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The Honor Band 5 activity sensor goes below €30 at Amazon Marketplace, a drop of around 21% on the price usually seen. This is currently our best value for money for small budgets.
Here is the Honor Band 5! The low-cost activity sensor from the Huawei subsidiary. This new version adds music control and monitoring of the level of oxygenation. A shy update to a sensor that was already effective.
Honor Band 5
- Fnac.com marketplace
22.29
Back Market24.00
Amazon Warehouse27.69
Used Amazon Marketplace28.90
Darty Marketplace29.00
Amazon Marketplace29.90
Cdiscount Marketplace31.97
How the pricing table works
Like the Honor Band 4, this Honor Band 5 is a good activity tracker. It is supported by a rather complete application and allows itself to display most of the expected notifications. It even offers excellent heart rate tracking, but is limited by the lack of built-in GPS. And if that wasn’t enough, connected GPS (via smartphone) is only available with Honor and Apple models. Enough to sideline a lot of terminals, including those of Samsung. We will therefore prefer Xiaomi’s Mi Smart Band 4, armed with better autonomy and a GPS connected without the slightest discrimination.
Strong points
- OLED screen.
- Very good ergonomics.
- Good quality heart rate monitor.
- Four days of autonomy.
Weak points
- A connected GPS only on Honor and Apple smartphones.
NB: The reported price drop is calculated by comparing the lowest price of the day with the average of the lowest prices charged by all merchants for the product last month, with security rules to exclude prices from shops whose the VAT policy is not clear (known as “grey” shops, typically in the case of imports from China).
Alternatively
Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 5
- Amazon Warehouse
25.53
- Used Amazon Marketplace
27.45
Fnac.com marketplace28.04
- Darty Marketplace
28.90
- Cdiscount Marketplace
29.00
Fnac.com Used Marketplace29.71
- Amazon Marketplace
29.99
Rakuten30.11
Alltricks
32.41
ManoMano35.80
Shopping street
40.98
How the pricing table works
The Xiaomi Mi Band 5 does not revolutionize Xiaomi’s range of low-cost connected bracelets, but it does bring some significant improvements. This is the case of the magnetic system which allows the sensor to be recharged without disconnecting it from the bracelet. The Mi Smart Band 5 also offers some new features (remote camera triggering, menstrual tracking, etc.) and an improved screen. Unfortunately, it is still not a very convincing bracelet for the practice of intensive sport, mainly due to its basic heart rate monitor. Joggers, cyclists or occasional swimmers will find their account, but not those who practice regular activities and require great precision.