The Elite is the followup to the Atmos Fit, upgraded with the addition of a heart rate monitor and revamped aesthetics.
Out of the box
Included in the box is the unit, charger and manual. Unlike the previous Atmos Fit, you can’t use just any ordinary charger because the Elite’s charger is a three-pronged proprietary one which clips to the unit. So be careful not to lose it.
Charging the Elite for a couple of hours will give you a week of juice.
To fully utilize the Elite out of the box, you first have to download the companion app (Atmos Fit) from the iOS App store or Google Play. The app is well designed, streamlined and easy to use with a clean, intuitive UI. Just set your profile and you’re good to go.
Display
The Elite’s display is an OLED monochrome display that’s nothing to write home about, but it does have a certain retro 8-bit charm to the interface. A touch sensor is indicated by a simple circle in the Elite’s face. One tap will display the date and time which is automatically synced to your phone, together with the battery level and Bluetooth indicator. Another tap will bring you to the number of steps you have taken. Tap it once more and it displays the distance you have travelled. Another tap will display the heart rate. You have a couple of options on how to activate the heart rate sensor: one is by pressing and holding the touch sensor on the Elite until the heart icon beats, and another is through the app.
Sensor accuracy
The pedometer is fairly accurate when walking but it does get wrong readings in certain situations: For instance, I walked a short distance from the door to my car and drove around for about an hour, but the sensor indicated that I have walked 3 kilometers. I also woke up one morning and the sensor had already registered 200 steps while I was asleep (and I am fairly certain I don’t sleepwalk). But walking from the office to the house is reflected accurately (a distance of about 1 kilometer).
The sleep monitor is also fairly accurate. It does get the hours of sleep close to reality as far as I can tell. But I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the quality of sleep (deep sleep and light sleep) which is indicated in the app.
The heart rate monitor is where it gets a little bit iffy. It utilizes an optical sensor that shines light onto your skin to ostensibly measure blood flow. But I tried to measure my heart rate while I had the Elite taken off, and it still returned a reading. Thinking the ambient light is affecting it, I put it inside a dark drawer, and it still returned a normal heart rate reading. So I would not really put my trust in these things for returning an accurate heart rate. But in fairness to Atmos Fit, the science of measuring heart rate through optical sensors is not really an exact science just yet.
Notification and Alarm
The Elite, when connected through Bluetooth to your smartphone, can also notify you of a text message/call. Sadly you can’t preview a message, but it can be useful when you have your phone in your bag and is likely to miss a call.
You can also set a silent alarm through the app. I find this useful when I want to wake up early and doesn’t want to disturb others in the room with me.
Another feature is called the Safety Feature, in which your phone’s alarm will sound off when it gets beyond range of the Elite when connected through Bluetooth.
Verdict
Although limited and not as feature-packed as a FitBit or other higher end fitness bands, the Atmos Fit Elite is a good buy at just Php 890.00 (www.kimstore.com) which is just a fraction of the price. For comparison, you can buy 10 of these things for the price of one FitBit Charge 2. The pedometer , notification and silent alarm feature alone made it worth the price tag for me. Add in the watch features and the price more than justifies itself.
*There had been a recurring issue among our readers, namely that the Atmos doesn’t recharge when the battery is drained. This seems to be an issue affecting a lot of units and we are reaching out to Kimstore for comment.
*Update (7/10/17): We’ve tried to get Kimstore’s tech support to help out with the technical issues you have brought up here. Sad to say, pinagpasapasahan lang kami and in the end there was no offered solution aside from taking your units back to them.
*Update (7/11/17): Kimstore had replied to our queries with the following message:
Hi Sir, actually ,that is just a batch problem, and has been resolved with the new batch of arrivals for atmos fit elite. For those having difficulties, feel free to return these units to us and we will provide full warranty and replacement support as necessary π
So head over to Kimstore and have your malfunctioning units replaced, guys.
Hi. I just got mine yesterday. upon checking so far its ok naman. but until today bigla nalang ngshutdown and I can’t turn it on to think na it’s almost 70% of batt pa xa nun pagopen ko kagabi. Di ko pa sya ntry icharge since nasa work pa ako. later ko pa matry. Kindly advise what to do..thanks
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Try to charge it first. If it doesn’t, or doesn’t hold a charge, exchange it for another one. Kimstore had acknowledged that there was a batch that had manufacturing errors.
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Hi, my watch is still working but the display got blurred. where i go to fix it? bought it a month ago.
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There’s no service center here that I know of. Try contacting kimstore for info.
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Hi po, got mine as a freebie, tried pressing it on wala.. then charged overnight… me lalabas ba dapat na icon when charging? kasi wala talaga.. tapos today ayaw padin mag on. thanks po
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Yes a battery icon is supposed to appear.
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Yes there’s a battery icon that’s supposed to appear.
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Hi, I just want to know kung bakit hindi nag on yung device.. di naman xa lobat. Never ko pa naman binasa.. half bar pa nung di ko na xa kaya ion
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I have the same problem. Kimstore is nit answering..
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pa help po. kakabili ko lang po ng device just last week pero hindi parin po nag oon yung device. i dont know kung anu po ang problema… i charge it for a couple of hours but wala parin… salamat po sa mga sasagot…
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Best thing to do is return it and exchange it for a new one. Good luck.
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kng ichacharge ko ung unit…..nagbiblink ung battery icon sa unit tapos nag o-off ung display sa katagalan…..panu ko malalaman kng fully charge na ang unit?….
