Differences between Xiaomi 1 and Xiaomi 2:
Xiaomi 2 with TPSiV band but Xiaomi 1 with Rubber band;
Main Features:
• Xiaomi 2: Magnesium-aluminum alloy dial surface that is very light; TPSiV band gives you ultimate wearing comfort.
• 30 days standby time: Top-level Bluetooth chip and military gravity sensor ensure 30 days ultra-long standby time for a full charging.
• Call reminder: Xiaomi 2 will tell you when a call comes, you never need to worry about missing any important calls.
• Sports tracking: Track your sports, record steps, distance and calories, help you achieve your sports target.
• Sleep monitoring: Let you know your deep sleep and shallow sleep, also APP will give you periodical evaluation, help you develop good living habits.
• Silent alarm: Wake you up every morning, will not be late for work; Remind you with vibration, never worry about missing anything.
• Free password to unlock the phone: Forget complex unlock password and gesture, simply raise your hand to close to phones, immediate and safe unlocking. (Support Xiaomi 3 / 4 with Android 4.4 above system and other phones with Android 5.0 above system )
£5.97 with CODE: 2015Xmas
- Alvie
Top comments
dragonking0141
22 Dec 155#3
I think this one is still the 1st gen. 2nd gen has HRM.
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techsavvy
22 Dec 15#1
Just ordered mine.. £6.70 - £3.50 worth points so £3.20 for mi band ... free delivery.. Bargain
Pateo to techsavvy
22 Dec 152#2
That's if you a actually receive it or that it works :confused: merry Christmas you filthy animal, I might just order one, heated, I think :confused:
dragonking0141
22 Dec 155#3
I think this one is still the 1st gen. 2nd gen has HRM.
sco0ter to dragonking0141
22 Dec 151#4
2ng gen only had white LEDs whereas the 1st had multi coloured. the one with the heart rate monitor is the 1S
djames108
22 Dec 15#5
nowt wrong with gearbest, it a great bit of kit and an excellent price, saves being a Muppet and paying £60 for a fitbit or other main brand. I'd personally pay the extra and get the 1s as it still dirt cheap compared to the overpriced ones. plus the battery lasts a month which the fitbit of the world can only dream of :smile:
Common Sense to djames108
22 Dec 152#8
Gearbest...They allow orders for out of stock products, do not tell you they cannot ship and rely on you logging on to your account to check. They they increase the price of the product, claiming it is in stock and refund you when you ask and you get less due to currency fluctuations. So, may be I was unlucky.
iainmann
22 Dec 15#6
This is a variant of the first Mi Band, but has only white led's, no choice of colour for leds. It has no heart rate monitor.
The new Mi Band 1S has a heart rate monitor (as well as white-only leds). Confused? Mmmmmm.
lukiezgo
22 Dec 15#7
Ordered, just for the vibration alarm, seems decent.
antonywhite37 to lukiezgo
22 Dec 15#11
got mine for same reason works great if anything vibrate too strong
gb1999
22 Dec 15#9
Will this vibrate for sms & whatsapp & Facebook messenger notifications as well? Would be tempted if so. Nthanks in advance
iainmann to gb1999
22 Dec 151#12
It will....but it's limited to notifications from three apps only in the official Mi Band apps for Android and iOS. You can install a modified version of the Android app that allows unlimited apps, although it doesn't work at the moment with this model. But there's a band of enthusiastic programmers for the Mi Band so I'm sure it will be updated.
Roph
22 Dec 151#10
Original band is also tpsiv. This is a straight downgrade. Exactly the same as the original but instead of multicoloured LEDs, only white. Look for the real original of you can find it, or the 1s if you care about heart rate sensing.
HollynKitty
22 Dec 151#13
I've bought four of these now. One for me and little Christmas presents for the family. I love it! The vibration isn't enough to wake me in the morning but then most alarms aren't. Heavy sleeper! It seems accurate to me and I love the call notification and sleep monitor.
