Xiaomi Mi Band 5 Black Health and Fitness Tracker, Upto 14
Xiaomi Mi Band 5 Black Health and Fitness Tracker, Upto 14 Days Battery, Heart Rate Monitor, Activity Tracker, 5ATM 50 m Water Resistance and Swimming Tracking, Pedometer, Sleep Counte
| Weight: | 23.3 g |
| Dimensions: | 4.7 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm; 23.3 Grams |
| Brand: | Xiaomi |
| Model: | XMSH10HM |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | Yes |
| Manufacture: | Xiaomi |
| Dimensions: | 4.7 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm; 23.3 Grams |
Gift was well received, an excellent piece of technology for the advertised price.
This band was recommended to me by my sister whom had previously purchased it from Amazon.
I read the reviews on Amazon as well before I purchased a pair.
It works amazing, counts steps accurately and motivates me to move more and get my PAI up everyday.
It worked so good I purchased one more for a friend
I highly recommend this product without reservations.
It shows notifications, lets you decline calls and shows you the weather. It’s fine, but the amazfit band 5 has alexa and while I haven’t tried it out, they apparently are quite similar.
Great little device, clear display, easy charging without removing band.Charges quickly and lasts for ages.
Bought to replace one that I broke! Good value for money and has all of the necessary features when compared with a ore expensive one and works well. My only complaint is that the gel strap comes undone very easily and so is liable to fall off your wrist.
The watch is nice and sleek and fits well on my tiny wrist. Initially it gave me a bit of wrist pain but think it was because of being too tight. Now all good.
Battery life is not exceptional – it says last 12 days but mine needs to be charged every 6-7 days. It’s not a big issue as it charges fast but company advertisement is incorrect as there is no way this lasts 12 days.
I cannot confirm accuracy of all data – but seems to track sleeping patterns well, and heart beat somewhat similar to my finger measuring tool. Tracks steps accurately as well, maybe a bit overstated though
Didn’t use much of the workouts features or weight/calories etc
However, quite disappointed with the app – for instance some of my previous sleeping patterns that have been measured are no longer there, and even though I have the daily data, I can’t see weekly or monthly stats – they are just not showing there.
All in all is ok – but don’t think will be using it long term or will be repurchasing another tracker. To be honest not sure there is much value add to have one of these trackers anyway – just good way to see some stats for one’s curiosity but that’s about it.
I’ve been using these for nearly 2 years if i remember correctly. They have been serving me well with great battery life and activity tracking.
On the other hand, it seems to keep wanting me to synch with the app as if i don’t do so for a few days the timing will begin to go off.
Just wanted something to track sleep and it does a grand job.
I mean, the ratings make it feel like a competition, but you can easily see how you’re going(and whether just one pint makes any difference).
Can’t comment on the accuracy as I’m asleep(for 92% of the time I’m wearing it).
Got this to track my laps for a charity swim. Easy to set up and very reliable on distance in a 25 metre pool. Mobile app very easy to use. Super happy especially with the price. I read reviews of much more expensive, well known brands and lots of complaints about innacuracy on swim distance. I had one hiccup where the tracker was timing my swim but not recording the distance, this was resolved using the factory reset. This was easy to do and reset the band. It has worked fine ever since. Can’t comment on other functions as not used, but for lap swimming it is perfect for me.
You do need to remember not to use in the showers with warm water and sometimes it takes a couple of goes to swipe the band face when wet. Battery good too, easy to use magnetic charger. Great band for under 30.
**EDIT 2**
Have been using this watch for a few days now, and after a false start I’m changing from 2 to 4 stars. It’s turn out to be a really nice watch. Make sure to charge for a good few hours first as it will not work straight out of the box.
*EDIT*
It finally turned on after 12 hours charging as is not a bad little watch.
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Very disappointed, won’t charge. Sending it right back!
This watch however had no such problem and has remained consistent and accurate, fitting the bill perfectly.
There are so many other features and exercise modes to this watch that you only find on higher spec models which makes it really good value for money. It looks really neat on the wrist too. I happen to hate the ones where it looks like you are wearing Big Ben on your arm.
The touchscreen is responsive with a colour screen and it has cool little features like sleep tracking and stress counting with breathing exercises (but you have to manually go into this mode to see it).
I didn’t like the app that goes with the watch at all though. Not very intuitive and the interface is a bit rubbish. A bit like an old school android app. Still, you can customise the watch face quite a bit from within the app and see all your data.
