Makibes F68 is a $35 IP67 Rated Sports Smartwatch with HRM & 7-Days Battery Life

So far my quest for a smartwatch as not been successful, with massive disappointments with both No.1 D3 smartwatch and SMA-Q color e-Paper smartwatch, with the latter completely failing after a week. The next potential candidate is Makibes F68 with similar features as SMA-Q, but instead with a grayscale display, IP67 ingress protection rating which should make it suitable for swimming (apparently not, see comments), as well as a promised 7-day battery life during “normal usage”.

Makibes_F68Makibes F68 specifications:

  • MCU/Memory/Storage – Not disclosed but it’s supposed to run Nucleus RTOS.
  • Display – 1″ round capacity touchscreen display, 128×128 resolution, always on
  • Connectivity – Bluetooth 4.0
  • Sensors – 3-axis accelerometer and gyroscope
  • Battery – 180 mAh charged via magnetic connector
  • Dimensions – 38 x38 x 10 mm (aluminum alloy material)
  • Weight – 31 grams
  • IP Rating – IP67 meaning it’s been tested for 30 minutes under one meter of water.

IP67_Watch

The watch supports Bluetooth 4.x enabled smartphones with iOS 8 and Android 4.3 or greater. Supported function include call and message reminders (Android only shown via icons on the watch, no text), heart rate monitoring, pedometer, sedentary reminder, sleep monitoring, alarm, and clock display. The app is called HPlus Watch and can be downloaded from Google Play or iTunes for iPhone or iPad. GeekBuying also released the user’s manual, and that’s how I discovered the device.

HPlus Watch Screenshots (Click to Enlarge)
HPlus Watch Screenshots (Click to Enlarge)

A video shows a little more how the watch and app works, and it looks good in theory, but we’ll have to see how well it works in practise, and the few app reviews so far are rather mixed.

Makibes F68 is selling for $34.99 on GeekBuying right now, buy you can also find it for $32.99 on GearBest, as well as Aliexpress and eBay for just under $40.

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Anthony.H
8 years ago

looks quite interresting to me! Are you gonna test it Jean-Luc? I trust you 1000times more than any chinese/russian review on Youtube!

kuddy
kuddy
8 years ago

IP67 -> don’t go swimming with it! The 7 in IP67 relates to water protection:

Protected from immersion in water with a depth of up to 1 meter (or 3.2ft) for up to 30 mins

USAGE: Rain, splashing and accidental submersion

Anthony.H
8 years ago

Well I just ordered it via ebay. I’ll let you know what I think or might do a review if you want!

VPO
VPO
8 years ago

Hello,
I am new to your website, but I found your review of smart watches very useful!
Are you planning to review the iWown i7?
Thanks.

Paul
Paul
8 years ago

> IP67 should be good enough for swimming for a reasonable amount of time. No IPxx allows swimming at all. That “1 meter under water for 30 min” means static water pressure. When you make a stroke of your hand with a watch into the water during swimming, you can easily subject it to dynamic pressure much higher than that of tranquil 1m still water – coming from all sides, changing all the time. There’s also never talk of real-world sea water, or chlored pool water, mostly some distilled lab-only kind of water. Summing up: all the current smartwatches are… Read more »

Norris
Norris
8 years ago

@Anthony.H

I think I’ve just bumped into one good review on this watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03oIXxN9sq0. Kind of long but quite informative.

Anthony.H
8 years ago

Well I ordered the day of this post and I just received it ! Not bad at all !
I have to test it now and see if is that good ! 🙂

ano
ano
8 years ago

bad watch realy small and when its locked its hard to get it unlock

Sergio
Sergio
8 years ago

Mine was usedDin the shower a couple of times. Besides an accidental unlocking, it passed the test.
Nevertheless, even before the shower it has stopped recording my sleep. Any ideas?
Although the specs says it saves data for 7 days, the android app only shows data since last midnight. I can’t find any upgrade on the software.

David
David
7 years ago

BT keeps turning itself off without warning, This happens with my watch several times each day. Very annoying. Unlike another smart watch I tried which automatically re pairs with my phone when BT has lost connection, this one does not.

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