HollynKitty
22 Dec 15#14
I've bought four of these now. One for me and little Christmas presents for the family. I love it! The vibration isn't enough to wake me in the morning but then most alarms aren't. Heavy sleeper! It seems accurate to me and I love the call notification and sleep monitor.
termite
22 Dec 15#15
Don't bother if you are looking for accurate sleep monitoring or step counting. I wear one all the time, it's hilarious. Battery lasts well.
omgpleasespamme to termite
24 Dec 15#46
Step counting I can't comment on. I guess it's about as reliable as a pedometer worn on the wrist can be (ie. not very) but I've never actually spent the day counting my steps myself so it's entirely possible that it's somewhat accurate. At the very least it's consistent so measuring activity from one day to the next is possible.
The sleep tracking though is accurate, at least for me. Stop moving at night, you're asleep. Start moving again, you're awake. Simple.
I'd recommend this over the 1S at £20 as the heart rate monitoring is a bit sht and although it may get better with software updates this deal is a great price and the vibration notifications are worth having. Although you have to check the forums for best app for it.
Ashe
22 Dec 151#16
There's also this app, which claims support for the 1S - £1.29. I use it alongside my Mi Band 2.
This is my 4thorder never had problems with them...
mikeyfive
22 Dec 15#19
I'm thinking about the 1S for £15.49?
Has anyone used on of these? Does the heart rate monitor work okay?
7percent to mikeyfive
22 Dec 151#24
I've had a mi band pretty much since release and I really like it. Here's what I've found with the heart monitor;
While Running;
-If you start a running activity, the heart rate monitoring will be continuous until you stop the activity. It will give you an average heart rate at the end of the run. I run my preferred run tracker (runkeeper) at the same time. At the end of the run I edit the runkeeper activity to add my average heart rate. There is no provision to extract all the data, or see a graph, you only get the average heart rate. You need to have your phone with you while you run.
-You can set an alert to warn you if you reach a particular heart rate. I set it too low when I tried it and it was buzzing every minute or so and was very annoying. I read Chris Ryan's SAS fitness a couple of years ago and it suggested that you could exercise vigorously until hitting a target heart rate, and then 'rest' for a bit, before bringing yourself back up to your target heart rate. I need to do some research as there's a lot of conflicting info about heart rate zones, but this could be a useful feature.
While Sleeping
-There is an option to sporadically check your heart rate while sleeping. This promises to provide more accurate sleep tracking, at the expense of a bit of battery. There is no visual difference to the sleep graph.
User Activated
-You can use the app to ask the band to check your pulse whenever you like. I've had a few erroneous results but on the whole it's accurate.
If you are not going to run with your phone (and you are not bothered about more accurate sleep tracking) I would suggest either not upgrading or buying a generation 1 mi band. You can check your pulse using your smart phone camera and an app (I use instant heart rate for android, but there's a plethora of options) Not upgrading will afford you better battery life.
I have a third party leather effect band which I bought for my original band, the 1s fits in the band perfectly.
shidahmid to mikeyfive
24 Jan 16#64
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untakenname
22 Dec 15#20
Says flashsale is over for me :disappointed:
stovy
22 Dec 15#21
I ordered a flashlight from them a few months back. I am Still fighting to get my money back because i did not receive it.
ashleylangford503
22 Dec 15#22
Did they ever fix the software ? Mine stopped logging my sleep and would only work as a notification device, so its in a drawer somewhere. Took forever for the battery to run out :stuck_out_tongue:
iainmann to ashleylangford503
22 Dec 151#28
Download this Xiaomi app to your phone and use that....it fixes the sleep problem. It's the Chinese version of the app but will show in English on your phone. Hit the pink button to download. Mi Band app
hitsta
22 Dec 15#23
I got the 1s 2 weeks ago from gearbest and it's stopped working after 1 week. Won't sync to iPhone no matter what I do. Tried unpairing tired it on different device. Nothing.
Leds won't light up when u do the watch gesture.
It'll vibrate when u try locate it but nothing else even when fully charged. If anyone has a fix id appreciate it
iainmann
22 Dec 15#25
Thanks...I'll give it a go.
mikeyfive
22 Dec 15#26
Thank you for that. Much appreciated.
mikeyfive
22 Dec 151#27
I'd no idea you could download a heart rate monitor which worked with your camera... I was so jealous of my mate's S6 cos it has one built in! That is so cool and it's very accurate too.