I almost purchased one for myself and would have done so had it not been for the importance to me personally of the stress monitoring feature which I found was superior in another watch (along with the app) but had to source second hand because it was out of my budget.
In terms of value for money this is really it. I don’t think you can go far wrong.
Pros:
– Accurate step counting
– Neat design
– Responsive (colour) touch screen
– So many exercise modes
– Sleep tracking and stress monitoring
– Fairly simple to navigate for elderly user
– Superb value for money with high end features.
Cons:
– Would prefer strap to have a proper buckle
– App could be much better
– You can choose to look at the stress reading and do some breathing exercises, but I couldn’t see a way to get an automatic alert for this.
Overall, user is very pleased with this and I’m glad we opted for it as it measures steps very well.
I’d tried several fitness trackers but this was the best – except for the stupid clasp. It’s just a knobbly bit that fits into a hole in the strap but sadly the end does not go anywhere. I almost lost it a couple of times when I caught the end and I wished I’d come up with some sort of loop to put the end through. I travelled to visit my daughter in The Netherlands a week ago and somewhere between the baggage band and meeting my daughter in the arrivals hall, the watch disappeared. I can only imagine it got caught somewhere. She contacted the lost property office but sadly without any luck. I’d order another one but can’t risk losing it again. What a pity!
Honestly I am really impressed by this watch. Me and my partner are trying to get back in shape. My partner bought a Fitbit and I had this. I wanted something to monitor my movements as a rough guide but it really hasn’t disappointed.
You can change the watch face. I track all my exercises and my new goal is to hit 100 PAI every week. It keeps me motivated and the battery life really lasts. I definitely still haven’t used this watch to its full potential yet but my favourite mod is that I can swipe to “find my device” to find my phone. If you’re anything like me who always puts your phone down and next thing you’re running around the house trying to re-trace you steps. Its the best!
I don’t think the sleep tracking is 100% accurate but I wouldn’t let that effect your decision.
I’ve been using fitbits for years, but finally got sick of how I couldn’t go more than a year with any model before something went wrong with it. I decided to try this as a cheap alternative. I can’t speak for its longevity as yet, but it’s doing a good job of the things I used my fitbits for – heart rate tracking, activity tracking, and sleep tracking – and has much better battery life. I have mine taking heart rate constantly, but it still lasted around ten or more days on one charge. I’d have been lucky to get three out of a Fitbit on those settings.
The app is okay. It’s not as tidily set out as the Fitbit app, which is probably my main criticism here. It does track resting heart rate, which I’m glad for, but unlike the Fitbit it graphs on a much wider scale so it’s harder to see the variations, and it’ll only graph one month at a time rather than an ongoing graph like Fitbit does. The automatic activity detection seems a bit clumsier too, and if I manually tell the band I’m exercising I can’t check my heart rate as I run, which is important to me.
So there’s some minor drawbacks, but so far I’m pleased with this band. I know some people have had issues with receiving knock offs, so I made sure to order mine from a seller with no reviews indicating they received wrong items, and I got the correct item.
Waterproofing seems good. I shower with my band on and take baths too, and no problems yet.
I’ll update the review if the band stops working unacceptably soon. For now I’ve had it a couple weeks and it’s doing well.
I bought this to replace one that I had lost. It works really well and the battery last a while – I recharge it every 5 days or longer. I love the fact that you can change the digital design on the face of the tracker. There are apps that make fun and cute designs for it or you can use Xiaomi’s built in design on app.
My one grip with this tracker was how stupidly difficult to set up on the app! They make it sound like all you have to do is sign up to the app, turn the bluetooth and it works, that is far from the truth. Not sure how I got it to work but I did, I did come close to sending it back and get a different brand that was easier to setup.
Other than that I really like this tracker – it has a simple UI and the app is quick to sync with the watch.
I had mine for years now, and I bought a couple for my kids.
Great watch if you want something simple, efficient and cheep. It might be limited in comparison with other more expensive and brand watches, but it does it for me. I use it to track exercise, distance, sleep, calories, alarms and alerts for incoming calls. The only downside to it is the strap, hence the four stars. It keeps breaking at different points each time and you’d have to buy new ones every now and again.
The mobile app is ok, but like many, needs access to mobile information which some I am not happy to give.
