30 Day Workout Challenge

I've already covered how the 3Plus app is absolute garbage, making the bracelet less useful than it should be (and the app has become even less stable since that review). But how accurate is it for what the bracelet does read?

I put my 3Plus bracelet's step, mile and calorie counter up against mapmyrun.com's GPS and calorie estimations for a few days to see how it would turn out.

Just before Christmas I was gifted a 3Plus Lite by my father when I mentioned the Leaf tracker. He found this one on sale and though it's not as pretty, he thought it would be a good tester to see if I would really benefit from such an expensive tracker in the future.

So how's this test run been working out?

Short answer: Horribly. Don't ever buy 3Plus products.

Long answer: The watch itself seems functional at first glance (now with an actual 3Plus accuracy review) and I think it looks pretty nice too as it's just a standard black band that doesn't clash with any every day clothing I can possibly think of. It functions as a watch, counts your steps in the way all wrist worn trackers do – registering arm motion, not actual steps – and translates that into calories burned and miles walked as long as you have accurate height and weight put into the settings.

The battery life also seems acceptable, only needing charged every 4 days or so. And charging seems to be quick, showing that it's done after a shower.

But that all sounds great for the $30 price tag so what's wrong with it?