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Bluetooth Fitness Band €13.90 Delivered

AlanS181824 · 2014-12-25 12:18:58

First off a very Merry Christmas to everyone on BA! I found something I think is interesting, it's a Bluetooth smart fitness band device. I'm interested in it for step tracking but it seems to be able to notify you about incoming calls, probably other notifications too and can act as an alarm clock. Not sure about the…

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#392 25-05-2015 1:57pm
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Pizarro wrote: »

Can you pair it with another phone and update the firmware? Are you using the official app or the modified version? Have you tried a 3rd party app like gilderun?

Gliderun?

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#393 25-05-2015 2:02pm
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Falcon L wrote: »

Gliderun?

Yeah gliderun, sorry. I haven't tried it myself. I've only read about it on reddit.

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#394 25-05-2015 2:13pm
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Pizarro wrote: »

Yeah gliderun, sorry. I haven't tried it myself. I've only read about it on reddit.

Just tried Gliderun there. It sees the band, but won't connect to it. It says 'connecting' then just goes back to 'disconnected'.

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#395 25-05-2015 2:17pm
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Bluetooth causes tumors, I wouldnt advise it being used for any health/fitness matter.

Ahahahahahaha. Are you performing all week?

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#396 25-05-2015 2:25pm
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So Gliderun yea... off to look at that now myself

what are the names of any of the other modded apps?

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#397 25-05-2015 2:29pm
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Seve OB wrote: »

So Gliderun yea... off to look at that now myself

what are the names of any of the other modded apps?

http://en.miui.com/thread-53761-1-1.html

This is the only one I know of. It improves notifications and translations as far as I know. As I said above, mine hasn't arrived yet but I've been doing my research.

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#398 25-05-2015 3:13pm
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Mine landed in the post this afternoon after ordering just over 3 weeks ago. Good going. Now the fun will begin this evening when I learn how to set it up with my iphone.

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#399 25-05-2015 3:48pm
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Sunny Dayz wrote: »

Mine landed in the post this afternoon after ordering just over 3 weeks ago. Good going. Now the fun will begin this evening when I learn how to set it up with my iphone.

Did you get tracking on your delivery? I ordered mine on the 15th and it says they're in the country since Friday. Just wondering how accurate their shipping info is.

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#400 25-05-2015 4:32pm
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Did you get tracking on your delivery? I ordered mine on the 15th and it says they're in the country since Friday. Just wondering how accurate their shipping info is.

Nope didn't bother with tracking. I figured if I got it all well and good. The postmark said Sweden though, it puzzled me at first til I saw the Chinese writing in the address box.

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#401 25-05-2015 11:06pm
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Pizarro wrote: »

Did you get tracking on your delivery? I ordered mine on the 15th and it says they're in the country since Friday. Just wondering how accurate their shipping info is.

Mine is the same, says it arrived in ireland on friday lunchtime so im assuming we'll get it sometime this week

EDIT: just checked and mine has been checked in the dublin sorting office as of this morning so i'll def have it this week now

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#402 26-05-2015 8:55am
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krustydoyle wrote: »

Mine is the same, says it arrived in ireland on friday lunchtime so im assuming we'll get it sometime this week

EDIT: just checked and mine has been checked in the dublin sorting office as of this morning so i'll def have it this week now

That's good to hear. Mine says it's still in the country of destination. Hoping I'll get an update today.

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#403 26-05-2015 11:41am
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wonder when the MI BAND 2 is out heard rumors of it online,

Had the original but stupidly lost it after a week of use, really liked it but thinking of holding off getting another till next model is released. rumors of it having a screen.

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#404 26-05-2015 12:44pm
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Pizarro wrote: »

That's good to hear. Mine says it's still in the country of destination. Hoping I'll get an update today.

Got mine this morning in the post.. Gonna set it up shortly.

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#405 26-05-2015 1:20pm
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krustydoyle wrote: »

Got mine this morning in the post.. Gonna set it up shortly.