*UPDATE* Almost two years on, both devices are doing well. Batteries still last well over a week, display and tracking spot on. Both straps failed after a year. I replaced mine with a sturdy metal one. Wife chose another silicon one which has also broken after 9 months. Would replace with the same if it dies.
Original review:
I bought this having owned 2 Fitbits and a Garmin, all of which had problems. I resigned myself to the fact that they’re all expensive and rubbish, so I may as well just buy cheap. How wrong I was! The Mi band 5 is a breath of fresh air. I can see the display clearly in most lighting conditions (hard in direct sunlight but readable with a bit of shade) the step counter seems accurate, but mist of all the battery life is amazing. In two months I’ve had to charge up 3 times – it lasts around 3 WEEKS on a charge. I feel like I found a champagne product with a beer budget.
The mobile app is clear and simple, and doesn’t nag you to buy “premium membership”
The sleep tracking matches how I feel… I know if I’ve had a disturbed night and it records exactly that.
I just ordered another to replace my wife’s Garmin and I’m sure she will be as pleased as I am.
This is my first fitness monitor. I’ve been using it to track my heart rate throughout the day and get some insight into my sleep patterns. So far, it’s done exactly what I wanted – and I’m impressed with it.
Good points: It looks good. It’s comfortable to wear. The OLED display is bright and clear indoors and the touch controls are responsive. It’s tough – I’ve hacked down trees and bushes wearing it and there’s not a mark on it. Battery life is great, even while logging heart rate every minute. The magnetic charging connector is great and it charges quickly. Heart monitor and step count seem accurate. Not sure how it measures stress – but it does. No need to keep the device connected to the phone, just sync it when you want to review the data.
Bad points: The screen isn’t visible in bright outdoor conditions. The Android App is quite fiddly to set up and use, mostly due to tiny font size (CAPCHA code was impossible to see when creating account). Data graphs are too small. Landscape mode would be beneficial. Would be good if you could export the captured data. I had a few privacy concerns during setup, no idea where my data is going!
Conclusion: For 23 this is fantastic value for money. I’m glad I didn’t pay extra for a FitBit – this does exactly what I wanted.
Really good watch with lots of options and settings. The guide that comes with it is simply about charging and fitting the watch in its band. There is no guide to the various settings so it takes some time to find out where everything is and set it up as you want it.
I got it to measure my pool swimming and it does this remarkably well – recognises my stroke, provides a wide range of statistics (more than I need!) and has been really useful and fun.
I would certainly recommend this watch – it is my first fitness tracker and I am very impressed.
My first tracker was a Misfit Ray, which I bought because I really don’t like the look of trackers with displays and I only wanted something to track steps that I could sync with the Health app on my phone. Sadly the Ray has bit the dust, so I was looking for something simple to replace it.
Unfortunately no one seems to make any discreet trackers these days – they’ve all got big gaudy displays. So I resigned myself to having to get one with a display, but wanted one as unobtrusive as possible. This Mi Band 5 is about as slimline as they come these days, and over the 3 weeks I’ve been using it I’ve quickly got used to how it looks.
My old Ray didn’t have a heart monitor, and only really tracked steps and sleep. I was certain I didn’t want any other bells and whistles, but I must say I am enjoying having the heart tracking on the Mi Band 5. Battery life suffers if you have it set to continual monitoring, but I still get a good 5 days or more out of it before I need to charge it up.
On the subject of the charger – it’s really, really simple to use because it magnetically attaches to the back, and you don’t have to remove the strap or fiddle around with anything. It charges reasonably quickly. I would have liked the charging cable to be a bit longer, but it’s not too much of a bother.
The app is easy to use once you’ve spent an hour or so investigating it. I like the PAI system of assigning you points depending on your level of activity over a 7 day period. The goal is to get to 100 PAI in a week. I’m not especially active, and I’m at around 70 PAI.
There’s a good range of additional sports/activities the band will track. My last one wouldn’t track rowing, but this does, and it seems accurate from what I’ve tested so far.
My step count since using this is down a bit on my last tracker. I don’t know whether that means this one undercounts or that one overcounted. It’s a little demoralising seeing my steps down this month compared with the last couple of years that I’ve been tracking them, but that’s not the fault of this tracker – there’s always going to be some discrepancy when you switch trackers, and the key is focusing on trends and averages.
I like that there are lots of different coloured bands available, and I plan on buying some as a backup.
