OVERVIEW: Smart Shoes - Smart shoes by Xiaomi and Li-Ning

I did not go running, but I think running shoes very convenient option for active movement. When planning the purchase of shoes, I first looked in the direction of Nike and Adidas original products, but then wondered: maybe try something out of the Li-Ning?

For reference: Li-Ning is one of China's largest companies producing sports shoes for the domestic market, which, as is known, is famous enough high quality. This company produces shoes for the Olympic teams of China. On her account has joint development with Xiaomi - Smart shoes Smart Shoes.

This model is produced in two ways: closed and open (the part tightened shoe mesh). The first is the order 100 dollarsSecond - about $ 50. For good running shoes is not money. Due to the nature of their work in the wet and cold weather, I immediately turn into a massive army footwear (wet feet is not terrible, but the titanium shavings in a pool of catch - pleasant enough). Therefore, it is my choice fell on lightweight Smart Shoes. About them today and will be discussed.

Appearance and equipment

Shoes come in a box made of recycled cardboard. Packaging is simple, as any budget segment shoes. However, the appearance, materials and execution do not allow to carry this product Li-Ning in the budget category. Sneakers fully synthetic, but pretty neat. It does not smell.

The sole is made of a special foam. It is molded in the factory and has a monolithic structure. Protector lets not slip even on wet tiles.

In the area of ​​the nose - the mesh material. It's pretty durable - for a couple of seasons, enough even actively runners. In addition to shoes feet very comfortable. Foam soles and good springs makes it possible not to feel small surface irregularities. Grid helps the feet to breathe.

Except for the shoes, packaging is another box. It hides a clever component of sneakers. This small plastic part with a QR-code and logo hidden chip and module Bluetooth 4.0 to communicate with devices running Android 4.0 and higher, and iOS 7 and above. There is also a battery, which according to the manufacturer, will be enough for one year of use, or 800 kilometers.

How do smart shoes

Pretty simple. Take a right shoe, remove the insole - where you can find a small recess in which the chip is placed. And then you need to configure the connection of the chip with a smartphone.

To do this, you need to install Mi Fit app, but certain versions older than 1.5 is desirable, but under 2.0. Language does not matter, and translated, in the original version of the application for the Mi Band is supposed to bunch all three devices - bracelet, intelligent scales Xiaomi Mi Smart Scale and Li-Ning Smart Shoes. Unfortunately, the official app from the Google Play works in Russia at the moment only the bracelet, so to use Smart Shoes need to be downloaded from the notorious resource Russified version application.

It now remains to turn on Bluetooth and synchronize the chip with your smartphone by scanning a barcode depicted on it through Mi Fit. After we put up the logo of the chip in an indentation in the sole of the right shoe, put on shoes and calibrate. To do this, stand still for five minutes.

Smart Shoes sneakers are able to measure the amount and frequency of steps, distance, speed and calories burnt. For accuracy of counting the first time you run the application, enter their biometric data: height, weight, gender, age. Also, you must first specify its purpose, for example to pass a certain number of steps per day, to lose weight or gain weight to a specific mark.

Should wear sneakers, they immediately begin to track the activity. The data is transmitted in an application that remembers how much was made of steps, for some distance, and it was completed, taking into account the type of activity (running or walking). Synchronization can be performed at any time, the chip in the sneaker store all the necessary information as long as necessary.

By the way, running can be activated deliberately (useful for those who walk fast enough - in my case, an essential function). Pressing the button starts the corresponding application on the smart phone and GPS starts calculating trajectory, distance, speed, and frequency steps. In case of exceeding the norm voice trainer is included, however, in Chinese. If necessary, you can pause.

When GPS is off normally the measurement error is about 5%, as in the popular fitness tracker company Xiaomi.

Output

Smart Shoes - good buy even for those who do not like to run around and did not see any benefit in these gadgets. High-quality shoes for $ 50 does not occur very often. And if we add to this its motivating function to get a good buy for the summer. By the way, there men's and women's options, as well as many colors.

If you are considering the purchase of smart shoes, the cheap Smart Shoes Shoes by Li-Ning and Xiaomi will determine whether it is necessary specifically to you. And I will continue to wear them and make a couple more for the next season.