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26.9.2019

I've had this watch for about 10 months now and for the most part I love it. It's not a smart watch in the sense that you can run apps, respond to messages, etc but it does carry a lot of great fitness related functionality that is perfect for anyone looking to track their sports activities or daily health metrics.- - - -The functionality that it has includes: Time (both analog hands and digital display), step counter progress, heart rate, distance, calories, alarm, battery level, and notifications.For time, there is a physical analog hour and minute hand that you can just glance at anytime. If you want to view the digital time, you click the control button (there's only 1 button on this watch)which will turn on the digital display to show you first the day of the week and then the date of the month. So for example (Thur, 26th) with the Thur on top of the 26th. About 1.5 seconds later, it will show you the time (ex: 11:52am). I usually just look at the analog hands, unless it's dark and I can't see the hands in which it's super handy to press the button to see the digital display light up.As for the display itself, the brightness level / contrast is very good, so that you can easily read it even during a sunny day.To go through the different functionalities and screens, you keep on clicking the (only) button to scroll through them. You can choose which ones you want to see on your watch, as well as the order of them on the app.For step counter, it just shows you how many steps you've taken so far this day, as a numerical count (4232 Steps). There is also a progress circle at the bottom on the watch that displays your progress with a physical analog hand. The progress updates as a circle, with a full circle completion (imagine an hour hand going from 12->12 position clockwise). Once it makes a full rotation, that's 100% of your daily goal. What your daily goal is can be customized in the app. Once you surpass it, it continues at the same rate. So if your daily goal were 10000 steps, it would be at the 6 oclock position once you hit 5000 steps, then at the 12 oclock position once you hit 10000 steps (and you get a vibration and a small message showing you've hit your goal!) and then for example, if you got to 12500 steps the hand would be at the 3 oclock position. The step counter resets at midnight each day, though there doesn't seem to be a way to change that (in case your a night shift worker, etc). The app will keep records of number of steps you take each day.Once you toggle to your heart rate functionality you can see what the last measurement of your heart rate was. The watch actually tracks your heart rate throughout the day, though only once every few minutes (unless you're in active sport tracking mode). If it's been updated within the past few minutes, it'll display the heart rate and when it took it (ex: 77bpm, 6 min ago). If it hasn't updated, it'll show a loading screen while it measures your heart rate, about 5 seconds maybe, and then display your heart rate. You're also able to see your heart rate and average heart rate throughout the day in the app, as well as a history of your heart rate in the app.For distance, it also keeps track of the distance you've traversed throughout the day (Ex: 2.4 mile). though unless you have it actively connected with your phone it's not necessarily accurate since the watch itself does not have GPS functionality, it only derives GPS functionality from the phone.Calories. Honestly, there isn't really an accurate calorie burned tracker out there, since there's so many fitness variables that affect how many calories you're actually burning. (Weight, height, BMI, fat level, oxygen level, metabolism, after burn effect, etc etc). So I'm not going to really comment much on the calories - but in general it seems to be just based off of steps and heart rate, coupled with your age, height and weight that you can set up as a profile in the app.Alarm. It vibrates your watch based on the time you set, which is done in the app. I don't really use it.Battery level. A digital display of how much battery is left via a picture indicator and a percentage number.Notifications. Also don't really use this much - it vibrates and then displays text messages or notifications as scrolling text in the tiny screen it has. It can be helpful to get a quick look into what the message is about but in reality it takes a long time to scroll through the entire message or notification and I'd much rather just pull out my phone directly and read faster. Also if you're like me and get about a hundred notifications a day (actually I have about 75% of notification turned off so the ones I get are actually ones I need to read) then it just gets annoying to have my wrist constantly vibrate.- - - -To get into active tracking mode, you long press the (only) button and from there, you can click the button to scroll through up to 5 different activities to track. Once you get to the activity you want to track you can long press the button to start tracking, and once you're done, you can long press again to end tracking. While in active tracking you can click the button to toggle through different stats, like time, distance, heart rate, steps. Which 5 different activities are available on the watch are set in the app. The app has a lot of different sports, and you can choose which 5 you want on the app.Once in active tracking mode, it constantly monitors your heart rate, and also can map your exercise route (for sports like running, hiking, cycling, etc. Not for things like volleyball, tennis, etc where it wouldn't make sense). However, your watch needs to be connected to your phone for route mapping to work, as again, it doesn't have built in gps functionality.- - - -The app. The app will contain all the information as mentioned above, as well as a history of all the information from each day. The watch can only display current information for that day, and you cannot see history of stats like some other phones or trackers can. However, all the information will be there on your phone in the app. In the app, besides the history for each day, it gives you a nice weekly graphical summary of your sleep and steps. In the app is where you also set all the settings and options and personal info as mentioned throughout the above section.For sleep, you can see how well you slept each day, including light sleep, deep sleep, and periods of activity during your sleeping period. It does this based off of movement it seems, and so it's not the most accurate but pretty good for the most part. However, if you're watching a movie and you literally don't move at all, it might track that as sleep if it's late at night, or will log it as a nap if it's during the day. Similarly, if you're someone who turned or moves around *a lot* when you sleep, it might treat that as a period of awake-ness.The data from the watch gets uploaded onto the phone whenever you open up the app the sync the watch and phone (or if you have background refresh enabled it'll sync automatically periodically). I've tried going a week with not syncing my watch and my phone and the watch seemed to hold all the data fine, so you don't really need to worry about the watch not being able to hold enough data and thinking you need to sync everyday else you'll lose your data. You won't. :)One last thing, maybe the best thing I want to touch on is the battery life. Because it does not have: GPS, large or color display, idk whatever else you think a smart watch should have but it doesn't, since it doesn't have all those fancy (and in my opinion often necessary) random things, the battery life on this thing is AMAZING. I usually get over a month of battery life usage on this thing if I'm tracking sports activities for less than 2-3 hours a week. That means that I don't need to bring a charger and don't need to worry about it dying whenever I'm traveling, which is a huge plus. If you're tracking a lot of activity (for example, a multi day hiking expedition), I find that the battery will last about 50+ hours of active sport tracking (for hiking at least) with gps mapping.
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11.4.2019

