Tencent Digital (Compiler: Human) Philips's HealthSuite smart health device is not a product for those "fitness demons". Instead, the entire HealthSuite platform's products are for ordinary users who have chronic illnesses or who want to maintain their current physical health.
At the same time, if you like, you don't have to buy all the products in the HealthSuite suite, including scales, thermometers, blood pressure monitors, and Health Watch health watches, which can be purchased separately. Philips said that if your focus is on weight loss, then you can choose a healthy watch of $250 (about RMB1720) and a weight scale of $99 (approximately RMB680). If you want to track your blood pressure, a $99 sphygmomanometer is the best combination apart from your watch.
Now that we have experienced the entire Philips HealthSuite platform, if you are planning to spend $500 (about RMB 3,443) to purchase all the products of this platform, is it worth it?
Networking smart weight scale
This Philips smart scale is the largest of the entire HealthSuite kits and has a very smooth surface that provides both black and white colors, but the glass surface is also very prone to accumulating dust and stains. Especially when we walk barefoot on it, we often leave footprints.
In addition to measuring body weight, this scale measures our body fat, measures the BMI index, and syncs wirelessly to the smartphone. During the measurement, the weight scale will send a very weak current through the body through BIA resistance analysis, and then measure the percentage of fat. The calculation of body mass index requires the input of body weight and height parameters in advance.
The scale setting is also relatively simple. First you need to download the Philips App from the app store and then start Bluetooth pairing. In the App we can switch between different units such as kilograms or pounds.
After we stand on the scale, it will sound a tone telling us that it is working and calculating various indices. A bluetooth icon is displayed in the upper left corner of the scale, which shows that it is synchronizing data with the smartphone app. However, Philips's scale itself does not save our data, and each measurement will disappear if it is not synchronized to the smartphone. So unless you just want to simply measure quickly, you have to turn on the smartphone app pairing before each measurement, which is a bit trickier to use.
From the point of view of the test results, the data of this Philips scale is more accurate, such as my BMI, and I measured it with a more professional instrument, which is 24.7, and the Philips weight scale has a conclusion of 25, which is not a big difference. So far, using a weight scale is more fun than a professional instrument. At the same time, we can follow the data to see if the percentage of your body composition rises or falls.
Sphygmomanometer and thermometer
There are actually two ways to measure blood pressure: wrist and upper arm, and we test upper arm blood pressure. App wants to measure the right data through Philips' suite, and App plays a big role in this.
After synchronizing and connecting, the device will indicate that the connection has been successful, and for more accurate data, we'd better measure blood pressure at the same time every day. Simultaneous measurement of blood pressure is also more stressful, and it is best to sit in a relaxed, upright position and the data will be more accurate.
The monitor used with the sphygmomanometer is also very easy to use. After that, the two buttons are very easy to use for almost everyone. One is used to change user profiles and another toggle mode. At the same time, the synchronization speed between the sphygmomanometer and the smart phone App is also very fast. We can calculate more health data by matching blood pressure and heart rate.
The thermometer is a product of HealthSuite that does not look up. It uses a non-contact design, and it can be based on time to see how our body temperature changes. In addition, because this thermometer uses the infrared sensor tracking method, the measurement speed is very fast, and the data is easy to read and the usability is also good.
Health Watch Health Watch
If you can already use a smart weight scale to track changes in long-term weight, and use software to calculate the increase or decrease in weight over time, then if you add statistics of heart rate changes, it should help us to maintain a healthy life habit.
Philips’ Health Watch tracks our data on sleep, steps, heart rate, and calories burned. If you use the Health Watch with two devices, you can better see the ratio between body weight and changes in calorie consumption, and sum up the laws and methods of exercise volume and weight changes.
By monitoring the body's BIA index and integrating my age and weight, my data is still a fairly reasonable range. Especially the combination of the two sets of data has a better effect than simply tracking body weight.
In addition, the above mentioned blood pressure monitoring, including reduced body fat, diet, and exercise patterns, can be used as reference data for lowering blood pressure. At the same time, Philips App generates a very intuitive time-varying graph to show the relationship between all data.
In fact, Philips HealthSuite is not a perfect system. It takes more than two devices to play a real advantage. In the future, if Philips can add more tracking devices to its own health device ecosystem, it can provide more valuable health information.
HealthSuite may be a more cost-effective alternative to Under Armour HealthBox, provided of course that you only need a watch and scale. In addition, the thermometer is actually a dispensable option. If you don't need it, you can save an additional 60 US dollars (about 413 yuan).
to sum up
Philips has made it clear that HealthSuite is not developed for fitness enthusiasts but is used to keep us healthy and active. On the contrary, HealthSuite can give us a lot of weight to reduce weight or climb a few stairs. Overall, for beginners, although HealthSuite's features are simple, it's a pretty good entry-level health device.
advantage
Scales can analyze body fat;
Easy to use;
insufficient
App does not support background synchronization;
Lack of third-party integration capabilities;
Source: wareable
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