I have similar experience. Hart rate monitor is not accurate but battery life is really good as well as other features (vibrating alarm, pedometer - working only when I move:-)

There are apps that can do what you want, I personally went for mi band tools (paid app) you can choose the level of detail you can get, customise vibrations to know which app is notifying you etc.

Heat added

Has anyone found good replacement bands for this device? I tried a few from bangood but they were terrible and dont have the sane fit and keep coming off my hands while sleeping. :-(

Is Bang Good a reputable website? Am I safe paying with Paypal or best with card details?

[quote=getknk]does anyone use while swimming? just wanted to check real-life feedback[/quote]\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a[quote=Gareth79][quote=getknk] does anyone use while swimming? just wanted to check real-life feedback[/quote]\x0d\x0aIt's IP67 so will be fine for swimming, but it probably won't measure anything useful, also water will get trapped inbetween the strap and case so you'd need to pop the device out every time to dry it. I'd not bother.[/quote]\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0aBought mine around 6 months ago now. Very pleased with it. \x0d\x0a\x0d\x0aBut I was under the very clear impression that it's [u]NOT[/u] waterproof. It's only 'showerproof' - rain shower that is. The blurb I've read around these is that they should be used in water. I thought it mentioned that on the website too?\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0aIs that not correct anyone?

You wouldn't be an Apple user would you :wink:

Me too.

Nearly lost mine on a visit to York a few weeks back. Fortunately, it'd dropped off in the car and was still there when I got back.

I'd like a new band for mine too, but would prefer to hear a recommendation first.

bought 1 now..heated added

Low power consumption?

Paypal for everything! I wouldn't put my card details on there

Bargain at this price, paid slightly more on Gearbest. Brilliant device, loads of stats on Android app when paired.
Heat added.

It comes up with the Chinese paypal am I safe to input my log in details?

Just lost mine last weekend, but really missing it! The Mi fit fell out of the band, but going to get another couple at this price.

I never took mine off - wore it swimming, in the shower etc..

Many things can be paid by Alipay in China if you have been there recently.

Thanks OP.

There's Topcashback too at 6.3%. Ordered and got it for £14.80 (must be the currency rate change). Every penny counts :stuck_out_tongue:

Is it worth paying a bit more for one that comes with a spare strap?

Just to check, will this tell me when I have Facebook/Instagram/Texts notifications?

I always use PayPal with Chinese sites. Just to be sure.

Ordered from Banggood in the past. No problems with them, just be patient with regards to the delivery time - my last delivery took a month to arrive.

I can highly recommend these devices. For the money, they are excellent value. And the battery lasts absolutely ages. Heat, thanks!

I was using one of these, until it gave me the 8,000 step count reward half way through a 2 hour drive. :disappointed:

I am no swimmer as such but I am at a health club most days and go in pool, steam, sauna, jacuzzi etc. Cannot bother to take miband off and on all the time and so far it has survived no problem.

Well I say no problem but I bought the white strap to replace the default black one and it went very scruff looking. Otherwise fantastic in every way.

do you have to pay any taxes / extra on top of the price displayed on the website? custom fees etc.?

Much lower batter drain. Not that it would make a lot of difference on this as it's not permanently on but still...

thanks for this

Placed over 40 orders with Banggood including 2 separate orders for Mi Band's. Not a single issue. Delivery is usually 1.5 to 2 weeks.

£13.32 from Cafago using code ALPA36, item is shipped by TomTop Technologies

I bought one of these straps gearbest.com/sma…tml for ~ £5 and it has been great. Nice soft leather, and a metal case to fit the watch unit.

Nice band, is really cheaper than before. Can't go wrong with it.

Mine did for a couple of days. Downloaded the mi band continuous heart monitor, used it for about 5 mins then deleted it and my band started syncing again.

why do people expect these to be super accurate? even the expensive ones can be off counting your steps. so long as its no too far off, does it make a difference if you walked 900 steps as opposed to 910?

How did you manage that when it fits in from the back. I found it almost impossible to take out from the front of the band as the 'hole' is much smaller.

Hi, could you provide more details please. Apart from seeing the caller name and number, Message and whatsapp symbols for the respective alerts, can the paid app allow you to read messages?

reply to superfreddy...I like the lenovo as its a one piece silicone type rubber housing with a buckle and pin watch type fastening. Its NOT waterproof as the charging port is only protected by a push in grommet. I think you can program it to do various things but I haven't bothered, I just monitor walking/sleep/heart rate. either via phone blue tooth or simple mode via the device.

