OVERVIEW: LifeTrak Brite R450. Everybody get out of the gloom

Probably the best advice a man who chooses to decorate (or equip - the same question) your wrist something brasletopodobnym, is as follows: answer the question, why you need it. Having defined the goals, you can narrow down the search, due to functionality. This may be a pedometer, heart rate monitor and advanced alarm clock.

Today we have on the table a cross between a fitness tracker and smart clock - wrist unit, the fundamental difference from the army like him who still has.

What is this feature? I'm not going to do a theatrical pause and deliberately delay the response: LifeTrak Brite R450 is equipped with a light sensor. Therefore, I believe in the model name, and there is a word Brite, (from the English. bright - «bright"), written for the sake of fashion deliberately in a national. Trackers, bracelets, which can monitor the level of light, while a little, but still they there is. In the Russian market, of what is presented on the web, I came across a The CliMate by Rooti, ​​but rather, it is a portable weather station.

With key feature devaysa all clear. Let's go back to the sensor and its functions a little later, but for now will continue to study hours, which is located on the hand (this is true, Bearing in mind that I do not like to wear a watch and any jewelry because of the feeling of something foreign, present on body).

LifeTrak R450 is able to:

• consider the number of steps taken, calories burned and overcome meters;
• measure the pulse;
• wake the owner at the optimum in terms of the health of time - in a shallow sleep phase, which is determined by the device automatically;
• output on existing bracelet almost trohsantimetrovy notification screen on the smartphone received for missed calls, SMS-messages, calendar events and activities of social networking;

• this final point should be preceded by a drum roll. We are talking about the very distinctive features - light sensors. And you need it, as you probably already guessed, to measure the intensity of light. And as the day, each person required for the normal functioning of the body, and Night, the so-called blue light, has a very detrimental effect on the development of melatonin. However, from time to time a mobile app, which runs the device itself will tell you about it.

So, we briefly walked through the possibilities. Now let's look at them in the case.

What we liked

1. Design. Unlike most similar clock-bracelet, LifeTrak Brite R450 is not rectangular, and have a nice round shape. Pretty big "well" small screen (it too long, that's cool) is made of chrome-plated steel - it looks very good. Glass is also a strong type: a hammer, of course, beating on it is not worth it, but when you take a shower (watering is allowed), you can not fear accidentally damage the bracelet on the tile. There are three buttons on an arrangement resembling a crown chronograph watches for pilots. It's a good design decision. Variants of color execution of three, or rather, almost six, as a bracelet strap can be worn on two sides: black and yellow, pink and white and black and gray (for the most conservative).

2. vibrateThat bracelet tells you about a particular event in your mobile phone. Moderately strong signal, not scared and not annoying. For alarm function, in my humble opinion, it fits just perfectly. Compare the effect of this embodiment of lifting I did that with the usual beep, which is equipped with most of the hours now bygone era. If the signal on old Casio I just did not hear it from LifeTrak R450 a completely different story, as if you gently by the hand shake. In short, really wakes up, guys!

3. Light sensor. About his role I had to tell you. The function is good, makes the bracelet on his arm again vibrate. The signal is accompanied by the inscription notification that appears after it on the screen: GET MORE LIGHT! Say, I woke up, so be kind to bring your sleepy body in an upright position and push the curtains, and even the morning sun does not rejoice.

Closer to the night, according to the settings you have made on your device comes reminder GET LESS LIGHT! It is time to pay off all the lights and screens immerse the room in darkness and sleep. For a week, I gradually became accustomed to this procedure, and that, my friends, a good habit - to live in a mode useful for health. As for the language of all notifications - another story: they are all, alas, in the language of Shakespeare and The Beatles. But bad luck on this later.

As in many other similar devices, there is a good feature: when you sit for a long time and are not very active, you will be prompted to rouse themselves.

4. No need for continuous charging device. This is a relative characteristic, it depends, rather, on the degree of activity of smartphone use, coupled with the bracelet: no sound is heard only vibrations. The battery is, of course, eats. Manufacturer declares stable operation on a single battery type CR2032 for up to three months.