Right first things first, a pretty long review below but.... I did buy from Amazon but they sent me the white one instead of the black which has been returned, however I already own one of these watches (the one returned was a gift!) So shall review it as I know it.I've been a Fitbit user for a long time, but the recently there have been issues with QC and nothing really that's excited me. As I wear a suit to work and in my own time do weights and powerlifting, I wanted something a little more classy that could also cut the mustard as a fitness tracker for my uses.The design: This watch is slimline and pretty classy to look at. The glass on the watch is slightly domed and looks equally at home in the office than in the gym.The options available are a black and a white face. It's subjective of course, but I personally prefer the black face model. However this is harder to read in darker surroundings, but you can always press the button and bring up the digital time on the LCD display so this isn't a issue.The Strap: This is by far one of the best smart watch straps (or watch straps in general) available. It's got a nice amount of give and flex within, is perforated for airflow and stretches with the contours or your arm. This is especially useful when swimming, as to keep the HR working well it needs to be pulled tighter to the skin to pick up the readings with water flowing around and under it. I've also got the red silicone and brown leather straps so can mix it up depending on mood and clothing choices. The watch due to the black face and grey case works well with every strap and doesn't look odd at all.The Battery life: Withings quotes 25 days max life which is very impressive but for that you need to turn off all notifications and not use much fitness tracking as these are harder on the battery life. If training every day before a competition the battery lasts around 10-12 days. If every other day or normal use that includes 24 hour a day wear, I get about 17-19 days out of the battery. Better than my Ionic that could manage about 27 hours!Fitness tracking: This is where there will always be some compromise for styling but not any that are especially negative. This watch uses connected GPS from your phone for route and pace tracking, so remember to take it with you. Has weight training options, has generic fitness and other workout options for if something you are doing doesn't have a particular category, has a number of workout options you can select to start from the watch directly, so you can pick and choose. Even has some more unusual ones for the type of watch it is, such as Pilates, baseball and elliptical. Works well with swimming, waterproof up to 50m, remember to rinse and dry the watch off afterwards to prevent skin irritation or degradation of the strap.Sleep tracking: Unlike my fitbit, this picks up if I go to the toilet in the night and wake, or when my alarm goes off and I turn it off, rather than my fitbit assuming I'm still fast asleep. It gives you your sleep metrics In the app in a far more user friendly manner than the Fitbit app and the sleep stages seem to be consistent.Notifications: The watch has a small round LCD in the face which gives you your notifications. Due to it being a hybrid with a tiny screen, you have to wait for the message to scroll and the amount of space is limited, so to bring up different metrics or continuations of what you are already doing you need to press the button. This is one aspect which could be considered negative but I don't have a issue with it. The trade off for the style is well worth it.Charging time: 10% to 100% takes around 50 mins give or take.Overall: I am very impressed with the Steel HR Sport and as alluded to above, my wife was so pleased with mine she wanted one too. It has a good mix of aptitudes that make up for any specific shortfalls. Looks right in any environment and was worth every penny of this £189.99 pricetag. Give it a try and see.
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3.3.2019

