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amazon Withings Steel HR Sport reviews
Design
Inheriting the design from the Steel HR, this new hybrid smartwatch version still shows you something true to its “Sport” name. Steel HR Sport’s wire design has been changed with holes for better ventilation. In addition, the face is also highlighted a bit with details highlighted in red. For example, the target hand on the second display and the small red dots on the hour-hand edge, and the red dot at 12 o’clock.
I quite appreciate this design because it does not lose the elegance of the watch but still has a slightly more youthful accent. The dark gray border also does not make it too “serious” but has more dynamic features, especially the white face version.
The design of the Withings Steel HR Sport is exactly what everyone would expect from a modern smartwatch: compact, attractive, and light on the wrist. With these advantages, Steel HR Sport is still the optimal candidate if you want to use a smartwatch to track sleep and exercise.
The slight minus point on the design of the Withings Steel HR Sport is that it is thick, so it is easy to collide. Especially the glass part of the watch is convex, so you can’t stick the protective tempered glass.
Sports and health features
You may notice on the Steel HR Sport watch face that there are 2 more small circles. The black screen above is where you can see the time, current heart rate, steps taken, calories burned, battery life, notifications (on/off), and alarms (on/off). You can change the settings of these elements in the Health Mate app – similar to the Withings Steel HR.
Talking about the ability to notify messages, Withings Steel HR Sport works very well. Steel HR Sport receives text/call notifications almost instantly while other latest smartwatch/fitness trackers like Ticwatch C2 or Fitbit Charge 3 have a delay of 1.2 seconds later.
The features of the Steel HR Sport are still similar to the Withings Steel HR model, but with the addition of a Fitness Level measurement feature and some subjects such as boxing, skiing, football, etc. To see VO2 Max and Fitness level, you need must run for at least 10 minutes, then click on the subject data view, and scroll down to see the display of VO2 max.
To use the sports measurement feature, simply press down on the physical button on the side for about 1 second. By default, the sports displayed on the watch are running, walking, cycling, swimming, and “other”. To choose other subjects, you just need to go to the customized Health Mate app.
Withings Steel HR Sport is enhanced to support heart rate monitoring, sleep, and more than 30 sports on the watch. However, the measurements on the Withings Steel HR Sport are still not too detailed. The watch’s sleep tracking feature only measures 3 stages: “light sleep”, “deep sleep” and “wake”.
The accuracy of the watch has been improved over the previous Steel HR model. Swinging and driving the car can hardly fool its pedometer sensor. Of course, there may be a slight deviation, but it is still within an acceptable range. However, I noticed that the Steel HR Sport can still count steps even if it hasn’t gotten out of bed in the morning.
Battery life
Withings Steel HR Sport’s battery life can last up to 25 days. However, this depends on whether you receive a lot of messages/notifications and whether or not you have enabled the small digital screen on a lot. For example, when Biareview receives a few messages, it takes about 25 days for 1 charge. While receiving too many messages with sports measurement, it can be faster, about 2-3 weeks.
Of course, battery life like this is already outstanding. There is nothing to criticize about this item on Steel HR Sport anymore.
Bonus point:
Compact, lightweight, and elegant design
Receive good messages
Neutral color, easy to change the strap to your liking
Water-resistant 50m
Minus point:
Not the perfect smartwatch
Limited customization
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