Xiaomi Mi Band 2 vs. forgery: whether to pay extra

Xiaomi Mi Band is considered to be a national fitness tracker. He looks cute, a lot can and should adequate amount. In the second generation gadget company has tried to keep the original charm, with the added small screen and correct some of the shortcomings.

It turned out great! Stir again, and where the high level of interest, there is a desire to cash in. As a result, in my hands two boxes: the original Xiaomi Mi Band 2 and fake for 600 rubles. Yes, the Chinese copy of the Chinese, it happens sometimes.

Let us understand whether there is a difference and whether pay nearly four times as the originals.

Packaging equipment

The first thing that catches your eye - different boxes. The original Mi Band 2 lies in a beautiful white box. Top - quality print, all in the best traditions of Apple. Sorry for the comparison, but it is apparent here.

With a fake ceremony is not particularly steel: put in a similar box of yellow cardboard. No logos or markings - probably want to save the intrigue. Or just to save money. By the way, in similar boxes were sold the first generation of Mi Band.

Set in the original and fakes the same: find himself tracker, silicone bracelet and exercises in each box.

Design

At a first glance the original Mi Band 2-counterfeiting not distinguish. But the devil is in the details. Plastic in a cheap fake, a bit thicker glass, touch the button longer, heart rate monitor and a connector for charging different.

But this notice only when compared to the forehead, or is difficult to understand who is who.

By the way, if we talk about the design, the first Mi Band it seems to me more interesting. Yes, there was a comfortable small screen, but the gadget conquered its minimalist appearance. Mi Band 2 is not unlike most nouneymov that swamped AliExpress. He's still a cool, well-made, but do not cling. Anyway, all this vkusovschina, back to the comparison.

Straps in the original and the fake are similar, but exactly as long as will not take in hand. Both silicone, but the original is much softer: you can wear all day without discomfort.

The device is securely attached, so do not lose even during training. The first generation that sinned: tracker could easily lose, especially with the time when the band was losing elasticity.

Forgery is made of some oak rubber, she rubs her hand and unpleasant to the touch. Although the tracker sits in it, too, like a glove.

Clasp at Mi Band 2 is much better than the first version. She no longer sticks out, so she will not be on the table scratching and clawing laptop.

Screen

Chip Mi Band 2 was the screen, which displays the time, steps, distance, heart rate and calories burnt. He was a tiny, black and white, lights, if you touch a touch a button or lift the wrist.

So whether it was needed? Time shows, you can quickly see helpful information. But it is not sure that will withstand a couple of drops on the asphalt. Any questions to how the touch button in the cold or during training. Honestly, there was no time to test, so the owners Mi Band 2, Unsubscribe, please, in the comments.

The same screen is worth and forgery. The size of the working principle and interface are similar. But it is much brighter than the original, though less quality - numbers, and icons in the "ladder".

By the way, that's still not pleasant. Previously Mi Band can be put on any party, but now - just so that the sensor button has been under the screen. The picture does not flip, so the numbers will be upside down.

Capabilities

Mi Band 2 can do everything the same as the majority of fitness trackers on the market. He said steps, calories, heart rate measures, wakes in the morning and buzzing with notifications from your phone. Vibration is quite noticeable - to wake in the morning difficult.

And here's the thing - a fake for 600 rubles can do everything the same. Gadget and wakes, and pulse measure. However, the difference in measurements was decent, so I would not particularly trust the fake.

To conveniently track your activity and sync with your smartphone, you need to put the application. Available for Android and iOS, the latter, incidentally, has already adapted to the iPhone X. Initial setup is quick and easy.

The app builds sleep graph showing your activity throughout the day. simple interface, but tasteful.

With a fake official app Mi Band refused to work. More precisely - it simply did not see. Digging in the instructions, I found out that it is necessary to put the program under the name DayDay Band. To my surprise, it turned out to be quite non-defective. Intuitive interface, localization even better than Xiaomi. Not adapted for iPhone X unless.

Opportunity both trackers were very similar. I was even ready to put an equal sign between them, but there is one drawback of forgery, which negates everything. In gadget disgusting autonomy: barely survives a couple of days, then just shuts down. Without warning. What kind of activity, if the tracker mrot constantly.

In this regard, the original Mi Band 2 with its royal 20 days of work - apart from the competition.

With the result that

Forgery in the furnace. Seriously, Mi Band 2 is not the gadget that is worth saving. It's a great fitness tracker, compact, practical, with more than affordable.

And there faking a fake. It may look very similar, but on closer examination will come out a bunch of stocks, so that the money will be wasted. Remember that the miser pays twice.