Amazfit T-Rex Pro Review | Best new rugged smartwatch for 2021?
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- čas přidán 1. 07. 2024
- Reviewing the Amazfit T-Rex Pro, a fresh 2021 rugged smartwatch designed for fitness tracking out in the wild. This super-tough smart watch has survived 15 military grade tests, boasting a drop-proof temperature-proof design with 10ATM water resistance. I've been testing the Amazfit T-Rex Pro for over a week now and here's my final verdict - is this one of the best rugged watches around?
The OLED screen is sharp and supports Always On Display, although this feature does impact your battery life quite severely. I found that I got around four to five days of use from a charge, which falls behind rivals like the Huawei Watch GT2e. Still, that's better than most smartwatches using WearOS and the Apple Watch.
The Amazfit T-Rex Pro has all the usual fitness features include heart rate monitoring, SPO2, GPS, and supports lots of exercise types. There's no support for offline music playback sadly.
Amazfit T-Rex Pro Review Chapters:
0:00 - Blah blah
0:45 - Design
2:12 - Setup and Zepp app
2:49 - UI and features
6:07 - Fitness tracking
7:45 - Sleep tracking
8:32 - Battery life - Věda a technologie
I have this watch and the review is pretty accurate. Only thing in surprised about is the 5 day battery?!
I've been wearing mine since 2nd of April , it's now the 10th of April and I'm still at 53% battery after 8days!
Battery is brilliant.
28 days now and I've only charged this watch once. I recharged it once then It was still at about 22% battery and today is at 58%.
28 days, one recharge and still going strong at 58%
Battery is amazing!
What settings are you using to get that battery life. I'm getting 3-4 days but that is with always on screen (i just love that feature) auto brightness and full heath monitoring. Even still, my apple watch with aways on does not make it though a a day and that is why I bought this watch. However, when I go camping 14 day plus would be nice and I'll trade out the features and just is as a g-shock.
@@deand6411 I think the full health monitoring takes a lot of power to operate, notification should be turned off and GPS as well. If you just use always on , the battery should last quite some time.
What about after a years use?
@@mrbigb12 battery was still amazing, no noticeable difference.
Bad new is that about a month ago (after a year+ of wearing everyday) the strap broke. I emailed Amazfit who didn't reply. I messaged the seller on Amazon who said the strap is a consumable and I need to buy a replacement but they didn't sell straps. No one on Amazon sells the original strap only. I then bought a third party strap as asked by the seller but it was shorter than the original and didn't fit my wrist. Obviously without any strap and unable to get any replacement the watch became nothing more than a paperweight that tells the time. When I explained the issue to Amazon they refunded me in full once returning the watch. I then bought a TicWatch as the have rubber rather than silicon straps and are long enough to fit my large wrists.
The TicWatch isn't a big improvement despite being double the price. The battery was considerably better on the T-Rex Pro. The T-Rex Pro also had more accurate steps and better sleep tracking
I have the old T-Rex. When I don't use lift to wake function, hart rate monitoring and gps the battery life is simply amazing. I'm at 28% now and the watch has been on for 51days. In current mode It notifies me for calls, messages, shows me weather updates, and count steps. Plus I enjoy changing the watch faces. I would definitely get the t-rex pro if I didn't have the first edition.
Have been using the earlier version t-rex for a year on my runs, hiking and cycling. Loved it absolutely and was thinking of buying another one in a different color. Luckily they came out with the pro. Placed the order for dessert grey yesterday. It is a wonderful watch
How long the previous one worked for? Is the tracking accurate?
Hi , May I ask how was your T-Rex Pro strap ? Is it still in good condition after a year ?
Ordered a T-Rex Pro this morning based on your recommendation, Suhail, thank you.
Thanks for the review!
I bought the watch and ordered a metal band which came with tools to do the job (5/5), but I enjoyed the silicone band enough to keep using it. Watch is awesome.
