Ahead of a more detailed review I’ve just unwrapped my Microsoft Band ahead of tomorrow’s launch when everyone can get to play too.
First superficial impressions?
- Looks AWESOME
- Extremely intuitive setup
- Requires virtually no user input to get setup
- What I have seen of the interface is super-intuitive
- Not yet looked at all the pretty graphs
Oh, the title was the BAND looking sexy, not me 🙂
I’ll be writing back with some OPTICAL HR comparisons to other products and with a bit more of a look into the SPORTS side of the BAND’s functionality. Only part of what it should be able to do of course. It has voice interaction and a UV light sensor as an indication of some of the potentially ground breaking goodies contained.
Last Updated on 13 January 2026 by the5krunner
tfk is the founder and author of the5krunner, an independent endurance sports technology publication. With 20 years of hands-on testing of GPS watches and wearables, and competing in triathlons at an international age-group level, tfk provides in-depth expert analysis of fitness technology for serious athletes and endurance sport competitors.
