Withings - ScanWatch 2 - Heart Health Hybrid Smartwatch - 38mm - Black/Silver
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ScanWatch 2 is more than a hybrid smartwatch, it is a health guardian on duty 24/7. This next generation includes new and exclusive sensors, including TempTech 24/7 module which for the first time, delivers day and night body temperature variation tracking, alongside proactive heart health notifications, atrial fibrillation detection via a 1L ECG, and blood oxygen levels. Together these sensors can help anyone maintain a healthy lifestyle, effortlessly. ScanWatch 2 also features its trademark sleep and activity tracking plus an extraordinary battery life of 30 days before needing to be recharged.
Dimension
Product Height : 0.51 inches
Product Width :1.61 inches
Product Depth :9.45 inches
Product Weight :0.121 ounces
Features
24/7 temp tracking Discover baseline day and night temperature fluctuations, which may indicate the onset of an illness or other health condition, and boost your ability to manage performance and recovery via workout temperature variation zones.
Advanced respiratory insights Gain peace of mind with on-demand blood oxygen, plus track overnight breathing disturbances as well as average blood oxygen during sleep.
Proactive heart health tracking Receive heart health notifications that may direct you to take an on-demand electrocardiogram to detect atrial fibrillation.
Advanced activity tracking Monitor every move with 40+ activities recognized, assess your performance with heart rate zones, Fitness Level via VO2 max estimation, and see progress towards goals right on the watch.
Overnight health parameters Wake to your sleep quality score and deep dive into your sleep metrics with info on how to improve them.
30-day battery and extra durability Enjoy life more with 24/7 tracking for 30 days before needing to recharge, and a watch made with premium materials so you can lead an active life with confidence.
Menstrual cycle guide Track your menstrual cycle by tracking your phases, duration and symptoms, empowering you to create a personalized routine that aligns with your body's needs.
What's Included
ScanWatch 2
FKM (fluoroelastomer) wristband with Stainless Steel buckle
Docking station (USB-C compatible)
USB-C to USBA Cable
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I LOVE IT!!!
I hasitated getting away from a brand that I use for my laptop, phone and watch but decided to trade in my watch of that brand which I got tired of charging every day especially since I exercise a lot. So the selling point of having to charge the ScanWatch 2 every 30 days was a crazy idea! And intriguing too. First off I had the app already loaded as I use the blood pressure cuff which I love and have used a scale too so Withings is familiar BUT not the watch. So let me tell you my FIRST DAY experience. It was very pretty. Easy to set up, the app just noticed it on my apple phone and said would you like to add… At this point it updates asks you some basic questions like which wrist to wear it on, and you get introduced to ecg heart rate temperature etc. I recommend not to rush it here what I did is I set my watch to charge until 100%. Was at 29% initially. Now here is a tip! Go into the app where it shows devices (on top right side) click on watch and start configuring! I set up to track everything all the time! Temperature while I sleep, what apps will alert you by vibrating and a message scrolling on the screen, and also gps always on for the exercise and what type of exercises. It’s a lot of things to configure but so worth it! I set everything up to always on which the phone app warned me that might drain my battery faster… Again my older phone would need charging every day so I didn’t care! After it reached 100% I ran a 10K to see with everything on at the supposed most drain and giving me crazy info like variation of temperature that I’ve never had a watch do I checked to see the drain… After 10K over 1 hour of running it had gone from 100% to 99%… umm… WOW! Not charging a watch after a 10K? Not in my world lol. So this is sweet! As far as the workout it gave incredible detail on pace run all kinds of info and worked flawlessly with Strava uploading right away (see picture). I am so impressed and can’t wait how it tracks my sleep, I set it up to let me know if sleep disturbances (not sure yet how that works). I love it! Looks amazing does things simply but beautifully. And when running all you do is find the workout click the little button once and it starts. Click it and hold it and it pauses (crossing heavy traffic roads etc) click and hold until the little graphic shows that it’s released and you see time elapsed back counting. Stopping your run you pause same as above and then scroll down on the button and long press. So simple without a need for instructions. This was impressive i do not miss my other watch at all.
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Long battery life, useful features & very stylish!
