Hey+ B1800 Smart Bracelet International Edition

Since the famous Fit-bit band smart bracelet arrived there have been a lot of competition, especially in china. And thankfully the power of the internet gives us access to these products. The Hey+ B1800 is much better than the Q13 which I wouldn’t recommend. The smart bracelet has some great features such as a heart rate monitor, alarms and my favorite the ability to customize your watch face with your own photos. The included ones are nice, but a smart bracelet needs to be customizable for my liking. The AMOLED touch screen is clear and responsive. Not too responsive like others I have tried. It’s a nice watch which is comfortable on my wrist with an ok accompanying android app (iOS Untested). I say ok because it isn’t fully translated but the parts that are can easily be understood.

Smart Bracelet: Specifications

Unboxing the Smart Bracelet

The B1800 comes in a nice looking box that you can tell was designed with care. It has a simplistic design with a nice presentation of the band when you open it. Lifting the top layer with the little tab shows a small box with the charge cable.

Design and Build quality 

The smart bracelet B1800 band has a soft rubbery feel. The band is made TPU (Thermoplastic polyurethane) and not the plastic that cracks from constant bends. The display pops out so you can place it into a different color band which you can buy on ebay.

The band has plenty of holes to fit a range of different size wrists. Mine being pretty thin. The pin that fits into the hole fits very snug and does not feel like it will come undone while you sleep and during exercise.

One thing I like about this band is the touch screen isn’t super sensitive. You wouldn’t think that should be a problem but I had one band that changed by the static in my shirts and blankets. I would wake to find the watch settings and face changed.

The lock screen has 6  built in background images with a time layout you can’t change. They all look ok but when it comes to a smart watch I expect to create my own.

The position of the time, date and data limits your custom dial options. Here are some of mine. I just wish I could save more than one custom face at a time so I don’t have to recreate them every time I wish to change it.

Functions of the smart Bracelet

Functions you expect from a smart bracelet are usually simple things like the pedometer, phone notification and now heart rate sensor. The Hey+ B1800 comes with that and many more cool features.

The watch has plenty of data you can view at a glance without having to go to your phone to see your steps, heart rate and more. In fact one of the main apps is called Data. It tells you your steps, calories, distance, heart rate and sedentary. Until now I had no idea what sedentary was. It means time sitting or inactive.

It also has features such as exercise monitoring and recording. Such as Running, Treadmill, Riding and even Free training (weight lifting). Because I’m disabled I can’t use many of those features. I can use the pedometer and a bit of riding but not much else.

When you start an exercise function such as running you get a 3 second countdown which I’m not sure is useful. It uses your phones GPS location to track speed and distance.

You get data as you exercise so you can see how far you have gone. That could be a bad thing for some. Haha. Here is a sample of the data it offers.

During your exercise it gives you the option to pause or finish. And when you are done it gives you a summary or it tells you your exercise was too short to record.

This smart bracelet band has many features which are great for people like me that should track this information and set goals for myself. With heart issues it is good to have the heart rate monitor to record and share with my doctor.

Being the “International” version though isn’t very internationally friendly if you wish to use the weather app. It does not support cities outside of China. And much of the help section is not translated.

I contacted the company through an email address I found in the app but I didn’t get much of a response. Here is their response when I asked them to update the weather to include more cities. “Ok, this part has not been updated yet, and it will need to be updated later. Thank you very much for your feedback and wish you a happy life.”

Alarms are very handy if you are one of the rare people like me that doesn’t keep their phone in their hand 24/7. It vibrates pretty well but doesn’t beep. You can set one time alarms as well as daily or weekly alarms. I just wish they would link it to my phones alarms which I have setup for reminders. As an application developer, I wish it was open source so I could add all the features I want. When you select the alarm app on the watch it tells you to add them through the phone application of there are no alarms set. When there are alarms it lets you flip through them and turn them on or off.

The Alipay app I’m assuming is a china pay service like Apple pay.

The last app is the setting which has the about info as well as brightness settings.

Two very cool features which I love is the NFC (near field communication)and the Passcard feature. This supposedly lets you scan your works door card to let you replace it with your watch. I’m not sure if it works because I don’t have one to try. Although you would think your work cards would be pretty secure and hard to copy.

The other feature which will be great for my kids is, find my phone. It sounds an alarm on your phone to help you find it.

The charge cable feels well built and holds the band firmly in place. It also has a guide to be sure the pins connect to the charge points. The sensor for measuring heart rates are located on the bottom with the charge points.

