Overview NO.1 F13 - available hours with sports features

All commercially available sports watch can be somewhat arbitrarily divided into three large groups. At the top are expensive devices known brands (Garmin, Polar, Suunto), which are designed for professional athletes and serious enthusiasts. Located in the middle of wrist gadgets offering a reasonable compromise between functionality and price. And finally, at the bottom we see the production of dozens of little-known Chinese brands, which can not boast of excellent quality, but are much cheaper.

Firm NO.1 - a typical representative of the third category. Her new watch F13 flaunt in promotional materials a full set of sports features, a very impressive appearance and cost only about $ 30. We decided to find out whether everything is so good in real life.

Specifications

• Processor: Nordic 51822
• Interface: Bluetooth 4.0
• Sensor: HRS 3300
• Battery: 350 mAh
• Screen: 1 inch, TFT
• Strap: hypoallergenic plastic
• Protection: IP68
• Key features: clock, alarm, timer, search the smartphone, a pedometer, heart rate measurement, sleep monitoring, a reminder of the activity from the phone notification.

On paper, the specifications look impressive. The first striking a solid autonomy and complete dust and water protection standard IP68. Synchronization with the clock is implemented using a wireless connection via Bluetooth. GPS, of course, is not that for hours with the cost is excusable.

feature set is standard and does not cause much surprise. Exactly or comparable opportunities are many modern fitness gadgets. The only question is, how well these functions are implemented. That is what we will check during the test.

Ergonomics

The watch case has a circular shape, it is made of a hard and durable plastic. Its diameter is 47 mm, thickness 15 mm. Screen Diameter - 36 mm, but slightly less effective area, because the edge suffered a decorative pattern in the form of small dots. Although the master of Chinese advertising write about the presence of sapphire crystal, this statement seems to us very doubtful.

Display information corresponds to small rectangular small screen with a diagonal of 1 inch. Image color, contrast, legible indoors and outdoors in the shade. However, if you go into the sun, then make out the figures on the screen becomes quite difficult, we have to look closely.

On the back of clock covered with a metal cover, which is located in the center of the heartbeat sensor. Directly above them are visible contacts to connect the magnetic pads charger.

Watch has four buttons to control functions. Top right is the entrance to the menu button and confirm the action. Under it - Stop button with the inscription, to exit the menu or cancel the last action. On the opposite side there are two buttons to navigate through the menus up and down.

The watch strap has a total length of 18.5 cm, this should be with a margin enough even for strong men's hands. However, its quality is poor: plastic is too hard and not very pleasant to the touch. Clasp made of white metal has an eyelet for attaching the remaining end of the strap.

In general, the design and assembly of watches NO.1 F13 deserves a good rating. Materials, of course, lose more expensive models, but they can be used to, especially if you keep in mind the cost of the device.

functions

To display the time clock are synchronized with your smartphone, so no problems with the accuracy of reading does not arise. The device has several built-in dial, you can select the appropriate settings.

About alarm and timer say absolutely nothing. They are fully cope with their tasks.

To work pedometer no complaints. He regularly counts steps, distance and calories burned, showing all the indicators on the clock screen. We compared the accuracy of counting NO.1 F13 with Amazfit Smartwatch 2 and found no significant discrepancies. Yes, there is a small difference, but at the level of mathematical errors.

With Sport mode simply trouble. The NO.1 F13 declared support for walking, running, hiking, cycling, swimming, football, basketball, badminton, table tennis. The list looks impressive, but really not much point in it is not. Hours simply measure the time of your performance, and then some secret algorithm calculates how many calories a person spends your height and weight when doing the selected sport. As you know, the accuracy of these data is very questionable.

Sleep monitoring pleased. The clock is almost perfectly define the start time and the time of awakening. Times of light and deep sleep are practically identical to those of Amazfit Smartwatch 2, which we used as a reference.

Accuracy of heart rate measurement to all hours, even much higher level, is a matter for debate. What is really there to talk about the unpretentious F13. No, the pulse data measured by the clock, but the accuracy of the readings does not allow their use for serious sports. However, no one expected from the cheap Chinese watch anything else.

Notification of incoming calls and messages, the clock display. Moreover, it is possible to receive notifications at all from any application installed on your smartphone, such as any messenger or social networking clients. The first firmware version they worked flawlessly, but the recently released update caused the clock to use only Chinese characters. We hope that soon this will probably be corrected.

As part of the autonomy NO.1 F13 leave behind many of its competitors. Over the 5 days that we were testing hours, the battery will lose about 15 percent. So stated by the manufacturer while working for 3-4 weeks seems to be quite realistic.

Software

To adjust the clock, data synchronization and display of various information stored there is a mobile application called DT NO.1. You can download it by scanning the QR-code on the box.

On the quality of the software we have left mixed impressions. On the one hand, the program looks good and provides full access to the statistics of your walks, exercise and sleep.

You can see how the current figures and information for any selected date. The app is able to build intuitive charts and bar graphs showing your progress in achieving this goal.

However, with all the advantages of the program can not be overlooked and obvious problems. The first striking lousy translation, which is sometimes confusing or causes bouts of unbridled fun. Plenty of other flaws: confused system of measurement selection items in the settings menu and illogical organization of periodic lags.

results

Clock NO.1 F13 have a good appearance, strong body and a bright screen, which can be clearly seen time readings in virtually any environment. Built-in sensors correctly counted the steps and bedtime, and allow at least approximately, but watch out for his pulse. You can also praise the excellent stand-alone devices and protection against dust and splashes.

However, we have identified significant shortcomings. They mainly relate to the work of software localization and disgusting product. Greatly upset notice in Chinese, useless racing modes and low heart rate measurement accuracy.

Therefore, we recommend to buy good to think what features NO.1 F13 is really important to you. If you decide, then the value of hours at the time of writing this article is $ 33.

The author expresses his gratitude to the company GearBest for providing the test device.