Bought this the last time it was offered on Woot! It is not perfect, but overall I’m happy with it at this price point. I was less interested in this product for its fitness features and more on its text and phone call alerts. Even with the sound all the way up, I miss phone calls when my phone is in my purse and who wants to hear one’s phone blasting the theme from Star Wars while in a meeting. For that purpose, the Soleus Go! works, but it does not necessarily reconnect when one steps out of bluetooth range. Worse, it appears to be connected when it is no longer paired. You often have to go to a multi stage process to unpair and then pair the watch again with one’s phone (iPhone 5).
As for the other features, I had a restless night last night, it showed up in the Sleep function. Interesting, but not sure what I do with that information. Because I’m 65, the watch thinks I should sleep 8 hours a night and that can’t be changed, even though I normally sleep 7 hours, which is perfectly healthy.
The exercise feature is just a timer you turn on and off. Not sure why that is needed. I know I’ve been in yoga an hour and the times I bothered to turn this feature on, I forgot to turn it off. Seems pointless.
The Move feature: sometimes I watch a movie or am driving the car for a long period and don’t move. Perhaps sedentary folks would find this a worthy feature, but I turned it off.
Steps and distance are interesting data points. I can’t say I’ve changed my routine as a result of this info, but it’s still nice to see one has walked 4 miles in the course of a day. I’m not sure what the calorie count is…I’m guessing how many calories one is likely to have burned when accounting for steps taken maybe. It does not seem to intersect with the Exercise feature. All those planks and downward dogs in Yoga don’t appear to count, as one’s wrist is not moving much.
All and all, I’m happy I purchased this item. It’s a fine watch, gives the date and time and even the outside temperature, assuming it hasn’t come unpaired from its iPhone. Still, I wish its bluetooth feature had a larger range. I’m sitting here in my office with my phone charging and left to get a cup of coffee, leaving my phone behind. Is the Soleus Go! still linked to my phone so that it will vibrate if I get a call or text. No way to tell. It always says its connected, even when it’s not. But when this feature works, it’s great. I no longer have to have my phone in my back pocket to insure I won’t miss an important phone call as long as I make a point of disconnecting and again pair the Soleus to my phone.