Of late there has been a flurry of activity trackers coming to the Indian market. Many people are buying the cheapest of these wrist bands, hoping the step trackers will drastically change their health and lives. The latest in this list is the Fitgen Trek. Here is our user review after an active couple of weeks. The design: With a very uncomfortable rubber strap, and an equally uncomfortable display, this is nowhere close to being user-friendly. The home button next to the display is not very responsive. It might take you a heavy thumb, or thumbs, to switch between different display modes. The display is not very encouraging either. It's a OLED display and you would want to hide the blue in public. Plus, the material used is not very India-friendly. The rubber starts irritating after three to four hours. Plus, be ready to wear a tan line once you take away the ban. The strap does not offer a good fit on the wrist and there is always a gap. A texture feel could have been better for the inside of the strap. Getting started: This is very easy. Unbox the band, wear it on your wrist, install the app on your IOS or Android phone, enter the serial number on the box, switch the bluetooth on, and get started. The complete process shouldn't take more than four minutes. Very smooth on this front. The test: So the test for me wasn't a marathon run on the treadmill or outdoors. It was just brisk walks from the office first floor to the ground floor, to basement and back. Occasional ones did involve some sprints on the stairs, just to see how the watch responds to faster footwork. It responds, and responds pretty well. The steps recorded are very accurate and, at the end of the day, the numbers in 1000s might just surprise you. Rest assured that even these silly walks contribute in shaking that stubborn fat. But some gaps came to light when we tried to track the steps on the apps real time. There was a noticeable lag between what the band was showing and what was displayed on the app. The syncing happened only when the band was idle. Also, the phone loses connection with the band very often and needs to be synced every time you need to monitor your progress. The battery, expectedly, is very good. Charge: One charge lasts you more than a week and that is good. The charging cable is very friendly with the magnetic pins make the process comfortable. The App: Actually, the app is much better than the actual band and that is the case with a lot of the affordable bands. It has a very convenient, goal-specific display with the option to post your progress on the social media and challenge your friends. It gives you a very friendly display to choose from steps, calories and distance. A day-to-day window helps you keep a track on the calorie intake, calories burnt, distance travelled and the total activity time. Should you buy? So the band is priced Rs 5, 999 which is too much for the quality offered. Think 5, 999 times and give yourself 5, 999 reasons to buy it for this sum of money, especially since rival like the Yu Fit are priced under Rs 1,000. I would be better to buy a Fitbit at this price point.
