looking at some of the low cost smart watches

Stoner

Seems to be big discounts on some of the watches on the likes of Amazon.

I was looking at a couple and wonder what you think.

U Watch UX
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ZWY5O82/ref=cm_sw_r_other_udp_awd_PKsCwbF29AA7G

I like the heart rate monitor some have but reviews of heart rate monitors in phones are poor.

Yarrashop® 2015 Latest New Brand Waterproof Smart Watch DM360 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B013OVWNGU/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_oNsCwbV2XVVPP

Big discounts here but you'd hardly pay the listed full price anyway.
Anyone ever buy one of these Chinese brands ?

Sup08

I bought this one direct from China to see how they stand up.

Can't go wrong for the price to see and so far 90% of what I have bought has been good. 1 or two items didn't fit the purpose.

Sup08

Well the watch cam today and it's pretty good for the price.

It's a bit bulky on the wrist and takes a little bit of luck to get the BT Notifier to work.
Apart from the cons, as above, I very happy with it.

Does hand free calls, messages and remote picture taking.
It has a slot for a sim card but I've not tried that yet.

Stoner

How's that going for you ?

ED E

IMO with new gen tech like these if you can only get a sorta ok product for €200-300 the chance of getting something worth bothering with for less are small. A big thing is battery density, a grade lithium cells aren't cheap. Also the ability to take abuse and not look like crap after 3wks.

patmac

I have the original Pebble (paid €129 about a year ago) and it works really well, BT is fine and does all I want to do.