Xiaomi Mi Band 1S for 20 EUR shipped

positron

Found this on reddit - shows Mi Band 2 prices across various stores:

http://miband2.coollected.com/

BionicRasher

This crowd will ship to Ireland
https://thesolutionshop.co.uk/product/mi-band-2/

Chain Smoker

Fasttech sent it out for me on July 7th and it arrived in California on July 13th. I was pretty f*cking impressed with that!
No clue how much longer the EU would take though.

Unfortunately, my phone's bluetooth is f*cked so I'm gonna have to wait until I get a new phone to fully use this. The pedometer seems pretty on point (racks up f*ck all steps while I'm typing, none when I'm asleep), the heart rate monitor less so but still mostly on point (I think it might be extremely dependent on the strap fitting snugly around your wrist but I find the next setting down a bit too tight).

Seve OB

Chain Smoker wrote: »

Fasttech sent it out for me on July 7th and it arrived in California on July 13th. I was pretty f*cking impressed with that!
No clue how much longer the EU would take though.

Unfortunately, my phone's bluetooth is f*cked so I'm gonna have to wait until I get a new phone to fully use this. The pedometer seems pretty on point (racks up f*ck all steps while I'm typing, none when I'm asleep), the heart rate monitor less so but still mostly on point (I think it might be extremely dependent on the strap fitting snugly around your wrist but I find the next setting down a bit too tight).

I'm very f*cking impressed considering today is only the 21st June

On the strap. Is it the same crapy plastic as come on the first one or is it a bit sturdier? I'm getting it for my dad and he has big wrists. Want to get a proper strap for him, but not sure if there is any available for the Mi Band 2. Or is the size the same as the original so would those replacement straps work?

Chain Smoker

Seve OB wrote: »

I'm very f*cking impressed considering today is only the 21st June

On the strap. Is it the same crapy plastic as come on the first one or is it a bit sturdier? I'm getting it for my dad and he has big wrists. Want to get a proper strap for him, but not sure if there is any available for the Mi Band 2. Or is the size the same as the original so would those replacement straps work?

Ah Seve, you're forgetting about the time difference. It's July over here.
I'd say it's the same crappy plastic, looks very similar. Might even be the same straps but I haven't got one so I wouldn't know. Reddit likely has these answers for you.

For the price and with the display, I think it's got the potential to be a great gift for whoever really.

UsedToWait

Chain Smoker wrote: »

Fasttech sent it out for me on July 7th and it arrived in California on July 13th. I was pretty f*cking impressed with that!
No clue how much longer the EU would take though.

Unfortunately, my phone's bluetooth is f*cked so I'm gonna have to wait until I get a new phone to fully use this. The pedometer seems pretty on point (racks up f*ck all steps while I'm typing, none when I'm asleep), the heart rate monitor less so but still mostly on point (I think it might be extremely dependent on the strap fitting snugly around your wrist but I find the next setting down a bit too tight).

Are you comparing this to the previous miband or any other similar device, or is this your first?

Interested to find if they are getting more accurate..

I have the previous miband, and have to say, I would be very dubious about the accuracy of both the pedometer and the sleep monitoring - I think it's vastly over-reading the steps and under-reading the sleep.

Anyone else care to chip in with their experience?

I do love the concept, and might be prepared to spend a bit extra if there's a more accurate device on the market..

Well mine got dispatched over the weekend. I have a Fitbit One for about a year so I plan to wear both and compare the readings. The Fitbit is great but according to the instructions it has to be worn on the waist of my trousers so I wanted something a little easier to read!

n1ck

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Well mine got dispatched over the weekend. I have a Fitbit One for about a year so I plan to wear both and compare the readings. The Fitbit is great but according to the instructions it has to be worn on the waist of my trousers so I wanted something a little easier to read!

Where did you order from?

Chain Smoker

UsedToWait wrote: »

Are you comparing this to the previous miband or any other similar device, or is this your first?

Interested to find if they are getting more accurate..

I have the previous miband, and have to say, I would be very dubious about the accuracy of both the pedometer and the sleep monitoring - I think it's vastly over-reading the steps and under-reading the sleep.

Anyone else care to chip in with their experience?

I do love the concept, and might be prepared to spend a bit extra if there's a more accurate device on the market..

RE: step tracking, https://www.reddit.com/r/miband/comments/4p4w7w/miband_2_vs_1s_steps_tracking_comparison/
So far, for me, it seems pretty damn accurate. The only real issue I've had is a compulsive need to get over 15k steps on it when I'm anywhere near that figure (and daily I get around 12-14 minimum regardless, walk to work and walk home.

I don't think this one has sleep monitoring from the off? I can't check yet though, fairly sure it was covered on reddit. I will be able to give a bloody good gauge of maximum battery life though!

n1ck

n1ck wrote: »

Where did you order from?

Deleted User wrote: »

This is the one I went with in the end. Seller has been trading for two years with 17k of feedback at 99.5%. Was also the seller with the second highest number of orders for the Miband 1S.

Price has gone up in the meantime I'm afraid.

