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The editors liked
The screen is big and easy to read. The watch is good-looking and understated. Not a single person stared at it or asked me about it while I was wearing it
And I'd call that a win for an activity-tracker. It's also more comfortable
And far more accurate
Elegant design with great fitness tracking and notifications in one product
Continuous heart rate data from the wrist
Including during exercise
Waterproof can be worn 24/7 including in the shower
Slimmed down profile
Automatic sleep detection the most advanced sleep tracking among fitness trackers (REM cycles
Etc)
BodyIQ fe
The Basis Peak is a fitness-focused waterproof smartwatch that runs for days on a single battery charge. It passively measures heart-rate and steps
With little need for intervention from the user
Comfortable
Attractive design
Tracks sleep
Comprehensive data
Built-in heart rate monitor
Seriously good heart-rate tracking—on a wristband
No less
Industry-best sleep tracking for a wrist wearable
Slick industrial design
Good battery life
And it's comfortable
Automatically tracks exercise sessions and sleep
No button presses required
Seriously good heartrate tracking—on a wristband
Industrybest sleep tracking for a wrist wearable
No button presses required.
Fully automated activity detection. Excellent Web app. Includes heart rate and skin temperature readings. Supports some smartwatch functionality. Waterproof. Good display. Comfortable. Swappable band. Waterproof to 50 meters.
Minimal interaction
Indestructible design
Realtime heart rate tracking
Comfortable strap
Can automatically detect when you're exercising or sleeping
Continuous heart rate monitoring
Long battery life
Comfortable to wear
Interchangeable band
The editors didn't like
I really wish you could use it like a heart rate strap for running apps like Runtastic. You have to wear the watch fairly snugly
And if you don't remember to clean it or give your wrist a break
You can get a rash. Or at least I can. No smartphone notifi
Changeable watch faces
Weather app and music controls
No alarm functions
No food logging or weight logging
Battery life a touch on the short side (4 days)
Can't manually edit entries that Body IQ incorrectly estimates (like the exact start and end times of an activity or sleep period)
Its swipe-based interface is almost too smart for its own good. Many promised features won't be available until future firmware updates. The watch isn't very attractive or stylish
And its mobile app design is far behind competitors like Jawbone
Not all features available at launch
Doesn't track distance
Smartwatch-style notifications can't come soon enough
Infrequent but still very real heart-rate dropouts are annoying
Smartwatchstyle notifications can't come soon enough
Infrequent but still very real heartrate dropouts are annoying
It all makes for a very curious wearable. For true fitness fanatics, the Basis Peak is unlikely to hit the spot. The inability to export data to other apps or record GPS-tracked rides and runs – not to mention the lack of any speed, pace or distance inf...
Abstract: This February, the Basis Peak got a new ability to display smartwatch notifications in a new firmware update. Does that make it a great smartwatch too? Ehhh… not so much. I just spent the last couple weeks trying it out, and here are my findings.Generally...
Big design improvements, Comfortable band, Easy set-up
No heart rate band compatibility, Notifications are poor, Slightly expensive
Yeah, if you want an activity monitor, and you want it now. At $US200, it's coming in on the higher end, but it's simply more capable and more accurate than any of the other activity trackers I've used to date. It gives you more data and helps you come up...
Great looking new design, Much more thought out smartphone app, More features coming down the pipe
Comparatively short battery life, Buggy app updates, Heart rate monitor drops out randomly
Sorry Windows Phone 8.1 users, you'll need a Fitbit activity tracker if you're looking for support for your Lumia device (or those small few with an HTC One M8 for Windows). However all iPhones running back to the iPhone 4S are supported, as is the fifth ...
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Published: 2014-11-06, Author: Scott , review by: cnet.com.au
The Basis Peak is a fitness-focused waterproof smartwatch that runs for days on a single battery charge. It passively measures heart-rate and steps, with little need for intervention from the user
Its swipe-based interface is almost too smart for its own good. Many promised features won't be available until future firmware updates. The watch isn't very attractive or stylish, and its mobile app design is far behind competitors like Jawbone
Despite some smart features, the Basis Peak is a fitness watch that's impressively automatic but too limited and unfinished to feel like a truly great product....
Abstract: The Basis Peak, the latest activity tracker from the Intel-owned company, is aiming to be your fitness tracker of choice, packing in heart rate monitoring, a pedometer, sleep tracking and smart notifications from your phone, but can it stand out in an alr...
Suffice to say, it all goes together to make for a very curious wearable. And for true fitness fanatics, the Basis Peak is unlikely to hit the spot. The inability to export data to other apps or record GPS-tracked rides and runs – not to mention the compl...
Overall, we think that the Basis Peak is a great fitness and sleep tracker. The amount of data it processes provides you with a holistic overview of your fitness and sleeping habits. The accuracy of the tracker itself is great – we tried to fool it into t...
Published: 2015-02-20, Author: James , review by: wareable.com
Super accurate, Decent notifications, Tonnes of sensors
Information overload, Hard to learn anything useful, Syncing nightmare,
We really wanted to love the Basis Peak, and as a general activity tracker and sports watch it's one of the most powerful and accurate out there. However, despite its power in the gym or on the road, when you return from your workouts, its usefulness plum...
At the heart of all activities of daily living trackers lies a few principles. This kind of device is meant a constant, day and night wear and therefore need to be comfortable, functional, reliable and attractive. At Basis Peak problem unless the latter...
