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This is a review of Lenovo E1 fitness tracker. Is it worth buying?
Box
Not the greatest beginning. The box contains typo.
Specifications and design
It looks like every new fitness tracker released in 2019. Nothing new here. It’s pretty nice though.
It weights 58-59 grams – plastic and silicone are light. 120×120 px screen size is 1.33 inches and it’s covered by 2.5D glass, so it should be protected from light scratches. Too bad it’s not a touch screen – you need to click on the touch button (long and short clicks). In my opinion that’s a big minus. Right now Lenovo E1 costs $40 and for that price it should have a touch screen.
In the back of device there’s heart rate sensor and charging plug with a magnes (which is pretty strong – good) like in every other smart watch.
Lenovo E1 is water-resistant (IP67), so it’s rain-proof and splash-proof. You can swim or take a shower with this device, but it’s not recommended, because it does not give your skin a chance to breathe (just dry it thoroughly after swimming and that’s it).
Functions
Sports
Sleep
Heart rate test
Training (no swimming!)
Weather
Messages reminder
Remote Shutter
Music play controller
Other functions (stopwatch, brightness, mute mode, factory reset, power off)
Stop Watch
Silent alarms
Remind to move
It’s just a standard set of functions in every fitness tracker. One interesting function is 24h heart rate monitoring, but it drains battery pretty quickly (1-2 days)! Also it’s very similar to Blitzwolf BW-HL1, which costs 20 USD (lenovo is for 40)!
There’s no auto brightness, the battery is not the best (without constant heart rate monitoring it’s alive for like 10 days), price is pretty high. It looks nice though.
I don’t really recommend this watch. My score is 4/10.
360 video doorbell (videobell)? Really? Is camera necessary? What about battery life? Is it wireless anyway? 360 Corporation has released new video doorbell that I will review now. Model number is: D819. Check 360 Smart Video Doorbell review out. As always I’m telling the truth about the product.
Package
360 Video Doorbell first see
Box contains 5000 mAh doorbell, mount with 3M VHB tape, guide sticker (so you know where you should drill (of course you can just use 3M tape)), base station (it’s WIFI signal amplifier and speaker), user guide, USB cable (to charge the videobell), screws kit and disassembly tool (like the one in smartphones for SIM cards). There was also EU plug adapter (sits very good, it’s not a cheap one).
360 Video Doorbell box content
Doorbell has pretty big chargable 5000 mAh battery and it’s waterproof. Quality feels Xiaomi-like – it’s very good. The length of doorbell is 15.1 cm, width is 6.1 cm and depth 3.2 cm so it’s not the smallest doorbell.
Then you need to register new 360 account, add new device (video doorbell of course), plug in base station and press the SET button to pair the device. Then just follow instructions to finish pairing base station with doorbell.
Pairing successfull
Doorbell itself can be installed using screws or 3M tape (the best height is 1.4 m).
To remove doorbell from the mount you need to use disassembly tool (or something similar like small screwdriver)
Functions
What does it do? Why is it better than normal doorbell without camera? Well, there we go:
Visitor identification – doorbell can recognize visitors. It actually works, but do you really need this? I don’t.
Lingering alert – when someone lingers at your door, you can receive an app notification – that’s pretty cool. Basically it records short videos (up to 36 seconds in my case) when someone walks or stays behind your doors. You can watch these videos (that are saved in encrypted cloud storage and MicroSD card) later using your smartphone. You can also share these videos (to Google Drive for example).
Visitor video call – you can see a person and talk with him using your smartphone. Yep, that’s useful. It’s like intercom with camera.
Disassembly alarm – when someone will disassembly the doorbell, then it will sound an alarm (very loud) and you will receive an app notification. You need to turn this off before charging your doorbell!
Live view – yes, you can watch live video from your doorbell (sic!) anywhere in the world using smartphone. You can use zoom in function in live view (it’s zooming in pretty good). You can also talk to smartphone and doorbell will sound with your voice (scare your neighbour! :D)
LED light around the button – it lights up when someone is near the doorbell or press the button. You can turn this off in options.
