Withings Steel HR Sport – Multisport hybrid Smartwatch
Withings Steel HR Sport – Multisport hybrid Smartwatch, connected GPS, heart rate, fitness level via VO2 max, activity and sleep tracking, notifications
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WATER RESISTANT TO 50MSteel HR is a life-friendly hybrid smartwatch that can accompany you to the pool, hit the showers, and survive a downpour. | DATA AT YOUR FINGERTIPSSteel HR seamlessly syncs with the free Health Mate app via Bluetooth. See your progress, share your data, and more. Works with Apple Heath, Google Fit, Strava and 100+ top health & fitness apps. | SWAPPABLE WRISTBANDSIf you have multiple bands, It’s easy to change them in seconds to wear Steel HR your way. |
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| 30+ activities recognised including run, walk, swim – with burned calories, steps, distance tracking | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automatic synchronisation (Bluetooth Low Energy) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sleep analysis, silent alarm and Smart Wake-Up | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Connected GPS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smartphone notifications | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Heart rate | On demand | Continuously | Continuously | |
| Electrocardiogram recording | ✓ | |||
| Altimeter (floors climbed) | ✓ | |||
| Fitness Score & VO2 Max | ✓ | |||
| Battery life | Up to 18 months | Up to 12 months | Up to 25 days | Up to 25 days |
| Size: | 40mm |
| Dimensions: | 26.49 x 1.3 x 4.5 cm; 58.97 Grams |
| Brand: | Withings |
| Model: | 3700546704499 |
| Colour: | White |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Included: | 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. (included) |
| Manufacture: | Withings |
| Age: | Youth |
| Department: | Unisex |
| Dimensions: | 26.49 x 1.3 x 4.5 cm; 58.97 Grams |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Size: | 40mm |
Battery life is superb.
App (Healthmate) is easy to set up and use.
I agree that the black hands on black face make it very hard to see, but the LED screen gives you all the info you need.
Setting the watch up was really easy, which was a pleasant change from experiences of trying to set up my wife’s new band. The phone app is also easy to use and provides all the information I am looking for. I particularly like the way it gives you a sleep score. You can look at the sleep pattern data if you want, but the score is easier and more impactful. Also preferable to my old Garmin, is that I can get all the information I need displayed on the phone with a push of one button – I had to go to the phone app for that information on my Garmin. Battery life, although still early days, looks really good. It is showing 99% charge after over a week, whereas my wife has to charge her band every two to three days.
The watch vibrates and displays texts as a kind of ticker tape on the small screen, which I have used on a couple of occasions. It’s not what I bought the watch for, so the limitations of that don’t bother me. However, if you are looking for a smart watch which can do much of the stuff your smartphone can do, this is probably not the one for you. If, like me, you want to track your fitness activities in an easy to use way and don’t want too many other distractions or complications, then this is definitely one to consider.
Pros.
Comfortable to wear.
Looks great.
Tracks activities really well.
Long battery life.
Notifications from my Android phone.
Connects to phone’s GPS and give really accurate map of the last run/hike.
Cons.
Sleep tracking is not very accurate, sometimes it misses interruptions and vice versus.
Health Mate app doesn’t read steps correctly sometimes. In general, Bluetooth connection could be a bit better.
Overall I’m really happy with this purchase. Recommended.
It does the notifications well also, tells you who the text is from and the first few words of the text so you know if it’s worth taking the phone out of your pocket to look. There is a decent vibrate for calls also as I don’t always feel the phone vibrating.
I tried a third party leather strap on this which was easy to fit but I found the standard strap more comfortable and I think it actually looks better so went back to that.
There is just the one button on the side to scroll though the little digital screen at the top which keeps it nice and simple.
The bottom dial tells you the percentage of your steps goal that you have achieved.
I don’t normally write such long reviews but this watch is worth it and when its life comes to an end, I will be looking for a similar model again.
Tracking steps and HR really great, app on iPhone is a little slow always needs to sync when I open it… not a deal breaker though.
Watch perfect size and works great best of both worlds. And battery has lasted month already with still 55% left.
An early adopter to fitness trackers, this must be my third or fourth and it is head and shoulders the best I have had. Made even better by the fact that it is an attractive watch suitable for any occasion.
