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LG - Lifeband Touch Activity Tracker (Medium) - Black
Average Customer Rating:
2.3
Rating breakdown 29 reviews
5 Stars
5
4 Stars
1
3 Stars
2
2 Stars
10
1 Star
11
29%of customers recommend this product.
(
8 out of
28)
Customer Reviews for LG - Lifeband Touch Activity Tracker (Medium) - Black
Customer Rating
2
Description did not mention compatibility
on October 14, 2014
Posted by: TejasTerry
from Arlington, TX, USA
Does not work with LG Nexus 4.
Step counter is inaccurate. Cannot set stride length.
Expensive for what you get!
Step counter is inaccurate. Cannot set stride length.
Expensive for what you get!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Quality
2
Features
2
Value
2
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
2
What's going on
on July 15, 2016
Posted by: dinos73
from Athens
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this product and only works on iPhone at play store says it's incompatible to the galaxy s7 ..!really looking forward to seeing you fixing this mess
Pros: Style/Design, Features/Settings, Quality, easy to use
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Quality
2
Features
2
Value
2
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
3
Cool gadget but software side needs improvement
on May 19, 2014
Posted by: Gerrit75
from Chicago, IL, USA
The Lifeband looks sleek and stylish and is comfortable to wear (not the least heavy or unbalanced as some people in hands-on reports before general availability stated). Make sure to get the right size for your wrist in order to have it fit well (I can imagine that if it is too big or small it might be quite uncomfortable).
Extra functions like the text notifications and the music player controls work well. I have the Lifeband paired to a Nexus 5. The pairing process was very easy.
I cannot say anything with regards to the battery lifetime yet as I have just used the Lifeband for about a day so far. Definitely I would have prefered it to be waterproof instead of just splash proof. But that is something I knew before buying it.
Why only three star as overall rating:
What needs improvement is the explanation if what the calorie counter means. The app estimates a BMR (Basal metabolic rate) based on the user's age, weight and height. And then it starts counting calories towards a goal that has to be set. It is not clear to me what calories are counted. It seems to be activity on top of the BMR, but as mentioned, no explanation anywhere... I connected the app with myfitnesspal (my primary fitness/health tracking incl. calorie counting I do there). It is definitely great that LG is so open that it allows to connect to different services and allows even to connect heart rate monitors from other companies. But the calorie adjustments posted to myfitnesspal don't make sense to me. It seems that everything on top of the BMR gets posted there as a workout. As this doesn't take into consideration my calorie goals in myfitnesspal it is not helping me to figure out how many calories I can consume a day and still hit my goal adjusted for my daily activity level... I think there is room for improvement and I hope LG keeps on working on this.
What needs improvement is the explanation if what the calorie counter means. The app estimates a BMR (Basal metabolic rate) based on the user's age, weight and height. And then it starts counting calories towards a goal that has to be set. It is not clear to me what calories are counted. It seems to be activity on top of the BMR, but as mentioned, no explanation anywhere... I connected the app with myfitnesspal (my primary fitness/health tracking incl. calorie counting I do there). It is definitely great that LG is so open that it allows to connect to different services and allows even to connect heart rate monitors from other companies. But the calorie adjustments posted to myfitnesspal don't make sense to me. It seems that everything on top of the BMR gets posted there as a workout. As this doesn't take into consideration my calorie goals in myfitnesspal it is not helping me to figure out how many calories I can consume a day and still hit my goal adjusted for my daily activity level... I think there is room for improvement and I hope LG keeps on working on this.
In total I like the Lifeband Touch and if LG follows up to improve the calorie counting issues in connection with connected apps I'd be more than happy to bump up the Overall Rating.
Pros: Style/Design
I would recommend this to a friend!
Quality
4
Features
4
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
4
Almost the total package
on May 23, 2014
Posted by: cmbauer99
from Minnesota, USA
I have been searching for the perfect tracker and was excited when I saw this come out. I have used, Fitbits, Loops, Misfits etc etc. I am looking for an all in one band that can monitor heart rate, calories, steps, sleep.
I picked this up and ran home charged it, strapped it on. It synced to my Bluetooth polar heart rate monitor quite easily. Then proceeded to fire up a HIIT workout for 50 minutes. checking the band during the work out displays the heart rate perfectly. Finished the workout and went to check the app for total calories burned only to see 300. This workout normally gives me 800 burned. Then I found out the product does not track HIIT workouts. Which is a major downfall.
The fit and finish is great, control music is fantastic. However without this basic tracking I will be returning the product.
Pros: Performance, Style/Design, easy to use
I would recommend this to a friend!
Quality
4
Features
3
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
2
the band itself is good, but the app is useless..
on December 8, 2015
Posted by: Danny96
from Wellington, New Zealand
Im using an iPhone 5S on iOS 9 and the app crashes every single time you try to connect the band to the phone, the app needs fixing immediately.
Pros: Style/Design, easy to use, Quality
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Quality
4
Features
3
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
1
App doesn't work
on December 24, 2015
Posted by: Andrewsc
from Akron, OH, United States
Resets the time and number of steps at midnight... but can't set the time. Will not sync - app does not run on either Nexus 6P (Marshmallow 6.0.1) or iPhone 5C (9.02). Renders product useless.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Quality
1
Features
1
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
1
LG Lifeband Touch Not Syncing
on December 27, 2015
Posted by: Todd T
from Dubuque, IA, United States
Trying to sync this device to an iPhone 6s and app keeps crashing. This is a Christmas gift and am thinking a waste of my wife's money as I cannot use it yet.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Quality
1
Features
1
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com
Customer Rating
1
what a piece of dissapointment, money waster
on February 14, 2015
Posted by: DissapointedJack
this product is a real dud. had problem with two of them. especially the app for syncing data is disaster. dont buy it at all.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Quality
1
Features
1
Value
1
Written by a customer while visiting lg.com