I will always keep exploring.... Instincts cannot be hide.😍😍😍
When you said 18days of battery life i was going to replace my Gt2 on spot,sadly i watch the full video and got the actual battery life on a normal use. Will stick to my gt2 for now. Quality content as always !
good job Chris 👏👍
Ur reviews are the best
Nice review especially as it’s different to the mainstream smart watches
Assaults on nature xD love your reviews!
I have Amazfit's Stratos 3, which has been very accurate with all the data, including sleep tracking. I love it's screen, which is reflective LCD, so it gets brighter and easier to see the sunnier the day - I don't know why they haven't continued using it on subsequent watches.
I do wish it had the spO2, ECG and PAI capabilities of the newer watches, though.
Does it record naps accurately?
Your videos make my day!
I just ordered mine. Very excited to see if I like it.
OK..... now I want a smart watch. Affordable and my style. Thanks for the review
Love your videos thank you for sharing this great watch 👍
You did another great video you're amazing thank you for sharing
Great video👍👍
Just a small suggestion: please try to put the price of the product in the description box.
Have the first gen model and it has been perfect for the last 8 months. Battery is awesome and the functions are spot on. Fitness tracking was strong. The only problem was the horrible strap. I'll be getting the pro in the next few weeks.
did you get the pro & how is the battery?
@@jerryx2000 Hi Jeremy.... I had the original T-Rex. Battery was terrific. Much better than my Suunto or Garmins which cost 3 times as much.
I need one of these, gonna spend this second covid wave deep in the mountains.
Best choice.
Heard of the Garmin instinct
But mountains don't have electricity to charge this?
@@yorusuyasoul69420 but we have sun and its solar energy
@@thestamsvideoproduction7427 Great watch, I had the solar version then i recently upgraded to the Garmin nTactix Delta Solar.. Best Watch Ever!!!
I have the 1st trex and love it, considering this for an upgrade.
I loved how my man was listening to LANDMVRKS. Even more respect for the good music taste
Ah, i see you are the man of culture when you unlocked that phone haha. I ordered the watch, great review!
I have the last model, absolutely stunned by how good it was for the £90 I paid for it, tough as a Whetherspoons steak too!
Wetherspoons... ahh memories of pub that served cooked breakfast with booze 😋
Can you talk with this by Bluetooth headset?
@@KFS. er no... It's not cellular.
The way Amazfit is targeting Casio designs and features has made me look into Casio watches, many of which are plenty smart now... It's a really interesting seeing smart watches and traditional watches converging.
Look up casio edifice specially there entry one like edifice efr 108d
I love Casio but they don't do smart very well.
@@JosephSeed spot on. The market would go nuts if they built a sensibly priced smartwatch or a hybrid
@@Myaccisbanned 2 years later... still true
@@MyaccisbannedCasio doesn’t need to be any more smart. Gshock is just better than any smartwatches in every sense. Not everyone needs a second phone on their wrist
Wonderful! I remember your review of the original. Does this one happen to take calls or anything?
Superb and details review
Ordered one :) I have an Amazfit Verge Lite and with HR monitor on all the time, tracking approx 30mins activities per day avg, screen on only when looking, auto steps tracking, bluetooth on all the time, I get well over 22days battery. In fact, I charge it around 10% battery and when i check the phone app, that's when it states around 22days since last charge 😁. Far better than Galaxy Watch1 at 4 days average use and, as you stated, Apple watch apparently is a pathetic 18hours.
congratulations for the video and the channel.
please, how many watchface options does this watch have in alway on display mode?
Waiting for this video 📹
Thanks for the review.I've ordered one see how it holds up in my daily work environment of Forrester and tree surgeon. Hope it can handle it.
Save the trees
thanx for a good review, as I am an Apple Watch user looking for a more rugged alternative to use as a training watch, is the T-Rex Pro a good choice for an iOS-user? I have been using Apple only products about 20 years and Apple Watch since the first generation.
