The Fitbit Charge 5 is a great but expensive tracker, while Xiaomi’s Mi Band 7 is half the price. So, should you spend more — or less — on your next tracker? Lexy compares these two fitness trackers on comfort, screens, workout tracking, heart-rate monitoring, sleep and smart features.
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00:00 Fitbit Charge 5 vs. Mi Band 7
00:52 Design, Comfort and Screens
03:23 Health & Fitness Tracking
06:16 Workout Comparison
08:27 App Comparison
10:07 Sleep Comparison
11:15 Smart Features
12:45 Battery Life
13:31 The Winner
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Hector De Uriarte
July 18, 2022 at 1:28 pm
Wait, sleep metrics are available only with Fitbit Premium?!?! Or did I hear wrong? Because that’s a dealbreaker for me.
Ray A E Parker
July 18, 2022 at 2:57 pm
you get sleep score, sleep time, how much time awake/light/deep/REM and I think oxygen variation without Premium 🙂
Lexy Savvides
July 18, 2022 at 3:19 pm
@Ray A E Parker correct! The in depth metrics you see on the screens in the video are only with Premium
Hector De Uriarte
July 18, 2022 at 7:27 pm
Ah got it. Thank you all for the clarification.
Adipose Rex
July 18, 2022 at 1:35 pm
I like both of them.
NorbJorb
July 18, 2022 at 1:38 pm
Lexy gets the clicks!
Kerim Amet
July 18, 2022 at 1:42 pm
Mi band 7 at €50 and charge 5 at €150. Mi band doesn’t need subscription and charge 5 you pay monthly. The choice is obvious in my oppinion.
Enmanuel Salcedo
July 18, 2022 at 1:55 pm
That’s right…the mi band heart rate goes trash mode when you start doing exercises…it fails a lot, get blocker into certain heights and lows…it’s trash, And so do the calories count…I really hope they update the band to fix this…
Harshal Naik
July 18, 2022 at 2:07 pm
all Chinese fitness bands are cheap & worse. They are loaded with useless features (such as faces, wallpapers, unnecessary preloaded workouts etc.) but the are really bad at heart rate, sleep monitoring, GPS accuracy, app UI etc.
Do not waste money on any of the Chinese bands.
C Alvz
July 18, 2022 at 3:03 pm
The Mi Band 7 Pro does have GPS I believe and NFC with Alexa support
Lexy Savvides
July 18, 2022 at 5:42 pm
It does! Not available in USA yet though
Milhouse
July 19, 2022 at 8:04 am
Yes, it does. I am using the global version.
Lexy Savvides
July 18, 2022 at 3:20 pm
Thanks for watching! What cheap vs. expensive tech do you want me to compare next?
Henri
July 18, 2022 at 7:23 pm
Body scanning scale to see muscle mass, fat, water, bone, weight, etic
Paul Irlanda
July 18, 2022 at 7:37 pm
Hey Lexy great video 👍😎🙏❤️
Nishant Jain
July 18, 2022 at 8:19 pm
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NJ
July 18, 2022 at 9:02 pm
smartwatch
Thomas Kellogg
July 18, 2022 at 10:17 pm
Samsung galaxy watch 4 vs Apple
EchoMaestro
July 18, 2022 at 3:29 pm
Just get the cheap one and move on. It’s not as if the more expensive one would prolong your life😂😂
NOT Enrique
July 18, 2022 at 4:34 pm
I had the charge 3,barely wore it for a couple months,found it in my drawer a couple of years later. GIANT WASTE OF MONEY.
Dion
July 20, 2022 at 7:10 am
Yeah. You shouldn’t buy wearables if you’re not gonna wear them in the 1st place.
Paul Irlanda
July 18, 2022 at 4:43 pm
Lexy love you to death i love your videos i have the Samsung fit 2 I think I’m going to get the mi band it looks and works great.take care stay safe and keep those great videos coming ❤️👍😎🙏
Paul Irlanda
July 18, 2022 at 4:47 pm
Thanks Lexy you Made my day 😎🙏👍❤️❤️❤️
Michael Annanack
July 18, 2022 at 5:48 pm
💰💰💰💰💰💰💰👆🏻🏠
SailorVenus90
July 18, 2022 at 8:55 pm
Lexy Looks ready to throw hands at 0:37! 🤣
Pavan jalla
July 18, 2022 at 10:02 pm
you have to review the mi band 7 pro
Matron Lars
July 19, 2022 at 12:25 am
Can you guys maybe review the Sony A80K oled tv?
Markist Choicee
July 19, 2022 at 1:23 am
If it ain’t an Apple product…
*Slaps Not Interested button*
Matthew Howell
July 19, 2022 at 5:13 am
I hope CNet didn’t make you work on both Saturday and Sunday, in order to fill out those TPS reports?
As someone who needs glasses in order to read the screen of my S22 Ultra (in WQHD), I really wish there was a fitness company that would make a watch for those of us with piss poor eyesight.
James Joshua Escandor
July 19, 2022 at 7:41 am
I do hope that Xiaomi will release the GPS and NFC version of Mi Band globally. They ALWAYS reserved it in China and some parts in Europe
Milhouse
July 19, 2022 at 8:04 am
There’s an upcoming Mi Band Pro
georgio Armania2
July 19, 2022 at 12:59 pm
Fitbit for the world’s unfit , what a great market. Buy, buy..
Jestaplo Photography
July 19, 2022 at 2:33 pm
Don’t know about fitbit but my mi band 3 is still working fine for me (close to 4 yrs)
Babak Danial
July 19, 2022 at 10:08 pm
Hi dear Lexi
Nice to meet you again
🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺
Evan Rodgers
July 20, 2022 at 2:56 am
Don’t buy Chinese fitness tracker, folks. Your data is not safe. Buy Garmin instead.