App

The smart bracelet watch connects to your phone with Bluetooth 4.2. And hanging the face is quick. The application is full of features but they are all over the place. For instance the top left brings a side menu with Account profile settings and about information. It also has setting in the top right which houses the watch information and in the bottom right it has an Assistance icon which is again info like frequently asked questions.  They should be placed together in the left menu bar.

Translation makes many of the app functions questionable. What is Transport card for? It would help if the help section wasn’t in Chinese.

Door card I assume, the NFC part which is cool but I don’t know how the security part works.

The app is where you can view all your data with pretty charts and graphs. Which is missing the option to export the data. I would build in an option to export to CSV.

You use the app to also set alarms, exercise goals and notifications. Any app on your phone that has notifications can be used to send to the watch, which is a must have feature.

The custom dial interface is simple enough to use. Select a style and chose a background. That is it. You also have the option to share your watch face but that seems pointless. The efforts spent on that feature would have been better spent on something like exporting the data or saving multiple faces.

Smart Bracelet Final Summary:

The Hey+ B1800 is very smart band. In time, I’m sure it will be more advanced ranking in one of the top smart bracelets category. Not being a doctor I can’t say how accurate the sensor is. The other features alone are well worth the price. The Apple smartwatch came out with less and cost many times more.

The Alfawise H96 PRO plus comes with Android 7.1 as operative system and the PRO plus version has a great hardware furniture, that is 3GB RAM , 2GB CPU and 32GB of internal storage. With this setup it manages to play 4K videos at 60fps without problems. IT could be enough to play 4K? Let’s find out.

H96 pro plus: Specifications

• Operative System – Android 7.1
• GPU –  ARM Mali-T820MP3
• CPU – Amlogic S912 2.0GB octa-core
• RAM – 3Gb
• Size – 107 x 107 x 20 mm
• Weight – 250g
• Internal Storage – 32Gb
• External Storage – Up to 2Tb
• Max Resolution – 4K 60FPS
• Video Format – ASF / AVI / DAT / FLV / ISO / MKV / MOV / MPEG / MPG / RM / RMVB / TS / VOB / WMV
• Audio Format – AAC / AC3 / MP3 / OGG /WAV / WMA
• Codec Video – H.263 / H.264 / H.265
• Wifi – 4G / 5G
• Bluetooth – 4.1
• Connections – 2x USB 2.0 / Ethernet Port (1000M) / SDcard Slot / HDMI / AV / SPDIF
• Remote Controller – Yes
• Remote Keyboard – No

H96 pro plus: Accessories

This tv box comes with only a few essential accessories:

• Smart Box
• Charger
• Remote Controller
• HDMI cable

I want to warn you that the remote controller is one of the most common controllers on the market, and for this reason there is a possibility to have other controllers compatible with its frequencies. By the way, the range is good. I didn’t have any problems to change film from 6 meter distance.

Design

The design and the build quality are really great. I noticed that it is perfectly cooled and doesn’t warm up during 4K video reproduction, not even when you play games. It has only one LED on the front that shows if it’s turned on or not.

The tv box is provided with a lot of connecting possibilities.

• Power Port
• AV
• HDMI Port
• SPDIF
• Ethernet port

Inside the tv box there are other two types of connections. The Bluetooth 4.1 with a great range, with this Bluetooth you can connect an external keyboard to improve the mobility around the menus.  The WiFi, with its 5G frequency can also handle the high speed of an optic fiber.

H96 pro plus: Menu

As I said at the beginning of the review, the tv box has Android 7.1 as its OS. It means you will find every settings like on your android phone.

The main page is very intuitive:

It comes with Google Play, Youtube, Netflix, and Kody already pre-installed.

Behaving like your phone, the app store is the same too – and then you have the entire range of apps available.

H96 pro plus: Performance

Honestly, I am amazed by the performance of  this little tv box. I can’t hide my initial skepticism about it, but I could’ve not been more wrong.

I tried a benchmark and it went great!

But the most important thing – how about the movies?

I know, through this video you can’t understand the quality, but I can tell you the quality and mostly the fluidity is just perfect. It has no lags nor delays; neither with the audio. It’s simply perfect!

I found just a little problem with a particular resolution. I have an old 45″ with a resolution of 1080I (and not 1080P) and this format creates a few problems because all the edges of the screen are cropped. This means all the margins of the screen are simply out of it which sometimes makes it impossible to navigate. A part this particularity, it perfect in every other aspect.

