Nike Sports Bracelet

The era of fitness bracelets is far from sunset. A healthy lifestyle is now in trend, as are all accessories that facilitate its maintenance. One of the fitness bracelets are Nike + FuelBand and his sequel FuelBand SEthat track user movement throughout the day.

This device is worn on the hand and using the built-in accelerometer records the number of steps completed.

More expensive models can track the phases of sleep and distinguish between deep and superficial, after which they awaken the user with vibration at the optimum moment for his biorhythms. All bracelets are connected to the smartphone wirelessly and synchronized with the application. The application is a fitness diary, where all the data from the device.

"Nike + FuelBand" made of durable and very lightweight material - silicone, which is not felt on the hand.

The clasp is designed in such a way that it cannot accidentally unfasten. In addition, it is also a USB connector for charging.

This does not mean that you can swim with him in the pool, but it is quite possible to take a shower. We should also say that the sea water device does not accept. Do not wear it immediately after leaving the sea, let your hand dry.

The bracelet is available in three sizes (small (S), medium (M) and large (L)), while it has two additional removable phalanges for more accurate size adjustment.

On the case is located LED display with information about the date and time in 12-hour or 24-hour format, control of battery and memory, calories burned and the number of steps taken. Depending on the settings, it can show how much you have left to reach the goal and notify you with a sound signal when the goal is reached.

Battery capacity is sufficient for a week of daily use. Full charge is achieved within 40 minutes.

Before first use bracelet "Nike + FuelBand" need to fully charge. By the time it takes about two hours. If this is not done, the device simply will not turn on.

After charging, the bracelet is “calibrated” to the needs of a specific user. This is done using the application on the smartphone, but you will have to either register or activate an existing account on Nike +.

After connecting, you need to enter your own parameters: height, weight, age and gender, and also indicate which hand the bracelet will be wearing. In some miraculous way, this information affects the location of the screen - it will always be turned to your face.

All information about daily activity is recorded on the device’s internal memory. At the end of the day, you connect it to a PC or synchronize it with an Apple phone, data is transferred to the account, and the memory is automatically cleared.

Despite the fact that the data on the bracelet and account are synchronized, you can reset the bracelet settings and save them in your account. If you simply untie the bracelet from your account, then the data on the bracelet is saved.

All daily activity in steps is converted to points. NikeFuel. These points are displayed in the app. The translation process itself is interesting: first, the steps are converted into points, then the points, taking into account your main parameters (gender, height, weight, age), are converted into spent calories.

It is believed that the standard energy consumption per day is 2000 points, if you scored 3000, then you led a fairly active life, and if 5000 - then it was super active.If you prefer to train in the gym, then it is best to choose cardio on the steppe, because while walking, the hands are best involved, which gives a real idea of ​​the movement. For one football match, a playing man is able to score from 2,000 to 3,000 points.

Each day is divided into 20 segments, regardless of the selected goal. In the morning a red lamp is on the bracelet, which means the beginning of activity. If the goal is reached by the end of the day, the lamp is green.

Pros:

• You can choose the size of the bracelet before purchasing it by printing a file from the site, where the bracelet is depicted in real size and the dotted line indicates the boundaries by which to cut the hole. An important addition can be considered that the bracelet of any size has additional removable sections - just in case;
• you can not bother with counting steps and calories, turn off all indicators, leaving only points. By him and track activity;
• The bracelet is synchronized with one account. This means that the data of other users who have put on your bracelet will not get into your account. True, before you give the device to vilify a friend, you will have to untie it from your profile;
• There is airplane mode that disables all wireless activity of the bracelet if you board the plane;
• The brightness of the display depends on the brightness of the light — the brighter the day, the brighter the display.

Minuses:

• Bracelet tracks activity only with the help of your hands. That is, if you ride a bike, but your hands are still, then the activity is not recorded in your diary. This is a huge minus;
• the bracelet does not understand, you are working with your weight or with the burdening. It is impossible to set this parameter in the settings, so everything is the same for him: do you run just like that or in full soldier’s display;
• Silicone case attracts dust to itself, every villus and thread is visible on it;
• does not sync with phones on non-iOS operating systems.

After the pilot model of the fitness device, the second model "Nike FuelBand SE" was released. It is made of silicone, similar to the first version, but has some functional differences:

• The bracelet gives the user a signal if he has stayed in one place without moving for a long time. In fact, it is a controversial function, because, in sedentary work, one way or another will have to be in one place, and the signal will often be annoying. But on the other hand, after an hour of stillness, a warm-up is required for 5 minutes;
• the bracelet itself can recognize the type of activity. Now you will not spend it, giving out household actions in the form of mopping or working with a vacuum cleaner for jogging or fitness training. He sees the difference and has a different number of points;
• the time can now be displayed on the screen without flipping through the menu, but simply by pressing the button twice;
• You can choose to fill the display with labels of various functions;
• availability of a new function Nike + Sessionswhich allows you to record the time spent by the user in the gym. In each session, points are accrued every minute.

Additionally, this model has a battery of increased capacity, more accurate sensors for determining the position of a person in space.

Externally, the sports bracelet also differs from the first model. Inside there is a color insert: pink, red, silver, crimson and yellow. And of course, the classic strict black version. True, the insert is located strangely, it is not visible when the bracelet is worn on the arm, but still such a variety is nice.

Fitness Bracelet Review Nike FuelBand SE See the video below.

Unfortunately, neither the first nor the second model is equipped with a sleep tracking function, as well as their direct competitor from Jawbone. But the manufacturer got out and invited users to track sleep through the very function of the session in the application. Just how to be one who does not have iphone and synchronized with the application via PC, it is not clear.

Well, it is still not very pleasant that the proprietary application does not have a Russian-language interface.On the one hand, everyone has a basic knowledge of English, but on the other hand, it can be difficult to understand the points scoring system and the specific functional settings.

Fitness bracelets Nike relate to the high price segment. The estimated cost of these devices in our market is from 15,000 to 18,000 rubles. Pretty expensive toy with limited functionality. Such money can be paid for a bracelet with the function of a “smart” alarm clock, which tracks activity not only when waving hands, but also when riding a bicycle.