Great review thanks , the half a bottle and cry myself to sleep killed me 🤣
I want one of these. Looks pretty snappy.
I love that you have so many sports options on that watch even though driving seems a bit odd 😂
I'm getting max 3-4 days if I stay on 25% backlight. I'm not a fitness freak so I don't use those fitness functions. Just notifications. Still 4-5 days. The big advantage is its rugged design. That's what I found perfect for my daily tasks (army). It replaced my old Casio G-Shock and after few months using it, I have to say it's doing its job well. I would reccomend to have a separate power bank for this watch, if you taking a several day field trip. 3000 - 5000 mAh would last forever just to keep your watch going.
Nice review mate. I’m from sunderland, you sound local ?
Hey, not sure what im getting myself into here. Been pestering you for inspiration on my next phone purchase and then yesterday saw my mate in the gym with a really nice rugged smartwatch. Initially I have avoided smartwatchs for fear of them being gimmicky and mainly that I break all my watches but if there are smart watches out there as durable as my current G Shock then i may consider...here we go then
I have the Amazfit T Rex 1st gen and it gets easily 15 days battery life. What is the major difference here? Also, does the Pro receive Google Maps turn based notifications?
I have yet to see a reviewer discuss whether any watch receives this function, which is strange to me as it's such a useful, and necessary to me, function.
Cheers mate
Got mine today, plan to return them to the seller tomorrow. Despite what the seller's web site told me, these watches don't have any possibility to playback music themselves, just controlling playback from phone. And if you like to run and alternate between run/walk interval, this is not for you. I don't understand why, but T-Rex Pro boast with having over 100 sports activities, but strangely, this is missing. So my idea of "let's go out, play music from the watches and do run/walk intervals without having to have the phone with me" can't be realized with T-Rex Pro. It's a pity, cause battery life seems to be great, design is to my liking, but instead of smart watch, I would probably rather call them "Fancy fitness band with GPS".
I had a cheap smart watch and decided buy a trex pro, love it. I just wouldnt give samsung, apple and garmen the money. Cant fault it, battery life is awesome,watch faces great and so much more.
Where is the link so you can get a commission when we order it? Great review. Entertaining and informative. Sorry about your scotch and crying challenges. 😂😂
I was always a Fitbit guy. Tried Garmin didn’t like. Wanted something more rugged look than fit bit.
I love my t- Rex pro and the app reporting and tracking.
does it support external devices such as cycling cadence and power sensors?
@@echozero7457 I have no idea
Hi @Tech Spurt, thanks for the great review. I noticed that in a Zepp app you have several watches connected. I wonder whether steps count, PAI, etc score across watches? e.g. if I do an activity with my GTS and earn 2 PAI and another activity with T-Rex Pro, and earn 3 PAI, would the app show that I earned 5 PAI, and the same for the steps? Thanks
Good reviews, well done. Which would you recommend out of the t-rex pro and the honor gs pro? I can't make my mind up. Cheers
Honor GS Pro is really good and has everything that the TRex Pro has apart from PAI. You get training status on the Honor GS Pro which tells you whether you are improving your fitness, maintaining, peaking or detraining. The Honor watch has sleep details on the watch itself unlike the T Rex Pro where you have to go into the app to see sleep details. Offline music can also be stored on the Honor GS Pro and headphones connected via Bluetooth so you can take it on a run & leave your phone at home. Honor GS Pro also has route back where if you are lost outside the watch can show you the way back to where you started. These features aren't available on the TRex Pro, but the TRex Pro is good fitness tracker in my opinion. Its basic, but really good at the same time and does its fitness tracking job well and is also a nice looking watch. T Rex Pro has fitness load like the Honor watch, as well as vo2max and can also advise you of a productive workout if you read the data given out via the heart rate readings.
I have this smartwatch. It's pretty decent for the price I got it (around $100). There's only really three things I don't like about it:
1) Amazfit makes the bands harder to replace than they need to be. The screw system is kind of cumbersome.