All in all, this is a great little fitness band that, despite being cheaper, is actually a considerable step up from my last one. It has regularly been reviewed as a hidden gem, and as one of the best cheap trackers you can get, and it’s easy to see why.
I have had the mi band 5 for three weeks now and it is a very good fitness watch. My partner has the Samsung Galaxy fit 2 watch so I could compare to that. It is just as good if not better than that watch. I haven’t tried the sleep tracking feature as I am not sure I have much use for it right now. I only wanted it to track my steps and for activities such as walking and cycling. It is very good as you can use the gps on your phone and it will tell you the distance you cycled etc. The battery has lasted me the full three weeks which I wasn’t expecting at all. If you turn off raise to wake then this will significantly increase the battery life and also putting the brightness to a low setting helps. I like the different watch interfaces you can get although I would have liked some more vibrant options. There is a third party app you can download called AmazTools which has lots of other watch interfaces to download onto the watch too. Overall it is a really good fitness tracker for the money and I really like the shape of the interface also. I would definitely recommend to anyone thinking about getting one of these!
Having had 2 Fitbits, but finding them difficult to read in bright daylight, when my charge 3 screen started to fade and eventually went off completely I decided to look at another brand.
Researched on line and this got good reviews.
Good screen, no problems in daylight and I like the choice of watch faces.
Not sure it is as accurate as the Fitbit, sometimes I can walk round the house for 20/30 steps and step count doesn’t change.
It has an idle alert telling me if I have been inactive for an hour but I can set the time period for that, or turn it off altogether.
Wanted one that had elliptical on and thought it would auto-detect but apparently only for running, walking and cycling but no hassle to start & stop myself. I believe Mi band 6 will have it – knew I should have waited!
It records naps when I am actually sat in an evening watching TV and, annoyingly, I can’t edit them like I can with sleep sessions.
Miss the weekly emails from Fitbit with my weekly stats but all the information is on the Mi band app, just still getting used to navigating around it.
Sleep tracking seems more accurate, Fitbit tended to record I was asleep whilst I was still sat reading in bed whereas Mi band so far has only tracked from when I have laid my head on the pillow.
Have Heart rate and sleep assistant on and battery life is very good, in a week the battery has gone down to 52% so pleased with that.
Overall though I’m very pleased with it and can’t complain at what you get for the price.
As a pensioner I am only looking for a bit of motivation to keep exercising so the slight lack of accuracy in some areas isn’t too important and at least I can read the screen and see the time when I am out!
I was familiar with Xiaomi and decided to buy the Mi Band 5 as a surprise and it was well worth the punt. The screen is vibrant and easy to read, the longer face isn’t cumbersome in the slightest. The screen is responsive, easy to navigate and display is easily customisable. There are 3-4 faces included on the band itself but plenty more can be added through the Mi Fit app.
The app itself is simple enough and should be usable by all, even if you’re not particularly tech savvy you shouldn’t have too many problems with it. There’s tons of data in there to help you reach your fitness goal, including sleep and stress tracking. PAI is an interesting addition, providing a slightly different measurement tool but one that can be very useful indeed. The Mi Fit app can also be paired up with Google Fit.
The wife has been blown away with how good this device is compared to the Fitbit Inspire, I was too and ended up buying myself one very shortly after. There’s a ton of straps on Amazon if you feel the one it comes with isn’t suited to your needs (it’s a perfectly fine silicon strap, though I have replaced mine with a metal, watch style strap, it’s amazing!). I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this , it’s genuinely been a great purchase.
Really wanted this to track my steps but have ended up with so much more!
I track my activities such as yoga, running, walking or freestyle if doing a HIIT class for example.
The PAI feature is very good to encourage more activity, I’d never heard of this before. I also like that it vibrates to remind me to move if it detects no activity for an hour (you can switch this off but I find it useful).
The battery does not last 2 weeks (more like 6/7 days), but I record at least one activity a day and keep the heart rate monitoring on for sleep tracking and detecting activity which will understandably drain the battery.
The sleep tracking is interesting too, nice to be able to compare your sleep quality with other users.
It is exceptionally good value for money and does everything you would want a tracker to do and more.
I can’t fault this at all, if you’re debating on whether to get one just get one, you can’t go wrong especially for the price.
I bought this mainly as a sleep tracker to use with the app Sleep Android but then realised you had pay for another compatible app so I researched and found Notify for Mi Band and its totally free with the option to purchase not even any annoying adds with the free app.