Cool, let me know how it goes. Still no update on mine. The lads in customs must be trying it out!

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#406 26-05-2015 3:01pm
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Ive had mine a few days , well impressed.
Firstly it has a great build quality , not cheap or plasticky in anyways, also well packaged.
Been out running and set usual GPS app on phone , band matched it so very accurate.
Sleep also seems exact.
Wearing in the shower so waterproof etc
Im well impressed and so glad i didnt fork out much more on fitbit etc

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#407 26-05-2015 4:00pm
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hawkwind23 wrote: »

Im well impressed and so glad i didnt fork out much more on fitbit etc

I had a Fitbit before and this has more features and is more reliable at a fraction of the price. Great device. Like that it can vibrate when I get a call on my iPhone as I like to keep it on silent most of the time. I'd love to get the Mi weighing scales to go with it.

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#408 26-05-2015 4:22pm
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http://www.gearbest.com/home-gadgets/pp_168281.html

anyone trust this site?
good price at £22

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#409 26-05-2015 4:24pm
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You're a brave man:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057399212

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#410 26-05-2015 4:28pm
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reason i ask is that i know nothing about the site?
I found it from the original post on this thread.
I dont care if anyone is "shilling" , couldnt care less , what i would like to know is are they legit , if i pay for this , will i receive it.

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#411 26-05-2015 4:38pm
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I've bought loads of them and it's always came.

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#412 26-05-2015 4:45pm
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You're a brave man:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057399212

i read that and while i understand the principle.... and totally agree with what Dav has said.....I'm missing something... why signal out this particular site? who has the vested interest here?

i too followed the original post and made my mi-band purchase here, and would have no problem recommending them, but i certainly have no vested interest

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#413 26-05-2015 4:47pm
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Seve OB wrote: »

i read that and while i understand the principle.... and totally agree with what Dav has said.....I'm missing something... why signal out this particular site? who has the vested interest here?

i too followed the original post and made my mi-band purchase here, and would have no problem recommending them, but i certainly have no vested interest

They were paying guys to post up their "bargains" here.

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#414 26-05-2015 4:52pm
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Lucas Hood wrote: »

They were paying guys to post up their "bargains" here.

ah ok. in that case......

surely hawkwind has nothing to worry about so as he was only asking if they are genuine and reliable

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#415 26-05-2015 4:55pm
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hawkwind23 wrote: »

http://www.gearbest.com/home-gadgets/pp_168281.html

anyone trust this site?
good price at £22

What's the share a sale thing all about when I click that link?

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#416 26-05-2015 5:09pm
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Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

What's the share a sale thing all about when I click that link?

Thats a referral coming from Boards.ie afaik.

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#417 26-05-2015 5:11pm
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oleras wrote: »

Thats a referral coming from Boards.ie afaik.

Ah part of the new advertising thing, skimlinks and adroll or something are their ones though aren't they? Don't understand it enough to know myself.

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#418 26-05-2015 10:25pm
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Seve OB wrote: »

ah ok. in that case......

surely hawkwind has nothing to worry about so as he was only asking if they are genuine and reliable

So where do people recommend that prospective buyers should purchase this from, I too went to gearbest from the first page - run with it anyway as it seems as though people have been getting the product or what's the best alternative?

I see them on Amazon - look okay from there?

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#419 27-05-2015 9:15am
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I've bought from Banggood, DX and ibuygou. Take your pick.

If buying from DX make sure it has original in description.

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#420 27-05-2015 9:40am
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Just bought one from amazon since I have fast delivery with prime. came to about 20 euro. Looking forward to trying it out. The mother has a fitbit one so will compare the two when I get mine in a day or so.

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#421 27-05-2015 10:52am
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I bought mine through OPs gearbest link. Came to €18 and change with a tracking number. I had it delivered to my workplace and got an email to pick it up yesterday evening. Delivery time was 10 days but I got no further tracking information once the package arrived in Ireland.

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