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I've bought Stratos 2 because I wanted to have better fitness tracker. I read the reviews and all of them were positive. Well after two weeks of using Stratos 2 I'm very disappointed! Heartrate moitor just doesn't work properly.
I use my watch mostly for indoor fitness and running. YES I have read that with wrist movements the HR monitor just doesn't work OK. No problem I thought just that it will work fine with running or trail running. Well it doesn't!!
Yesterday I ran for 15 min (light run) and then two 10 seconds sprints my heart was pumping samsung S9 HR monitor showed 183 BPM while Stratos only 152. Today I have also tried with light indoor running. And the heart rate on the mill was always around 130BPM while on the watch onl 109 BPM... wtf? I would definatelly NOT buy this watch if I knew the HR monitor was so off...
What can I do? Should I buy bluetooth HR monitor chest strap? Or just sell the f... thing?
I bought a Stratos to replace my amazfit bip and playing soccer, my stratos show around 185 bpm. It's impossible such reading. My old bip never showed more than 150 bpm (using treadmill as activity).
Is this sensor so bad? Can be improved in future updates?
As test I compared it to my fitbit and garmin and al readings are quite the same in workout and rest/sleep.
If I have a sprint or Hiit training my heart rate can spike to 190bpm. So 185 is possible depending on your workout.
Make sure your watch has the latest firmware, reset its data (factory reset then do not restore old data when pairing again) and use continuous HR for at least 24h and it should works a little better. Unfortunately the PPG sensor used in both Pace and Stratos isn't the best one around...
Hi Vogal , I'm experiencing the same as you.
I had a Bip for a year and a half. In the beginning HR was always 20 beats too low. If I wore in on the inside of my wrist, it was almost perfect.
I recieved my Stratos yesterday, it updated itself 3 times, even to the latest 2.3.8 that was released yesterday. I unpaired, rebooted, repaired, but didn't factory reset. HR is ALSO 20-30 beats to high. When standing still, measurement is perfect. But when moving, it's awful. On both watches.
Did you do a factory reset? Did it help?
My stratos HR works fine in spinning and elliptical machine. I compared it with another hr monitor with chest strap and both show very similar values. The problem is in outdoor activity like MTB. Here the stratos seems not realize about peaks of exercise and It always shows moderate values below 150 when the chest strap gives me values over 165. I tried tighting it more and different positions on my wrist but without any read improvement.
People, Pace/Stratos/Verge use a PPG sensor, it will never be accurate if you move your wrist/arm a lot, it is specially true when riding a bike... If HR accuracy is needed, use an external HR band.
The problem isnt the Stratos
Vogal said:
I bought a Stratos to replace my amazfit bip and playing soccer, my stratos show around 185 bpm. It's impossible such reading. My old bip never showed more than 150 bpm (using treadmill as activity).
Is this sensor so bad? Can be improved in future updates?
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The problem isnt the Stratos, its de Bip. I had one and never gave me the same value of the HR mesure of the running machine, also I tried with an Apple watch in other wirst and both, the running machine (also the eliptical) and the apple show me the same HR but the Bip was allways 30-40 beats lower
Hi all,
Can any one confirm if the Verge Lite has the same always on display like the verge does?
I am torn between the Stratos, Verge and the Verge Lite. Battery life is really important to me but always on display is important too. Is the Stratos really just 3 days battery with normal usage?
Thanks
not_xd said:
Hi all,
Can any one confirm if the Verge Lite has the same always on display like the verge does?
I am torn between the Stratos, Verge and the Verge Lite. Battery life is really important to me but always on display is important too. Is the Stratos really just 3 days battery with normal usage?
Thanks
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I choice Verge for many reason. So i advice you to do the same. Have Verge lite always on display feature? Amazfit saying - NO
That's a shame. The verge lite looks great and 20 days battery but no AOD. I like the look of the Stratos, why do you think I should get a verge?