Overall, I'm loving this watch! In particular, it has the most useful features I look for in a smart watch while the battery lasts about a month before I have to recharge it! Granted, it doesn't have a ton of apps directly on the watch like the major smartwatch in the market. But to me, that's a good thing. That's because it makes it focus on a few features and those things are well implemented and it makes it super intuitive to use. Details: - Long battery life. After the first charge, it lasted about 4 weeks before I had to recharge it. I got a phone notification when the battery was low. I didn't recharge it then, and I don't recall getting another notification. A few days later, the watch was fully off (as expected). But I didn't immediately realize it because, since this watch does not look like a smart watch (which I like), it was still giving me the time but I noticed it was the wrong time. That's when I pressed the crown and the digital time didn't appear. That's how I remembered I needed to recharge it. - Intuitive. Both, the watch itself and the app are very intuitive. The initial setup was very easy thanks to the easy-to-follow instructions. The watch arrive charged (not fully) and after downloading the accompanying app, it immediately connected to it, it automatically set the time to match my phone's time and I just followed the instructions. It also has a place to practice getting familiar with some of the most useful features like taking your first EKG and oxigenation. - Calls and message notifications directly on the watch. As you would expect from a smart watch, this watch vibrates whenever you get a phone call and shows you the name of the caller. Also, whenever you get a message, including from Whatsapp, the message gets displayed for a few seconds on the watch. You can use the crown to move the message back and forth if needed so you can read it. Now, after a few seconds, there's no way to read the message again. There's also no way to read previous messages (again, that's because this watch doesn't have apps, like a messaging app, like other smart watches). But this doesn't bother me personally. This makes the watch have useful features but not overloaded. - Sleep Quality Tracking. This feature is one I'd expect to have from a smart watch and this watch doesn't disappoint in this area. Given it's long battery life between charges, I don't have to worry about first charging it before going to bed which I really appreciate. Note that in the first few tries I had mixed outcomes. This is, one night it didn't track my sleep at all. Another night, it only measured half of the night. A couple of times it said it detected I "took a nap" when I really was already in bed for the night. I finally figured out that the watch was not snug enough on my wrist. I haven't had any issues after adjusting the band to sit a bit more tightly on my wrist. Note that this watch tracks the "REM" sleep and "deep" sleep together. Other smart watches differentiate between both. I'm not a sleep expert so I don't really know whether it's worth tracking those separately. - Useful app. As I said, I like how intuitive the watch and the app are. What I use the app the most is for sleep tracking and I've found the metrics very useful. You can also see all other data the watch has measured like your heart rate and oxygenation. While the heart rate is automatically measured while you sleep, the oxygenation is not. Similarly to taking an EKG, you have to intentionally start it from the watch (which is expected). I would absolutely recommend this watch.
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The Perfect Smartwatch....for me
As an avid early adopter of things that interest me in tech, smartwatches always peaked my interest because I have a large collection of normal analog and digital watches, which only one other is a smartwatch in my collection, which was not my cup of tea. Keep in mind, I am pretty familiar with smartwatches. I mean my first one was the Pebble and the new models that come after it. The reason I loved them was because it did the simple things well and they improved on it. Fast forward to the present day, I have dabbled in a multitude in different types of smartwatches and some were dreadful and some were ok, but it just didn't give me what I wanted and needed in smartwatch. When the withings came out with it's second release, I had to test it out. One major factor for me was the battery life. I am a heavy user and I do not necesarily need notifications on everthing that my phone is handling, but you can choose what you want. The box is very unassuming and actually, is very minimal and I have to admit, I didn't have high hopes looking at the box. However, upon unboxing everything, especially the watch itself, it seem more and more promising. First thing I did was to set up the watch and charger and charged it to full, which really didn't take much time at all. While I was waiting, I went to my app store and downloaded the Withings App which is actually called the Withings Health Mate. There is a QR code to scan, but I wanted to see if it was hard to search for in the Google App store and it was. The icon had changed and the app name is not intuitive that it was for the Scanwatch 2. Before getting into the software, I have to mention the quality of the hardware. First the watch band you get does not seem like an afterthought. I have the 39mm version which comes with 18mm wide watch bands. I have quite a few in my collection, so I was able to simply swap out the factory band, which is not bad at all by the way. But because