Have had the Withings Steel HR Sport for around a month now, and have been generally pleased with it.As hoped at this price point, the watch comes in premium packaging - box inside opens like a book and has a magnetic clasp to secure. Watch, charger and instruction manual inside.In terms of hardware, this is brilliant; the watch looks great, and is quite slim-line too. I personally much prefer this hybrid design to generic smartwatches, as it keeps the traditional analogue face. I went for the black version, as I preferred the sleek design and it also means the digital display blends in to the overall watch face better. Watch hands are quite thin to allow visibility over the digital display,but there are small red accent colours at the top of the hands to make them easier to see at a glance. When in the dark, can simply press the side button on the watch to wake up the digital display to see the time. The watch feels premium, solid and well made; I have not had any issues with scratches or marks thus far. The strap is also very good quality and breathable, however I will likely buy a replacement leather strap for when I am not tracking exercise. I have not used the watch whilst in the shower or swimming, so cannot comment on its waterproofing etc. Charging is also very fast.Software-wise, the watch has been good on the whole, but could do with a few minor improvements. The Health Mate app is easy to use and has an attractive interface. Initial set up was very easy; simply download the app, it recognises the watch, and then sets the time through your phone. Maintains bluetooth connection well, although I have noticed the range isn't great (i.e. sometimes notifications don't come through on the watch if I go into a different room from where my phone is). Syncing with the app is mostly fine, but can sometimes seem slow. Connected GPS only seemed to work automatically once for me before - doesn't seem to pick up location anymore, but maybe I need to start the activity with the app open on my phone for it to register. Haven't found the V02Max estimation option yet. Notifications are clear and easy to read as the scroll across the display, and the vibration alerts are good. However, notifications don't always seem to come through 100% of the time on the watch, and quite often the symbol of the app shows without then displaying the message. Most common social media apps are supported, but not all apps. Therefore hoping that Withings provide future software updates to iron out these issues and make it slightly more reliable.I have been very impressed with the fitness tracking - monitors steps, heartrate and sleep well. Activity tracking is easy to start from the watch itself, by holding down the side button. The watch is capable of tracking all sorts of activities, and you can set your favourites to choose from on the watch. It also recognises activity without having started any recording; quite often the watch has recognised I have been playing football without me telling it I was doing any activity (also very impressed that it knew I was playing football and not just running). Sleep tracking has worked well for me too, and has been accurate.Overall, I have been pleased with this watch - it is a more premium choice with great design, meaning I can wear it everywhere whether going to work or gym. Very high quality hardware, and software generally good but hoping for some improvements/updates to the GPS connectivity and reliability of notifications. Quite a high price point which is justified by the quality and design, but in terms of smartwatch/fitness tracking capabilities, there may be cheaper alternatives.
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1.10.2020

I absolutely love this watch and the companion app. This watch and compamy should get way more recognition and praise in an era where people only care about Apple Watches.I found out about these watches because I purchased a Withingd smart scale and I was very pleased (and surprise) with their Health iPhone app. I had also recently got rid of my Apple Watch and I wanted to check other smart watches. The reason I got rid of my Apple Watch and I had pretty much given up on smart watches, was because they did 'too much', too many notifications, distractions and another piece of tech I have to charge EVERY DAY. So when I read that this watch could last for a whole month and tracked your sleep I was very surprised and I wanted to give it a shot and let me tell you,this watch delivered.Things I love:-Design and built quality. It doesn't feel cheap at all. The vessel, glass, button everything feels of high quality and it doesn't even look like a smart watch.8/10-Battery Life: As advertised, full month. I wear it all day including at night track your sleep (which I could never do with the Apple Watch), heart rate and fitness activity. Finally a decent smart watch that can also deliver some notifications (I pretty much only have calls and calendar notification turned on) without having to charge it everyday... seriously, once a month even if you use it to track your workouts 3-4 times a week.10/10- APP APP APP. A good smartwach without a decent app is half way good. Seriously, the Health app keeps getting better and better with every update. Download it before buying the watch and check it out by yourself. The interface is clean and very well designed, all important information is right there with your average and trends + your weight (if you have the scale). Much better than the Health app from Apple in my opinion. Also, it imports/exports your health information from the Apple Health App both ways so if you end up getting rid of the watch all the fitness/health information from your watch stays with you in your phone.9/10-Functionality/Accuracy: Again, less is more. You can check your BPM, steps, walked miles, alarm, mute a call, etc just by pressing the side (and single) button. Hold press to start a work out, stopwatch that's it. Also, since I wear it at night to track my sleep I use the alarm on the watch which just makes the watch vibrate so you don't wake up your partner and you also have a more pleasant time in the morning than listening to the alarm on your phone.The sleep tracking functionality is very accurate and tells you how many interruptions, how deep your sleep was, etc. Stepscount, distance, BPM work perfectly9/10Thins I would change/don't like:-The rubber band gave me a little bit of a allergy reaction. My mom and sister also had some sort of skin reaction with their rubber bands but nothing major. They should find a different material-The charger, it's ok. I just wish it was a wireless charger so I could use any kind of charger. It is proprietary so you are stuck with their chargesSide note:I see people here complaining about their customer service. I haven't had any bad experiences. I had an issue with the button on the watch that used to get stuck and I reached out to them and they sent me a label to ship it back and they sent me a new one with another charger and band (they let me keep the other band and charger) so no problems at all.
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25.10.2018