Video and sound quality
Videos are saved in cloud storage (only latest 48 hours is free! Good enough…) and micro SD card (inserted into base station (indoor)). It uses H.265 codec. Video resolution is 1536x1376px and there’re 20 FPS.
Video quality is very good at night and day. I think it’s equal to Xiaomi IP cameras or even better. This doorbell supports HDR and the screen automatically adjusts according to ambient light. It also automatically turns on night vision when it’s very dark. It has 162 degree lens – that’s really wide-angle camera. Picture has some distortion, but it’s more important to see more in doorbell cameras.
I will post some photos, but I have resized them:
Video quality is more than enough, seriously. The sound quality is very good (it’s like talking through smartphones). Sound in doorbell base is loud enough.
As I said before it uses great video codec which is H.265, so files should be small and good quality. Let’s see. Here is content of micro SD card:
After opening “date folder” we can see “hour folders”:
and then raw video files:
Here are video file properties from MPC-HC application:
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media / Version 2
Codec ID : mp42
File size : 661 KiB
Duration : 8s 209ms
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 659 Kbps
Encoded date : UTC 2019-08-11 12:02:45
Tagged date : UTC 2019-08-11 12:02:53
Video
ID : 1
Format : HEVC
Format/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Format profile : Main@L4@Main
Codec ID : hvc1
Codec ID/Info : High Efficiency Video Coding
Duration : 7s 999ms
Bit rate : 625 Kbps
Width : 1 536 pixels
Height : 1 376 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.116
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 20.003 fps
Original frame rate : 20.000 fps
Minimum frame rate : 11.628 fps
Maximum frame rate : 37.037 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.015
Stream size : 610 KiB (92%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2019-08-11 12:02:46
Tagged date : UTC 2019-08-11 12:02:53
Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 8s 209ms
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 45.4 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 3 900 Mbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel(s)_Original : 1 channel
Channel positions : Front: C
Sampling rate : 16.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 45.4 KiB (7%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2019-08-11 12:02:46
Tagged date : UTC 2019-08-11 12:02:53
1 minute of video is 4.8 MB – nice. 32 GB micro SD card (30 GB real capacity) is enough for 104 hours (a little more than 4 days) of video material (it’s recording only when someone is staying or passing next to doorbell, so I think 32 GB microSD is enough).
Disadvantages
Battery – it’s 5000 mAh, but I think it’s not enough. It’s 63% after 3 days! Maybe that’s because I was testing it and watching live view or saved videos pretty often. You can change settings to “low battery mode” (it will save battery life, but it may not record all actions (or it will record too short amount of time)). You can also change monitoring range (near (1 m) -> medium (2 m) -> far (3 m)) – I’ve had 3 meters setting when testing it. You can also disable “Human motion detection”. That should increase battery life.
GPS has to be enabled when pairing with base station – why? You don’t need to enable GPS while using application though.
Temperature range is -5 to 45 Celcius. It may be even -20 Celcius in my country, so…
High risk of theft
The doorbell is fair-sized (but how it can be smaller if we got 5000 mAh battery and good camera)
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In specs there’s an info that it works with 1.5 V batteries, but Eneloop 1.2 V are working too. Build quality is rather average (but who cares?). I’ve tested it a couple of times in one place (with turning it off and on) and measurement accuracy was plus/minus 2 mm (as specs say), so I think it’s a very good result. Device saves up to 100 measurement results. You can change measuring unit to meters (from 0.05 m to 40 m), feet and inches. You can measure from the end or top of device. The laser itself is well visible. Area and volume measurements are also available.
Xiaomi makes almost everything, even toothbrushes. Soocas X3 is a rebranded product (like most of Xiaomi stuff) made by Soocare Technology Co. Ltd. Let’s check if it’s worth buying it.
Package, design and specifications
It comes in a nice, simple package
Here is what you see when you open it. There is another box inside (you can see it on the right side of the photo) with toothbrush head, manual and charger.
