X-WRIST LT – LASER THERAPY SMART WATCH

X-WRIST LT – LASER THERAPY SMART WATCH REVIEW
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This is the last of the three new smartwatches from x-wrist that I have tried and I think it is by far the best. So it should be, as at £199 it is by some way the most expensive. The first watch I tried, the TBP, had a quirky and rather hard to use external blood pressure monitor, the second, the budget priced X2 was an enhanced and improved version of their earlier x1 health tracker. This one, the LT, is an upmarket and rather stylish smartwatch with a range of health features the most notable of which is the built-in Red Light Laser Health therapy system.

In the mid-range product box was just the watch itself with a prefitted black leather strap, a charging cable and an easy to read but rather basic start-up guide. Mine also came with a separately packaged silicone strap, which may or may not be a standard feature.

Build quality seems excellent and the watch really does have a premium feel to it. The watch feels heavy compared to my Amazfit GTR3 Pro watch and is a little thicker but this goes to reinforce the premium feel and if anything the X-Wrist L2 feels better made and more substantial.

The watch has a bright and clear 1.32” (34mm) LCD screen with two physical buttons. The top button turns the watch off and on and serves as a Home button, the lower jumps straight to the Laser Therapy screen. Between is a sensor pad needed for ECG readings. Swipe up to enter get the notifications screen, down for system shortcuts. Swipe left to scroll through the daily summary and other main app screens, swipe right to get to the app shortcuts.

There are multiple sensors available on this watch, more than with any of the high end and far more costly rivals I have tried. Also, and this is a big plus, all the key sensors (including Blood Pressure. heart rate and Sp02) can be set to monitor 24/7 on a user selectable timed basis. I have mine set to update every 10 minutes. The results can be viewed on the watch or in the app with the watch showing the latest reading together with graphs for earlier readings. The more detailed results can be viewed in the X-wrist smartphone app. I found the watch face health displays to be well designed and easy to read

Setting the watch up is easy enough once you get accustomed to the rather poorly designed X-Wrist app interface. After charging the band with the magnetic charger just follow the instructions in the app settings to pair the watch and phone together. This took just a few seconds and was a far easier process than with some other watches I have tried, including the Amazfit. Despite using the older 4.2 version, I found the Bluetooth link to be both more stable and fast with the watch syncing automatically and quickly as required in the background with an easy to read status confirmation on the X-Wrist app front page.

The x-wrist smartphone app, used by all the x-wrist devices, I found to be very comprehensive but overly detailed, poorly designed and hard to both read and navigate. It has been improved, I think since the first version, but a total revamp is needed. That said, all the data you want can be found if you are prepared to hunt for it. The watch settings can also be made here and they are many and varied including one to set the skin colour of the wearer to improve sensor readings, a feature I have not found elsewhere. The six watch face themes can be selected – it is great pity there are not more – as well as screen brightness, health goals, personal details and the frequency of the 24/7 sensor polling. All the key settings can also be made directly on the watch. A nice feature, which I have not seen elsewhere, is the ability the select the sensitivity range of the Blood Pressure sensor to allow for more accurate readings. The app also promotes an incentive screen for exercise with points and tokens given for achievements that can be redeemed for a range of items and services. Incidentally, the app can be used without the watch by importing health data from Google Fit.

Let’s look at the main monitoring features of the watch. The results can be viewed directly on the watch screen but this is best kept for on-demand readings with long-term results more easily viewed in the app.

Blood Pressure
This works well. I have tested it against my external BP monitor and the results are consistent with it. Like with most of the other sensors results can be taken on demand or on a 24/7 timed basis. The BP monitor can be set to run within one of three ranges and also calibrated to an external blood pressure monitor. It is still not as accurate as I would like but it is better than most other smartwatches I have tried.

Blood Oxygen (Sp02)
Again it works well and I have tested it against a medical-grade finger SP02 monitor.

Breathing Rate
Accurate, so far as I can tell.

Sport Modes
There is a limited range of preset sports activities, which do not include walking, but this can be found on the app. This is a health tracker, not a sports tracker and so I do not view this as being a major issue. At the time of writing the option to initiate a sports activity from the app is not yet working but you can enter sports data retrospectively and start an activity from the watch.

Sleep
Works well but the results are more simple than those from some of the expensive rivals. This is probably better as the results here are far less complicated and much easy to read.

ECG
Keep the finger on the side button until the progress bar completes, which can take some time. It can also be launched from the app. How well does it work? I am not qualified to say but it looks impressive enough.

Laser Healthy Therapy
The USP of this watch is the Red Light Laser Health Therapy. I had never heard of it before but after looking into it really is a thing. Therapy sessions can be quickly and easily set up through the watch with both the intensity of the wrist light and the timing being selectable. Press the lower watch button for the Therapy screen and touch the large on-screen button to begin a session. How well it works, I am not qualified to say but I have no reason to doubt the accuracy of the claims for it.

Steps
Seems accurate enough compared to my Amazfit watch.

Distance Despite the lack of GPS integration it seems OK

Notifications
Seems to work for basic one-way notifications.

Other Features
Camera Control – Does not work with my Xiaomi phone
Music Control – Does not work with my phone
Screen On Wrist Flick – Works well with only a small delay.
Display – Bright and clear but with a fast shutoff time that cannot be changed.
Screen Brightness – 4 levels, good and bright, can be set from the app or watch.
Watch Reset – Works OK
Watch Power Off – Yes, this works

This is a health watch rather than a sports watch. There is no GPS, not even connected GPS, the sports options are limited and there is no way to export data to other apps or tracking websites. That said the X2 offers features and options I have never encountered before on rival devices three times the price of this one. This is a work in progress but the developers tell me updates and feature enhancements are on the way.

Despite the few limitations, most of which are software based and can be fixed with future updates, this is an excellent health watch offering features unmatched at this price. Build quality is excellent and the watch has a simple and clean interface, easy to use and with a bright screen visible outside in daylight. The Red Light Laser Therapy is unique to this watch and could give it a way into a niche market.

For the price, this interesting and well-specified watch is a worthwhile buy.

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