I’m quite sedentary due to hip problems so not much exercising going on apart from yoga once in a while and approx 3-5k steps everyday so I’m not sure if that helps the battery consumption, which so far is lasting around 6-7 days. I guess I could extend that but I have constant heart monitoring and sync with my Galaxy A12 to receive notifications and you can set it so you can read a WhatsApp message etc.
Loads of watch faces to choose from on the app I mentioned above. I struggle to see close up these days but found one that I can see the time, steps and heart rate without to much trouble but much better with reading glasses on.
I’ve never had a smart watch before so have nothing to compare it to except that the research reviews before buying.
If you’re like me and want something that serves a purpose that doesn’t cost a fortune in this price range then I’d say just bite the bullet and buy it.
This band is great and I would have given it 5 stars until about 2 weeks ago, when the battery suddenly decided to discharge in about a week of normal use, instead of the usual 2 weeks. I’ve used it as just a watch for a week, no extra fitness tracking, turning off any unnecessary functions, and I’ve got 11% left after 6 days. I love it otherwise, so helpful to track steps and sleep, alerting me to calls and texts, it has reminders, an alarm clock, controls music on my phone etc. I’m just disappointed with the battery life and now I can’t return it as the window has closed, I’ll just have to charge it twice a week, which is no big deal as it charges quickly but it’s not the 14 days I had just a few weeks ago, and was expecting. Over time batteries do fail but it’s only 4 months old. Shame.
8 months in and it’s stopped receiving text messages or call alerts. Very disappointed.
Pairing the smart-band with her iPhone 6 was simple and she now has more accurate step counts along with heart, sleep and stress information; she suffers with anxiety and doesn’t sleep well which is reflected in the data gathered by the smart-band.
The mandatory app “Mi Fit” needs to be installed on your smartphone and can be linked to other health apps like Apple Health or Google Fit to update them with data that is only available via a wearable device.
As we now both have the “Mi Fit app” we can share information with each other and she can keep track of my activities. She worries that I am too inactive while working from home during the COVID lockdown but can now see that I’m not as inactive as she thought; those trips to the fridge to get a beer really increase your step count.
The battery charge is good and she gets around two weeks of use before having to recharge it.
I highly recommend this product for its low cost and high functionality.
This thing is incredible value for money. It’s absurd how functional and feature-packed it is for the price. Intuitive to use, detailed companion app, and interesting PAI health integration – not to mention the 1+week battery life. The one thing that let it down for me was the crummy heart rate detection during some exercises. I row for fitness, and it just had no idea what was going on. It’s a common problem for optical heart rate sensors, but brands like Garmin and Polar will let you pair an external sensor to get round it.
Who Is This For?
This would be perfect for a newbie looking to get in better shape, or a jogger wants to try a fitbit but is uncomfortable with the price.
I specifically choose this as I’m allergic to Nickel and the Fitbit I had bought contained it. I therefore decided to spend less just in case. Firstly I have had no issues at all with allergies. This tracked sleep well but I took it off as not a fan of sleeping with watches and you do need to get settings right so it doesn’t light up with movement. All the basic functionality is there. I use for steps, heart rate, calories, distance and adding workouts mainly. App and syncing is super simple and works easily on my android. Simple app but again for price gives me what I need. For those that need it there is also a basic period/cycle tracker too which is helpful. Battery life is brilliant get at least 5 days, usually 7 and whilst not wearing it and night I don’t switch off. Only thing is if sight is a challenge. Text is small but I’m ok with it.
I am a newbie to the world of fitness trackers and wanted something that could, basically track my weight workouts. I looked around and after reading so many bad reviews of the fitbit and so many good reviews of the Xiaomi, decided to jump in and purchase it at a fraction of the price. I have not been disappointed! This device came earlier than expected (2 days earlier!) and was in original box and came with a charger and a lovely booklet in many different languages, inc english. Once you download the app and sync, which was sooo easy, you’re off! The app is so well thought out and designed. It’s so easy to navigate and understand. As well as the mifit app it also syncs with google fit, which is another reason I bought this particular tracker. This tracker does everything i wanted it to and more, inc sleep monitoring, heart rate zones, steps and it has a good selection of workout modes. I haven’t used in the shower or swimming yet as I’m a bit scared it might malfunction but i don’t need fitness tracker when showering lol. Overall i am over the moon with this product and so glad i bought it. Its so comfortable on, the brightness can be modified to suit and there are so many ways to use the tracker to fit your lifestyle, like choosing alarms or what notifications to receive, all set up with with a few swipes on your mifit app. The beat thing for me also was that i can leave my phone at home to go for a run/walk/cycle and when i return it all syncs effortlessly on my app when i return, providing my bluetooth is turned on (as this is how the fitness tracker works with the app). I would highly recommend this product!
