Basis Peak Fitness and Sleep Tracker + Heart Rate Monitor
Metal
- Fitness tracker automatically detects walking, running and biking and records steps taken, calories burned, skin temperature and perspiration / exertion levels
- Optical heart rate sensor delivers real-time heart data at your wrist, eliminating the need for awkward chest straps
- Sleep tracker automatically monitors full sleep cycles, including length of REM and deep sleep, giving you in-depth data on sleep quality and patterns
- iOS and Android compatability delivers text, email, caller ID and other smartphone notifications right to your wrist (with free future upgrade)
- Habits feature helps you make small but powerful changes to your sleep or activity patterns by tracking your performance and automatically adjusting your weekly goals
- Automated Syncing through Bluetooth Smart keeps data history and results secure and readily available
- Made with lightweight aircraft-grade aluminum and a high-contrast touchscreen display for enhanced durability and clarity
- Gorilla Glass 3 touch screen with gesture recognition allows optimal ease of use and menu navigation
- Provides up to 4 days of continual use with a single charge, even with heart rate function on
- Water-resistant to 50m (5 ATM) so you can swim, shower or power through rainy workouts
- Compatible with iPhone iOS 7 or higher and iPhone 4s or higher, Android Galaxy S4 and S5, Nexus 5, Note III, and HTC One
Imported.
| Best use | Fitness |
|---|---|
| Tracks steps | Yes |
| Pedometer type | Digital 3-axis accelerometer |
| Tracks calories burned | Yes |
| Sleep tracking | Yes |
| HRM included/integrated | Yes |
| Heart rate sensor type | Optical |
| Average heart rate | Yes |
| Water-resistant depth | 50 meters |
| Altimeter | No |
| Preloaded map | None |
| Time display | Yes |
| Illumination | Backlight |
| Average battery life | Up to 4 days |
| Data exchange | Bluetooth |
| Smart device notifications | Yes |
| Gender | Unisex |
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Oct 10, 2015Best looking, best interface, poor performance
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Aug 12, 2015You Must Be Kidding MeWas very excited. Although I should have been better about hearing all the complaints regarding the connectivity issues. This watch is a great idea, best combo of features on the market in m...
Read More Was very excited. Although I should have been better about hearing all the complaints regarding the connectivity issues. This watch is a great idea, best combo of features on the market in my opinion...but it simply doesn't work. And this is not an opinion, it is a fact that this watch just doesn't work. I have an iPhone 4s running iOS 7 (officially supported) and I can't even set up the watch. Its purely ornamental. It doesn't even tell time. Support is all online and it's maddeningly frustrating. First it will take about a day for them to respond. Then when the do, they just tell you the same thing that you've already read in their troubleshooting guide online. Then radio silence. And after digging around online it turns out that even if I can get it setup, I have a wonderful world of nonfunction awaiting me every time I try to sync the watch with my phone...and without the phone interface the watch is pretty much useless...so I fell for the allure of the features. Don't fall for the trap. This watch doesn't work. -
May 19, 2015Best hardware, improving softwareAfter extensive comparison of fitness trackers on the market, I settled on the Basis Peak. Review have warned me that the software might be lacking, and that sync problems exist on the andro...
Read More After extensive comparison of fitness trackers on the market, I settled on the Basis Peak. Review have warned me that the software might be lacking, and that sync problems exist on the android version of the app. Essentially every reviewer, however, agreed that it had the absolutely best HR and biometrics tracking hardware; that, coupled with the water resistance, pushed me to purchase it. I've had it for a month, now, and admittedly have had some issues with syncing. Today, Basis/Intel pushed an app update for iOS and Android that seems to have fixed these issues and also made the app fully compatible (import and export) with Apple Health and Google Fit. The other missing features, such as location tracking through the phone's location and a "stopwatch" feature to stop and start your own activities are being added with the update today and firmware update tomorrow. There was a little snag on my personal update, but Basis technical support got back to me within the hour when I created an error report through the app. They have also announced a new model that comes with a leather strap (which you can also buy separately) and has a titanium body. This directly resolves the other complaint about the Peak - that it was a bit ugly. PROS: Best biometric tracking, waterproof, quick-switch straps. CONS: UI support has been lacking, but appears to be resolved to an even level with other mainstream apps. It would be nice if they released build notes and data for developers to begin integrating it with other apps. -
May 17, 2015Great trackerI have had the basis peak for a while now. I really love the peak, and compared to the prior basis model its a lot better. The sleep tracker is one of the best on the market, and with the ne...
Read More I have had the basis peak for a while now. I really love the peak, and compared to the prior basis model its a lot better. The sleep tracker is one of the best on the market, and with the newer update you can get msgs right to your device as well as decline calls. Great all around fitness tracker. -
Apr 6, 2015Basis Peak ReviewWhen the Peak was released, it seems it was plagued with a lot of quality issues, not least of which was inability to sync properly, tracking data poorly, and not charging. Since then, it se...