Hey, yes you can read the messages but only in small character bursts so it will break up your message into small chunks and send each chunk as a separate notification. Which if your message is more than a "yes" or "no" isn't really ideal. You can set the paid app mentioned to only send the first chunk of the message so you would at least get a clue as to what the message is if it is longer than the 18 character limit.

You can customise the notifications though, icons, vibration patterns, how much of the notification characters to send etc.

Yes I also hate that Chinese made rubbish like Apple, Samsung, Sony....
Xiaomi are a huge company that have a reputation for very good quality products. Just because they don't sell their products in Europe and you have never heard of them, doesn't mean they are rubbish. I have a ton of Xiaomi products including this fit band and have been more than impressed by them. Oh, and to date, none of them have broken.

ordered. thanks OP. kept on missing out on this deal previously. can it hook up to apps such as runtastic or anything? ive got the 1st gen one and sometimes i'll walk whilst seeing the count on my phone and its very accurate. it has sometimes registered movement when ive been sat on my desk but that's because I was moving my arms just to see if it registered. and it only registered movements from the arm sometimes and not all the times.

for the money, can't knock it and the unofficial app is always highly talked about on this forum.

There is an inner plastic ring stuck to the band that keeps it rigid, once the glue goes then the watch easily pops out from the front. Mine was going great for months, DIY, showers,swimming, rain nothing phased it then went into the sea and the salt water must have damaged the glue, I didn't lose the watch bit, found it on the floor but I need a new band.

I have one of these. The thing is, the heart-rate monitor is useless, and the pedometer isn't any better than just using your phone.

Notifications are OK but intermittent and often notify for old messages which is annoying.

Yeah great band and price. Chuffed with mine and I paid nearly £17.

Xiaomi are now the world's largest 'wearables' company (based on number of shipments Q1 2017), slightly ahead of Apple, and a fair bit in front of Fitbit, so not a Mickey Mouse operation.

Banggood decent as well - sorted problems out in the past for me (wrong item delivered)

You're confusing this with a phone.

Never noticed. I'll have to keep an eye on that but I tend to take it off in water anyway so I should be fine. ( Not because I'm worried about it getting wet, just an automatic reflex..)

Go on YouTube and search for mi band tools tutorial, you can then see what your getting before you buy

I'm in Spain on holiday just now and have worn it in the pool every day this week. Still working perfectly. As someone else said though, it's very hard to see the display in bright sunlight.

I had something similar to this before. Whilst it was okay, it needed to use apps o off the Play store by random devs that just didn't seem trustworthy. With this one, is there an official app? If so, I'm in!

Anyone noticed that the MiFit app is poorly optimised and using lots of battery in the background??

Be warned my strap distorted in the sun on holiday in Orlando .

Turn off background app refresh for mi fit.

Well there's another school of thought that if a product advertises features then you'd expect those features to work as described, otherwise why buy it no matter what price it is cheap as chips or expensive. If it doesn't actually do the job it says it will do and accurately then its just money down the drain and gadget in the bin. Expectation is from the advertising not the price.

Wouldn't that interfere with the app pushing out notifications to the band if it can't detect when a notification has come in?

Got the wife one of these for her birthday and they are great. Saying that, hers lost connection with the phone a few months ago and nothing at all would fix the problem and get it to reconnect. To be fair whichever Chinese retailer I used refunded quickly and the band still worked as a standalone, but it lost call/text notification and app logging of steps which is annoying. So i've ordered her one of these now. Great value for money and easy to get cheap & nice straps for it too.

Thanks for the post OP.

Yes, 4 months and great device at this price. Many good uTube reviews if need to know more

Got one at xmas, love it. Got a metal band for it, never had an issue with it coming loose. Ordered one for the missus.

£18:50 ?

What has the band claimed to do that it doesn't? I'm not aware of anything.

Had my Mi band 2 for 8 months and swim for at least 3 hours a week
and its still going strong.
just wish it counted lengths.
That reminds me I must charge it, charge lasts for ages.

I've had one since January and it has been great. I got a black leather strap, and a couple of extra charging leads. All together this cost less than a leather strap for another watch I was looking at.