This is a discrete yet stylish sports watch that provides a good compromise between a full-on smartwatch and a traditional everyday device. It is delivered in an attractive branded box with magnetic closure that also includes the dedicated USB charging cable and a quick instruction booklet to set it up which also include the 2-year warranty.There are two colours, mine is the black face but there is also one with a white face. This answers one of my few criticisms of the watch which is it can be hard to see the time at a glance in a dim light because the hands of the watch are grey and very slim.It is elegant design and constructed like a traditional watch featuring 316L stainless steel and is water resistant up to 50M (5ATM).It is mid-sized at 40mm in diameter and sits close to the wrist without looking too bulky. The strap included is silicon but very comfortable to wear and with a wide range of adjustment.To use the watch you need to download the Health Mate app onto your Android or Apple phone or tablet. This starts off by linking to the watch, calibrating the mechanical dials and updating as necessary as well as setting the time. It is quite straightforward to use and covers general health monitoring including heart rate as well as activity monitoring which can cover a wide range of sports including running, rowing, boxing, and skiing along with many others.The watch has a mechanical dial with a minimalist look and does not include a second hand. What looks like one is the activity monitor which tracks your progress during the day toward your goal and resets overnight. This is configurable and it is satisfying to watch your progress during the day.There is a small OLED display that shows health and sports data such as daily steps, calories, distance and heart rate. This can also show notifications from the calendar and email from your phone as well as compatible apps such as Facebook and this can be configured within the Health Mate app. This is controlled by the single button on the side where a traditional winder would be and can also be set up using the app.The watch can track your route and distance but requires your phone to be connected to do this as it does not have its own built-in GPS. However, it has a heart monitor which works continually in a sample mode during normal use and instantaneously during a defined workout or activity. This worked well and seemed accurate compared to my gym equipment.The battery life is excellent with the claimed 25 days looking to be conservative at present and this makes it so much more useful than a smartwatch that you have to charge up every other day. The charging cable requires a USB device and is dedicated to the watch which sits on a round charging station. This can be a bit fiddly to locate but it does charge up quickly.Overall I found this watch to be surprisingly well featured while looking discrete and stylish. It is easy to use and the robust design and excellent battery life for a smartwatch are advantages in the real world. While it is not cheap it seems to be competitively priced when you consider the design, features and build quality as well as the fact it can do the job of a watch, activity tracker and sports tracker.
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29.9.2018

