/add the data to represent the correct health statistics?"
"Amazfit have terribly inaccurate tracking of pretty much everything."
"I did notice today it underreported my steps. I was outside doing garden work for over 3 hours. Usually I get over 5k steps my strap only reported 3k yet my phone reported 7k steps. I did not even have my phone on me the entire time yet my helio has been on my wrist 24/7 since I got it one week ago. ... Slightly annoyed since I know it’s very wrong"
3rdDanWithKi 1.0Amaz fit helio strap. So I have both wrists occupied, P2D on the left and my sleep/step/heart monitor on the right.
9714PB 1.0Will tell you for sure Helio definitely isn’t for you, sleep tracking is cooked. Can’t even recommend Whoop bc the Step tracking on that is generationally bad. First world problems
I have the Amazfit Helio strap but it’s just so noticeably bad, in terms of the app, and in terms of the Sleep tracking - the main feature I want a screenless tracker for. So I am baffled.
By sleep tracking do you mean when you fell asleep and woke up or do you mean you felt like the sleep stage tracking was accurate?
Bc it’s supposed to be best in class. I have the Helio now, I’ve had it for 3 weeks and I can safely say the app UI is ass, and the sleep stage tracking is the furthest thing from accurate.
Accomplished_Egg4695 1.0Helio strap is perfect, if it ever comes in stock
Aggravating_Drag332 1.0I wear Garmin, Fitbit, RingConn and Helio Strap 🤣
akin_jp 1.0I just went with the Helio. So far so good, but it's only day 1 😂
Any-Individual5904 1.0I don't think it does, i was sitting in the garden yesterday and chased around my nephew for 2-3 minutes which definitely would have raised my hr, it completely missed it. After that we played a bit of volleyball it did detect that as an activity and recorded it in the app tough which is really nice. I want something i can just wear without thinking about it... I would have loved integration wih myfitnesspal tough, altough their own food logging is pretty solid.
apatheticonion 1.0I bought an Amazfit Helio strap because I thought it would be better than my inspire 3. It's not better. I wear my inspire 3 on my bicep and have done so for years now. Best value for money wearable and about as accurate as an iwatch. I went back to my inspire
arrowtree_grobe 1.0i love how the helio strap/band looks and the app is gold. for sure alot more tuning is required, but it will definitely improve. i dont use the auto activity function(like apple watch, i select the activity before starting the workout).Day to day and sleep, the helio strap is killing it.
https://preview.redd.it/fa6e6r7mimcf1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffb55e0e0ba9bde09ff6ab34cfa16f10bedc89ef just loving it. the hardware is sleek & super light and looks good on the wrist. the software is clean and easy to navigate.
i have been using it for almost a month, love every bit of the helio strap. the software will just keep getting better.
got it. am loving my whoop so far. i used helio strap for 1 month, great device, but just prefer the whole whoop app and how the hardware feels on my wrist. im not hard core athlete, play pickleball 2-3times a week.
https://preview.redd.it/b1lf0ufdexcf1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1bcb60aa806295711122473e7c381a6980560080 have been using for the past 5-6days, just love it. the way it looks and feels on the wrist, the ever improving zepp app. the sleep tracking is accurate even with napping. i dont use the auto activity function, as i will always manually activate. highly recommend.
i personally dont think its nicer than whoop. especially the app. the price point is in no mans land, people can go with helio strap which is even cheaper and provide good value too.
betakay 1.0i really wanted to love the polar loop, but i’m sticking with my helio for now. i love tracking my HR during heavy weightlifting and HIIT, and helio (worn on bicep) does that very well. pretty much on par with H10, and far superior to AW or whoop. once the polar loop reviews come in, and if they’re overwhelmingly positive, especially the HR tracking, then i’ll pull the trigger. if the reviews are just meh, then my helio stays.
big_b_rad 1.0Agreed. I just started using Bevel and bought the Helio Strap because of that. Half a month in nice hardware!
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