Withings Activite Steel Smartwatch €100

ahlookit

Withings Activite Steel smartwatch on sale for €100 now with promo code HELLOSTEEL.

It offers activity and sleep monitoring rather than notifications from your phone

This is €150 in Currys at the moment and £140 on amazon.co.uk

You can also choose a free extra strap and free postage

Link here

http://www.withings.com/eu/en/products/activite-steel

and some reviews here:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/withings-activite-steel-review
http://www.wareable.com/withings/withings-activite-steel-review

rowdy_rr

Smarter watch...not a smart watch but great for the price !!

rowdy_rr

How to get free extra strap ?

Oafley Jones

I've had one since they were first released. It's great. It's basically a discreet activity tracker in a watch that doesn't need charging every fecking night. They say the battery lasts 8 months, I'm slightly past that already and there's no sign of it needing changing.

ahlookit

rowdy_rr wrote: »

How to get free extra strap ?

if you go through the order process it asks you to pick another strap. It says they cost €30, but when you apply the offer code it knocks the total price down to €100

caviardreams

Am I right that you don't need to have bluetooth on all the time with this - just when you want to sync it every 36 hours? So it should not have a negative effect on your phone's battery right?

Looks nice.

TitianGerm

I can't seem to add the black face watch to the basket.

It keeps adding a white face instead.

Is this happening to anyone else?

Rega

emmetkenny wrote: »

I can't seem to add the black face watch to the basket.

It keeps adding a white face instead.

Is this happening to anyone else?

It worked fine for me just now

Oafley Jones

caviardreams wrote: »

Am I right that you don't need to have bluetooth on all the time with this - just when you want to sync it every 36 hours? So it should not have a negative effect on your phone's battery right?

Looks nice.

Correct, just open the app and hit sync. The watch can store five days worth of data, so you don't even have to sync it every day.

Charlie19

Great Price.

Still no confirmation email though.

Dublinstiofán

Charlie19 wrote: »

Great Price.

Still no confirmation email though.

You pay with PayPal?

Charlie19

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

You pay with PayPal?

Yeah PayPal.

Normally get email straight away after a purchase.

Dublinstiofán

Charlie19 wrote: »

Yeah PayPal.

Normally get email straight away after a purchase.

Could be that the transaction didn't go through. The process was unusual in that you log into PayPal but then have to go back to the Withings site to select the shipping method and finalise the order.

Digiby

Thanks OP, this is great deal.

I've had the Activite Pop model since Feb 2015 and I've only put in my second battery replacement a few months ago.
I've gotten about the advertised 8 months battery out of it, maybe a little longer.

The watch automatically syncs to your phone periodically when bluetooth is on, or if you open the Withings Healthmate app it will also do a sync. This is based on my experience with Android. It's quite good as a sleeping tracker and step counter.

I use it frequently for swimming as well, 2 - 3 times a week so it's definitely fine for use in the pool. The swimming tracking isn't the best or most detailed though. You have to be swimming continuously for five minutes before it starts to register and it only tracks time / calorie count for that duration. So it can be spotty if you are doing reps in the pool.

The inner dial can be adjusted within the app to set your own step count target for a day. The default is 10,000. Once you reach it the dial resets back to zero and starts counting the next 10k. But you can lower or raise this target amount as I said to whatever suits you best.

You can set an alarm as well. It doesn't ring but the watch face will start vibrating when it goes off. You can double or triple tap and glass face of the watch to check when the alarm is set for without having to use your phone. the hands will spin to the hour/min for the alarm time and then revert back to the current time.

If you're flying between time zones the watch automatically adjusts to that time zone once your phone picks up the local time.

Zimmerframe

Good deal OP, was about to buy, when I saw its only 36.5mm, a little small for me.

caviardreams

Thanks OP - actually ordered the pink Activite Pop instead as it seems to be good price on amazon at £64?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0141G7MJ0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Looking forward to trying it out!

Oafley Jones

caviardreams wrote: »

Thanks OP - actually ordered the pink Activite Pop instead as it seems to be good price on amazon at £64?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0141G7MJ0/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Looking forward to trying it out!