I got my Miband 2 today but I'm having a problem. I synced it with my phone but I notice it's not recording any of my steps. The heart rate feature seemed to work when I held the Miband to my chest. However the pedometer ain't working at all. The time is correct as well but obviously that's not what I bought it for.

Am I missing something obvious or did I get a dud?

LariToper

I've had the same issue with a MiBand 1 and 1S before. I unsynced the band from my phone, paired it with another phone and then back to my phone, on the 1 it worked straight away after that. On the 1S it didnt start tracking steps until a good while after but both are working fine now.

Yeah absolutely everything else seems to be working (call notifications etc) except that the pedometer is stuck at zero. I'll have to try what you said with my brother's phone.

n1ck

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Yeah absolutely everything else seems to be working (call notifications etc) except that the pedometer is stuck at zero. I'll have to try what you said with my brother's phone.

Same thing happened mine - I read you need to fully charge it. Mine is currently charging so will let you know!

Yup it's working now since I fully charged it. Purely by dumb luck as I got fed up of trying to get the pedometer off zero so left it charging and went off to do something else before I went postal.

I've went for a stroll today wearing both the Mi Band 2 and my FitBit One (which cost me €85 from Amazon ES this week last year). Did about 6000 steps and there's only a disrepancy of about 30-40 steps between both devices. This is very acceptable in my opinion. Great device for €34 and I highly recommend it. Pity though it doesn't have the support and community that Fitbit does. For example a desktop website would be great (I have two of the Fitbit BT dongles).

SteM

I also picked up a Mi Band 2 having used a Fitbit Charge for the last 18 months. I went through 3 units in 18 months and the 3rd started falling apart but Fitbit wouldn't replace it so I decided to try the Mi Band 2. I jhad a lazy day yesterday but wore them both side by side all day and there was a big difference in the step count.

The difference in steps was 2500 which seems like a lot to me. Also I noticed this morning that the Fitbit was counting steps as I cycled to work but the Mi Band didn't count these as steps (which is is correct I would think).

Will have to do some more tests over the weekend.

Woah that's a big difference alright. There goes my recommendation!

SteM

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Woah that's a big difference alright. There goes my recommendation!

My gut feeling is that the Mi Band is closer to the actual step count than the Fitbit to be honest. Have to check more.

imitation

Got mine yesterday, it wouldn't sync until it was charged but its working fine now. Its a cool little device. I wish they made more of the heart monitor, like having perodic recordings.

Discodog

imitation wrote: »

Got mine yesterday, it wouldn't sync until it was charged but its working fine now. Its a cool little device. I wish they made more of the heart monitor, like having perodic recordings.

MiBand Notify & Fitness app allows periodic heart recording.

Alanstrainor

SteM wrote: »

I also picked up a Mi Band 2 having used a Fitbit Charge for the last 18 months. I went through 3 units in 18 months and the 3rd started falling apart but Fitbit wouldn't replace it so I decided to try the Mi Band 2. I jhad a lazy day yesterday but wore them both side by side all day and there was a big difference in the step count.

The difference in steps was 2500 which seems like a lot to me. Also I noticed this morning that the Fitbit was counting steps as I cycled to work but the Mi Band didn't count these as steps (which is is correct I would think).

Will have to do some more tests over the weekend.

Were they both worn on the same arm? I'd wonder if one arm using a mouse at a computer or something like that would affect it?

My MiBand 1S counts steps as I cycle, but to be fair, I don't know how it's supposed to tell the difference tbh. My route can be bumpy, so it's expected I guess.

SteM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Were they both worn on the same arm? I'd wonder if one arm using a mouse at a computer or something like that would affect it?

My MiBand 1S counts steps as I cycle, but to be fair, I don't know how it's supposed to tell the difference tbh. My route can be bumpy, so it's expected I guess.

Yes, both on the left wrist. The first day I tested it I was off work so wasn't using a mouse. I've noticed the Fitbit counts a lot more steps when I'm on the bike than the Mi Band 2.

I went a bit crazy the other week and wore a fitbit, Mi Band 2 and a pedometer that my wife has that you hang around your neck. The step count between the Mi Band 2 and pedometer were very close, the fitbit was way off. Makes me think the fitbit might have been over counting all along.

All-in-all I'm very happy with the Mi Band 2 so far.

lassykk

Discodog wrote: »

MiBand Notify & Fitness app allows periodic heart recording.

Doesn't support MiBand 2 though yet

James Bond Junior

Got an email this morning. Miband new model, not sure how good value you this is.

http://m.geekbuying.com/item/Original-Xiaomi-Mi-Band-2-Smart-Bracelet-with-0-42--OLED-Display--Touch-Key-Control--Heart-Rate-Monitor--Sports-Fitness-Tracker--Call-Reminder--IP67-for-Android-iOS---Black-366206.html

Back down to €32 on FastTech again.

Seve OB

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Back down to €32 on FastTech again.

Damn, pulled trigger last week at 38ish:mad:

Chain Smoker

Still haven't had to charge this (so 31 days), battery should definitely last 3 weeks.

