Whelp - against most of the posts here and a lot of peoples advice- I went ahead and picked up the DWH5600. It synched with my phone fine, but none of the notifications work, and all the “activities” is greyed out on the watch ( even though they are all active via the app on my iPhone ). It doesn’t sense heart rate, steps, nothing. Time, stop watch, and timer are the only thing that works.
it does need a software update that I haven’t gotten around too yet so I’m hoping that will fix all the issues. Plus the watch only has one bar on its battery status indicator. But - according the the manual at least - all the functions are supposed to be working even on one bar of battery of the watch.
I’m thinking it’s the software update issue causing all of this. Anyone else have this same issue ? Right now the watch won’t even display sunrise / sunset, heart rate, blood oxygen, etc etc even though all of these functions are turned on via the app. The phone is also showing that it’s synced with my watch since the watch is displaying the “Bluetooth” symbol. So - not sure what’s going on there why nothing works with the watch.
Buttons are as expected ( very small and difficult to use ), but I absolutely love the MIP screen. It’s also a shame that this watch does not have an hourly chime.
On the plus side - this watch is super comfortable to wear. I have a 7.5” wrist and I’m on the 9th hole in and there’s still 7 holes to go on the strap. The rubber strap, speaking of, is super comfy and soft like the GW5000 - just with a bunch more holes to get a perfect fit. I love this feature about the band.
The interface is a bit different but doesn’t take too long to get used to IMO. Love how it has so many features packed into this little watch. Also - zero issues with leaving marks on my wrist, and no issues with it being too heavy since it’s over 17MM tall. Love its looks, just wish all the functions worked haha
After work today I’ll throw it on the charger and do the software update and report back here tomorrow with my results. I think once everything works, this will be my new EDC watch. I even wear my watch to bed too so I look forward to its sleep functions too.
it does need a software update that I haven’t gotten around too yet so I’m hoping that will fix all the issues. Plus the watch only has one bar on its battery status indicator. But - according the the manual at least - all the functions are supposed to be working even on one bar of battery of the watch.
I’m thinking it’s the software update issue causing all of this. Anyone else have this same issue ? Right now the watch won’t even display sunrise / sunset, heart rate, blood oxygen, etc etc even though all of these functions are turned on via the app. The phone is also showing that it’s synced with my watch since the watch is displaying the “Bluetooth” symbol. So - not sure what’s going on there why nothing works with the watch.
Buttons are as expected ( very small and difficult to use ), but I absolutely love the MIP screen. It’s also a shame that this watch does not have an hourly chime.
On the plus side - this watch is super comfortable to wear. I have a 7.5” wrist and I’m on the 9th hole in and there’s still 7 holes to go on the strap. The rubber strap, speaking of, is super comfy and soft like the GW5000 - just with a bunch more holes to get a perfect fit. I love this feature about the band.
The interface is a bit different but doesn’t take too long to get used to IMO. Love how it has so many features packed into this little watch. Also - zero issues with leaving marks on my wrist, and no issues with it being too heavy since it’s over 17MM tall. Love its looks, just wish all the functions worked haha
After work today I’ll throw it on the charger and do the software update and report back here tomorrow with my results. I think once everything works, this will be my new EDC watch. I even wear my watch to bed too so I look forward to its sleep functions too.