I am a horologist, this is what I normally do. The case is polished and the top and bottom have what is called wired lugs for your straps. I am glad they didn't go proprietary on the straps to the case, this is a great feature for me. The face of the dial is very dressy, so that would really be my critique here. I am a very casual dresser, even at work, so this kind of works, but I normally wear dive and field watches to work. The indices are polished as well and you can see that the applied indices are nicely done and plays with light very well and makes the watch scream quality, which is is for the retail price. Then you have the registers and what looks to be complications located on the 12 o'clock and 6 o'clock positions. The bottom is not a seconds or stopwatch counter that may think it would be, rather it is your step counter. The top register is the smart in the smart watch here. Next I would mention the crown is very responsive and large enough to manuver. There seems to be a speaker openings on that side as well. That is just for the alarm sounds. There is no microphone and speaker to take calls. It can notify you that calls are coming in, which is all I need really. And finally the face of the watch is covered by a sapphire glass. Which, in my opinion, suprised me, because even some watches I own have mineral crystal or acrylic. So this was a welcomed suprise. I could have stopped there and been happy with this watch. However, the fitness part of the watch really shines through. It can integrate with some health accounts that you can choose, but the Withings app is nothing to sneeze at. I mean the oxygen sensor, the EKG and sleep monitoring are well done. You can add on a ton other features if you want, which you actually get free for a few months to try out. I didn't feel the need for it at this point, so I didn't add that my daily usage. Then to top it off, the battery seems to live up to its claim so far. I took this watch with me to Vegas for almost a week and did not charge it. By the time I got home, the battery meter read 83%. And I have a lot of notifications come through, which the Withings handled very well, until it goes over a certain number of unread notifications, then it gives up lol. But I think a normal person would be fine. I am what is classified as a power user in a sense. But this watch took a bunch and works pretty well. One other thing that did not see or could not find is a back button or feature. I mean once I am in a menu, I cannot seem to go back to the main screen and I have to wait until the screen shuts off. Would I recommend it? Well it is a high price compared to the other name brands out there. However, the entire package is well worth it. I have seen on their site that there is a larger version and is a dive watch look that really looks like the part. That goes to 100mm water resistance. Where this version can only go 50m. No, this watch will not show your notfications in hi-def, but do you really need it to? It doesn't show you driving directions, change your radio or audio tracks. But it's not built for that. This is a watch that tells time and also notifys you. Then you have the great fitness features it provides, whithout paying more of a subscription. I mean if you enjoy the tools and are looking for more detailed information for your health, I am all for it. But that isn't for me. And for others it may. So yes, I would recommend this to others!
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Good while it lasts
Got the watch about 3 months ago. Now it doesn't read heartbeat correctly, steps are off, and the calories either wont move for a day or just randomly reset. Will be returning. Thankfully i have the best buy membership program.
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A Lovely Hybrid Smartwatch
I really do love the Scanwatch series of smart watches from Withings. A beatifully crafted watch for gettting out on the town or just for keeping time while cooking your sunday dinner. Plus the extras that make them very vital to your 24/7 healthy living routines. Yes. Withings make hybrid smart watches. And they are indeed gorgeous. They track your sleep, your breathing pattern and oxygen levels. And you can't forget the most vital thing that everyone gets these things for, but never keeps up with. The every loving step counter. I'm a huge perponant for step counters, ever since my first smart watch back in 2013. I was able to get a hands-on test of the first Scanwatch a couple years ago and though it was flawed, it is still a great watch , which I still wore until getting this one. The differences between the two are minor so it was relatively seemless to tranfer from one to the other in the app. All of the features from the first one are still present. Although the design is more curved and elegant. The band is smaller. And I'll be the first to say. "I'm not crazy about that." My arms have grown , since I do lift weights and them gunz are loaded. It does still fit around my wrist and since it is an actual watch, you can find a band at you local store, if you so desire. Now the reason I didn't give it the fulll on 5 stars, is simple. GPS. The GPS only maps my jog if havee my phone on me. Sometimes I like to go for a nice jog without my phone, but for the most part, it'll be with me for music purposes. But I would like the watch to be able to track itself like many other watches have been doing for years. In any case, this is a beautiful poece of craftsmanship on my wrist. And i totally recommend this to anyone looking for some style for your healthy lifestyle.