Thank you so much for that.
johankirchner1
22 Dec 15#29
This is a undercover China company that looks like USA company. It will be a fake, don't be fooled. This is the same as Alibaba, buy cheap receive crap
hitsta
22 Dec 15#30
Can u dload this on iPhone too?
ashleylangford503
22 Dec 15#31
Thanks, I'll give it a go over xmas
hitsta
22 Dec 15#32
Can u download that app for the iPhone too or just android ?
johankirchner1
22 Dec 15#33
This is a undercover China company that looks like USA company. It will be a fake, don't be fooled.
7percent to johankirchner1
22 Dec 151#34
Who is?
Xiaomi (The manufacturer) is famous for "borrowing" ideas and designs from western companies. I'm a bit of a XIaomi fan-boy and have several of their products (headphones, mi-band, scales, battery pack etc) all of them are very well made and are cheap enough that if they didn't work I'd be annoyed, but it would only be a minor inconvenience.
Gearbest look to be a very big supplier of products to the west, it would seem it would not be in their interest to sell fake or counterfeit goods as it would harm their reputation and affect their sales.
mchu6am4
22 Dec 15#35
Tried the discount code for the heart rate version but unfortunately instead of reducing price it increases it!!!
kp703
22 Dec 15#36
Price increased to £10
7600e to kp703
22 Dec 15#37
Ship from china option
Sorry your right, it's showing as £6.70 until you put it in basket.
johankirchner1
23 Dec 15#38
These companies are all based in China and sell fake products from aliexpress, good luck. The description is already wrong due to that this is not no 2, its no one, it screams fake and will never work, but you keep buying this crap from china!!!
johankirchner1
23 Dec 15#39
google Gearbest , rated 1 star!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not this app I'm afraid, it's for Android. But have a search around...the developers buzz around these MI Bands is loud.
iainmann
23 Dec 15#43
There's even a third party Mi Fit app for Windows Phone...or Windows 10 or whatever it's called now.
hitsta
23 Dec 15#44
I've tried everything with the 1s to try revive it, think it's bricked after only a few days
7600e
23 Dec 15#45
Bought one thanks :smiley:
kna872
26 Dec 15#47
price actually goes up t o £10 when you apply the code. So better off without the code.
Nomnomchoons
27 Dec 15#48
Thanks op. Came out as 6.99 for me but bought anyway
Qrunch
28 Dec 15#49
Where did you get the leather band please?
Ulti
28 Dec 151#50
Just ordered this myself as my "pre-order" from TinyDeal for the MiBand 1S for £13.16 on 16th Nov still hasn't dispatched so I've given up on them. I don't think the heart rate sensor will be used other than boasting purposes so I'm back to ordering this one. I've had my gen 1 Mi Band since Nov 2014 and it's been almost perfect. Dropped it a few times when I had the rubber band though and through general use it's just gotten a bit scratched up as I used to work in retail. Sleep tracking also doesn't seem to as accurate as it used to be so I'm seeing if buying a new one will do the job. If not it's only £7.00 for a brand new looking one to replace my scratched up one.
How do people get it for £6.70 though? When I buy from GearBest it always seems to charge the USD price to PayPal although on the website I have it set to GBP.
I had this cheap £4.47 one here but the holder part is glossy plastic which looked cheap. The leather band was decent though.
I ended up going for this metal mesh one from aliexpress which looks a lot more classy. I was worried about it being uncomfortable when sleeping but no issues at all. Only thing is when it gets wet the water will get trapped between the mesh which will give you a cold wrist until it dries. :P
I left a review on the AE site for that bracelet saying: "Super quick delivery, arrived in 11 days to the UK. Well packed and nice presentation box. Nice mesh bracelet and Mi Band figs tightly. Slightly rough finish where you can see machining marks to the Mi Band holder but I won't complain at this price when it's made from 100% metal."
Here's a quick image I shot of the bands I have:
trionkidnapper
28 Dec 15#51
I have one of these and am very impressed at what you get for the money. I can confirm the 30 days battery life is accurate.
I use the 3rd party app called MiBand Tools mentioned in a previous comment; it allows extra config of the device and has a widget which has step and battery info on it. Only £1 or £2 for it.
The notifications have been pretty reliable (more so than with my Moto 360 it has to be said). The "silent alarm" feature is cool and it even tries to wake you up at the right stage of your sleep cycle close to your alarm time (this is optional of course).
One thing to note; you can use this device with Android's Smart Lock feature, meaning you won't be prompted for your PIN or unlock pattern whilst wearing it. However, it isn't compatible with Marshmallow for some reason.
