realme Techlife Smart Watch SZ100 1.69″ HD Display with SpO2, Heart Rate & Temperature Monitors (Blue Strap, Free Size), RMW2103

Paisa wasool

Absolutely loving this watch! I’ve been using it for a week now and I have found some minor problems:

Earlier this week when I didn’t wear my watch for a few hours after evening shower 🚿 it seemed to have gotten confused and stopped connecting with the link app. It was only the next day morning that I noticed the problem and immediately restarted the watch (as the manual said). Therefore the sleep data was never recorded. It also reset the water reminder.

In one of my walking sessions, I was using the Walk preset mode in the watch. In the due course I found some dirt in the display and wiped it off. This somehow crashed the counting process and I had to re-start the watch, losing a large chunk of data in the process! This model doesn’t have GPS so it needs the phone’s proximity to get GPS data through Bluetooth. This crashing problem has never happened again in my following exercises.

In another of my walking sessions, the link app was recording my readings and suddenly it reset and started over from 0! I guess it was caused by my handset nevertheless since it was on low battery and I minimised the link app for taking a photo. The minimising apparently stopped the link app to save power. Again this problem was solved with the phone not on power saving mode.

There was a minor skin rash after using the watch for two days. Using an OTC 1% hydrocortisone cream fixed it in a few minutes. I suggest would to wiping the watch and skin dry before wearing.

I was using a Garmin vivosmart HR band before this and I really wished realme had the automatic sport mode selection from heart rate and movements. The app from Garmin was also very detailed with impressive database of other users’ statistics for comparison purposes. I wish realme had the manual bodyweight recording feature, without the separate purchase of their bodyscale.

However the realme smartwatch S gets more brownie points when compared to HR. HR never had colour display, detailed sports modes, spO2 reading, detailed sleep recording (realme even records small afternoon naps!), meditation mode, camera control and such. The wrist band of HR was also very rare and expensive for it’s unique design and a substitute wasn’t even available. That’s the reason why I simply had to throw it away since the strap began to disintegrate at multiple points, despite the watch being in perfect working condition!

Nevertheless HR also created silly glitches unique to its design. It always mistook I was riding a bicycle and counted it as an exercise eventhough I was simply riding a scooter! It also randomly made errors in sleep data sometimes. So I assume all smartwatches are prone to issues even to the promised features the manufacturers include.

The watch has been great to use. Beautifully packaged and gorgeous to look at. The screen gets pretty bright and the software is awesome. The battery life os insane. I went an entire week without charging it and I probably could have gone longer. The only drawback is that I cannot answer calls. I can end them but not answer them.

The best quality of this watch is SLEEP TRACKING, the rest of the features doesn’t seem to be highly accurate like heart rate monitoring, spo2 etc.
You can customise the face wallpaper but there are no software updates in OS from the time i bought it.
The strap lasted for almost 7-8 months then got cut from the middle of joining point so it is not highly durable.
The watch also loses its black color from the sides due to prolonged use or by scratches.
My recommendation would be to buy a watch cover as well if you want to keep it scratch free and also be ready to change the strap atleast after 1 year.
If you are buying a smart watch for the first time you can go with this.

It is a good watch for the price, but not as good as the majors although it does give them a good run especially given the price difference