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Less Impressive Little Brother of the Horizon
The ScanWatch 2 from Withings pulls from well established pedigree of previous Withings hybrid smart watches, but it is much less impressive than my ScanWatch Horizon. I’m not really sure what Withings is going for with the ScanWatch 2, it is light and discreet, so maybe its for a more casual minimalist look that goes well with business casual, but to me it looks a bit effeminate and boring on the wrist (as a man). My ScanWatch Horizon on the other hand looks and feels amazing, it actually looks like the Omega Seamaster Diver and swaps between a metal bracelet and heavy duty silicone band quickly. The ScanWatch 2 on the other hand is very, very light and the band is much flimsier. It also looks much less impressive but as mentioned it is very lightweight on the wrist. One of the biggest advantages of the ScanWatch is amazing battery life, you can go weeks without having to charge these watches because they don’t have to illuminate the screen the entire time. The charging mechanism is also not as slick as the magnet on the Apple Watch, but it is more sturdy than the ScanWatch Horizon. Lastly, the ScanWatch 2 has all of the major health related features like ECG, pulse ox, sleep tracking and step counting. The fact it can go weeks without charging makes this feature excellent as I use the sleep tracking feature pretty heavily to show pulse ox levels and sleep quality over a given month. This is a decent hybrid Smart Watch but honestly I would consider the Apple Watch for a more visual appealing device, but the real choice for a minimalist but attractive hybrid smart watch with great battery life and health tracking is the ScanWatch Horizon.
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Feature Rich Smart Health Monitoring Watch
Withings has a new offering in their watch line with the ScanWatch 2. It looks much better than most smart watches and works with the Withings app. There are many features to the watch including tracking physical activity, measuring blood oxygen levels, taking an ECG, body temp, heart rate, number of steps taken, floors climbed, etc. The only things that seem to be missing are outdoor temperature and weather. Withings can add that in at some point in the future, but as of now, I don't see a way to get that information to be displayed on the watch. That is minor though given what all this watch has to offer. It also shows my text messages and incoming call numbers. In addition to the many smart features, it has a long battery life and mechanical hour and minute hands. The hour and minute hands also glow in the dark. You can get the date and time by pressing in the crown. You press in the crown to wake up the watch and turn the crown to go through the smart features. All of the health data the watch tracks becomes available in the Withings app on your mobile device. On an iPhone, it will also make the data available to the Apple Health app. The ScanWatch 2 is stylish. Much more so than other smart watches. The metal case is well made as is the crown. The watch band can be replaced whenever you need to replace it. It's light weight and comfortable to wear. I've enjoyed it so far and really like the additional health information I get from it compared to the limited information I was getting from my previous smart watch. Regarding the battery, I've first charged the watch when I received it. It took 1hr 15min to charge from 23% to 100%. The runtime for the batter will vary by use, but I wear it during the day and when I'm sleeping and after a few days, I'm down to 90% battery remaining. With my previous smart watch, I was only able to use it during the day and had to charge it at night because the battery would run down before I went to bed. The ScanWatch 2 tracks your sleep as well and can check your blood oxygen levels during sleep. The insight you can get about your health from being able to see if you are getting a good nights sleep is critical to good health monitoring. If you don't get a good nights sleep, you won't have a good day. All of the information from the ScanWatch added in with the information from my Withings smart weigh scale gives me a very good overall picture of my health. I can also generate a .pdf of my health readings from the ScanWatch 2 plus my other Withings devices and show that to my doctor each time I visit. I like the piece of mind I have with the Withings products that I already had and now even more piece of mind given the additional health monitoring and information I get with the ScanWatch 2. The performance of the ScanWatch 2 has been great. I haven't ran into any problems with it. Adding the data from the watch into the data from my weigh scale gives me a good picture of my health. If you are looking for a reasonably priced smart watch that has a long battery life or you have other Withings health devices, then consider taking a look at the ScanWatch 2.