2) The watch doesn't have a Wheelchair activity. If it were a Wear OS watch, I wouldn't care, because I'd just be able to put Google Fit on it, but since it doesn't, I have to use the Walking activity and just try to convert the stats.
3) The bezel isn't as tough as I wish it were. I scraped my watch against some concrete and it didn't end well. The watch wasn't destroyed, but I ended up with a scuff.
Great review! Does it work with iphone 12?
I remember when watches were used to tell the time 😍
That would be weird if its nut
Remember when they went passive digital lcd, then had calculators on them with keyboards! I still have one lol 😆
That hasn't changed, people still use watches to tell the time.
@@OliverStonesUK yeah many still Prefer a normal classic watch or even a casio
@@tazboy1934 definitely! Not everyone wants to charge their watch frequently or has any need for a watch other than telling the time.
Best for cycling and running. Syncs well with Strava and Relive
That's all i need from a fitness tracker/smartwatch.
what about swimming ?
Compatible with IOS for strava?
Thanks for the wonderful review. Is the battery replaceable? We have had 4 Smartwatches between my wife and I, and Battery life is always an issue. My friend has the same issue, also with 2 Smartwatches, and vows never to buy another Smartwatch again. 😵💫
1:43 | The "Double Hard Bastard Scale" got me good - lol
nice, can you suggest something normal size? Similar in specs and price, but sized like 38~42mm ?
Ok i laughed out loud at the 4-1/2 Jason Stathams scale, and it sold me. The fact i could use my smartwatch as a hammer to break other smatchwatches, sounds satisfying.
Really a great value for money watch.
nice wallpaper 😎
I have the original and it's great. Excited at the prospect of upgrading to pro but disappointed with the minor changes. Not worth it.
Hi TS, Nice review! Can you tell me how I can download extra watch faces onto this watch. Other CZcams videos say use "store" on the Zepp App, but I cannot find this. It was one of the main reasons I purchased the watch. I also read that third party watch faces cannot be downloaded. Any advice please? Many thanks
owww yeah new video
Problem I saw was that one could not tell time in direct sunlight, screen went black.
GPS always chose locations near you as supposed to actual (like the iPhone would do).
Watch faces are very limited sadly. This watch is in. O way connected to Amazon, so don’t be mislead by the clever name choice.
Positives, very light. Almost don’t notice it’s on your wrist. A rugged watch indeed.
How does this compare with the Hauwei GT2 (leather strap)?
Are you able to connect the T Rex to a PC in some way to upload a GPX map file? I use this feature a lot on my Stratos.
Hello, hope you doing good. I'm planning to buy this watch but wanted to know of replacement band is available for this or not, just in case if the stock band gets damaged
Very nice sharing 👍
Got myself my first smartwatch, the Amazfit T rex. I have a complete beginner question - should I turn OFF my T Rex from time to time? When turning On again will it syncronize with the App? Should my phone be on Bluetooth turned ON for the the watch to be syncronized with the App? Thanks for replying)
G shock fans will love this watch 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Nice video.Do you know if the watch can be paired with th Polar H9 hrm? Thanks
Hi mate
What watch would you say it's better trex pro or honor gs pro???
Just can't make my mind...
🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
Hi, Do you know what kind of tracking does the watch register for surfing ? wave count, etc, / What about boxing and kickboxing, how does that work since you have gloves on over your wrist (where the watch should be). Thank you!
I have T-Rex, and I love it...
Man I lost it when I saw you were listening to Landmvrks 😂 one of my favorites
Hello fellow metalcore enjoyer
@@xertul2865 I saw them in September with Currents it was a great show. I can’t wait till Landmvrks comes back to the US 🤘
@@reelinwithreed66 no way! I love currents!
Hello buddy. Do you know how to lock the screen? It was on the drop down menu on the original t-rex. Enjoy your single malt.
