“Not so happy with my Biostrap! I didn´t know that I would always need to have my mobile next to me. When I turn off Bluetooth, it takes till the afternoon to get the sleep data synchronized etc. I think the data are very approximate but not real.
For me as a European, it was not a good idea to buy in the USA. I had 100 Dollar extra charge for shipping and Taxes.”
“Difficulty pairing with S10. Insufficient information for user in box. Difficulty determining when device is charging or charged.
Shows deep and light sleep, and awake. No REM.”
“I had to order a new strap because the one that came with my first order burned my skin. I washed this one before wearing it and didn’t have the issue. My skin is usually not sensitive. I recommend washing your strap before wearing it.”
“I like the fit and appearance of the band and have no issues with the arm band heart monitor. The app layout is nice and battery life is satisfactory.
I enjoy looking at my health metrics, but I'm a little disappointed in the day time data collection, which is sparse to nonexistent for some metrics. I understand the limitation of red light, but I get few HR and HRV readings during the day and no breathing rate and SPO2.
I'm also a little disappointed in the "Insights" feature. Knowing where I stand when compared to the population using Biostrap is nice, but it would be more beneficial to know things that may affect my metrics so I can make changes. Perhaps additional questions could be added to the sleep survey that can be worked into the insights.”
“I bought the full Biostrap package with the armband, wristband, and ankle tracker. I wanted to use it to get a better reading of the quality of my night's sleep and see the intensity of my workouts. It did that with some caveats.
Pros:
1. The wristband is nice, it does a good job tracking activity and sleep. It seems pretty accurate.
2. The armband does a great job tracking your heart rate in real time. If you use it when running with the app, you can get real time feedback to increase or decrease your intensity.
Cons:
1. The wristband regularly disconnects with the app and requires you to cycle Bluetooth on and off to reconnect it.
2. The app drains your battery a lot unless you limit background usage in your phone's settings like 20%+ a day. However if you limit background usage so you don't have to charge your phone during the day, you have to manually open the app and wait for it to sync your sleep/activity data. Then you have to wait even more for it to process your sleep data. It can be cumbersome.
3. The biometrics function is essentially useless. It only collects "good data" about 1/3 of the time even when I'm wearing the wristband and arm band properly and sitting still.
4. The foot tracker pod is pretty much useless too. If you want to use it to track your steps, you have to remember to turn off step tracking with the ankle pod anytime you're not wearing it. Why, the app won't use your wristband if you're not wearing the ankle pod. Also, it looks kinda like a prison tracker when you wear it and I got some interesting comments about it when just wearing it around.
5. Additional functionality like "improved sleep tracking" and "meditation tracking" are only available if you want to pay an additional monthly charge. Wasn't the tracker enough as is?
6. The fitness tracker takes a daytime reading every 10 minutes however when I look at the data points it seems to only collect 5-15 valid points a day even though I wear the tracker pretty snug. Not really a big concern for me.
7. Overall the app is pretty slow, battery intensive, and kinda buggy. It feels like what you would get if you only wanted to pay for the $30 tracker. It's in dire need of an update to reduce battery consumption and improve connectivity.
8. None of the data is stored locally (as far as I can tell) which means every time you change screens, the app needs to pull data from their servers. Usually that's not an issue, but it does make for a pretty slow experience with this app.
Overall, functional, but my no means glamorous. It feels like a startup that had really good marketing but failed to follow through on the back end. A few simple improvements to the software, and this would be a 5× better option than FitBit. As it stands right now, it's breakeven and maybe even a bit worse.”
“I like the data that is displayed and the app itself. Sleep tracking seems to be pretty accurate, but syncing of both the Evo and the activity pod is extremely slow and the battery life on the pod does not last long and also step tracking doesn't seem very accurate as well.”
“I like that it syncs faster, and the battery lasts longer, but honestly, those are the only changes I’ve noticed. My sister has one and says the same thing. Overall, I’m kind of regretting the “upgrade,” mostly because it seems like it was kind of a waste of money. I’m happy to be wearing and using my biostrap, and still love it. I just think for me, the upgrade was unnecessary.”
“The new sensor was delivered, but the bracelet wasn’t ready for launch. I’m disappointed because the biostrap’s bracelet is it’s worst design feature.”
“I haven’t gotten a band yet, have no ETA on the new band I was waiting for, can’t find my old band as I was expecting a new one, so I just have a sensor, the lack of ETA made me spend $35 to get a new rubber old band.., frustrated”
“Very disappointed. Have waited three years for this and I don't see much difference between the original and the EVO. I thought I saw someplace over the last three years a picture of the EVO with a digital time display. Also, ordered a new watch style band which was supposed to be delivered in early November.. still haven't seen it.”
“good assessment of sleep
lack of real time HR monitoring is a significant limitation
Synchronization also takes long
HRV is interesting but hard to decipher”