H96 pro plus: Final Review

I think H96 pro plus is a great tv box. With its impressive hardware, it manages almost everything without any problem, it is fluid, fast, and it never slows down in any condition. It is a pity there is no USB 3.0 and I advise you to get a keyboard and a mouse – at least for the first steps – but then, you can also navigate only with the controller.

It’s not that I don’t have enough knives at home, including some perfectly and specifically used in my diving forays, but frankly, I simply had to have the one I’m presenting today.

It is offered as a single piece multi purpose blade, more precisely as an Outdoor Survival Scaling Knife with either flat or a serrated blade, and it can be found at for mere $6.65 . For that money it will even arrive to your address by Free International Shipping, to boot!

This is a small review since there are only three pieces to see, so let it be short’n’sweet.

Here are some general data to support the images which usually tell quite a lot:

Material: Stainless Steel

Product weight: 0.067 kg,

Package weight: 0.110 kg

Product size: (L  x H x W): 18.80 x 2.60 x 0.40 cm / 7.4 x 1.02 x 0.16 inches

Package size: (L  x H x W): 19.80 x 4.00 x 1.00 cm / 7.8 x 1.57 x 0.39 inches

Package Contents: 1 FURA Fish Spear, 1 Sheath, 1 m Paracord

As mentioned before, I chose a straight-sharpened blade instead of a serrated one, because I’m more used to such edges. Since I sharpen my blades myself, maintaining a flat edge is somewhat easier. I also picked a black finish instead of metallic one to reduce shine and glittering which might influence fish behavior. For photographic reasons I want to be as unconspicious in water as can be.

However, tastes and purposes will vary, and you might well feel differently. In both cases I’m happy with the tool material. It seems to hold the edge well, and its thickness makes it very sturdy. The blade is honed razor-sharp and ready for use right out of the package.

The sharp end, which is roughly 1/3rd of the total product length, comes enclosed in Kydex sheath. It is a folded piece of thermally formed plastic that follows the blade shape. Two indentations in the sheath opening lock into the finger groove (which could also be regarded as a harpoon barb). The elasticity of the Kydex holds the sheath firmly over the blade.

The sheath has three shoelace-type rivets meant for fixing it in whichever way one decides, and a length of paracord-like cord tightly passes through those. There are another similar five holes on the knife / harpoon itself: two on the handle end, and three in the blade, for optional variations in the ways the product could be used.

For my kind of diving and snorkeling I have decided to wrap the paracord around the relatively thin handle part, so as to be able to hold it more firmly. I also used the surplus length of the cord to secure the Kydex sheath, and in the same way form a closed loop which allows me to fix the sheathed blade to / through / around my swimwear. By releasing the sheath off the blade, the loop opens and the blade is free to use. Sheer simplicity.

Alternatively, one can form the paracord end into a wrist strap, and secure the sheath in some other fashion. For snorkeling, the best place for any kind of knife would be the forearm (handle end close to your wrist), so as to be in the field of view for unsheathing and returning.

For SCUBA diving, the best place is the inner side of the lower leg (handle tip close to the knee), because it can be reached by either hand (!), and also less likely to snag into anything underwater – as opposed to being worn on the outside of the leg.

An exception to that would perhaps be the cave diving, where you want to have the blade handy in tight places – thus, the forearm. Small things can sometimes make big difference!

I’ll be using it underwater, so as to have a super-sharp tool for removal of torn-off pieces of fishing nets. These net pieces go on killing fish and crustaceans until taken out of water! I also want to be able to efficiently cut myself or my camera free from a possible entanglement, should such need arise.

What I won’t use it for is a weapon, since a knife is simply a tool. Those who think they can attack or defend themselves from dangerous marine life with any knife… better think again. It is way more likely to get seriously hurt in the process. Slashing open of sharks or moray eels happens only in Hollywood movies, where the beasts are just spongy rubber toys. Weight-compared, real fishes are immensely stronger than us.

And that’s about it. This simple, practical , and excellently made tool can be used in so many ways that it would be illusory to try and cover all among its possible applications! Some folks might think car, mountaineering, camping, fishing, hunt, EDC… and even to fix your camera, by means of adding an attachment accessory piece to its handletop. This kiridashi-like blade suggests its practical sides all by itself.

Use your blades responsibly, keep’em well honed and maintained – and be safe!