So... I'm officially on the band wagon.

Actually not this kind. I mean the Xiaomi Mi Fit Band. Wagon. Sort of. Well, you get the drift.

Xiaomi Mi band.

An amazing friend of mine has such a thing. It's like a nice price Fitbit and it comes with an app. It measures all kinds of stuff like your heart beat (important; if that stops you should have a physician check you out), the number of steps you take each day (fitness related, health related and so on) and it can show you the time. (Hey, who wants to hang around at work too long!)

Another cute thing it seems to do (I only got the band in about an hour ago) is that it can monitor how you sleep and make pretty graphs of that. And that's where I hopped on the band. Wagon. (Keep your boo and hiss, suck it up, folks.)

I'm curious how that works and looks. Let the fun begin.

Of course I am in luck. Today the car was in the shop and I walked almost 8km (5.5 something miles, do the math if you're curious). The step counter would have come in nicely!!

The looks.

How does it look? Well, like this:

Xiaomi Mi band

If you're curious about the thing itself, check out DX.Com. The band comes with a USB adapter with which you can charge the clock module (which you take out of the strap for that). My band arrived 24% charged so I hooked it up immediately. The little circle you see on the module is what you tap to activate the display and cycle through the modes you set up.

The manual.

Well, that is interesting. Since DX ships from China, the entire manual (which basically is a scrap of paper) is in Chinese. There are some pictures on it though, which helps just enough to get going. It was fun to see.

The app.

The app itself (I have the Android version) looks nice and so far works well for the tiny bit it had to do for me so far.

It guides you through pairing the band, setting up a profile, and it simply works.

You can set up if you wear the band left or right, the info you want to see on the display of the band and a few more bits and bobs. Nice is that you can preset the number of steps you think you want to achieve each day. I'm curious if the band will electro-buzz me if I don't make it. :D

If I'm not too lazy I'll keep you posted about this toy.