BAND-TASTIC

If you’re after a dinky wearable to help you shift the lockdown love handles, then the Xiaomi Mi Band 5 is a very smart choice.

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XIAOMI MI BAND 5

The Mi Band 5 is clean, simple and about as inoffensive as a wearable gets. You’ll hardly feel it on your wrist, with the band weighing in at 11g, and as a result of its weight and simplicity, it’s comfortable day-in-day-out, and during long bouts of exercise.

Additionally, stress tracking and menstrual cycle tracking set it apart from many other bands in the Band 5’s price range. Exercises tracked include outdoor running, treadmill running, cycling, indoor cycling, walking, elliptical machine, rowing machine, yoga, jump rope, pool swimming and free weights.

The Mi Band 5 does a great job of balancing basic fitness tracking while adding enough functionality to make it better than many comparably priced alternatives. You can also fire a variety of notifications to your wrist, including calls and texts, as well as set alarms, with advanced features customisable through the app.

Dying a death at between 10 and 14 days, depending on how much we kept the screen on, however, we could still get away with charging it every 10 days or so which practically speaking isn’t too much of a pain.