Firstly i am starting to enjoy Nokia / Withings products. I owned the scales first (which are excellent) then bought the Blood pressure monitor (also very good) and then the Thermometer (was also good until the dog chewed it to smithereens).Now my next product is the Watch and i am pleased to inform that it does not disappoint. Here are my thoughts:Looks:- Beautiful and elegant design, much nicer than say the Apple Watch. Also it is slightly smaller than i expected. In the pictures it looks huge, but in person it seems much smaller than i expected. I have huge wrists so maybe that is why. But in any case it is a lovely size- Now a quick comment about colour. YES it does matter.I bought the black version of this watch first and i HATED the colour. Why? Simply because i could not see the hands properly. What on earth prompted them to make the hands dark grey on a black ground? It simply does not work for me and i found it so annoying i replaced it with the WHITE version. Thankfully i did as the white version is gorgeous and no problems seeing the handsFunction:- The watch works seamlessly with the Nokia Health Mate App. My scales and blood pressure monitor already sync with this app and i love it. The watch syncs perfectly with it too.- A quick comment about heart rate. Very interesting how they have done this. My scales gave a heart rate reading and this goes on the app, but when my blood pressure machine takes heart rate reading this supercedes the scales reading. Now when the watch takes a reading this supercedes both. Clever. The reading itself is taken every 30 mins automatically and a profile is built in the app. Both awake HR and asleep HR.- Steps. Now this is a key item for me especially after having so many fitbits previously. I have noticed one clear difference between this watch and the fitbit, if i am having a lazy pyjama day the step reading barely climbs above 2000 steps a day. But for the fitbit it would still reach 4000-5000 for the exact same day. I suspect this is because the fitbit counts every movement as a step (even waving arms around) whereas this watch does not. Which i greatly appreciate- Sleep: The sleep monitor is similar to fitbit in that it measures light and heavy sleep. But it goes one step further and gives a sleep score. Very usefulBattery- This is the bit which really floored me. I have been using it for a week or so now and the battery has barely budged from 100%. I think it is still at 99% the last time i looked. I find this incredible. In fact i may as well store the charger away as i won't be needing it this month.Overall- A gorgeous watch which looks the part (i can take this into meetings no problem) and has so much function and battery. I personally would advise choosing the White instead of the Black version, simply as the display is much easier to read.UPDATE:I've had the watch for 3 weeks now and i've used it constantly with bluetooth on my phone set to on permanently. The battery level is 31%. I still have not had to charge it yet. At this rate the 1 month battery before charges is actually an understatement. What a fantastic watch, best i've ever owned. Next week i'll need to go find the charger...
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27.10.2018

I have had this watch now for a few weeks. The version i am reviewing was released on the 18th September 2018.The watch face is a solid black and personally i like it, to me it looks very stylish, i much prefer the plain black to the white face which is available to buy seperately. The included strap is soft but digs into my wrist when im wearing it so i have bought a different strap. You can buy either leather or woven and other silicone straps.The watch itself works very well. I have been wearing it a few weeks, I do find however that it is just too big for me to wear at night, I think a smaller face would suit me better as im a woman, I think this really is better for men.I personally feel there should be a smaller face for women to choose from as we have smaller wrists i think 24mm would be much better, but im not sure if they could fit all the tech inside. Maybe I just need to get used to it because monitoring my sleep patterns is a useful tool because i suffer with mental health problems and can back up my problems to my gp with hard evidence.The app was easy to find and install and easy to set up. I have it on my android Samsung A5 2017 and it has perfect integration. It was very good at measuring heart rate and keeping a log of it, this has actually been beneficial for me because I can export the data to my gp. It measured my steps, not sure how accurate it is because like anything if you just move your arms up and down it thinks you are walking so you could fudge it. I have not noticed any fogging on mine, and i go out in the freezing conditions to walk my dog, and today i went out and it was pouring down with rain and there was no misting up, my glasses did mind you and i couldnt see, but the watch was fine.Charging the phone via the usb cable is weird, you do get a low battery indicator on the watch and it is easier to charge up than constantly replacing batteries so on that score it is better for the environment.The phone has a light up feature so you can see the time in the dark, you just press the crown button.I dont like the fact that I get notifications on my watch from my phone for messages etc because it is constantly going off and it drives me nuts, so I have turned this feature off. If you are a busy person and this wouldnt bother you then i guess its not so much an issue but I dont like it.Overall I cannot fault on features, but i think the manufacturer could be a bit more experimental with their colours, i would of loved a purple one for example as its my favourite colour and I think considering cost the woven strap or leather strap should be the strap that comes with it instead of the cheaper silicone ones. I did buy myself a woven purple strap for mine that was under 12 quid and i am happy with that.
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15.11.2018

I've just switched from a "full" smart watch - the sort with a touchscreen. I had become tired of charging it daily and sometimes not having a battery last the full day. I've had my Withings Steel HR Sport for almost three weeks now and it's still on 58% battery - much better than I expected.By day this is a discreet "normal" looking watch. It's not an obvious activity tracker, only the small screen giving away the fact that it's more than a normal watch. The two hands (no second hand) are quite dark against a black background, but one push of the crown will show the time and date on the illuminated screen, so you'll not have any trouble telling the time in the dark. The screen is normally off,so it won't annoy at night, or in the cinema. I'm quite happy with the supplied silicone strap, but you could easily replace it with a black leather band for a much smarter look.The watch is waterproof - certainly enough to swim with. Mine has been through quite a few showers with no sign of water ingress.Holding down the crown will allow you to select an activity. I run, so I've moved "running" to the top of the activity list. While running it shows my run time, and after the run it connects to the suppled Health Mate app (free) and Google Fit. Distance, speed, elevation and heart rate are all tracked, and if you run on a flat track (I never do) it'll give you a fitness rating which you can see improve over time.Notifications can be sent from your phone to the watch - I've set mine up to vibrate when a text message comes in. This function also scrolls the text from the message across the screen, which often saves me pulling my phone out. You won't often get this feature in a hybrid smartwatch.The unexpected gem for me was the sleep tracker. If you wear the watch at night it will "rate" your sleep based on regularity, interruptions, depth and time spent asleep. Setting up a regular night time routine does help with better sleep and more productive days. The included vibrate alarm function can be set to wake you at a specific time without waking anyone else - it will also wake you earlier than your specified time if it detects you are in a light sleep, so you'll wake more naturally than you would if you got an extra ten minutes but woke during a deep sleep cycle.I can heartily recommend this watch to anyone who's fed up with the nightly charging of their smartwatch, but isn't ready to get rid of it completely and replace with an activity tracker.
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25.2.2019