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May I know If water resistant etong Atmos Elite? baka kasi biglang masira once na mabasa
thanks sa sasagot
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Moisture resistant, meaning a bit of splash or a bit of rain probably won’t do damage, but submerging will cause damage. Better err on side of caution and not risk swimming with it.
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hi,
binili ko yung akin just last saturday. Today ayaw na nya magconnect sa bluetooth. have you experienced the same issue?
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No. But try resetting your connection by unpairing it and pairing it again.
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@ von… naka ranas na ako ng ganyan.. try molang e off at e on mo ulit yung atmos fit mo.. tas try mo ulit e connect…:P
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planning to buy ok sana. cheap price. kaso dami bad reviews. baka if magkaproblem mahirap naman mag return for warranty?
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kakabili ko lang po neto. pano po paganahin ung pedometer ayaw kse e 0 steps 0 distance
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It should update automatically.
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nag improve 0 to 56 steps pero naka ilang ikot na po ako sa bahay and still 56 pa din. defective po kaya?
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Naka connect po ba sa phone nyo? Try restarting it.
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pano malaman pag full na yung charge?
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Ndi na gumagalaw dapat ung battery icon. Usually less than 2hrs dapat full charge n sya.
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Paano po yung time adjustment, for days hindi ko siya nai-charge, pero after ng mai-charge ko ulit ay late time at date na ang lumabas.
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Reconnect with your phone.
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ayaw nang gumana nung sa akin ayaw na ding mag charge, may cases ba na nagkaroon nang replacement?
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I think meron na. As per previous posts.
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Hi paano po kung di na gumagana kahit i charge ko po and di ko po alam ano problem,nagamit ko sya a couple of weeks after that wala na. π¦ hope matulungan nyo po ko thanks.
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Hi! Just got mine earlier this month and just today it won’t turn on. I tried several times long pressing the HOME but to no avail. When I tried connecting it to the charger it lights up but just for a few seconds and then it turns off again, I also can’t connect it to my phone. π¦ Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Hi Gerard. Best thing to do is try and return it. Sounds like a defective unit.
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That’s one of my dilemma, I’m a seaman and I’m currently onboard which means when I go home for vacation the warranty already expires. That’s why I;m looking for solutions online. Anyways, thanks a lot for answering. π
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ayaw ng gumana ng device ko π¦ ano ang best solusyon para gumana ulit, ayaw mag ON, kahit icharge
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Hi, is there a timer feature in the unit (stand alone)?
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Nope.
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Hi! No there isn’t a standalone timer.
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Ok naman lahat ng feature. Mostly accurate naman. Pero ang nakakainis lng eh ung bluetooth, ndi naman gano kalayo sa phone ko pero naddc.
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Well i got a one already…sabi ko na nga ba its hard to believe na talagang kaya nya basahin ang accurate heart rate ung sa steps hnd din accurate…and also sa kilometers fail pa rin ang readings… Well siguro parang relo lng tlg ang pinaka accurate na function nito…tsaka ung isa pang features nya na shake to selfie un lng po…i understand na isa itong mgandang watch version na pwede i connect sa smartphone for wireless selfie…hehehe
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As far as I know there’s no wrist-worn sensor out there that can read heart rate accurately. Even the expensive ones are just giving you ballpark figures.
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experience any issues with the HR monitor and with sleep data? I received mine as a gift, day 1 HR monitor was working, but I didn’t get any sleep data results. Day 2, HR no longer works and still no sleep data. could I have been given a lemon?
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Sounds like it. Updating sleep data should happen automatically.
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Sleep Mode does not work, are there any ways to make this work?
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Try to use the app, swipe from middle to bottom to sync.
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Hi ano po ibig sabihin pag nagvivibrate tapos may nakaupong tao sa screen ng Elite ko
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It’s a sedentary/posture reminder. You need to stand or walk around. Check the settings kung gusto mo iturn off ung feature na yan.
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i can’t download atmos fitbit app on my samsung note and tab s. aren’t they compatible with android devices?
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They are.
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thanks for your reply. but how come whenever i download the app, it says, “your device is not compatible”. btw i wanted to buy an atmos elite. i bought other atmos fitbit like a year and few months ago but i resold it to someone coz i received same note saying not compatible. i tried to download those apps with my samsung note 2, samsung tab s.
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It has something to do with your Android version. Older versions do not support the app. If you could somehow update your device OS to later versions that would do the trick. Newer phones with recent Android OS don’t have this compatibility issue.
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my devices are on auto-update. seems they are already outdated π¦
well anyway, thanks very much for your replies! more power to you! π
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You’re welcome!
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hi…I received my Atmos fit yesterday. It was working just fine until this morning. It was able to monitor my sleep last night.and the whole day yesterday it was monitoring my distance and calories burned. However , this morning the monitoring stopped. I went to the gym this morning expecting my distance and calories monitored. It was tethered to my phone the whole time and I kept on refreshing to no avail. The heart rate monitor is working though. Please help. Thanks.
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Try reinstalling the app.
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Hi! I already got mine last Friday. It work well naman sa una kong gamit, but the remaining days hindi na gumagana yung pedometer for counting my steps. Do you encounter this na po? If yes, ano po ba ang dapat kong gawin?
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I bought mine last year. ngayun nabilad ng araw sya one time then bigla nalang ang bilis nya malowbat. nagcharge sya pero and bilis parin nia malowbat. nawala ko na po yung warranty together with the box. need ko na po ba bili ng bago or may baterry replacement po ba? pls help me po.
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Hi lj. Built-in battery sya so replacement will be tricky. Buying a new unit will probably be your best recourse.
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