The battery runs for about a month, and charges up again within a few hours. The step counts are consistent. However, when you connect up to the Android app and Google Fit, they don't always agree. I don't use the heart rate monitor much. I like the notifications. These can vibrate for an alarm, when I have a phone call, or text message (which shows the sender on the screen). You can also set it up to give an alert when other apps have a notification. The screen is a bit dim in bright sunlight, but is otherwise fine.

Had this for three months following the last deal. For the money, it is great value. It can do pretty much anything that you want it to, from being a full on smart watch to just a regular watch. I charge mine once a month and haven't looked back, well worth it at this price, anyone voting cold is mad

Great band, great price. Bought mine from Gearbest. The only thing I would say with Banggood is pay the extra for customs insurance as everything I seem to order with them comes with a customs charge, where as Gearbest doesn't seem to.

Now expired. Coupon can only be used 500 times.

I'm not saying it has. But saying what do you expect for the price is not the way you should think of these things.

I have a Xaomi phone which is super agressive at killing things to save battery and yes it was quite a lot of work to optimise everything so that notifications always worked

good price for a decent budget monitor. I have their 1st version Mi band 1 and still works fine although a bit scratched and battered but it doesn't have a display only series of lights. wearing it in water is unwise. Bought a lenovo HW01 as an upgrade a few months ago and its accuracy is far better especially sleep monitoring which seems spot on. Heart rate also on a par with the machines at the gym but battery life is less than a week and it has a proper display. Was slightly more expensive.

code does not work! it says it can only be used for 500 times :disappointed:

Use code 20mibd2

Did you take it out from the front to charge by any chance, that's the guaranteed way to have that happen and they added a reminder to the app because a lot of people didn't bother to read the instructions.

Would like to know from someone experienced also.. really would like an accurate heart rate monitor for sports, or is the Xiaomi good enough?

GearBest have it for £17 in flash sale too... gearbest.com/sma…tml

Yes, as MDL has mentioned. I find it useful for vibrating call notifications when your phone is in silent mode.

£3*500 £1500 and this is top deal!

It's IP67 rated, which means it should survive 1 metre of water for 30 minutes, and looking at reviews which tested it, it does survive. That said, I don't know if it's "potted" with silicone type stuff (which would be very rugged) or just has a rubber gasket (which can fail over time).

The main thing is as I mentioned - it's pointless to deliberately wear it swimming because it won't record anything meaningful and will trap water in the band.

Bought it from cafago or tidebuy with £12

Beware, this is typical Chinese built, starts off well, but stops working after 6 months or so. Xiaomi dont want to know if you buy from Gearbest, etc. Worth checking about Banggood with the company before buying it. Otherwise, like me you just have to discard it once it develops a problem.

I'm going for the lenovo

Oooh would you advise the Lenovo then? A branded one might be better. Does it give notifications for messages/facebook?

I can't speak to the Lenovo, but I got this a few weeks back. The heart rate monitor seems to be a bit on/off for first time readings, approx 1 in 4 is wildly wrong (so much so that it's obvious) or just doesn't read. It sometimes needs pushing gently down or centering carefully to get a reading. I guess people with larger wrists than mine may find it easier?
It also doesn't run all the time, which is good for battery use, but not great for quick exercise. Although, if you want it to and you have your phone, then you can set it to read heart rate in real time and I've found it to be fairly good, it's just a bit of a faff to req a phone.
All in all for anything under £20 it's still a great buy.

Anyone still waiting on this?

Yes, nothing yet.

still waiting..by the time we get this the mi band 4 will be out..

Still waiting here too. hoping it'll land on the doorstep any day now..

Yes still waiting......Hopefully it should arrive any day now.......

Still waiting too. A month's wait does seem excessive...my last miband order took 2 weeks to arrive from this same company

That any day was today. Mine has just arrived!

Same here, still waiting after a month.

Mine arrived yesterday! Well one of them, I ordered one the following morning that hasn't shown up yet..

Still waiting :disappointed:

No sign of mine now and thats over a month :disappointed:

5 weeks and counting...

they declined the Top cashback couple of weeks ago! has this happened to anybody?

Arrived today. Odd how taken so long compared to other things.

Received mine too on last Friday.

Guys, have you received your orders yet ? I am still waiting :disappointed:

Still waiting as well.

Received mine yesterday !! :grin:

ordered on the 2nd received on 22nd (August)