5. Broad functionality. Still Salutron engineers (of the band of the manufacturer) managed to volley of grape-shot and shell together in their offspring a lot of things at once. Though a couple of features, so be sure to like it, and therefore it will be necessary for you.

And yet for LifeTrak Brite R450 can download a free app for iOS or Android, if you have a smartphone. If not - it is not a problem: the data about your successes obtained smart clock can be synchronized with the mobile app and viewed on the small screen of the device. On a cloud server to send the data is also possible, if there is a desire.

In general usability of the application is simple and, if some options are not displayed as it should be, there will be a corresponding tooltip. And for those who are in the tank, in the words of Dmitry Yefimovich, my favorite high school teacher of Russian language and literature, application enclosing distinct instruction - F.A.Q. Everything is painted in detail all the options likely difficulties in communicating with hours. Configure the options you need as you can with most LifeTrak Brite R450, and the application, which is convenient.

About a tablespoon of fly in the ointment

Now a little about the shortcomings - in a different way is not called. It's not quite frank minuses, perhaps as invented for the sake of price, but it is more than reasonable for such a range of all counters - 6900 rubles.

People usually do not like what they understand can not. I am not an exception to this rule: some things to appreciate and did not work, despite the obvious interest in them. Everything in order below.

1. Function SleepTrak, or smart sleep. The name intrigued by itself: for me it is still a category comparable to Steven Spielberg's film "Artificial intelligence». I try to sleep well: as you know, so joyful lives. However, the bracelet is calculated mainly not too close to my seven or eight hours of sleep parameters: the five, about six and a half hours, despite the fact that I got enough sleep.

As for these doubts have Salutron there is an indication, according to which the clocks are counted at the daily chart, if you slept with the ten to eleven pm, the hour be counted, and if with ten evening until eight in the morning, it's time automatically Priplyusuet to total sleep time the next day. The graphical display of deep and shallow sleep phase (exactly as in the calculation of the proposed padding night hours), I understand and could not, which is a shame. That is why it is negative: the function as it is steep, but what to do with it in a practical sense - is unclear.

2. pulsometer. This thing is called in HeartTrak hours. The heart rate is measured as follows: on the back side of the device is detached sensor. He touches your hand.

Then you pinch a finger of the other hand the average shaybochki hours, thus closing an electric chain of a heart rate monitor. Half a minute hold the button, then let go and see some figures: the pulse of this fact, the percentage of heart load (also not understood for what it is and that) here it is.

The main disadvantage of this function lies is this: the testimony can not be removed in the "autopilot" mode, the measure can only manually. With the same success I can measure your heart rate good old fashioned way, hand fingers the wrist or behind the ear vein.

3. Interface language. Messages and alerts when connecting a bracelet with your mobile device regularly sypyatsya you hand, but in the parlance of kindergartners, it kalyaki-Malaki, understand that it is not possible. So, this function is almost useless, except that the device will notify you of the call or message. Russian language is not available yet (hopefully, in the plans of producers to fix it).

4. impermeability. She noble: 30 meters stands, as stated. However, for what it is? Is that possible, without thinking about the safety of hours, to be worn in the rain, making a desperate street workout-seyshn. After a separate function for lovers of surf there is no pool.

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conclusion

So, here are the conclusions I have made about the fitness tracker LifeTrak Brite R450 based on their experiences.

The gadget is worth the investment: beautiful, strong, helping to start and finish your day time. Who is it? In my opinion, for those who thought that wearing a normal watch - it's boring, and decided to evaluate the possibilities of smart. You can calmly cross the river to swim and not to remove the device from his hands. On the shore you can immediately measure the pulse and make sure: you're right, the heart rhythmically ticking off a rhythm. In general, if another Russian to communicate with me, then for the money is quite could serve faithfully.

Layfhaker is grateful to online store Medgadgets.ru for providing the test device.