The Band 5, as opposed to the Band 3, measures REM and counts the number of turnovers during sleep, also measures stress levels and has music and camera control for the paired phone.
The price is amazing for what you get, the battery life is really good – mine lasts well over a week on a single charge and I have continuous heartrate and stress monitoring turned on – and the colour screen is clear and bright. The screen resolution could be better (but this is being very picky) and the app could be more functional, especially with regards to changing the settings of the Band (I find the “Notify for Mi Band” app much better for refining the settings but this isn’t available on ios).
I would definitely buy again and have recommended to friends and family.
Great fitness band , especially when you consider the low cost . I have owned a few so called top end fitness bands all over the 100 mark , none of which are anywhere near as good as this one , and so far everything is working correctly. The app which works alongside the band is easy to understand and dose its job . My reason for giving this 4 stars and not 5 ? Well I also had the previous version of the band which on one charge would easily last up to 20 days which I found impressive for the cost .
However the mark 5 is not so good when it comes to battery life . I do not use my band to find out the time , so I’m not pressing the buttons 12 times a day and even with alerts from other apps turned off so far the best the band as managed is 14 days between charges . Let’s hope the mk 6 will improve on this minor niggle .
As the owner of a truly great Xiaomi Mi Mini bluetooth Speaker that’s performed faultlessly for the past three years, I thought I’d give this a try. As a 58yo, keen but nowhere near pro road bike cyclist, my need for the most accurate recording of heart rate is minimal, but feeling it wise to wear something that would help keep my enthusiasm in check at times I did my research on here (and elsewhere) and found this band appearing in recommendations for accuracy and ease of use far too often to ignore. Somewhat swayed by the much higher priced brands that could do more, I looked further into what that “more” included, finally concluding that it mostly meant recording things I either a) didn’t need recorded, or b) could already do on my Garmin GPS or phone. So I bought this one.
And I’ve found it’s a remarkably good, accurate and very wearable piece of wrist-tech too. Setup of the basic functions is quick and easy (I used the QR code in the manual for the app and bluetooth pairing first), while display customisation can take as long as the nerd in you wishes (thankfully the battery life is excellent). The app’s not bad either, though some might want easier integration with Strava etc.. In short, it gets my vote over the far more expensive brands that appear to offer more functions that will most likely be irrelevant, duplicated on your phone or never used. Pay more if you wish, but ask yourself what it is you need to be paying more for before you press “buy”, as the Xiaomi Mi Band 5 might well be all you need at a small fraction of the price.
I saw a review for this on Mrwhostheboss on YouTube and he said it was a great product. So for under 30 I couldn’t grumble.
Firstly, I don’t do hardly any sports. I do cycle, and I walk a lot. So I wasn’t going to spend upwards of 70 on a fitness tracker when I wouldn’t use it to its full ability.
Enter the Mi Band 5.
I haven’t worn watches for YEARS. So this was going to take some time to get used to.
Build quality is excellent. I wear it to bed and in the shower. I only take it off to charge when it’s really low (15%) and then it takes an hour or so to charge. You don’t need to take it out the strap like the Mi 4.
Set up was easy. Just download the app and sync it to your watch. READ the instructions. You have to sync it via the app and not your phone’s software.
You can do all the things on it you can do with the more expensive watches (sleep tracking, steps etc) and it’s displayed on a gorgeous coloured little screen.
Battery life on mine is averaging 2 weeks.
I’d grab one because the price is low. What can you loose?
It does generally seem to know when I’ve been sleeping although I do have to question the validity of the REM and deep sleep markings. How they word these to seem like achievements is amusing “I get more deep sleep than 1% of people”…or put another way “99% of people sleep better than me” 🙂
It’s a bad idea to take this seriously as that on it’s own can cause sleep issues (anxiety)
What I do like is “the reminders” to take a break from the computer. The “you’ve been sat still for too long” alarm. It’s a small thing, but important for me otherwise I wouldn’t get any steps in…pretty much every day! When this goes off I go for a little indoors meander…..Which leads on to the activity tracking. I aught to get “some” activity every day. This helps me gauge how much I still need to still do, of an evening.