The Withings Steel HR Sport is a smartwatch with multiple monitoring tools for your activity and health. To be fair, it's focus is more on fitness tracking than smart features. It's nicely presented in a premium box, showing off the fact that this is a quality product. To set-up, you just download the Health Mate app onto your phone, connect the watch via Bluetooth and it will then synchronise with your device, setting the time and on-watch screen layout as specified. Health Mate is easy to use and informative, although I've had trouble with some of its included programmes, which can stop working after a particular stage is completed. This is a shame as they are a good motivator,but overall it does the expected job.The watch itself will track your steps, distance travelled, calories burnt and heart rate. It also shows the date, has an alarm, will show notifications from your phone (messages, calls, reminders, etc.) and will monitor your sleep (I haven't tried this as I don't like wearing a watch in bed). The activity monitoring features vary slightly by what you are doing, so for example, steps aren't counted when swimming.The readings are pretty accurate and compare well to similar products. The heart monitor works well when you properly take a reading, it's general reporting seems to be a little on the high side. As a smartwatch and fitness aid, the Steel HR Sport does the job. It also looks smart, with a grey and not fussy design featuring an analogue-style clockface, a dial steps indicator and a multi-function display, which can be paged through using the single button on the side of the case. The strap is made of pliable rubber and this means you can get a tight fit for best performance of the heart monitor. It looks OK but you can change the strap if you wish, and I think that may be something to consider. It's also worth mentioning that the watch is light, so you don't particularly notice it when throwing your arm around.A single charge lasts about a month with an average activity level, and charging is fast. The included charging adapter features a USB-A connector and you just lay the watch on top to charge.Although it isn't particularly cheap, the Steel HR Sport is probably worth the money. It works well and is reliable, with good battery performance, weight and looks. Definitely worth considering if you are in the market for a fitness tracker with some smartwatch features.
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26.2.2019

I've had my Withings Steel HR Sport Smartwatch for about 4 months, and so far I'm very pleased. There are some negatives, and here are the pros and cons:Pro:* I love the black on black styling - looks great!* Four months in, the watch looks like new. No scratches, no scuff marks! My previous watch was the second generation Apple Watch, and it showed a lot more wear and tear.* The battery life I am getting is 18 - 20 days, using its features pretty often. Not quite what was advertised, but still a huge improvement over the one day from my Apple Watch. I can now charge my watch and then go on a one or two week business trip without needing to bring my charger.* I bought the optional tan (brown?)leather band, which I wear to work, and it looks great! Its very easy to replace the watch bands - takes me about 15 seconds, so I switch back to the silicone band (which came with the watch) when doing exercise.* I like the small dial on the bottom of the watch face that uses an analog hand to measure steps taken. Just a quick glance down, and I can see my progress.* Sychs great with the Withings Health Mate App on my iphone XS Max. (Full disclosure, I also own the Withings smart scale, blood pressure monitor, and thermometer. The Health Mate App is easy to use, and I have my entire family on the app so I can monitor my kids temperatures when they are sick, etc.)* Seems to do a good job of measuring my Heart Rate most of the time, as well as my sleep cycles.Negatives:* Black on black watch face is difficult to read in dim light, and impossible when it begins to get dark. Pushing the crown button, though, activates the LED which immediately provides the date and time.* Calculated calories burnt during activities varies significantly. For example, I do the same 45 minute work-out routine, one day apart. The first one read a calorie burn of 420, the second of 180!* The watch calculates total calories burned during the course of the day, but this is not recorded in the Health Mate App! That should be an easy fix for Withings...Overall, I'm very happy with my purchase! I paid $199 on Amazon, significantly less then Apple Watch, Garmin, etc. (although admittedly they have greater functionality, but I didn't want / need those extra functions). It looks like I am wearing a cool, professional watch, not a computer on my wrist! I would definitely purchase the watch again.
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20.6.2019