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Good wellness features and good looking as well
The sleek and stylish hybrid design of the Scanwatch 2 is an attractive and comfortable alternative to my bland utilitarian looking smartwatch. The primary mechanical arms accurately stay in sync with the time of my smartphone and conveniently move out of the way whenever I need to view the OLED screen on the dial. A second dial at the bottom is used to track step goals. The soft silicone band is comfortable and has plenty of holes providing good adjustability for any arm size without requiring separate large or small bands. To set up the watch, I had to download the Withings app, create an account, set app permissions on my phone, and pair the watch to the app/phone. The watch wakes by pressing the crown, which is also used for navigation. The crown was one of the first cons I personally encountered with the watch. It’s small and hard to grasp, especially with large fingers or long nails. It also frequently spins a little too much before advancing to the next menu item, requires multiple presses, and doesn’t feel as responsive as my other smartwatches. Battery life is phenomenal and easily one of the best features of the watch. The Scanwatch 2 is designed to run 30 days between charges. After a week of continuous use day and night, it’s nowhere close to needing a charge yet. This is a welcome relief from the daily or every other day charging I typically perform with other watches. Certain features that I use, like sleep blood oxygen tracking, can shorten battery life, but it is still excellent even with the feature enabled. The SW2 can receive notifications for calls, texts, email, and other apps. Incoming notifications cause the watch to vibrate and an alert to flash on the OLED screen. The subject (if applicable) and body text of messages and/or email scroll across the OLED screen. Alerts and caller ID info for incoming calls also scrolls across the screen but calls must be answered on the handset. The scrolling text works well in most instances, but it can be a little fast to read in lengthier messages and I cannot reply directly from the watch. Despite these limitations, the notifications are still handy for alerting purposes. I seldom answer calls or reply to texts and email from my watch anyhow, even while wearing watches capable of doing so. Wellness features are my primary interest in a smartwatch and the Scanwatch 2 offers a bevy of useful wellness features that all work reliably. The step counter, mileage, and elevation tracking seem fairly accurate and reveal no major discrepancies when compared to my other devices. The heart rate monitor is also seemingly accurate, displaying the same pulse as other devices I used to confirm accuracy. The Withings app workout tracking is more in-depth than the standard fitness tracking options on my phone and other smartwatch. It provides a ton of useful data, including body temperature changes during workouts. One sore spot for me is that there is no built-in GPS tracking for running or hiking. The watch relies on the nearby phone for GPS tracking. Here are my thoughts on the features I use most on the Scanwatch 2: ECG: The ECG is my primary feature of interest in any smartwatch. The ECG function in the Scanwatch 2 is a little cumbersome initially. It requires covering the entire dial with my hand, so I don’t see any real-time countdown or pulse frequency. Also, unlike other smartwatches and personal ECG devices, the Scanwatch 2 requires a review of my ECG results before the ECG feature is unlocked and fully activated. This supposedly varies by state. As part of the review, my name, DOB, state of residence, and first ECG reading were sent to a third-party health partner for approval. I was also given the option to provide a phone number for further discussions as well. I could take additional ECGs while awaiting the review to complete but was unable to see any ECG results until then. I submitted my ECG for approval in the evening and it was approved by the following afternoon. After approval, all ECG results were available. Like the other features, ECG results were consistent with my other devices. Blood Oxygen: The SpO2 meter is another feature that I frequently use. Like the ECG, it requires covering the entire dial with my other hand. There is no live status displayed on the app, so I must wait for and trust the haptic feedback to indicate the start and finish of a reading. If a bad reading is measured, the watch will say try again, but I won’t know this until removing my hand to check. I tested simultaneously with a dedicated SpO2 meter on the index finger of the same arm as the watch. The results were consistent among multiple readings taken using the watch alongside two different dedicated SpO2 meters. Sleep: Sleep tracking is solid on the Scanwatch 2 and provides comprehensive sleep data, although not quite as comprehensive as my primary sleep wearable. I wore the Scanwatch alongside that other sleep tracking wearable device to test accuracy. My other device is my go-to sleep tracker and in addition to being the most comfortable wearable device during sleep, it has also proven to be rock-solid reliable. The sleep measurements for both devices are usually close or identical in most categories. Both reflect practically the same duration, sleep stages, interruptions, and sleep quality. The nightly sleep scores for both are also typically close. Where the Scanwatch