I love that when you set it up you select what apps to get notifications from, default being off for all… my wife’s watch is always buzzing and I know when my wrist vibrates it’s something important.
The heart rate monitor is within a beat or two of my chest worn one which is great; sleep tracking is on par with the Aurora pad.
The watch is really easy to use and the battery life is amazing, have charged it once since I got it months ago and it charges super fast, think it was about an hour from the battery critical level when it just tracks steps and tells the time – only concern is I might lose the charger as it’s hardly used!
Massively recommend this watch over something with a giant battery draining screen.
The step counter is a little off I find missing about 1k of steps for every 10k walked
The strap is annoying and leaves marks on my skin
The app is a bit dull
Overall though for price it’s a decent reliable watch
If you are looking for a full blown Smartwatch to answer messages, calls etc buy an iPhone and an Apple Watch, if you want a watch that does smart things buy a Withings.
For me buying the Steel HR sport has been a revelation – the battery life is superb, I’ve been using it for a week and I still have 75% battery life left.
It lets me know if you if I have call and who’s calling, same with messaging.
It looks like a watch.
It records heart rate, sleep and steps.
The companion app is easy to use, links well with Google Fit and the data seems accurate when compared against my fitness trackers.
It’s waterproof.
The only negative for me is that the watch hands are sometimes difficult to see in some light, a different colour would help and if they added some luminescence to the hands they would be perfect.
I go to the gym or play sport 3/4 times a week and can accept that this watch is not going to correctly track every calorie and step, you need an advanced watch and a lot of time for that. It does enough for me, it counts steps, jogging distances are near enough and you can record a number of exercises.
I use the app alongside MyFitnessPal to track my calories and have only had a few connection issues in the 6 months I’ve been using it. It syncs perfectly most of the time and they’ve made some great improvements to the app.
I don’t use the notifications because it’s bad enough having a phone going off and the vibrate alarm is just enough to wake you up but not over the top.
I don’t think this is for those who seriously need to track every step and calorie burnt. I fully recommend if you want to track your exercise and diet on a stylish watch you can wear 24/7.
The app is straight forward but has loads of features, very well laid out with all the info at your finger tips. I did find the first night the sleep tracking didn’t work, turns out less than 3 hours sleep it doesn’t register it in the app. The app has one annoying problem that had me stumped for a while, every time the app updates (Play store) it cannot find the watch. The only way to get past this is to remove the watch from the Bluetooth paired list in the phone settings then use the app to find it and sync.
The watch is really good very clear display and I wear it all night and day even in work which at times gets bashed about, after 6 months there is no scratches on the glass or case I was very surprised at that. Wearing it is very comfortable and doesn’t look like your average smart watch because of the analogue hands and face.
I would have preferred to buy the grey-faced watch but decided against it due to comments that its face is difficult to read. The white-faced watch is a little blingy for my taste but I daresay that I’ll get used to it. I don’t have large wrists but the watch sits nicely. After two days of wearing it I’m still finding the required position of the watch (about 1cm to the left of the left wrist bone in order to get heart rate readings) a little odd as I would naturally wear a watch between my wrist bone and my hand – again, I’ll get used to it.
The watch and the app are easy to set up, they work well and are easy to read and understand. However I would like a notification to say that I have been inactive for too long so get up and do something, anything – the current notifications don’t quite address this matter which is important for older users.
It is true that my watch will not count my steps unless my arm is free to swing as I walk. Also my phone doesn’t count my steps if it isn’t in my hand or pocket. This didn’t come as a surprise to me. However, I am not convinced that there is any medical evidence supporting the 10,000 steps claim – I believe that its activity that matters, getting the heart rate up. The app could usefully include guidance as to what heart rate levels are useful when exercising and what levels should really not be exceeded.
I am surprised by the comfort, the strap is one of the nicest ever. White dial with dark hands is very easy to see even in the dimmest of light. Battery is every bit as good as they promise, easily lasting 3 weeks with heavy use but closer to 4 weeks with normal.
Alerts are just enough for most occasions, and let me decide whether I need to reach for my phone – Perfect.
But the lack of music control, particularly in the gym and during football matches when I rely on Tim Spiers Twitter feed loses it a star…..
It was easy to run the app on the smartphone — and to link and register it. I brought the white face one as the hands are easier to read. I really do give this a 10/10.