{"id":1999,"date":"2018-11-14T21:55:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T21:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/?p=1999"},"modified":"2018-11-14T22:17:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T22:17:43","slug":"amazfit-bip-the-best-smart-watch-fitness-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singlespeedgoldcoast.com\/2018\/11\/14\/amazfit-bip-the-best-smart-watch-fitness-tracker\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazfit Bip: The best smart-watch fitness tracker?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Amazfit Bip: The best smart-watch fitness tracker?<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As someone who works in tech, I try to prevent too much tech entering my daily life. It’s usually unreliable and requires a burden of maintenance that out-weighs the convenience. Daily charging? Forget it. I already have a phone, headset, tablet, laptop… Aaaaugh!<\/p>

So when I thought about adding a smart watch to my life, I thought, You’d have to be fucking joking. I even wrote an article about it<\/a>. But then I discovered my love for Strava<\/a>. Like most addicts, my affair with this app was fueled by early gains. First day out, I set the KOMs for several local section. Of course, the bike was in the car at the time. I learned to turn off Strava before driving home. And I went searching for a proper Stava devices. Not a phone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Enter The Amazfit Bip<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Yeah I did a lot of research, because I’m a researhy kind of guy. Considered were watches (Ticwatch and Fitbit) and GPS bike computers (Lezyne, Garmin). In the end I bought the Amazfit because:<\/p>

  • it’s waterproof<\/li>
  • it’s got super long battery life<\/li>
  • it’s cheap<\/li>
  • I’m cheap<\/li><\/ul>

    Let’s address those points.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    How Waterproof Is the Amazfit Bip?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    As someone who owned a surf watch that wasn’t surf proof (thanks Rip Curl), I wasn’t convinced the Amazfit Bip would be surf proof. Sure, you could swim with it. But surfing is different. Well I can tell you that after a year of wear, including plenty of surfing, there hasn’t been a single speck of water enter the watch. It’s totally waterproof.<\/p>

    About the only other watch in this market that is surf waterproof is the Apple watch. It’s a great watch that does plenty of stuff the Amazfit can’t do, but it fails my next two criteria. It’s battery life is woeful and it’s not cheap.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    How Good Is The Amazfit Bip Battery Life?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Plenty bloody good. On my recent trip to Vietnam and Sinagpore I had no need to take a charger. Two weeks is a doddle for the Bip. Three weeks is easy. Four weeks is possible, depending on how often you’re using the GPS.<\/p>

    Charging is incredibly quick. Plug it in four about an hour and you’re done for 3-4 weeks. Eat that Apple watch.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    How Cheap Is The Amazfit Bip?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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