“South Korean Fitbit” and a set of random numbers from Mi Band with a heart rate monitor

Croise Band, or Partron, is the gadget of a South Korean company, a participant in two of the largest exhibitions, IFA and CES, and a worthy competitor to well-known "unsportsmanlike" trackers, say, Xiaomi or the same Flex, and with much more features.



Despite the fact that it costs on average twice as much as the Chinese “colleague”, I want to compare it with the Mi Band, putting nose to nose of two Asians.



In terms of design, they can look for common features: a removable sensor that is removed from the bracelet, and the charging principle, during which this same sensor is put in a special “dongle”.



The only thing that distinguishes the new bracelet is the presence of a display, however, not a touch! However, this parameter immediately takes Croise one step higher, where it can compete with Lifetrak, Microsoft Band, Striiv Bio.



And considering that deliveries of Striiv trackers with a heart rate monitor are likely to be frozen in the near future, Croise can easily take its place both in price and quality.

Software

In terms of software, the device is understandable, and all information is easily retrievable. In total, the device has three menus:

• Urban Mode - a normal fitness tracker mode with steps, calories and distance
• Extreme Mode - a training mode where you can choose the form of activity that needs to be fixed: walk, hiking, jogging, cycling
• Measure Mode - measurement mode: pulse, temperature, golf stroke, ladder

From the main screen you can get detailed statistics for the current period and a longer period, including sleep statistics. Also, its own statistics are provided for each type of training.



In the "fitness heart rate monitor" mode, the tracker records the heart rate with an interval of three minutes, however, you can independently "call" the measurement at any time.

Some points, however, were not intuitive. To see the latest statistics, it turned out, you need to click on the colorful man. It got the second time ... Although, maybe the problem is not in the tracker.

Pulse

Frankly, given that working with the software of a gadget of this class will not cause any questions in 2016, it was important to look at the pulse values ​​that Croise will give out, especially since they mark themselves in the sports category.

In order to understand how much it hits - it doesn’t hit, we compared it with the optical Microsoft Band and non-optical Lifetrak, the accuracy of which no one has criticized yet, even rather the opposite. And at the same time they compared it with Xiaomi.

Measurements were made in two positions: recommended for Xiaomi, when the hand with the tracker is near the chest, and the "author" with the hand on the table. Here's what happens at the figures:

In the breast:

first measurement: Xiaomi - Croise:

the X: 103 and 165
C: 97 and 99

second measurement: Croise and the Microsoft Band:

M: 98 and 110
C: 102 and 113 of the

third metering: Xiaomi and Microsoft Band:

X: 171 and 64 and 137
M: 97 and 96 and 93

Fourth meter: Xiaomi and Lifetrak:

X: 157
L: 125



In the usual, free position of the hand, for example, on the table , the numbers are more or less the same:

Xiaomi: 82
Croise: 87

Xiaomi: 88 and 85
Microsoft: 86 and 85

Xiaomi: 82 and 97
Lifetrak: 89 and 93



Here is a little heart rate in the dynamics: Croise and lifetrak



Croise and Microsoft Band:



Measurements took place in pairs, all the time in the same conditions. In the end, I even had to check the pulse with a tonometer on my wrist, which is recommended to be kept close to my chest during the measurement, and it also usually fell in the interval 86 - 90, never having risen to the Mi Band indicators.

Temperature

measurement The temperature measurement function has been implemented in the ecosystem of devices and in a separate gadget, but for some reason it was decided to add it to the fitness bracelet. The measurement does not take place automatically, but in order to determine the temperature, you need to apply a bracelet to the body. The role of the thermometer is performed by the “eye”. The data are recorded in two units at once: The



measurement takes seconds, and therefore you do not have to sit or stand for a long time with a hand near your forehead.

Control

The only thing it was difficult to get used to for the first time was to control, because Croise’s screen is not touch-sensitive, and the choice between menu items is done using a button, where one press “scrolls through” and two short successive “fix choices”. This is the way to measure your pulse:



The most common discrepancies between trackers are traditionally by steps:



As a result, I want to say that the device seems reliable, practical, meets the declared functions and quite succinctly becomes on a par with fitness watches, fitness heart rate monitors and activity trackers, not claiming an audience professional athletes.

For the city, for life, for periodic physical exertion - yes. For other things - there is another category of devices. Actually, the second one, facilitated by Croise, is a good confirmation of which niche the South Korean developer aimed to “fight”.