falls slightly short of the other wearable is that it doesn’t differentiate between REM sleep and deep sleep. It lumps them both together as a single category. It also doesn’t track and record breathing interruptions that may indicate possible sleep apnea or other sleep-related breathing issues. It merely records the overnight average blood oxygen level. This could still possibly help reveal a potential issue, but I prefer being alerted to actual breathing interruptions that occurred during sleep. It also doesn’t currently record heart rate variance like the other device. I’ve read that HRV is a forthcoming feature on the watch in Q4 2023, but the feature isn’t currently implemented as of the writing of this review. Although I prefer my ring wearable overall for sleep comfort, the Scanwatch 2’s svelte form factor is more comfortable and less obtrusive than my other smartwatches during sleep. It never interfered with sleep once, even when I slept with my watch clad wrist tucked underneath my head as I often do. It is the next most comfortable sleep wearable after my ring. App: The app is where the Scanwatch 2 shines brighter than a lot of the competition. The watch does not rely on a generic shared mainstream watch app like the numerous other differently branded watches I’ve tried in the past. As a result, the Withings app offers many useful features not typically found in generic watch apps, and the watch itself works fine with the app and has so far remained free of weird glitches and some of the other issues that plagued other watches in the past. The app is laid out nicely and has an intuitive and user-friendly user interface that is easy to navigate. It is similar in layout and presentation to the health app on my phone, which gave it a familiar feel and made it easy for me to navigate right from the beginning. A Withings+ subscription unlocks many extra wellness features, but the most important features are included and unlocked at no cost. That’s the one area where the Scanwatch trounces my other sleep wearable. The other device is practically useless without a paid subscription. Cons: I previously mentioned the dial and lack of built-in GPS, but another con is the watch having no sort of built-in tracker or locator. I misplaced the watch briefly and had a tough time finding it. Aside from these minor cons, I don’t have any major issues or shortcomings with the watch. The stylish Withings Scanwatch 2 is a welcome departure from my bland everyday smartwatch. I like my other watch and the useful wellness features it offers, but I don’t like the bland design. The Scanwatch 2 is attractive and unobtrusive enough to wear with formal wear or other nice outfits and offers a refreshing change of styling without sacrificing notifications and recording wellness data. It still handles all my usual smartwatch needs but looks a lot more stylish while doing so.
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Great Heart Monitor If You Need One
The Withings ScanWatch 2 (I will call it SW2 going forward) is a tech device that hits close to home for me since I have dealt with atrial fibrillation for more than ten years. After you have enough emergency room visits and electrocardiograms (ECG) you begin to develop a new appreciation for a device that can monitor your heart rate and alert you when certain parameters deviate from normal. While electronic watches that do things other than simply tell time often get labeled with the name “smartwatch”, Withings refers to their SW2 as a “hybrid smartwatch” which makes sense as it is more of a health tracking device that tells time rather than a full-featured smartwatch that can make phone calls and work on email in a pinch. The SW2 while having heart rate and ECG monitoring capabilities, has a whole list of health-related functions that include body temperature tracking, reading blood oxygen level, detecting breathing disturbances, reporting sleep quality, assessing menstrual health, and analyzing workout & recovery metrics. Withings has a whole line of health related tech besides hybrid smartwatches, including blood pressure monitors, bathroom scales, a body temperature thermometer, and a sleep tracking mat for your bed. All of these devices interact with the Withings app for your smartphone. In addition to the free app, there is a subscription option called Withings+ ($10/month or $100/year) that gives you exclusive content and has features designed to help you meet fitness and wellness objectives. I did not activate this feature, so I cannot speak of the content from personal experience. Set up of the watch and its interaction with the phone app were probably smoother than 90 percent of the things I have dealt with in the past few years. The design of the app is pleasing to the eye and lays out information in an easy to comprehend form with little to no “head scratching”. As someone who has worn a watch 24 hours a day for years, I found this Withings product with the included band to be very comfortable, even when having the band cinched up as needed for the sensors on the back of the watch case to work properly. Withings offers five varieties of bands, and although I can find no documentation, it appears this model of SW2 comes with the mid-level “Premium Sport Band”. The other bands are available as accessories and come in a wide variety of colors, materials, and finishes so that it is easy for anyone to meet their fashion wants and needs. The 38mm SW2 is a design