Sony Smartband SWR10

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79% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

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81% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Light, comfortable and waterproof design ; Gorgeous-looking Lifelog app ; Handy media controls

Inaccurate activity tracking ; Band can attract and trap dust ; Data collected not very useful

There’s varying degrees of success when the SmartBand is synced to the small group of apps. Testing it out with Google Play Music and Spotify it largely works as advertised. Nailing the triple tap to skip back a track can be tricky and jumping between...

Simple and unobtrusive design, four day battery life, accurate step counting, Lifelog app is great (if that's what you want), smartphone notifications

Android only, no display on device, lack of activities and tags, data analysis not as advanced as competitors, sleep tracking is useless

The Sony SmartBand has a lot of potential, but it doesn't quite hit the mark, falling short of its competitors in a couple of areas, such as the inability to measure distance and elevation.

Sleekly styled step tracking ; Comfortable enough to wear 24/7 ; Fairly accurate

Poor battery life ; Lack of a display makes notifications meaningless ; Partner app fails to motivate

A minimalistic wrist-wrapper with a paired-back phone companion make for meaningless motion monitoring

Sony's SmartBand is a lightweight simple device that's easy to set up and has a companion app that's packed with features. It's dust and water proof and has a great battery life.

Some tracking results didn't seem overly accurate and some of the features weren't very useful. The design is also a bit bland, and its not great for real fitness junkies.

The SmartBand is an ambitious recipe that needs a little more time in the oven. There are better trackers on the market.

Discreet styling, tracks more than standard health and fitness,dust and waterproof, lightweight

Tracking not always accurate, not always clear what the data'sfor

The Sony SmartBand feels a little bit like a technology in searchof a solution. It tries to log just about everything, but there aremore detailed devices for health and fitness (the main uses forwearables so far) which rather leaves you wondering why...

Great design ; Attractive application ; Detailed analystics

Poor exercise companion

Sony's SmartBand is another wearable unsure of its focus. It fails as an exercise companion because of its limited support, while its diligent approach to phone monitoring is an answer to a question no one has asked. This wearable could benefit from...

Logs more than just physical activity ; Waterproof ; Comfortable ; Easy to set up

Battery life could be better ; No social features ; Disappointing selection of third-party apps

I think there's a trick being missed here. As it stands, the SmartBand feels like it's living up to about 75 percent of its true potential. Lifelog is clearly meant to be the focus. The app isn't perfect -- I'd love to be able to drill down into even...