For the sake of the 30 Euro I'd go for the steel. The pop feels super flimsy to me.

caviardreams

Thanks Oafley - the colour was attracting me tbh

There doesn't seem much between them on paper but I cancelled and will go for the steel instead to be on the safe side:
https://withings.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204437327-What-is-the-difference-between-the-different-Withings-watches-

Wish they did it in pink though

Oafley Jones

caviardreams wrote: »

Thanks Oafley - the colour was attracting me tbh

There doesn't seem much between them on paper but I cancelled and will go for the steel instead to be on the safe side:
https://withings.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204437327-What-is-the-difference-between-the-different-Withings-watches-

Wish they did it in pink though

That's an odd spec sheet because the pop was definitely a plastic case. I actually really wanted the sand coloured one. But it just felt so plasticy and cheap when I got hands on. The original activite isnt surprisingly that much nicer than the steel; even with the lovely leather strap, the sapphire glass and Swiss quartz movement, I think the Steel represents great value over the originals massive premium. Nobodies going to mistake it for a Nomos, but it doesn't feel like a cheap toy either.

caviardreams

Cool, thanks again Oafley. Good to get feedback from somebody who has actually seen it in person!

Mr.Crinklewood

Cheers OP.

I have now saved money by buying something else that I didn't know I needed!!!

ahlookit

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Cheers OP.

I have now saved money by buying something else that I didn't know I needed!!!

Well you spent €100 and saved €100, so they cancel each other out surely? That's the way I justify it to myself anyway...

Cheshire Cat

Thanks OP. Have been deliberating to buy a Fitbit or similar. Glad I have held off so far as this is so much nicer and very good value.
Have ordered one now.

beauf

Digiby wrote: »

Thanks OP, this is great deal.

I've had the Activite Pop model since Feb 2015 and I've only put in my second battery replacement a few months ago.
I've gotten about the advertised 8 months battery out of it, maybe a little longer.

The watch automatically syncs to your phone periodically when bluetooth is on, or if you open the Withings Healthmate app it will also do a sync. This is based on my experience with Android. It's quite good as a sleeping tracker and step counter.

I use it frequently for swimming as well, 2 - 3 times a week so it's definitely fine for use in the pool. The swimming tracking isn't the best or most detailed though. You have to be swimming continuously for five minutes before it starts to register and it only tracks time / calorie count for that duration. So it can be spotty if you are doing reps in the pool.

The inner dial can be adjusted within the app to set your own step count target for a day. The default is 10,000. Once you reach it the dial resets back to zero and starts counting the next 10k. But you can lower or raise this target amount as I said to whatever suits you best.

You can set an alarm as well. It doesn't ring but the watch face will start vibrating when it goes off. You can double or triple tap and glass face of the watch to check when the alarm is set for without having to use your phone. the hands will spin to the hour/min for the alarm time and then revert back to the current time.

If you're flying between time zones the watch automatically adjusts to that time zone once your phone picks up the local time.

Why did you buy this over something like a pebble steel?

I think this withings looks nice but it's a bit lacking in smart functionality. So why did you go for this instead?

Oafley Jones

beauf wrote: »

Why did you buy this over something like a pebble steel?

I think this withings looks nice but it's a bit lacking in smart functionality. So why did you go for this instead?

8 month battery life at a minimum. It's an activity tracker, not a smart watch. I bought mine kind of as a reaction to the Apple Watch I bought my wife last Christmas. I just wanted something that was elegant and did something excellently. I thought the Apple Watch was a mess back then. It's improved quite a lot with watchOS 3, but honestly most of what smart watches do are solutions looking for problems. I've no mass on that.

beauf

Its a tracker not a watch. I get what you mean. I was thinking it was a watch first.

rowdy_rr

I am holding off....will buy gear s2 once gear s3 is launched.... this is a good item but does not replace need of a smart watch !!

HeadWrecked93

Anyone get the code to work today, doesn't work for me

yannakis

rowdy_rr wrote: »

I am holding off....will buy gear s2 once gear s3 is launched.... this is a good item but does not replace need of a smart watch !!

Definitely not a smartwatch indeed, but I think it's a good idea you want "fitbit functions" minus "fitbit show off".

NATLOR

HeadWrecked93 wrote: »

Anyone get the code to work today, doesn't work for me

Just tried it now its not working :mad:

bladespin

Not working for me, anyone see something similar, love the idea of a nice understated looking watch with the capabilities.