On the whole, this is a lovely device for the money. In terms of functionality, price and battery life it puts a LOT of manufacturers to shame.
I'm intrigued by Ulti's metal strap, I might go for one myself. I'm wondering if the casings are compatible with a standard sized watch strap, if so it should be simple enough to swap straps in and out.
omtom23
29 Dec 15#53
Mine arrived today. Seems like a great little device, and appears to be genuine. Here's hoping. :wink:
techsavvy to omtom23
29 Dec 15#54
wow i didnt receive mine yet... when did you order yours?
techsavvy to omtom23
2 Jan 16#56
Mine arrived today .. Paired to my moto g it records steps but How do I set up call reminder .. Heart rate measure
Ulti
29 Dec 15#55
Just received my order from TinyDeal out of the blue today. Funny as they were telling me to wait for stock and that they'd dispatch it straight away but never told me they did. They posted it via priority/express shipping too and it was delivered as special delivery this morning. Now I have to try cancel this GearBest order although not going to cry over £7.00 if I can't cancel it.
Not sure if these are the cheapest respective prices as I didn't have a thorough look.
Back to this deal and GearBest in general, how do I avoid being charged USD when checking out with PayPal? PayPal always massively rips me off when charging USD with a very poor conversion rate.
omtom23
2 Jan 161#57
Google Play, mi band notifications. Give it a whirl.
johankirchner
4 Jan 16#58
Fake Item
7percent to johankirchner
6 Jan 16#59
troll
Arsenal1234
6 Jan 161#60
Mine arrived today and very impressed so far having difficulty sleeping so hoping this will give more insight does look a bit weird with a fitness tracker on one arm then a smartwatch on the other!
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Opening post
Xiaomi 2 with TPSiV band but Xiaomi 1 with Rubber band;
Main Features:
• Xiaomi 2: Magnesium-aluminum alloy dial surface that is very light; TPSiV band gives you ultimate wearing comfort.
• 30 days standby time: Top-level Bluetooth chip and military gravity sensor ensure 30 days ultra-long standby time for a full charging.
• Call reminder: Xiaomi 2 will tell you when a call comes, you never need to worry about missing any important calls.
• Sports tracking: Track your sports, record steps, distance and calories, help you achieve your sports target.
• Sleep monitoring: Let you know your deep sleep and shallow sleep, also APP will give you periodical evaluation, help you develop good living habits.
• Silent alarm: Wake you up every morning, will not be late for work; Remind you with vibration, never worry about missing anything.
• Free password to unlock the phone: Forget complex unlock password and gesture, simply raise your hand to close to phones, immediate and safe unlocking. (Support Xiaomi 3 / 4 with Android 4.4 above system and other phones with Android 5.0 above system )
£5.97 with CODE: 2015Xmas
- Alvie
Top comments
All comments (64)
The new Mi Band 1S has a heart rate monitor (as well as white-only leds). Confused? Mmmmmm.
The sleep tracking though is accurate, at least for me. Stop moving at night, you're asleep. Start moving again, you're awake. Simple.
I'd recommend this over the 1S at £20 as the heart rate monitoring is a bit sht and although it may get better with software updates this deal is a great price and the vibration notifications are worth having. Although you have to check the forums for best app for it.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.zdenekhorak.mibandtools&hl=en
Has anyone used on of these? Does the heart rate monitor work okay?
While Running;
-If you start a running activity, the heart rate monitoring will be continuous until you stop the activity. It will give you an average heart rate at the end of the run. I run my preferred run tracker (runkeeper) at the same time. At the end of the run I edit the runkeeper activity to add my average heart rate. There is no provision to extract all the data, or see a graph, you only get the average heart rate. You need to have your phone with you while you run.
-You can set an alert to warn you if you reach a particular heart rate. I set it too low when I tried it and it was buzzing every minute or so and was very annoying. I read Chris Ryan's SAS fitness a couple of years ago and it suggested that you could exercise vigorously until hitting a target heart rate, and then 'rest' for a bit, before bringing yourself back up to your target heart rate. I need to do some research as there's a lot of conflicting info about heart rate zones, but this could be a useful feature.
While Sleeping
-There is an option to sporadically check your heart rate while sleeping. This promises to provide more accurate sleep tracking, at the expense of a bit of battery. There is no visual difference to the sleep graph.