AmazeFit watches are notoriously known for heart sensors inaccuracies. It works fine for the first 5 min. Then, hand motion seems to increase the output even if you are resting.
I think relying on a watch to tell you the state of your heart is not a particularly good idea
Great review. Can you sync it to strava?
Yes
Should I buy this one or just go ahead and buy the fénix solar pro ? Huge difference in price
Hello can you customise the data fields from sports mode like distance avg pace etc and can you see five fields?
I have a question. Does your t-rex pro have a small hole behind. I just notice mine the 2nd grove from the right at the back of the watch has a small hole. I don't know if it is part of the design?
Hi, im not into sports but I do fishing.. is it good for me? or ill get a regular watch like g shock?
I have had this watch for a month now. I already have 2 hairline scratches on the supposedly hardy screen. Now I have to order tempered glass protector to protect the tempered glass on the watch. Not to mention my OCD is rampaging....
Just got one of these, worth pointing out that the spO2 sensor sucks. Takes forever to measure, you can't move at all during, and it usually fails. No 24h tracking option and doesn't track during sleep. It's basically unusable so don't buy this watch for the spO2 sensor.
You had me at single malt
Hello!
Does your T-Rex counting steps correctly?
Im walking in home and my trex-pro does not always count steps which im doing.
Has anyone checked if trex counting steps correctly? I compared trex pro and mi band 5. Mi band 10500 steps per day, trex only 5500. Im walking only in rooms.
HELP.
the Jason Statham scale has to be inducted into the hall of fame for standards of measurements !!
Unfortunately, currently, the T-rex pro is not aimed at active persons. After seeing many reviews, it seems that GPX data can not be uploaded to the smartwatch, and traceback (breadcrumb trail) is also not enabled. I own the First Stratos and it performs those functions flawlessly. Developing a rugged Stratos is a smart move but missing the most important part for outdoor activities, not soo much! Hope they can fix that.
Nice! Can it make my phone beep when I misplace my phone?
Hi dude I'm looking for a decent but simple fitness watch ,,,, im not technically minded , my sport includes kayaking, paddleboarding, cycling, walking tennis and bowles ,,,,,,,, would this be suitable or which watch would you suggest ( remember I'm not technical minded ) cheers man.
Nice vid, glad I found this as I've just ordered one of these watches, 2 questions though if anyone can answer please , do I take it you can't actually make/receive calls and is it easy to connect to your mobiles , mines an s22 ultra?
Very easy
I really need help. Can I change the stride length in the app? (It counts my steps wrong)
I watched thinking I would get a user review, instead this is a review of the features that I can read for myself on the specs list.. Anyone have a link to a feed user review of someone that's used this watch for some or all of its features?
Nice
For me the Garmin Instinct is a bit more expensive but a much better option..
I have an Instinct Solar Tactical. Love it. Wearing it as I type this. Have the T Rex Pro, also have a Garmin Descent MK2i and a Galaxy Watch 3. A few Seiko divers as well. I'm kinda addicted lmao 😬
@@lazydaze3134 hi, how does the Trex compare to instinct ?
I’ve got a VA3 music and will be upgrading soon.
Instinct is awful
@@lazydaze3134 which is the best?
Bought one. It'll be here tomorrow. My only concern is the size. We'll see.
How’s the size?
Is it still the case that you can't view notification history during a workout?
how did u make tht wallpaper ????
Pro really amazing I'm using t rex battery amazing
Hi
I want a similar watch in similar budget in 2024. Any recommendations?
Is there any way to see your trainings history and other fitness data on some kind og web page ?
Does the watch vibrate or show an image of a notification or call? I work on ladders and need to be able to see if im getting a call without digging in my pocket.
Can you tell me if in surf mode train it puts gps on? or just heart rate?
amazing fit t rex pro vs honor watch gs pro? witch is better?????
curious about tracking. any actual map?