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Huawei Band 3e Fitness Wristband Activity Tracker – Black (Multi-method wearing,5ATM,Up to 21 days usage)
£18.99£19.95 (-5%)
- Professional Running Posture: Running science and technology provided by China institute of sport science; Six-axis sensor; 7 kinds of running data; Foot strike pattern
- Long Battery Life: 77mAh Standby time: 21 days Normal using: 12 days, 40 hours in shoes mode running which can monitor your running posture
- Ultra-light & Anti-less design: Ultra-light & Small design, easy to switch wearing mode. Wearing Anti-lost design (Anti-loss design for the main part by two-tone injection moulding technology)
- Smart Assistant: Sleep monitoring. Message/call notification. Looking for the mobile. Do Not Disturb mode for clearing the notification from the connected mobile and turn dark the screen
- Bluetooth frequency : 2.4 GHz
- Memory is 384 Kilobytes Random Access Memory. Due to limitations in CPU processing power, and memory used by the operating system and pre-installed applications, the actual space available to users will be less than the nominal memory capacity. Actual memory space will change along with application updates, user operations, and other related factors
- Compatible with iOS/Android
Additional information
| Batteries | 1 C batteries required. (included) |
|---|---|
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Product Dimensions | 3.92 x 1.48 x 1.11 cm, 15 Grams |
| Date First Available | 6 Sept. 2018 |
| Manufacturer | Huawei |
| Item model number | 55030407 |
| Country of origin | China |
| Delivery information | We cannot deliver certain products outside mainland UK ( Details). We will only be able to confirm if this product can be delivered to your chosen address when you enter your delivery address at checkout. |
by Ez8438
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Got to say this is excellent for the price. Not a perfect fitness device, but for £79 this really is the best value comparing to the bands that are available in the market.
I’ll highlight a few findings:
1. The band is very comfortable. It’s not a silicone band but the material is very light and flexible, really don’t have the plasticy feeling, don’t feel the weight when wearing during the night. compare to the old product that I had, I don’t get skin irritation from this product at a constant wear.
2. Sleep tracking is outstanding – Out of my techy interests, I’ve compared it side by side to my FitBit Charge 2 and my Philips Health watch. Both also offer breakdowns of REM, deep, and light sleep. The differences are so small as to be meaningless. The sleep quality, deep sleep continuity, and breathing quality are unexpected features at this price level. I’ve had no issues with my sleep being recorded incorrectly.
3. GPS has worked well. It usually takes around a minute to get the reception, and after I had no issues with the function at all.
4. Running metrics are outstanding. The exercise record gives the standard mileage, duration, average pace, and calories burned. The heart rate chart shows the standard heart rate over your exercise duration, along with steps per minute. It’s when dive into the details tab that I was again a bit surprised – Average speed is also recorded as is stride length, the “training result” (the value of the workout to your overall fitness), VO2 max, and recovery time. All seem to be in line with the other trackers I’ve tried, but only I overpaid a lot for the same thing.
5. Battery life is close to advertised – I usually lose around 5% each day. It’s very true that GPS use will drain the battery quickly but for my 30 minute runs this isn’t an issue. Not expecting things to be perfect against what says on the Manuel, but more than good enough. The same, you would take official MPG measure in real use, but got to be in purpose to an certain degree within this battery lifespan.
6. The wrist-turn gesture to wake the screen has worked flawlessly, as has the rotate to switch screen feature. While in the middle of a workout, this is a great way to switch screens without having to physically touch the band. The touch is on the band does work very well but it’s annoying to be constantly tapping the band while running.
7. I don’t use this for swimming, even the product support for IP68. But I sallow tested, seems all good.
Now for the things that could be a bit better:
1. Display is rather small. It’s ok to read the info on the screen, but the step count on the home screen is really tiny. save on battery, and this is only minor complaints.
2. The app is just okay. Nothing wrong with it, but it’s not a FitBit-type experience, where people put up with a so-so device because they like the app so much. The information is available on the Huawei Health app, you just have to dig a bit to get there.
3. Here’s my biggest gripe – the continuous heart rate data is basically worthless. The band will only sample your heart rate periodically, I think it’s around every 15 minutes. That, combined with the small graph (that doesn’t expand when turning your phone on it’s side) leave you with a tiny, really spiky graph and no way to delve in any deeper. I would love to see this improved at some point. I understand the effect on battery life of true continuous heart rate data, but it would be nice if the user could choose what’s more important – great battery life or better tracking.
