Review: Basis Peak Fitness Tracker

The Basis Peak is a wrist worn fitness tracker packed with sensors for monitoring an array of information about your body movements. So whenever you're walking running or cycling it detects your activity, even while you're sleeping.
It delivers smart phone notifications to your wrist. We have recently spent a little bit of time and effort to find out how well it works.

The basis Peak fitness tracker is targeted towards people that want to access their general activity and track it through an easy gadget such as the one that can be worn on your wrist. The added functionality of a smart phone makes it a must-have for fitness lovers.

It tracks heat rate, calories burned, sweat levels, temperature of your skin, steps taken and the quality of your sleep. The company added an update through which you can read SMS notifications emails and incoming calls as well as calendar events on a big high contrast screen.

All of this implies that it is probably one of the best if not the best fitness tracker available in stores. The company is also offering a possible upgrade to an original basis of B1. Potential buyers might be expecting similar gadgets such as Fitbit Surge, the Fitbit Charge HR, The Microsoft Band, Garmin Vivoactive and other specific sports devices with the likes of Garmin fenix 3 and Tom Tom Runner Cardio.

When you get the box in your hand you will find a waterproof Basis Peak with a magnetic USB charging cradle. You should be having at least four days of battery life when it's fully charged. What we found that it was more likely a three day battery while frequently charging it during periods of inactivity such as busy at a computer. The packaging specifically mentions what Basis Peak is capable of. You need to check with the website if your Bluetooth smart phone is compatible with the device.

With our experience we know that people struggle to get up and running with Basis Peak. We did not find any complications with installing and pairing. We did get a little bit of frustrated when the firmware updates could not be done through the USB charging cradle. So the complication is to carry it out through a paired smart-device that runs Basis Peak app. We used Motorola G (2nd Generation) but also tested it with an iPad.


When we started using it the strange thing is it was better than we had expected. Marketing shots actually do a disservice to the product. In fact, it is far from the Quasimodo of the fitness tracking device that you are always seen on the Internet. When you hold it in your hand it looks more like a smart digital watch and it looks good while you're wearing jeans and a T-shirt or a suit. Probably the only drawback is that it's not very pretty. You can get it in matte black or brushed metal (which we got). The interchangeable straps means you can mix and match.


From our little experiment it seems like a series of firmware updates might probably transform Basis Peak into one of the most impressive fitness trackers on the market. And there's a good chance that it will get there because it has already gained notification abilities since it was launched. So the final verdict is you get a good fitness tracker but not a great one, for that would probably need some time.

It is available for $200 and is available in black and silver options.

Product Page: Basis Peak