The 22-year epidemic has repeatedly made travel more and more inconvenient. At the same time, various light outdoor activities have begun to flourish like mushrooms after rain. As a poor child who has experienced the control of the Beijing community, my longing for the outdoors and love of sports made me join this army of light outdoor enthusiasts without hesitation. Hiking, cycling, jogging, basically I have dabbled in all sports that can be named, and I have a lot of equipment (not). Of course, as a technology blogger, supporting smart devices are also essential. This time I chose Huami T-Rex2, the second-generation military outdoor watch of the T-Rex, which has just been launched.
It has a daily 24-day long battery life, five-star dual-frequency positioning, and six-channel PPG ECG sensor, supports most motion detection and basic health detection, and has passed many harsh outdoor environmental tests. It can be said to be a real deal A comprehensive hand tough guy product. After nearly a month of user experience, I can say that this product can meet most of the sports and daily needs of urban outdoor enthusiasts, and it is a good outdoor sports product. Please listen to me carefully
Appearance
The T-Rex launched this time has a total of four colors, I chose this midnight black, but I think the earth yellow and star black look better, but unfortunately, they were out of stock at the time (QAQ, Huami’s production capacity is troublesome. ).
Judging from the design of the entire appearance, it has a tough style of G-Shock. The outer ring has a very metallic texture, which is a bit like G-SHOCK, and the rate of return is very high. It has been named by friends~ In fact, the entire dial is not Metal material, except for the protective suspension beam at the right speaker, the entire outer frame is painted with metal material, which is very realistic.
Here I see a lot of people spraying T-Rex2, which is to deceive consumers, poor texture, and so on. But judging from my wearing experience, I think the product manager of T-Rex2 has really worked hard. Imagine how much extra weight there will be on the wrist with a big iron bump with a metal shell. Friends who play outdoors know that outdoor equipment pays attention to lightweight, and it will cost a lot extra if it is not reduced by 100g or even dozens of g. Imagine that you are wearing high-end lightweight equipment, and you end up with this iron lump on your wrist, climbing, cycling, running, and you are going to cry to death, okay? T-Rex2 not only satisfies the tough outdoor design but also provides you with a lightweight feeling (even lighter than the GT2 and vivo watch2 I tried), which is like adding chicken legs to the product manager! Not only that, to cope with the sports environment, the strap is not only made of skin-friendly silicone material but also designed with sweat guide grooves and ventilation holes to ensure that trust discomfort is minimized during strenuous exercise and sweating. At the same time, T-Rex2's buckle socket density is also very high, which can not only provide a sweat-wicking effect but also avoid the embarrassing situation of "one bang forward and one strangled backward". The screen is a 1.39'' AMOLED screen, the feeling brought by the screen is very sharp and clear, and t looks advanced (not)
Sports
As a watch that focuses on outdoor sports, the official parameters are really impressive. In terms of battery life, the official standard 24-day normal use is a monster battery life. Even if I drive GPS for three hours almost every day, I still insist on two weeks without effort. In terms of positioning, T-Rex2 supports five-star dual-frequency. Compared with the previous four-star single-frequency positioning mode, T-Rex2 not only supports mainstream positioning systems but also dual-frequency can better reduce signal interference and make our trajectory more accurate. The ECG monitoring module uses a 6-channel PPG photoelectric sensor. Although the accuracy is slightly worse than the 8 channels of Huawei GT3 and Honor GS3, it has achieved a very high detection level in terms of non-medical photoelectric sensors. At the same time, the official introduction also emphasizes some military-level stability tests of T-Rex2, including -30° low temperature, 100-meter waterproof, etc. Since I don’t have such good conditions to test, I won’t go into details here. In terms of motion detection, there is not only powerful hardware support, but T-Rex2 can basically meet all my needs in terms of data recording and related experience. Taking the riding I often experience as an example, you can set up various body parts before the ride starts. Status warning, including setting heart rate range, maximum heart rate limit, etc., to ensure our sports safety as much as possible.