User Activated
-You can use the app to ask the band to check your pulse whenever you like. I've had a few erroneous results but on the whole it's accurate.
If you are not going to run with your phone (and you are not bothered about more accurate sleep tracking) I would suggest either not upgrading or buying a generation 1 mi band. You can check your pulse using your smart phone camera and an app (I use instant heart rate for android, but there's a plethora of options) Not upgrading will afford you better battery life.
I have a third party leather effect band which I bought for my original band, the 1s fits in the band perfectly.
Mi Band app
Leds won't light up when u do the watch gesture.
It'll vibrate when u try locate it but nothing else even when fully charged. If anyone has a fix id appreciate it
Thank you so much for that.
Xiaomi (The manufacturer) is famous for "borrowing" ideas and designs from western companies. I'm a bit of a XIaomi fan-boy and have several of their products (headphones, mi-band, scales, battery pack etc) all of them are very well made and are cheap enough that if they didn't work I'd be annoyed, but it would only be a minor inconvenience.
Gearbest look to be a very big supplier of products to the west, it would seem it would not be in their interest to sell fake or counterfeit goods as it would harm their reputation and affect their sales.
Sorry your right, it's showing as £6.70 until you put it in basket.
http://freaktab.com/forum/advertisers-and-vendor-support-area/gearbest-com/23436-do-not-buy-from-gearbest
How do people get it for £6.70 though? When I buy from GearBest it always seems to charge the USD price to PayPal although on the website I have it set to GBP.
I had this cheap £4.47 one here but the holder part is glossy plastic which looked cheap. The leather band was decent though.
I ended up going for this metal mesh one from aliexpress which looks a lot more classy. I was worried about it being uncomfortable when sleeping but no issues at all. Only thing is when it gets wet the water will get trapped between the mesh which will give you a cold wrist until it dries. :P
I left a review on the AE site for that bracelet saying: "Super quick delivery, arrived in 11 days to the UK. Well packed and nice presentation box. Nice mesh bracelet and Mi Band figs tightly. Slightly rough finish where you can see machining marks to the Mi Band holder but I won't complain at this price when it's made from 100% metal."
Here's a quick image I shot of the bands I have:
I use the 3rd party app called MiBand Tools mentioned in a previous comment; it allows extra config of the device and has a widget which has step and battery info on it. Only £1 or £2 for it.
The notifications have been pretty reliable (more so than with my Moto 360 it has to be said). The "silent alarm" feature is cool and it even tries to wake you up at the right stage of your sleep cycle close to your alarm time (this is optional of course).
One thing to note; you can use this device with Android's Smart Lock feature, meaning you won't be prompted for your PIN or unlock pattern whilst wearing it. However, it isn't compatible with Marshmallow for some reason.
On the whole, this is a lovely device for the money. In terms of functionality, price and battery life it puts a LOT of manufacturers to shame.
The only drawback is you have to unscrew the casing every time you charge it, and I'm lazy. I've also ordered a similar band that apparently doesn't need screws, but it hasn't arrived yet: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Fashion-PU-Leather-Replacement-Strap-Band-Bracelet-Wristband-for-Xiaomi-Mi-Band-Wearable-Wrist-Accessories-for/32427559796.html
I'm intrigued by Ulti's metal strap, I might go for one myself. I'm wondering if the casings are compatible with a standard sized watch strap, if so it should be simple enough to swap straps in and out.
I've only seen a slightly different but cheaper variant of the metal mesh band I ordered:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Replace-To-Xiaomi-Mi-Band-Smart-Wristband-Metal-Strap-For-Xiaomi-Mi-Band-Bracelet-Replacement-Band/32545147185.html?spm=2114.10010108.100009.8.HpBQ9o
Then there's also a more traditional metal band:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Metal-Wrist-Strap-For-Xiaomi-Mi-Band-1S-Smart-Wristband-Bracelet-Fashion-Replacement-Mi-Band-1S/32543858507.html?spm=2114.10010108.100009.9.4OscP2
Not sure if these are the cheapest respective prices as I didn't have a thorough look.
Back to this deal and GearBest in general, how do I avoid being charged USD when checking out with PayPal? PayPal always massively rips me off when charging USD with a very poor conversion rate.