A 40°C synthetics wash is approximately equal to 5000 steps!But seriously, I've had this a while now and it's a great watch. The battery can last for months (if you don't use the workout mode much, pedometer and heart rate will still work outside this mode), and will charge in about half an hour using a little charging Dock cable thing when you do need to charge.It's well made and looks good, I especially like the fact it's an analogue watch with a digital display for backup (it remains off most of the time, pushing the crown wakes the little screen and cycles its functions. The screen times out after a minute or so), making it one of the few fitness trackers/smart watches with an actual analogue watch face without a constantly glowing screen.It sticks out a little, but is better than a lot of fitness trackers, and the straps are swappable which is a nice bonus. Also, as noted before, it's sturdy/waterproof enough to survive a trip in the washing machine with only a few minor dents and scratches to show from it, plus now it smells cottony fresh!The notifications are simple and not too obtrusive. The digital screen is very small so the first sentence of your notification will scroll across it. It's not really designed for reading things like texts, but i use it to determine whether I need to get my phone out to look at something or not. A negative is that it's almost unreadable in bright sunlight (but the analogue watch faces makes up for this when checking time and steps).The phone companion app is used to keep track of fitness data such as steps, heart rate and workouts, and contains a load of graphs and stats for totals over days, weeks and months. It also gives you achievements for milestones such as walking a total distance equal to walking round the British Isles, which is a nice little motivator. It can also be used to decide on which apps send notifications to the watch which is good.So to sum up, it's a good looking, sturdy, waterproof, analogue style fitness watch. It should fit most wrists due to the supplied bands design, and the fact that you can swap out the bands for different ones if you want. The digital screen is pretty basic and unobtrusive, it's good for getting the gist of notifications and finding out daily fitness stats, but If you want to use it as a full smart watch like an apple watch, this won't be for you.
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30.10.2018

I like using this watch, as it helps keep track of my heart rate and steps. It also estimates the amount of calories used and gives you a rough guide of how effective your exercise session is. Everything is controlled using the app, which I installed on my phone, and every time you open the app the watch automatically syncs so the information is updated. You can customise various things to display on the watch, which you cycle through by pressing the button. It's also quite cool to adjust the time on the watch using the app, it's great touching the phone screen and watching the hands spin around on the watch!When you use the running mode the watch can help you by giving you information about how far and how fast you ran,with a map showing the route - this only works with the phone, so you have to have the phone with you (but then, the phone itself can plot your route). I don't like the fact the watch uses miles and you can't change it to km, it's very annoying and unless you are running a marathon every time most people use km when running.I also found that the accuracy of the watch in estimating calories is not very reliable, when I'm in a tough fitness class for an hour it says the calories used are the equivalent of dancing to the radio in my kitchen for 15 minutes. Definitely not true! Also, in my most strenuous class the watch has completely failed each time, it stops halfway through (I'm not sure if it's caused by press ups pushing against the button) and even when it is tracking me it fails to register my blood pressure - super annoying! That means there is no place to put it on my wrist where it can accurately track my blood pressure if I move around a lot - the instructions say to place 1 cm above the wrist bone, but then it keeps moving about and sliding off. Possibly the watch can only track you if you don't do very active exercise, as it works fine when I'm doing weights and slow movements.The inaccuracy really bugs me about this watch, I will try to resolve it by trying to find somewhere on my wrist where it can be fastened without moving (although I have tried for over a week now). Apart from that I really like this watch, I really hope there is some way to fix it! The battery life is very good, I still have 39% left after 10 days. I hope I can update this review once I can resolve the issues.
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2.2.2019