Luckycharms_74

My original Mi band broke the other day and only found about the new version so ordered on aliexpress. It was shipped yesterday so I will update when i receive it.
It cost me $45 in total.
I couldn't wait until October for the $23 price from Xiaomi

Seve OB

where did you find out it would be in €23 October? I couldn't figure this out at all.

Mine has been dodgy lately. It flew out of the band the other day at the driving range. I couldn't be arsed to go out in the grass to look for it!

Have ordered a new one for my dad. Was planning on using his strap for mine and getting him a good band. Not sure I'll bother with a new one now!

Chain Smoker

23 is the retail price in china, might never see it that price outside of China.

The bands are definitely not secure, I've accidentally opened it a few times. If you have it on pretty loosely there's a good chance it'd fall off before you'd even realise. you could probably safeguard it with a bit of string but really there's gotta be better straps available?

Seve OB

Chain Smoker wrote: »

23 is the retail price in china, might never see it that price outside of China.

The bands are definitely not secure, I've accidentally opened it a few times. If you have it on pretty loosely there's a good chance it'd fall off before you'd even realise. you could probably safeguard it with a bit of string but really there's gotta be better straps available?

My strap stayed on. It flew out of the strap! the rubber around the edges had worn away, so essentially there was not much holding it in. Can't complain, had it for nearly year and a half

Chain Smoker

ahhhh, right, yeah, I cant imagine these straps lasting a year and a half at all!

Discodog

lassykk wrote: »

Doesn't support MiBand 2 though yet

It does now - just updated

Do-more

13.59 USD for the Mi band 1.1 on Banggood

Seve OB

any decent straps out yet for the mi band 2

selephonic

I have a Mi Band 1s if anyone is interested. Wore it for a couple of days and put it back in the box.

RossieMan

My one is slightly damaged, how much you looking for it?

selephonic

RossieMan wrote: »

My one is slightly damaged, how much you looking for it?

Sent you a PM Rossie

markc1184

Plugged mine in to charge at 8.30 this morning and in the space of 10 hours it had only charged from 5% to 17%. The contacts are clean and I've not had any issues with charging in the past. It is connected to a USB port on an android box, the same as ever. Has anyone had issues like this before or know what could be wrong with it.

SteM

Can't believe the battery life on the Mi Band 2. Charged 21 days ago and it's still at 46%, this thing is amazing compared to the Fitbit Charge!

Snake Plisken

So what's the best place and cheapest to get the Mi Band 2, I have been using the parcelmotel route to buy items but always make sure they are low value that won't incur custom charges and get rejected by Parcelmotel, unless some of the Ali-Express stores will mark it as a low value gift. I know some of the Chinese sellers will have Eu based stores any recommendations on those and do you pay much of a premium, I see some sellers on Amazon.co.uk but they charge to much.
Any recommendations greatly appreciated

Snake Plisken

Snake Plisken wrote: »

So what's the best place and cheapest to get the Mi Band 2, I have been using the parcelmotel route to buy items but always make sure they are low value that won't incur custom charges and get rejected by Parcelmotel, unless some of the Ali-Express stores will mark it as a low value gift. I know some of the Chinese sellers will have Eu based stores any recommendations on those and do you pay much of a premium, I see some sellers on Amazon.co.uk but they charge to much.
Any recommendations greatly appreciated

This was my recommendation (actually the user Chain_Smoker posted it first):

Deleted User wrote: »

Back down to €32 on FastTech again.

Maybe things have changed in the interim.

Seve OB

Deleted User wrote: »

This was my recommendation (actually the user Chain_Smoker posted it first):



Maybe things have changed in the interim.

That's where I went. Got it the other day. Can't remember when I ordered, maybe 3 weeks? Think I posted here when I pulled the trigger
Free delivery to Ireland so no need to use parcel motel

Seve OB

Seve OB wrote: »

Free delivery to Ireland so no need to use parcel motel

Apparently stuff arrives much quicker from China if you use the Parcel Motel address. If you're in a hurry for it using the PM address can cut the waiting time by half.

tigershould

Received mine today, 4 weeks exactly. I wanted mainly for the clock (the 1s annoyed the hell out of me having something on my wrist that didn't tell time). Super impressed so far. Love that I can check pulse by just tapping my wristband three times. I always found the sleep decent and not overly bothered about accuracy of steps. Call/SMS/twitter/facebook/whatsapp notifications with iPhone is great too.

tigershould

Got mine for €31 from this seller...

http://m.aliexpress.com/item/32675061860.html

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Hi All

Ordered the Mi Band 2 from ALiexpress, it arrived in Dublin on Monday, should it be taking this long to get to me !

V1llianous

Deleted User wrote: »

Apparently stuff arrives much quicker from China if you use the Parcel Motel address. If you're in a hurry for it using the PM address can cut the waiting time by half.

Or Parcel Wizard.

Snake Plisken

Thanks folks for recommendations, anyone get hit with custom charges or did sellers mark it down in value for customs?