Huawei Band 3 Pro All-in-One Fitness Activity Tracker, 5ATM Water Resistance for Swim, 24/7 Heart Rate Monitor, Built-in GPS, Multi-Sports Mode, Sleep Tracking, Blue, One Size

First, a little about me. While I do workout (lift weights 2x per week, do light yoga 5x per week, and do HIIT 2x per week), I have zero interest in wearing a device that tracks the intense details of all that. I have a habit tracker to track that I did aforementioned activities, but other than that, I can feel if I am getting a workout or not. I'm all set. And as for having a device on my wrist that tells me that the phone in my pants just received a text...I mean...come on! Frikkin useless. I don't get the "need" for all that redundancy. However, what really intrigues me about a health band is it's ability to track sleep in vivid technicolor detail....that's it....deep, light, and rem sleep...that's all I care about. I must admit that tracking steps is intriguing, having a device that is waterproof (cuz ya never know), being able to have the band also serve as a watch with date and time, being able to enter and track your weight, and I also do appreciate the reminder to get up off my ass if I have been sitting on it for over an hour...all good...but it's the detailed sleep tracking that hits the sweet spot for me. So all i want is something that works reliably, is comfy to wear, reasonably accurate, and has actual world-class customer support. And the Huawei crushed it on all of those levels. The sleep tracking was accurate and detailed. The app is very user-friendly and well-designed. All I do is keep the heart monitoring on and all the other features off (i.e. text notifications)...i mean who wants bluetooth on all day....i then wear the watch while I sleep and the next morning I click on the bluetooth thing, and in a matter of minutes, it syncs with my phone and sends all the sleep data to the app for detailed viewing. Beautiful. The accuracy was solid. I mean who knows...it's not EEG electrodes, but as an alternative to a sleep lab with guys in white coats watching you, it's the next best thing. And for around $50, you can't beat the value...The fitbit is all good but you are looking at $150 and much less battery strength. I would say that you need to make sure the band is reasonably tight....i'm a loose fit kind of guy, and it is clear that there were some wacky heart rate readings, but once i tightened up the band a notch, all was well. A little more background...before i bought the huawei band 3 pro, i bought the ouraring....first off, the oura is $300 ($250 with an easily found online coupon if you bother to search), and it took several months to ship. so there's that. now when i got the ring, it was awesome...tracked my sleep like a champ...but then, after only a week, for some frikkin reason, it stopped syncing with my phone...the bluetooth went all whack on me....so i went to the site to find out how to get tech support...well guess what...there is no tech support. no phone you can call...so i sent an email into the void and several weeks later (not 24hrs) i got a reply from olga...she was very friendly and all, but she had nothing to add other than the standard reboot garbage that 99% of all tech support relies on...so i just sent it back for a refund minus shipping charges of course...oura makes a great product (when it works), but when you charge $300 and have garbage for tech support infrastructure and you take months to ship your product...i don't know....office skills do matter...they really do..and huawei has better office skills. Also, when i bought the product, i had some issues figuring out how to get it started, so i called tech support, and got a professional knowledgeable dude who walked me through the process in a matter of minutes....he also took down my contact info (smart...now they can work on making me a loyal customer with a high lifetime value...as a marketer, i respect that)...without a doubt, if you are into sleep tracking, this is the best game in town.

My main reason for buying this watch was for tracking my lap swims, and it seems to be the best deal for under $70: a watch with a color display, not too bulky, can differentiate between types of strokes, and it can also track your steps, other workouts, and sleep time. In the end, it's not a surprise that you get what you pay for. I noticed at first that the touchscreen doesn't work well when my hands are wet. Which is pretty much all the time when I'm swimming. It's aggravating to wrestle with turning off the tracker for 20-40 seconds after each recording. The "Indoor Pool" option under Workouts is also quite low on the list, so to scroll down to it with wet hands (without accidentally selecting another type of workout first) sometimes takes a minute. Now that I've had the watch for almost two years, it also erased 3 of my last 4 recordings of lap swim data. Maybe it's time for a more expensive watch.In good news, the watch has been great at detecting the type of stroke. If I do different types of strokes during one recording, it will call it "medley," and not split up how many I did of each stroke. Thus, I turn the tracker off after each type and start a new recording (and that means there is an added 20-40 seconds for each recording when I'm fiddling with turning it off). The number of laps is usually accurate within +/- 1 lap (better if I consistently do flip turns during freestyle, no flip turns necessary for backstroke).There is a small plastic part that connects the band to the watch fact that loosened and kept falling out in the first few months; I was able to find a replacement part for cheap online. This replacement part is also currently broken, but it's stayed in place for the last year and a half. The strap comes out of the strap keeper often, which is really annoying when I can feel the strap flapping around in my sleep or mid-swim, creating some drag. Other than that, the fit is fine, and I like the color and feel of the watch. I like the analog display and the "Raise wrist to wake screen" option. I'm also glad I was able to find the Do Not Disturb feature to turn off the display at night--for a bit, the bright light of the display would wake me up sometimes in the middle of the night!I have enjoyed the sleep tracker and step counter. I have never had another type of tracking watch, so I don't have anything to compare this to. I can't speak to the accuracy of the step counter over long distances, but in short-distance tests (~50-100 steps), the number seems to go up accordingly. It's a little strange that the phone app seems to consistently report ~150 steps more than the watch does at any given moment. The sleep tracker also seems about accurate, in terms of when I am asleep vs. awake, but I'm doubtful about the watch detecting when I am really in deep vs. light sleep.The Huawei Health app works fine, but I use it only minimally. Its ads and extra features are mostly in Chinese. Huawei Health does not allow data syncing with Strava or other American apps, which is a major disappointment for me. Their help page says they're working on it. Otherwise, I am a little wary of giving Huawei (a Chinese company) too much of my data, so I barely use the app except to see details about my swims.