Amazfit Bip smartwatch - 30+ day battery + GPS for $60-$99 USD
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- djpr
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- Nov 27, 2005
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- cookiedoughy
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- Sep 2, 2010
- 380 posts
- 139 upvotes
- Alberta
Where do people usually get the Amazfit bip from? I've been following Amazon.ca but looks like the geekbuying site might be cheaper? How long did it take to arrive to Canada? Thanks.
- bylo
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- Jan 7, 2002
- 29711 posts
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- Waterloo, ON
Chinese vendors like GeekBuying and AliExpress are usually the cheapest but take the longest to deliver, typically a month. With any luck you avoid HST, duty and brokerage.cookiedoughy wrote: ↑ Where do people usually get the Amazfit bip from?
Amazfit has a US store that sells the BIP for US$79. They ship to Canada. They also sell through amazon.com.
Canada Computers used to sell the BIP but I don't see it listed there now.
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- cookiedoughy
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- Sep 2, 2010
- 380 posts
- 139 upvotes
- Alberta
Thanks. I saw on Amazon.ca that it's selling for $105.98 with free shipping. That worked out cheaper than from Amazfit US store.bylo wrote: ↑ Chinese vendors like GeekBuying and AliExpress are usually the cheapest but take the longest to deliver, typically a month. With any luck you avoid HST, duty and brokerage.
Amazfit has a US store that sells the BIP for US$79. They ship to Canada. They also sell through amazon.com.
Canada Computers used to sell the BIP but I don't see it listed there now.
Has anyone actually been charged duty from the Chinese vendors?
- bylo
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- Jan 7, 2002
- 29711 posts
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- Waterloo, ON
I wasn't when I bought mine in Sep18 but I had to wait over a month to get it by slow mail. If you pay extra for air express the odds are very high that you will be charged. One advantage of buying from amazon.ca is that you don't face that risk.cookiedoughy wrote: ↑Has anyone actually been charged duty from the Chinese vendors?
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- stormwolf18
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- Jul 30, 2010
- 231 posts
- 165 upvotes
- Terrebonne
I would like to upgrade my Bip. Any suggestion?
Something similar but more performant.
Something similar but more performant.
- blyndfyre
- Deal Addict
- Jul 22, 2014
- 2169 posts
- 7243 upvotes
- Calgary, AB
Was considering getting this when it went on sale next on Amazon. Looks like that happened - $85.
amazon-ca-amazfit-bip-smartwatch-85-2297098/
amazon-ca-amazfit-bip-smartwatch-85-2297098/
- KevCnew
- Sr. Member
- Jan 18, 2017
- 824 posts
- 421 upvotes
I bought this a couple months ago and I don't wear it, PM me if interested in taking it off my hands. In the GTA.
- maximum2326
- Jr. Member
- Aug 14, 2011
- 168 posts
- 68 upvotes
- GTA
Can anyone help me? My watch needed a firmware update yesterday but the mifit app kept crashing when doing the firmware update so I used the notify and fitness app as per someone's suggesstion. The update seemed to be working fine but once it completed the watch won't turn on anymore. It had 100% battery life before the update so that's not it for sure. Any suggestions? My phone can't detect it since it's completely turned off.
- gfhyde
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- Jul 6, 2017
- 230 posts
- 117 upvotes
- Ontario
I've read mixed reviews on the sleep tracking, which is something I'm very interested in lately. Anyone have feedback on it or can recommend alternatives?
- HappyDaze
- Sr. Member
- Dec 27, 2002
- 526 posts
- 108 upvotes
- Mississauga
I found the sleep tracking to be pretty good; for me, I look at both the sleep tracking (sleep duration, deep sleep, etc), but most importantly heart rate, how flat it is. There is a huge difference when I go drinking (+10 or 15 bpm).
- bylo
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- Jan 7, 2002
- 29711 posts
- 29133 upvotes
- Waterloo, ON
My Bip is now almost two years old and still going strong.
I'm getting well over a month on a battery recharge. I could probably get 45+ days but I usually recharge when it gets down to 25% of full charge. (Set for continuous HR monitoring, notifications, daily alarm, etc. but no GPS.)
I'm getting well over a month on a battery recharge. I could probably get 45+ days but I usually recharge when it gets down to 25% of full charge. (Set for continuous HR monitoring, notifications, daily alarm, etc. but no GPS.)
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- ma678
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- May 23, 2008
- 2591 posts
- 638 upvotes
- Vaughan, Ontario
My watch starts to drain battery badly these days. How about yours?
- Totoriko
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- Jul 2, 2008
- 4772 posts
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- ma678
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- May 23, 2008
- 2591 posts
- 638 upvotes
- Vaughan, Ontario
I use sleep assistance only. Where can I check if GPS is enabled by accident? Thanks
- Totoriko
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- Jul 2, 2008
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One thing that is bugging me about it is that I was ahead of 96% of users who have an 8K steps streak. I opened the app on my phone last week and it says that I'm now ahead of 63%.
That makes no sense at all.
That makes no sense at all.
- bylo
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- Jan 7, 2002
- 29711 posts
- 29133 upvotes
- Waterloo, ON
Perhaps more people are getting out and walking due to COVID-19 restrictions, raising the averages. Perhaps you need to get out more
FWIW a few years ago when Google Fit showed that ranking, I was doing better than 100% of the people in my region. That made no sense at first until I realized it was because I was hiking in Europe at the time. See below:
Note that I was averaging almost 24k steps/day that week
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- Totoriko
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- Jul 2, 2008
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It is not statistically possible because someone whose streak is lower than mine cannot 'overtake' me. My streak is 290 days, how can someone get ahead of me if their streak is less?
- bylo
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- Jan 7, 2002
- 29711 posts
- 29133 upvotes
- Waterloo, ON
Fair enough. I missed the "streak."
I wonder if Amazfit merged databases for multiple fitness bands and smart watches with more "hard core" users in the newly added DBs than in the old ones.
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- Totoriko
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- Jul 2, 2008
- 4772 posts
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That is the only plausible explanation. That sucks because I was aiming for 99% before giving up on it lol
With the pandemic, it's harder to go out and walk for more than an hour
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