that can be worn by both males and females with some case, dial, and band color combos more appealing to one gender or the other. It weighs in at what I would consider an average weight of 54 grams when comparing it to other watches in our household, and is way lighter on the wrist than the 119 gram auto-winding mechanical watch I have worn for the past six years. Functions on the watch are controlled by a single crown located at the typical 3 o’clock position. Pushing in on the crown will light up the grayscale OLED display and show the time and day/date in the circular window just below the 12 o’clock marker, and will also allow you to rotate the crown to change between available functions. This small display is deceiving clever in the easily legible and smoothly scrolling text that it is capable of displaying. While the watch hands and hour markers have luminous detailing, they are weak at best and virtually useless in the dark. Luckily a simple push on the crown will illuminate the time on the OLED display. The watch can also be set so that the display will light up when you lift your arm (called “Quicklook”) to view it so you don’t need both hands to see the time in low light conditions. An alarm, stopwatch, and timer functions are also available in the clock features. The OLED display will alert you to incoming texts and emails by vibrating to get your attention, then showing the sender and some detail of the incoming communication on the display by scrolling the information. Withings touts up to 30 days of battery life on a charge, but after five days of testing, my battery level had dropped to 61% after being fully charged before I started wearing it. Granted, I have maybe been playing around with its functions more than I would with normal wearing, but I don’t think it is any more use than would be given by a typical active lifestyle user in tracking a variety of workouts and activities. My guess would be that a typical user would get about 15 days of use between charges rather than 30. This is still WAY more time than the most popular smartwatch can provide between charges. The charging connection isn’t as elegant as a magnetic one, but it works well. The USB cable attached to the charging dock is 30 inches long, and the watch does not come with a charging adapter in accordance with what is typical with so many products nowadays. Besides heart rate tracking, I was most intrigued with the monitoring of sleep quality using a few different parameters such as length of light and deep sleep, awake interruptions, and regularity of bed and rise times. I did have one problem with this functionality in that a few nights there were periods of missing data. I suspect, based on time of night, that this might have been due to my iPhone performing automatic updates, so I turned off that feature and the next night there was no missing data. I need to experiment more with this before I can confirm this was the reason. The watch also has a pedometer function, and while this seems pretty rudimentary, it makes more sense having this in a watch rather than your phone, because you probably don’t carry your phone on you all day. The display shows both steps and miles (but curiously does not have you calibrate your stride length), and it also gives you the number of flights of stairs you have negotiated. Most days I would see 1 or 2 “floors” displayed even though our house has zero steps in it, even between the house and garage. I’m not sure how it is collecting this data, but it is incorrect since I was also not in any other buildings with multiple floors during these days. There were also some differences between the SW2 and the pedometer app on my phone for number of steps during these days. Withings seems to put some emphasis on the pedometer function as the watch face contains a dial just above the 6 o’clock marker that has a single hand that tracks your daily progress in meeting the step goal you have set for yourself. This daily goal can be set and changed by the user, and the hand on the small watch face dial will make one complete revolution when this goal is reached. It allows you to monitor your progress throughout the day in relation to your goal with a quick glance to the watch without having to push the crown. One feature I am still amused by is how the hands of the analog watch will move and get out of the way when you press the crown to view information if they are partially obstructing clear view of the OLED display. They then revert back to where they should be when the display fades out. This function can be turned off if you would like to. Another nice feature is that you never have to set the time of the analog hands as they get their input of correct time from the smartphone the watch is connected to. All in all I have to say I am mightily impressed with the amount of worthwhile and useful functionality Withings has compressed into the ScanWatch 2 while keeping it looking like a traditional analog timepiece. Not everyone wants to spend the day with a small computer on their wrist with a cartoon-looking watch face on it. This makes me want to get a Withings bathroom scale to complete the health data trifecta I get from the ScanWatch2 and the BPM Connect blood pressure monitor that we also have. I think anyone that is being treated medically by a physician for certain heart rhythm conditions would find one of Withings heart monitoring devices a much welcomed addition to their arsenal of medical equipment.