I'll also wait for the GTR release. Seems interesting...
Normal usage (BT always on, no airplane mode, little or no GPS usage, always on display enabled on Verge - I am not sure if lite supports it, but my bet is that 20 days is the life span with it disabled as I cannot get more than 4 days on normal Verge):
- Verge: 3-4 days;
- Pace: 4-5 days;
- Stratos: 5-6 days.
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That's a shame. The verge lite looks great and 20 days battery but no AOD. I like the look of the Stratos, why do you think I should get a verge?
I'll also wait for the GTR release. Seems interesting...
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I activated always on display just at night period, when is sleep time (00:00 - 10:00). In the morning i find always from 100% (after charge) to 92 - 95%, when all day in normal usage draining about 1 - 2% if i don't use manually something like: heart rate tracking (is activated continuous heart rate), changing watch faces (try to do that several times, you will see that that draining battery too, maybe for reason that is activated at this moment display/screen, which in my watch is 100% brightness) and ect. Also Verge lite havn't some Verge features and ect. So maybe for this reason you can not charge about 20 days. But if you need just clock, buy normal watch. If you want smart watch i recommend to buy Verge, coz this model have much more features as older models from Amazfit/Huami. But again... in market is releasing Verge 2 or Nexo model, which is look better as/or similar to Verge, have much more feature and is from better material. Yes will cost much more, but what i read about it, this model deserve every euros. Of course some features will not work if you are not from China, but for me enough heart tracking news which will have this model. If you can't spend about 200 euros, i advise you to choose Verge. Startos have just better protection from water, also is from not plastic. All others is similar to Verge or Verge is better: microphone which havn't Stratos (i don't talk about Pace at all, coz this model is worst from these 3 at all), so voice assitant will not be available in older models like Stratos, also Amoled display, battery you can not charge with Amazfit's settings 5 days, with mine settings when is almost all features activated i can not charge about 3 - 4 days, Stratos can be the same time as i know aith Amazfit's settings, so with the same settings i think will be the same. Stratos and Verge at all is similar models by specifications, just Verge have much more.
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Normal usage (BT always on, no airplane mode, little or no GPS usage, always on display enabled on Verge - I am not sure if lite supports it, but my bet is that 20 days is the life span with it disabled as I cannot get more than 4 days on normal Verge):
- Verge: 3-4 days;
- Pace: 4-5 days;
- Stratos: 5-6 days.
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Do you have all models? By specifications which presented by Amazfit, Stratos and Verge can be not charged the same time with Amazfit's settings. Different is in protection of water, display, microphone and ect. Battries are the same as i saw
See in this web site: https://en.amazfit.com/stratos.html, also i added screenshot from this web site. By Amazfit with Pace is the same.
Thank you for all the feedback and information, you've all been very helpful. I am going to wait and see what the announcement is next week. I think I'm getting too lost in the features and need to think about what I really want in my smart watch. FYI, I'm coming from a Pebble Time, so I'm used to having quite a bit of functionality but I really look forward to the HR monitor! I'm used to charging my watch once a week, so I'm hoping that I can keep that schedule but I guess I should not be too worried about it.
Since you're coming from Pebble Time, you need be aware that always-on display for the Verge is NOT the same as always-on display for the Stratos. The Stratos is using similar display technology as the Pebble Time, when the backlight is off, the display remains the same. Verge switches to a low power mode which displays minimal information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgCK1X2vyXM
But this is not better? I mean Verge always on display. I using it at night time, when i don't need other information like: steps, calories, heart rate, weather and ect. I saw there are a lot of APK files watch faces for Verge, which working like Stratos always on display, where is showing all information which showing without always on display mode. But always on display my opinion is very good when you want to see just important information like time. Of course i think date, notifications information will be great too, but all other information like: steps, calories and ect. i don't think it's need to show in always on display. I don't see different in Stratos with always on display and without always on display mode, just a little bit dimmed display, but big different there is no. SO why need at all always on display if is showing the same in display?