Tldr; has most basic fitness watch functionality without looking gaudy, but lacks in acuity and reliability. Can give you a general idea of your fitness intensity and sleep quality but not much more. Requires an app.This is my first watch of any kind, so I have no relative judgments to make. I bought it because I wanted a watch with some fitness features, but not a massive announcement of my dedication to fitness on my wrist. Additionally, none of the available full smart watches jumped out at me.Looks: I like them. Relatively minimal. The watch is a little smaller in diameter than my wrist is across. The black screen doesn't look too out of place. The glass doesn't seem to pick up scratches or smudges too easily.They could be better, but I'm happy with them.Fit: The watch is a little hard to have stay in place. This may because I'm a slope-armed freak of some sort, but it affects heart rate measurements pretty extremely, as I'll go into next. The band itself is comfortable most of the time, but has irritated my skin to the point of needing a day without the watch once or twice.Fitness: The watch has connected GPS and heart rate tracking. They work, but not particularly well. As I mentioned earlier, the watch does not stay put well on my forearm, and so my heart rate estimates seem to vary pretty wildly. I can bike to a destination, pushing myself, and be in the "intense" range almost the entirety of the trip, but then turn around to head home and have a workout of the same subjective intensity and have it reported as ~40 beats per minute lower. The GPS is similar, with my top speed biking sometimes apparently exceeding 30mph on some rides but only barely scraping 20 in others of seemingly equal speed.Sleep: there are sleep tracking features as well, but they suffer from a similar lack of fidelity as the fitness tracking. For example, as long as you stay in bed the full night, it doesn't consider your sleep "interrupted" at any point, even if you're lying awake and interact with the watch. It simply considers that "light sleep". And I think its sleep score weighs length too heavily because of that. Still, it can be used to give you a general idea of sleep quality, particularly how often you are in deep sleep.
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28.11.2018

As a nerd, I've been a little surprised I wasn't more excited by "wearable" computing, particularly the Apple Watch as I've been using Macs, iPhone, iPad, etc. for well over a decade now. In part I think it's the apparent rudeness of having people staring at their watches as low-level notifications come in that someone has viewed your profile on LinkedIn, or having to charge it every day, or having to fuss around with fat fingering a tiny touchscreen in the rain. So when I was given the chance to review this analogue-faced Withings watch that has about a month's battery life, has a discreet vibration alert, and a tiny little screen with a limited set of features (but crucially, ones I wanted),I leapt at the chance. I've had it for a month now and it has surpassed my expectations, so much so that (already owning the Withings scale) I've plumped for their blood pressure cuff and sleep monitor too to get a more holistic view of my health.As a watch, it tells the time accurately and automatically adjusts to daylight savings time and keeps good time. You'd be surprised how much of a problem that can be for posh watches! The battery life has been great and I don't suffer charging anxiety. I keep it on during exercise and was impressed that it clearly showed the peaks and troughs of a HIIT workout, and in combination with the Withings Sleep pad it does a nice job of tracking my sleep habits, even supporting me to do a little n-of-1 experiment on cutting back on post-4pm caffeine. What I like most about it is the notifications that come as a vibration on my wrist as, with my iPhone encased and in my cluttered pocket, I would often miss texts, WhatsApp messages, and even phone calls. No more! I've also been able to set achievable steps goals each day and the subtle little secondary complication is much more intuitive and motivating then opening up yet another smartphone app. All in all I think this is a strong performance and probably the best product Withings make. Certainly has fewer gizmos then Apple Watch or Android Wear with their GPS's and app stores, but it'll actually keep working even if you're away from a charger for 48hrs and it stands out from the crowd with distinction. Highly recommend.
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23.10.2018

This HR Sports Smart Watch from Withings is a Hybrid smart watch, giving you a very tidy looking watch aimed at fitness and activity tracking but with notification capability when paired up with your mobile.The watch itself is a nice size for me, very similar to the Galaxy S2 that I've been using since last year. It comes with a softer and airier strap, well suited to being used when exercising.Unlike the S2, this one has a permanent face, so you do not have to move your arm and light up the room to see the time. The flip side of that is that it doesn't have a backlit face to illuminate the analogue hands. It does however have a small digital readout which also shows the time when you press the side button (and shows heart rate,steps , battery charge,date, distance walked and alarm with successive presses). I find the display a little small so need my reading glasses for it unless i hold my arm away a bit.The watch came fully charged and with a charging station which charges via USB.Set-up was quite simple, the quick start guide tells you a website to go to from your phone (an Android in my case) and that points you to the app. Once installed the app walks you through set-up and registration, pairs with the watch and then sets some of your data (height, weight etc) and your step goals and activity levels. Here you can also choose to display notification from apps (such as Mail, Facebook etc) onto the digital display.Activity tracing works well, I've been wearing and comparing it with the Gear at the same time and the steps, heart rate etc are consistent.Battery life has barely gone down from first use and there is plenty left at the end of the day. I have in fact not charged it once and today I noticed it is still at 58 percent charge after several weeks. Highly impressive.Due to being a hybrid, this doesn't have the range of apps/games etc that a full smart phone does but that's not it's intended purpose and it works very well for what it does.I will definitely be using this as my preference for when out cycling, I like the weight, the permanent face and the airy strap and it gives quick feedback without needing to spin a bezel. A nice choice of hybrid smart watch.
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