At the same time, since I may often check my travel distance and speed, I will also turn on the constant light function to ensure that I can check relevant data at any time. Under the hiking module, it can also detect the altitude rise and the real-time route map at the same time to ensure that the orientation is not lost. And in the latest update, the track import and export function has finally been improved, so that we can import other people's route tracks at any time, and use the watch navigation to perform tracking actions. Finally, I don’t have to take out my mobile phone at every traffic light to check if I’m lost (of course, this function only supports GPX, TCX, and KML route file formats, and the import process is relatively not smooth enough, but supporting this function itself is already in progress. It is unique among these watches, and it is a very admirable thing to have the courage to walk in the forefront of the category and think what users think)
Health
As the traditional performance of smartwatches, T-Rex2 has also reached a good level. It not only has all-weather heart rate, blood oxygen detection, sleep monitoring, and other "entry" functions but also can simultaneously detect pressure, band lood samples, The one-click detection function including respiratory and heart risks, as well as Huami's unique PAI value system, can help you evaluate your health level more specifically and simply.
I am more satisfied with his alarm clock function, which can combine the time range you set and the current sleep status, and let you wake up more naturally through gradual vibrations. This is a better sleep detection application experience in my opinion. , Compared with most watches in the past, they can only tell you how long you have been in deep sleep and how long you have been in light sleep. These cold numbers, especially on a watch with a thousand yuan range, add a chicken leg to the product manager!
Of course, to be honest, as a 1000-yuan smartwatch that focuses on the outdoors and sports, there is still a small gap compared with Huawei's big brother in terms of health support.
other parts
Although T-Rex2 is an RTOS long-endurance sports watch, thanks to Huami’s own ZeppOS system blessing, it can still experience a wealth of auxiliary functions, including basic NFC access control, watch wallet, information reminder, and schedules. Third-party applications including Watches and Pomodoro. And the experience is silky smooth, without that clumsy sluggish feeling. And it not only has a long battery life but also has a very good charging speed. Basically, it can be fully charged from about 10% in less than an hour. When using this watch, it is basically difficult for you to understand the battery life anxiety brought by APPLE and OPPO.
some complaints
Although the T-Rex2 is a good watch I have bought so far, there are still some parts that I still have to complain about. First of all, T-Rex2 does not support eSIM. As an eSIM party, I think independent use must be the future trend of ssmartwatches But I can also understand that this is a balance between battery life and functions, but what I can't understand is that T-Rex2 not only does not support eSIM, it does not even support Bluetooth calls, and the incoming call reminder does not display contacts, and the vibration is violent. Every time, my wrist is almost broken by the shock, and I don't know who should answer it, and I have to take out my mobile phone to perform a series of operations. Let's just say no matter how bad it is, let's read the address book, otherwise, every time there is a violent vibration, an "unknown call" will be displayed on the screen, and then I will be asked to choose to reject or ignore it. It is really hard for me to choose. . . . . Secondly, when I was climbing a mountain, I found that it seemed that there was no way to launch it to the main interface after entering the sports mode. In fact, I will still operate it when I am hiking, including looking at the current altitude, air pressure, and other information. I think this is a bug in the system design, and I will scratch my head when I need to operate it. It’s a crash. The last one is the safe heart rate setting just mentioned. Although it can’t be regarded as a bug, as asmartwatchh, I think the best way should be to automatically calculate the appropriate heart rate range based on the user’s age and physical condition. Rather than being set by the user, for users who don't know much about the heart rate range, this is a matter of increasing the threshold of use, which is not so smart and advanced.
Summarize
Generally speaking, T-Rex2 is a good product with stylish appearance and solid functions, especially in the face of the price of 1299, which is still very lethal. For users who like long battery life and outdoor sports, I think T-Rex2 is a pretty good choice at this stage. Brave without boundaries, go!