Hi,
I have a Stratos 3 and was expecting a better GPS Accuracy.
Have recently updated it to 4.2.2.1 and it improved but it still takes take some time to lock signal.
Also, after a few experiences, I have noticed that if you start the activity immediately after locking signal the first few minutes will be inaccurate and it is better to wait a few minutes.
Any experiences from anyone else?
What pair are you using?
leugim1 said:
Hi,
I have a Stratos 3 and was expecting a better GPS Accuracy.
Have recently updated it to 4.2.2.1 and it improved but it still takes take some time to lock signal.
Also, after a few experiences, I have noticed that if you start the activity immediately after locking signal the first few minutes will be inaccurate and it is better to wait a few minutes.
Any experiences from anyone else?
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Same here - I had the first Stratos and finding GPS signal was quite a bit faster than on the new one. Hope they'll do something to improve it. Though, considering what have they done with the Amazfit app, I'm not very optimistic...
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What pair are you using?
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I have tried GPS + GLONASS and GPS + Galileu so far.
Galileu was accurate after the first 5 minutes only.
i'm expecting the same with my Stratos 3: GPS+ Galileo if start activity immediatly after GPS Fix it needs some minutes more to be accruate (5 min) but after it's perfect (i'm cycling in forest)
I did not try GPS+GLONASS for the moment will do it next time to see if it's better for initial fix and if tracking accruacy is as good as GALILEO
Gps and heart sensor
Hi, I sold my gtr because gps didnt work, I thinking I a Stratos 3, What Is it The heart sensor accuracy?
leugim1 said:
I have tried GPS + GLONASS and GPS + Galileu so far.
Galileu was accurate after the first 5 minutes only.
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Nobru_12345 said:
Hi, I sold my gtr because gps didnt work, I thinking I a Stratos 3, What Is it The heart sensor accuracy?
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the HR sensor is exactly the same so you know it!
Tks for reply... I think that we need to considering the sw factor as well....
Sad to hear that, I'm using a Pace and thought Stratos 3 as a improvement over GPS accuracy and Heart rate.
Pace is a mixed bag, sometimes it's very good but, even in open areas, sometimes the accuracy show my position on the other side of the street.
Often I experience inaccurate position on the first minutes also.
Let's hope for a software update to increase reliability.
Stratos 3 uses the new HR sensor used in both Verge and GTR/GTS, so it should behave the same. It's a bit bigger and should work better than the ones from Pace and the original Stratos, as it does if I compare my Verge with them. Just don't expect it to be perfect, as any other PPG (optical) sensor.
The same issue with Pace and Stratos (v1). You should always wait 2-5 minutes at the green Go screen before starting activity recording. Also, with Pace, I used to run with Airplane mode for better accuracy, but it looks like in current versions it makes no difference (better accuracy in both cases than early). That way you can avoid GPS inaccuracy. My Stratos 3 is on the way.
Are you on latest firmware? I had mine for a week and updated it the first day. GPS is very good and fixes fast (I returned the GTR because of the GPS being so bad). Maybe your issue could be location related? Like AGPS data related?
@Paxy
Weird. I'm a new Stratos 3 user.
I have no accuracy issue with the GPS (Glonass) and the fix is done in less than 30 sec. Unlike the GTR, I sent back whose GPS was a deep sh.t.
I made 8 cycle workout and it worked very well. I leave near Paris there is buildings (not too high) around me during my
sessions and the recorded track is very good.
hercule18 said:
@Paxy
Weird. I'm a new Stratos 3 user.
I have no accuracy issue with the GPS (Glonass) and the fix is done in less than 30 sec. Unlike the GTR, I sent back whose GPS was a deep sh.t.
I made 8 cycle workout and it worked very well. I leave near Paris there is buildings (not too high) around me during my
sessions and the recorded track is very good.
