Amazfit bip for runners - Amazfit

Hey guys,
Im a beginner at running. Deceied to do half a marathon this year. To keep track of my tranings. Ive deceied to buy a tracker. Amazfit bip sounds like a bargain with the 65$ price. So I decided to ask experslts from my favorite forum Do you know if Amazfit bip is accurate ? I live in a mountain area. Lots of hills. Does it calculate the altitudes differences correctly? Thanks in advance.

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Since there are no replies just my two cents for the Amazfit Pace (FW 1.3.6d stockified).
The altitude sensor seems not that accurate, the first running meters are allways wrong. But if I wait another 20s before I start the exercise the altitude is much better. There is a possibility to adapt the altitude later automatically, probably using some online altitude map (in the Anrdoid Smartphone App). I don't have the opportunity to calibrate the altitude sensor manually.

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I've been using the Bip for a few months now and I'd say the GPS accuracy for elevation is fairly decent after the first 30 seconds or so of activity (once it acquires a better GPS lock). While I haven't used the Bip on any trail runs, I have used it to track my snow skiing and hiking in the mountains. Again, it does a fairly decent job tracking elevation while skiing or hiking, which I view using the MiFit app. If you're looking for a mostly simplistic elevation gain/loss during your runs in the mountains, my opinion is that the Bip will work for you.

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the biggest issue i can see with the Bip for runners is that it doesn't have a tempo/pace per km or mile. This is a common data field that is used by runners to judge race or training pace. Not only that but the data fields don't appear to be customizable.
Regarding your altitude question, if you use Strava you can have it automatically fix altitude data for you when you upload an activity.

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Thanks everyone! Really appreciate your inputs! @fras23 well I would have never thought that such a simple and must have option is not there. Maybe they will fix the pace in the future firmwares.

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Oskar.Kim said:
Thanks everyone! Really appreciate your inputs! @fras23 well I would have never thought that such a simple and must have option is not there. Maybe they will fix the pace in the future firmwares.
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The bip has pace in minute per km/mile, so there is such an option. This is in the default outdoor running tracking mode. In very congested human areas the instantaneous pace tends to be off by a bit. But the overall average pace is accurate. Pressing the physical button once in the running mode shows the average pace for the whole distance ran so far. So what he said is not true.

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ablueleaf said:
The bip has pace in minute per km/mile, so there is such an option. This is in the default outdoor running tracking mode. In very congested human areas the instantaneous pace tends to be off by a bit. But the overall average pace is accurate. Pressing the physical button once in the running mode shows the average pace for the whole distance ran so far. So what he said is not true.
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Thanks man. Since I decided not to buy bip for that reason. Do you use it for jogging or running? Maybe you can bring few more insights?

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Oskar.Kim said:
Thanks man. Since I decided not to buy bip for that reason. Do you use it for jogging or running? Maybe you can bring few more insights?
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So I have done one run so far, 23.2km as tracked on strava on my mobile phone. I timed the same run using the bip's outdoor running tracking mode. The instantaneous pace shown on the bip was not very accurate at times(maybe 30% of the entire time, it was showing a slower pace). For eg I was clocking a pace of about 6 mins/km on the strava and maintained it more or less consistently(maybe dropping half a min/km max). It would show paces of 8min/km and deviate, which kind of sucks. During the run itself, the distance on the bip was lagging behind by about 0.3km. I bought the bip to try and replace my phone for gps tracking but I guess you get what you pay for.
For a half/full marathoner, the most important aspect during the run is knowing your current race pace as it allows you to gauge the amount of effort you have to maintain. Its safe to say that I wouldn't depend solely on the bip for a marathon as its not accurate all the time. Tracking using the strava app on a mobile phone gives a consistent pace and is what I would do. I would still wear the bip maybe to get some giggles from seeing my heartrate during the run. You can see the heartrate column below;there is an indepth graph displayed in further information about the run.
The screenshots attached show the runs in strava. I exported the tracked run using notify and fitness into strava. The mobile strava one is the 23.2km one and the other is the bip run.
The bip run shows heartbeat rate in strava as well.
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