TicWatch GTX Fitness Smartwatch, Up to 10 Days Battery Life, Heart Rate Monitoring, Sleep Tracking, IP68 Swimming Waterproof Smart Watch

I'm a long time user of Mobvoi products, but this watch is just something else. It's marvelous for the price you're paying. Let's go through some pros that make this a great tracker, and the cons which could use improvement.Pros - There's a lot of strong ones1. The battery life is absolutely insane. I took the watch out of the box, put it on for two days, went on a camping trip, came back, finished the week, and only then did I need to charge it, for no more than a few hours. Having used the TicWatch S, battery life was my biggest complaint and this watch definitely knocks that out.2. Sleep tracking is amazing, pinpoint precise, and accessible directly from your watch (picture included). It's got a nice and sleek look that gives you what you need to know with no clutter.3. The UI is fantastic, everything from the daily HR graph to the sleep charts to the activity tracking screen. Mobvoi really focused on the user experience here and they did an incredible job of it.4. The price is absurdly low for a watch that gives you what it does, so there's that.5. Watch faces are numerous and you can even make a custom on if the ones that are preloaded don't suit your taste. They're clean, well designed, and attractive.6. The watch is engineered well. Despite the fact that it's cheap, it doesn't feel that way. It's got just the right weight to feel premium and still be negligible so it doesn't feel clunky.7. The watch is waterproof, so you don't need to worry about getting it wet.8. The step counter is very precise for me, and I haven't encountered any errors.7. It's overall just a great watch and a bargain for the price you're paying. The value it gives you is its best selling point in my opinion.Cons - These are mostly nitpicks since there are no fatal flaws in the watch (for me)1. Notifications are a bit wonky. Whenever WhatsApp is "Checking for messages," the watch feels the need to let me know every 5 seconds so I just turn notifications off. Playing music and having the media widget in your task bar will count as a notification, etc. This is an easy software fix, if Mobvoi just sets it so that only active notifications are seen, notifications that would actually pop up in your notification bar and not passive notes your system makes. Even just giving the option to turn notifications on and off would be a fine fix.2. When using tilt to wake, I can't fold my arms because the watch turns on and rubs against my forearms, making the screen do all sorts of weird stuff. Not really a critique of the watch, just a slight annoyance I encountered.3. The mobile app Mobvoi uses for the watch is limited. You can't really do anything except change the watch face and view a few stats. Expanded customizability would go a long way towards making this watch a flagship killer, and letting it fully stomp out the competition.4. The refresh rate of the screen is a bit low, so it doesn't feel snappy. Frame stuttering is noticeable, but that's just inevitable when we're talking about a watch at this price range. You just can't get high tier processors in them, and, to be honest, you don't really need to. Still a nitpick and noticeable con though.5. The buttons don't always respond quickly, probably just a hardware quirk but the reactivity of the watch is limited. You're not going to get the smooth transitions you would get with a $200+ tracker. But again, you're paying 1/4th that.6. There's no elevation tracking, so if you're walking uphill or downhill, the watch won't map a difference even though there's a quite significant one.Overall the watch is really good for the price. The fact that I'm comparing it to flagships and not other watches of the same price range is a pretty good indicator of its quality. If Mobvoi could roll out a few software improvements and improve hardware over the next few releases, their stuff is really looking to be the future of the smartwatch market.

So I used this watch for the 2 weeks and here's my opinion on the watch.Design-As far as design, it looks really good, better than the $60ish it is worth. I have the Ticwatch Pro as well and the way I see it, it looks BETTER than my Pro. It looks a lot more sleek and smooth in comparison.Battery-This one is the kicker, this thing lasts for DAYS no problem. I remember forgetting the charger when I went out for a week and it still had charge by the time I got home. This isn't a watch you will be charging very often.Interface-Keep in mind, this is not a Wear OS watch, so no fancy animations/Wifi or anything like that on this one. To me, it reminds me of a cleaner version of the Pebble or Fitbit versa. It does its job in sending notifications from your phone to your watch via bluetooth, but I think it's more optimal for someone who uses text messaging more than something like Snapchat since Snapchat cannot show anything on the watch except for new message while texts can be shown on the watch. It's a simple interface so for people looking a straightforward smartwatch, I'd recommend this one. As someone who has used other smart watches with WearOS, it's ok but I still would prefer the more vibrant and Wifi connected WearOS watches.Exercise:This is a big one for this watch. It's got a heart rate monitor, the ability to track exercise and sleep. I used it for a bit for exercise and my info came on the Mobvoi app. This is the strong point for this watch as it was built for those who exercise a lot, it has multiple modes to measure all sorts of exercises.Final thoughts- at the end of the day, I see this watch as a great watch for someone who is starting off in the smartwatch world as well of those who exercise a lot. The price and features are a steal if you fall in those categories. For those who might already have a WearOS watch, it's hard to go to this watch as you're used to so much convenience and features like Wifi. It's a powerhouse of a watch considering it's not even $100, but also keep in mind it's not meant to run with likes of the $150+ smart watches.