Basically there’s toothbrush with protection cover, one toothbrush head (common cleaning type) with protection cover, wireless charger (chinese plug), chinese manual and that’s it! I think it’s worth to buy additional toothbrush heads, because you need to change them once per 3 months.
Toothbrush charger model is: X3CW. It has IPX7 waterproof level, you can plug it to 110-240V and it’s 3W. The Soocas logo starts to illuminate when it’s plugged in.
There is chinese plug, so you may need to buy a proper plug adapter.
What about specs? There we go:
Handle input: 3.7V
Charger input: 110-240V ~50-60Hz, 3W
IPX7 waterproof standard
Made in China by Soocare (Shenzhen) Technology Co. Ltd.
You can also check product’s originality. Here is toothbrush itself. I think everyone will love its design – it’s simple and elegant.
Usage
Basically there are 4 cleaning modes that you can choose from:
Standard – about 31000 vibrations per minute. It’s for cleaning oral cavity, removing dental plaque and other particles. I’m using it daily.
Sensitive – less vibrations per minute than standard. Intended for people with gums inflammation, tooth implants or briquettes.
Beginner mode – use this mode if your gums are not in good condition or you’re using it for the first time (Xiaomi says you should use this mode for a week before you switch to another one).
Whitening or individual – 34800-37200 vibrations per minute. It is intended to eliminate plaque after drinking coffee, smoking etc.
As I said I’m using first mode (the top mode) and I think it’s the best for everyday usage if you have no problem with gums or teeths. It will clean your teeths better than manual toothbrush (especially if you use manual one in a wrong way), but in my opinion it’s not the best at cleaning tongue – toothbrush head is just too small and soft. It’s better to use manual toothbrush for tongue cleaning.
What about cleaning technique? Put a little bit of toothpaste on toothbrush head and spread it all over your teeths (just like with manual one). Choose proper cleaning mode (it will be saved after cleaning, so you won’t have to choose it again next time) and start cleaning your teeths’s side (with 45 degree angle) and top moving slowly. Soocas X3 works for 2 minutes with 3 short breaks – after 30, 60 and 90 seconds. Try to clean left bottom area in 30 seconds, then right bottom in another 30 seconds et cetera. You can clean for another 2 minutes if you want.
Battery life
There are three dots showing battery level (3 dots = 100%, 2 dots = 66%, 1 dot = 33%). Battery capacity is 1000 mAh. I’m using it for 2 weeks, but I was charging it – my bad.
I’ve charged it fully today (02.12.2017) and I won’t charge it anymore from now on so I can update this paragraph when battery will be empty (for your information – I’m using it like 3 times per day).
Update (17.12.2017): after 15 days there are 2 green dots. Very good result.
Update (28.12.2017): after 26 days red dot appeared, so I’ve stopped the test not to damage battery. 26 days is the same as specification says, so it’s excellent!
Update (04.11.2018): After (almost) 1 year of using this toothbrush I’m going to make next test. I’ve charged it today, so we’ll see how long it will work this time! Update (02.12.2018): There we go. It’s still the same (even more) after 1 year – 28 days! Basically battery used in this toothbrush is high quality.
Here is the red dot at the end of the test:
I’ve started charging on 28.12.2017 16:00 CET. On 29.12.2017 6:00 CET it was fully charged, so you need at least 14 hours to charge battery fully.
Waterproof test
Here’s a short YouTube video showing Soocas X3 being covered with water.
Install it, create account, click on top left button, go to “My toothbrush” and bind it. You have to give all permissions to Soocas application to make binding work.
You can set brushing time to 2.5 minutes and last 10/30 seconds cleaning method.
Pros and cons
Pros:
It’s really nice looking toothbrush
Cleans your teeths better than manual toothbrush
Four cleaning modes – I think that’s enough for everyone
Long battery working time (26 days tested). After 1 year 28 days tested.
It’s customizable via app
Cons:
Not the best in tongue cleaning (just buy tongue cleaner)
“Long” charging time (14 hours tested)
No infinite work mode
This toothbrush is like the movie “The Green Mile” – it’s really good. I recommend that product.
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Update 2: Every code has expired!
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The list of deals
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