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Can you, please, post an example, I'm thinking on ditching the GTR and considering a Stratos 3(which should actually be 2, because the first one was called Pace)?
Thanks!
Surf_Dude said:
Can you, please, post an example, I'm thinking on ditching the GTR and considering a Stratos 3(which should actually be 2, because the first one was called Pace)?
Thanks!
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Hi here is 2 run one with GTR and one with Stratos, there is NO comparison.
In orange, the trace recorded by both watch and under you'll find the covered distance which totally approximate on the GTR as most of the run was not receorded.
stratos3 https://photos.app.goo.gl/UExKHU5qT9w59WKc9
gtr https://photos.app.goo.gl/HXJLT7ddJEw9HLg56
My review: stratos 3 Vs GTR pictures explains everything
hercule18 said:
Hi here is 2 run one with GTR and one with Stratos, there is NO comparison.
In orange, the trace recorded by both watch and under you'll find the covered distance which totally approximate on the GTR as most of the run was not receorded.
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Thanks for taking the time to post these.
Seems pretty accurate. Have you checked through google maps to see if the distance is accurate? Is this the route: https://www.google.ro/maps/dir/48.8...0x47e67b314410fbbb:0x21dd71e67173a3e0!1m0!3e1 ?
@winni21 That's how my GTR cuts corners as well. Stratos 3 seems very good.
Now I'm pretty sure the GTR has faulty hardware for GPS (frame used as shared antenna with bluetooth), since they both have the same gps chipset and will never get fixed through software update.
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Thanks for taking the time to post these.
Seems pretty accurate. Have you checked through google maps to see if the distance is accurate? Is this the route: https://www.google.ro/maps/dir/48.8...0x47e67b314410fbbb:0x21dd71e67173a3e0!1m0!3e1 ?
@winni21 That's how my GTR cuts corners as well. Stratos 3 seems very good.
Now I'm pretty sure the GTR has faulty hardware for GPS (frame used as shared antenna with bluetooth), since they both have the same gps chipset and will never get fixed through software update.
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Compared to Google Maps, the given distance by the Stratos is pretty accurate as I have 9.53km for stratos and 9.6 for GMAPS.
But on my road I have to go in a tunnel for few meters and the GPS signal is lost at this time. On this section the Stratos show a straight line and google map a nice curve. The curve is around 200m, so this part explain partially the 70m missing on the Stratos.
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Can you, please, post an example, I'm thinking on ditching the GTR and considering a Stratos 3(which should actually be 2, because the first one was called Pace)?
Thanks!
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You are wrong. There is the Pace and there is Stratos (in China called SportWatch 2). There is no Stratos2 and Pace is not Stratos1.
My Stratos3 just arrived. It has fast GPS fix, but haven't tested accuracy yet.
I will compare it's accuracy against Pace soon.
BTW. Huami declares only Pace, Stratos and Stratos3 as sport watches. GTR,GTS,Verge etc are just smart watches without GPS in the focus of development.
There is also Stratos+ on Amazfit official web. The problem with the naming comes from resellers giving different names like Startos 2S or Pace 2.
But indeed there are 3 generations of the Amazfit Sports watch (Pace, Stratos/Stratos+ and Startos 3)
Hello, I have an Amazfit Stratos 3, can you see the average pace of the current lap? today on the watch screens I can see the "instant pace", "last lap pace" and the "overall average pace", but I would like to see the average pace of the current lap or the current km in the same way as it is done on Garmin .
it's possible?
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Hello, I have an Amazfit Stratos 3, can you see the average pace of the current lap? today on the watch screens I can see the "instant pace", "last lap pace" and the "overall average pace", but I would like to see the average pace of the current lap or the current km in the same way as it is done on Garmin .
it's possible?
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Unfortunately this is not something you can see in the Stratos 3. I would prefer to have a current lap average rather than the current pace since it is very fluctuating and not a reliable value