I purchased two Band 3s for my wife and myself to aid our post-holidays workpiyt plans. We're generally very pleased and with the product's performance and think it's a great value. A couple of problems have cropped up, particularly the class as the claimed integration with Google Fit--it simply fails to work. The Band also occasionally fails to pair with the Huawei Health app but restarting it usually fixes the problem. Battery life is very good though it falls a bit short of the 12 days Huawei claims--more like 10 days. Overall, the Band 3 is a better than average product and a good value--an excellent choice if you're curious about fitness tracking but don't want to sink $100+ into alternative products.

As my Fitbit Blaze battery failed to make it through a single day I dreaded that it was time for a new fitness watch. I did not want to shell out hundreds of dollars on something with a 1-2 year life span. I researched probably 20 different products and discovered the Huawei Pro Band 3. It had a few negative reviews but was an Amazon Choice, and seemed to have awesome features for the price. I ordered it and could not be happier. I have a Huawei phone and the two play very well together, as for instance, I already had the Huawei Health app installed. When I connected the watch through bluetooth, the app identified it properly and I installed a Firmware update.

Leaving the Fitbit world was a little scary, but I can report about a month after the purchase that I could not be more satisfied. One thing you lose is the community feature of Fitbit, but I was not a huge participant. On every other feature--step tracker, heart monitor, sleep monitor, app notifications, swim tracking (huge plus)--this watch is on par if not superior to my old Blaze. I have never had a single problem syncing data from my watch to my phone, where this was a continuous problem with the Blaze. The screen of the Huawei Pro Band 3 is vibrant and enjoyable to interact with. I love the weather icon. As a runner, I don't have to reach for the phone to see what is forecasted. Text, FaceBook, and other notifications come through clearly and reliably. I don't like that I have to tap on the heart rate screen to see my pulse (a pain when on a run), but the reading is accurate. It's a small inconvenience. The Huawei Health app is rich in functionality, providing a superior analysis of sleep (I always found Fitbit was undercounting hours of sleep). It will sync with Google Fit, which in turn provides data to MyFitnessPal app--a more complete diet tracker, etc. I have been using all three apps together.

Overall, you will not find a better watch for the price or even anything that is three times the price! For the money, I spent on this I could not afford the most simplistic bracelet from Fitbit or Apple. This watch does not feel or look cheap to me--but realistically I expect a couple of years out of it. Nothing on the market seems to be that even if you spend $400.

First, a little about me. While I do workout (lift weights 2x per week, do light yoga 5x per week, and do HIIT 2x per week), I have zero interest in wearing a device that tracks the intense details of all that. I have a habit tracker to track that I did aforementioned activities, but other than that, I can feel if I am getting a workout or not. I'm all set. And as for having a device on my wrist that tells me that the phone in my pants just received a text...I mean...come on! Frikkin useless. I don't get the "need" for all that redundancy. However, what really intrigues me about a health band is it's ability to track sleep in vivid technicolor detail....that's it....deep, light, and rem sleep...that's all I care about. I must admit that tracking steps is intriguing, having a device that is waterproof (cuz ya never know), being able to have the band also serve as a watch with date and time, being able to enter and track your weight, and I also do appreciate the reminder to get up off my ass if I have been sitting on it for over an hour...all good...but it's the detailed sleep tracking that hits the sweet spot for me. So all i want is something that works reliably, is comfy to wear, reasonably accurate, and has actual world-class customer support. And the Huawei crushed it on all of those levels. The sleep tracking was accurate and detailed. The app is very user-friendly and well-designed. All I do is keep the heart monitoring on and all the other features off (i.e. text notifications)...i mean who wants bluetooth on all day....i then wear the watch while I sleep and the next morning I click on the bluetooth thing, and in a matter of minutes, it syncs with my phone and sends all the sleep data to the app for detailed viewing. Beautiful. The accuracy was solid. I mean who knows...it's not EEG electrodes, but as an alternative to a sleep lab with guys in white coats watching you, it's the next best thing. And for around $50, you can't beat the value...The fitbit is all good but you are looking at $150 and much less battery strength. I would say that you need to make sure the band is reasonably tight....i'm a loose fit kind of guy, and it is clear that there were some wacky heart rate readings, but once i tightened up the band a notch, all was well. A little more background...before i bought the huawei band 3 pro, i bought the ouraring....first off, the oura is $300 ($250 with an easily found online coupon if you bother to search), and it took several months to ship. so there's that. now when i got the ring, it was awesome...tracked my sleep like a champ...but then, after only a week, for some frikkin reason, it stopped syncing with my phone...the bluetooth went all whack on me....so i went to the site to find out how to get tech support...well guess what...there is no tech support. no phone you can call...so i sent an email into the void and several weeks later (not 24hrs) i got a reply from olga...she was very friendly and all, but she had nothing to add other than the standard reboot garbage that 99% of all tech support relies on...so i just sent it back for a refund minus shipping charges of course...oura makes a great product (when it works), but when you charge $300 and have garbage for tech support infrastructure and you take months to ship your product...i don't know....office skills do matter...they really do..and huawei has better office skills. Also, when i bought the product, i had some issues figuring out how to get it started, so i called tech support, and got a professional knowledgeable dude who walked me through the process in a matter of minutes....he also took down my contact info (smart...now they can work on making me a loyal customer with a high lifetime value...as a marketer, i respect that)...without a doubt, if you are into sleep tracking, this is the best game in town.

Well it keeps track of all the stuff it says it does and very scary accurate too. Some nice things I found was the default clock face its pre set with can tell what the current weather is and the messages feature is handy to check and see if I have an important message or not. My only negative with it is nothing tells you how to work certain features like dismissing alarms you just get an o screen prompt saying press and hold to dismiss, tap and hold where though? I found the answer to that question a couple days later you tap and hold the home button till it dismisses the alarm. The touch screen at very rare times counts a swipe as a tap which can be annoying though. Overall view of it is its awesome for its price and I'd recommend anyone with around 80 or 90 dollars get it but keep in mind you have to learn how the features on it work to make the most out of this product.

This band has improved my life over the past 6 months. It seems like a one-of-a-kind product, especially in its price range.

Pros
- connects to GPS so your running distance is accurate (as opposed to being measured by step count)
- I like the heartrate monitor and sleep tracking
- actually motivates me to exercise and have a regular sleep schedule
- weight tracking easy to use

Cons
- buggy, I need to reset it every few days if I want a map of where I ran/biked
- the app doesn't offer to make an account, so when I reinstalled the app after having some trouble with it, all my data was lost
- doesn't take elevation into account when calculating calories
- thinks I'm sleeping when I'm reading or meditating
- doesn't connect to US apps (ex strava, weight watchers)
- screen turns on when bumped while cuddling (very bright)