Recently, more and more people want to wear a fitness tracker to watch out for their methods and exercise framework. However, many dislike the plastic device style, like the Fitbit Charge 3, sat on their wrist. The Withings Steel HR seems to be endeavouring to push the cutoff for what is customary for a hybrid watch, uniting a commendable structure with fitness features.
Design
Steel HR is one of the most watch-like wellness trackers available. It is a great-looking watch to wear and is somewhat slimmer than other brands. It looks appealing and has an excellent structure that devices like Withings Activite Pop and Withings Go have been missing. The watch face is available in black or white on the 36mm option but only in black in the 40mm choice. In the 36mm choice, there is the option to purchase a rose gold device with a black or white watch face.
To the right side of the watch is the crown-like button without the ability to rotate. It functions as a button to access menus on the device. Pressing it once will activate the little screen on the watch face to illustrate the time and with each ensuing press, it will indicate pulse, steps, separation, cautions and battery life, in a specific order.
Wellness
Withings have designed a fantastic watch packed with tons of features and one of the main components of the Steel HR is the heart rate tracker on the underside of the device. This feature tracks a users’ heart rate every 30 minutes and so provides continuous and accurate data. The Withings Steel HR is water-resistant and can be worn in the pool. Additionally, the device tracks swimming activities and provides results of the lengths.
With a variety of wellness features, it comes as no surprise to see the Withings Steel watch tracking sleep and rest activities. Furthermore, the battery life on the watch empowers users to wear it to bed without charging it every night. The sleep tracking looks at how well a user has rested by gauging heartbeat and understanding the amount of movement in rest. It’s not the most pleasing device to wear around night time, but it is accurate in checking how well a user has rested.
The Withings Steel HR won’t, in all likelihood, do as much fitness following as other trackers but it will keep a check of steps and exercise plans. after observation, the Withings Steel HR showed precise movement tracking and basic level results in comparison to similar wearables
Battery
Withings predicts the Steel HR will last 25 days and after testing, the watch appeared to offer a comparable measure of charge. Understandably, the battery life of the device does rely upon the amount users utilize the pulse highlights. Upon testing, it was concluded the device could maintain a little more than a month of utilization from a single charge. In comparison to the Fitbit Charge 2, which continues for just three or four days, the Withings Steel has exceptional battery life.
For
Firstly, the Withings Steel HR is a stylish, well-built watch with a user-friendly companion app. The fitness features on the device are accurate and easy to use. The ‘regular’ watch design helps to disguise the watch as a fitness tracker therefore enabling users to utilise the watch in other situations like out for a meal or at work. The Steel HR works with several iPhone and Android devices with the Withings Health Mate app showing the daily statistics. The battery on this device is exceptional in contrast to some other brands with a charge that lasts for little over a month. The watch is quick to recharge with a charging pad and it doesn’t need watch batteries.
Against
Withings Steel HR is a very well designed watch. However, it is very expensive for a fitness tracker with Limited fitness features in consideration with other brands like the Ticwatch E or Fitbit Charge 3. For traditional watch lovers, the Steel HR can feel on the small side and the button disguised as a crown can cause confusion. Furthermore, the screen displaying heart rate stats is on the small side and users can not access all the data from the watch alone. To see charts, users would need to access the companion app on their smartphones.
Competition
The Withings Steel HR is a great-looking watch with a good selection of fitness features. For those after a fitness tracker that costs less than the Steel HR but with all the features, The Activité Fly may be a nice choice. It’s significantly more affordable than the Steel HR at and has an increasingly broadened suffering battery. However, the heart rate monitoring is less than satisfactory and the watch is less engaging than the Withings Steel HR.
Probably one of the best fitness trackers around is the Fitbit alternative- the Fitbit Charge 3. It has a good mixture of fitness features and at a lower more affordable cost than other devices.
There is the option to get it at a comparative cost to the Steel HR but it doesn’t look as tasteful, so those looking for a watch that is aesthetically pleasing will not get that with the Charge 3.
Summary
Overall, Withings are really remarkable at producing fitness trackers veiled as watches with the Withings Steel HR showing no exception. Some of the different hybrid choices accessible are irrefutably progressively exorbitant, and despite the higher cost, the Steel HR is a better alternative than most Fitbit devices. However, the Withings Steel HR isn’t for every dedicated fitness fan out there. This is a watch that works for people with less intense fitness needs and wanting something with some degree of style, like an ordinary watch.
Nonetheless, the watch is a high-quality watch and users will feel continuously inclined to wear it. The device has a classic watch design enabling users to wear the watch in a variety of situations. Unfortunately, Withings hasn’t stuffed in other exercise types into the Steel HR. Finally, if usual action routines are limited to walking, running and swimming users will coincide well with this tracker.
Last Updated on December 13, 2020
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