The magnetic charger is a real boon. I had the first version of the Mi band, Comparatively it was a pain.
The app is OK. They could do better, but it’s OK
This is a replacement for my MiBand 4 – which I considered I be getting questionable readings. Look, I’m not a sporty person, and I don’t work out. But I do like to know that I’m not in danger of merging with the sofa or my desk chair, and I also appreciate being able to monitor my sleep patterns. For under 30, the MiBand lets me do exactly that. And it’s a neat little gadget.
The most obvious difference between the 4 and 5? A heart rate monitor, stress level monitor, the ability to register REM sleep, and a much nicer screen. Personally, while I understand that the app might be a little limited for those who want to understand their workout performance, etc, I find it perfectly adequate for my needs.
I’ve had a Jawbone Up 3, a Misfit Ray, and a Fitbit something or other (which was rubbish.) I liked the Misfit band best, but this comes a close second. It’s waterproof which means I don’t have to think about taking it off in the shower; a full charge lasts about two weeks, possibly because I don’t route phone notifications through it; I was able to buy some sturdy replacement straps for a fiver as an alternative to black, which is what it comes with; the screen is much clearer, and much more user-friendly than the 4.
All in all, if you don’t need multitudinous bells and whistles, I believe this is a sound investment.
Arrived when predicted. It is a good value fitness tracker. Neat and with a good vibration strength for alarms, reminders and calls. I’ll not used all the functions as I don’t run or cycle. The sleep and heart rate monitors work well. The charger is easy to attach. I am still learning about all the actions I can do with it. I will try the photo part soon. However, the annoying software keeps asking me to accept a ‘sexy’ friend, so far ignored over 7 times against the same email address. I have not said I want to share with friends anyway, so how this has got through is a bit worrying. It also want to be constantly using up battery power on my phone. Not always necessary. Overall, so far, I like this Xiaomi Mi Band 5 Black Health & Fitness Tracker.
Edited after using for a few weeks. The sleep tracker is not very accurate. If I wake in the night for more than a few minutes, it thinks I do not sleep any more, so my sleep times are rubbish with this app. One night it did not even sense I was asleep at all and the battery was charged. Really disappointing. Reduced my star rating accordingly.
Absolutely delighted with this next generation Mi Band. It really does deliver masses of information for a fraction of the cost of other more expensive brands.
This is my third Mi Band, having tried something else which should have been “better”.
I’ve seen some comments that it doesn’t measure distance etc properly. I don’t know but I’d suggest that it might use your height info and work out an average stride. I have a 3 mile run that I do and it’s pretty close which will do for me as I use the details as a motivator not foe it to be exact.
The battery power with most things on is around the 14 days and having turned quite a few off I’m at 50% and 14 days from last charge.
It is lightweight and I barely notice I’m wearing it which is great especially overnight as I use the silent alarm to get up earlier than my partner.
The app is easy to use and gives me all the information I need. I used it to pair the band and then organised things to my taste. The sleep tracking is pretty accurate too and interesting to see where I can improve getting some rest.
All in all – you get brilliant value for money and all the information you could want, and more. I’d highly recommend.
One note – if you walk a few steps and take a look at it, it will still show a number which hasn’t added your steps in. I *think* it updates itself every x seconds so it won’t be immediate.
Tried the sleep tracker, it was good – interestingly, my heart rate spiked up at 1am while I was asleep. To be effective, you have to turn on heart monitoring and sleep tracking.. and heart monitoring to the minute if you want to use their PAI functionality.
App wise.. this is where I found it to be limiting. I have it synced to my Apple Health so I can see my week, month and year data. I can add my yoga data into my Apple Health but at this moment, I don’t know where to add this into the mi fit app. To be fair, I have not tried yoga yet.. For the walk yesterday, it is synced to the mi fit app very well. In the app, you can only see walking, running and cycling. Although it tracks 11 activities, I’m not sure where the rest are recorded. I guess I still need to play with it a bit more.
Long story short – I would strongly recommend this IF all you want is a fitness tracker (like me). They have call and text notifications but please don’t expect it to be as good as a smart watch.
All in all, sleep tracking, HR, colorful display, ok tracking of activities, media controls, for such a price is hard not to like. I expected the much higher price trackers to perform much better, but usually their 1-2day battery life is a turn off.