4. As others have mentioned, this band really needs an open cardio mode where the user can record a weight workout, elliptical, rowing session, etc. Both Run and Bike tracking use GPS, so I tried using the Swimming tracking to record a weight workout. But the tracker won’t record a heart rate when in this mode so that didn’t work well at all. I don’t need dedicated modes for all those exercises, just a cardio function that will record duration and heart rate. This should be an easy addition at some point.
I’ve not mentioned notifications yet…I initially turned them on to see how well they work, but typically keep them all off. They do work rather well given the limitations of the band. A screen of this size simply can’t let you read full text messages, etc. For me it’s adequate to know a call or text has come in. If I want to investigate further that’s up to me. One way or another, this isn’t an important feature to me.
This Huawei Product really shines when tracking Running and Biking workouts. GPS and detailed, accurate heart rate metrics from a £79 band of this size that is comfortable to wear and IP68 waterproof is nothing short of amazing. Combine all that with really fine sleep tracking and you have a device that can be worn 24/7. It’s not perfect, but with a few software updates ( better continuous heart rate tracking and an open cardio mode) it would be very close to perfect.
Update….
updated. I think I made mistake. Huawei band actually has continued heart rate function. When I turn on sport mode, it will continuously record heart rate, but it does increasing battery consuming. I love the continuous heart rate function. It resolved my problem. I would say that this is perfect for this price, very highly recommended
by Alex Berry
This little gadget does what it says on the tin, the battery life is great – 4 days after the initial charge I’m still on 70%. Setting up the software is made a little tedious by the complete lack of any usable documentation on the device.
For one thing, on android initially you have to install the huawei health app, which the immediately asks you to install the huawei mobile app in addition in order for it to communicate to the band. The additional step is not the end of the world, but it is a bit of a pain and does strike me as being a bit odd. Once you’ve got both set up and installed it will check for and update the firmware on the band – this took 15 minutes to copy from phone to band, it’s slow so you’ll just have to wait. Total set up time was a rather alarming 30-40 minutes, and thats for an IT guy!
One quirk which tripped me up on my first run; before you start running you must start recording the session. I started the exercise session from within the app as opposed to starting it on the watch (by selecting the exercise mode by swiping the button on the device and long-pressing the button on the device to start). If you start the exercise session on the phone, it will take your heart rate from the device but the pedometer reading comes from the phone, so if you’re on a treadmill and leave the phone on the stand while running it won’t work – at the end of your hour long session it will simply report that you haven’t moved and so it will not save results. Once I switched to starting and stopping on the watch only it worked just as intended. Basically always start your sessions from the watch, even though the app has a nice start button within the UI. Nowhere in the documentation (what documentation?) does it say this, though.
Google fit integration is also somewhat lacking, it will pick up the pedometer readings from your device but, if you create an “activity” in the huawei health app it does not get created in google fit – google fit simply guesses you’ve been out for a walk and awards you points associated with that, you can either just edit this entry or you can delete it and re-add it in the same timeframe and it will pick up your pedometer readings and apply them to that activity instead. Also, as of yet, heart-rate readings are not imported in to google fit.
That being said, the huawei health app is quite good in it’s own right, not quite as slick as google fit but, once set up, perfectly usable. I’ve also been enjoying the sleep analysis feature as well as the all-day heart rate monitor. I’d say that you can use both the huawei health and google fit apps to complement one another rather than using one over the other.
The notifications feature is a nice touch too, allowing you to get a small-but-readable snippet of messages from any app you choose (the huawei health app gives you options to toggle notifications on and off per application) – the band vibrates when you get an incoming message, once the screen is active it shows who sent the message, further swipes allow you to read the message up to a set number of characters, generally enough to give you an indication of what the message is.
With regards effects on the “host” phone; I use this with a oneplus 5t, and since leaving bluetooth on 24/7 I have seen no meaningful slow down on my device or increase in battery consumption, so I’m happy with that too.
All in all, for anyone with the patience to set it up correctly and fiddle until they have it right, it’s fantastic value for money. For those who aren’t very tech savvy this perhaps requires a few too many hoops to jump through, though once it’s set up it’s very hands-free (har har) so if you have a friendly geek in your social circle you should be fine.