Read More When the Peak was released, it seems it was plagued with a lot of quality issues, not least of which was inability to sync properly, tracking data poorly, and not charging. Since then, it seems Basis has really hunkered down and worked to eliminate a lot of these issues. In the time I've had it, it has pretty much been the product advertised. It has detected steps very accurately, both walking and running - I haven't gotten on a bike yet so I don't know how well it is able to track cycling. The heart rate sensor has been pretty much dead on except for a few odd spikes here and there, which I attribute to sliding the watch up my forearm. I've been pretty impressed with the sleep tracking as well, being able to sense when you're in REM, light sleep or deep sleep - I'm not sure of any other sleep trackers that can do this (not saying there isn't one, but I'm just not aware of it). The skin temperature sensor seems accurate (or at least reasonable), and I don't really have any way of testing the perspiration level sensor. Battery life has been more than sufficient for me. I'm kind of a stickler about keeping Li-ion batteries charged, so I'll usually stick it on the charger while I take a shower and get ready for work, letting it charge for about 20-30 minutes every morning. The charging dock is phenomenal - it just snaps right into place, no fuss. I find a simple elegance to the look of the watch. I have small wrists so I was concerned the watch would be too big - not so, it's actually my smallest watch. The watch band is great as well. The red underneath peaks through very subtly, adding a nice flash of color. I've heard rumors of people getting rashes from the band, but I haven't had an issue. Just make sure you take it off every now and then, keep the watch clean, and you should be fine. The LCD is very visible in every lit situation I've encountered, and the back lit LED, has sufficed for when it's too dark to see the LCD. The touchscreen operation is very fluid and very responsive. To view anything other than the time, swipe right to get to your current heart rate. Swiping down from this screen shows the day totals (steps taken, calories burned). Swiping right again either from this screen or the heart rate screen displays either the current activity or the most recent activity, and information such as how many steps were taken, the duration of the activity and how many calories were burned from that activity. So you cannot see skin temperature, perspiration level, or sleep data on the Peak itself. If you swipe the screen left from the home screen, you can see the battery level, tell the watch to sync, turn Bluetooth off, turn on "Do Not Disturb" mode, restart the watch or get watch information such as serial number, firmware version, etc. I really like that Basis gave you the option to turn Bluetooth off, just in case you wanted to squeeze a little extra battery life out of it. I don't know how much data the watch can store, though, so I don't know how frequently you need to sync to insure the you don't lose any data. Notifications from your phone (text, phone calls, etc.) well pop up when your phone receives them and you can dismiss them by swiping right. I've had no issues getting notifications from my phone - it may lag a second or two behind, but that's not a problem for me. Now onto the not so good. While the syncing is undoubtedly better than it was when it was first released, the Peak does still fuss at me sometimes when it tries to sync. It's often fixable by turning Bluetooth off and on on either the watch or the phone, or by restarting the watch, but it's still a hassle. Additionally, I'm not a huge fan of the app for Android (I don't think the app for iPhones is really any different). For one thing, it's not very intuitive, and kind of difficult to navigate. The other thing I really don't care for are Habits, which are goals that you have to unlock which include wearing your watch for more than 12 hours a day, or taking a morning stroll, or going to bed at a consistent time. You can modify any of these to suit your needs, and you get points for fulfilling them which can be used to, you guessed it, unlock more habits. So really, it's just another form of gameification to help you get in better shape, which is fine, it's just not really my gig. You can view the app online and the layout is a little bit better, but I think there's still room for improvement. The last thing that frustrates me is the lack of a silent alarm. This is a feature that would be a no brainer to include, has been suggested out the wazoo, and has thus far been ignored (seriously, do a search on "Basis Peak Silent Alarm" and you'll see countless suggestions at the basis support forum, along with replies from Basis saying something along the lines of, "Thanks for your feedback, I'll forward this to the design team"). It even seems like Basis intended to include it, since one of their habits is "Regular Rising" where they encourage you to wake up at the same time every day. It's the perfect opportunity to include an alarm, but much to my dismay there was no buzzing on my wrist the morning after I unlocked it. Just a side note: This is actually something that concerned me when I was deliberating on whether to buy the Peak or not, since I saw so many suggestions, and no results. If the company ignores the low hanging fruit to capture a larger market, how much more likely are they to not provide sufficient support for more serious problems? I've also seen a handful of requests for a stopwatch. I think Basis may have reasoned their way out of this feature because when you start an activity a clock automatically starts, but this isn't a feature I'm too concerned about so I'll leave this topic to someone who cares more about it than myself. All in all, I'm happy with the Peak. There's a lot of room for improvement, but there is also space for improvement. The nice thing about that is that a lot of the things you can improve seem to be software oriented, so they can be pushed to it without needing to purchase a new device. I'm giving the watch itself a 4 out of 5 as this is a product review, and I can review the app on Google's Play store, but as of this write-up I would say the pairing of the two, since they function together, would be 3 out of 5. -
Nov 19, 2014Do not buy this worthless productThe Basis Peak is a horrible, faulty product. My Peak is now frozen on its clock screen. Its clock is constantly off by one hour. Its heart rate detection is spotty at best (once it gave a r...
Read More The Basis Peak is a horrible, faulty product. My Peak is now frozen on its clock screen. Its clock is constantly off by one hour. Its heart rate detection is spotty at best (once it gave a reading of 54 BPM when a manual checked showed 100 BPM). Best of all, it said I was in REM sleep while I was working during a night shift. Please do not waste your money on this worthless product.
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Read More It was far and away the best looking fitness tracker on the market with the best interface. It's just so nice for accessing your data while wearing it, and should give you a wider range of and better data once uploaded. However, for a week of wearing it I apparently never slept, even though it was suppose to have the best sleep tracking on the market. It also struggled to pick up a lot of movement, I took a grocery shopping trip at a big chain store and only needed 5 steps to do all of my shopping if you trust the Peak. I was greatly disappointed as it seemed on the surface to be the best thing on the market.