Bandai VITAL BRACELET (Japan Import Ver.) Digital Monster ver.BLACK

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Fun device that blends the old digimon tamagotchi with a fitness device. Can transfer monsters to your phone app for more content like battles, and extra items. Lots of expansion cards available.

As someone that had a Gen 1 and a Gen 2 digivice, the new Vital Bracelets are great and so much fun. Using the app to connect and interact, play online, manage multiple Digimon and many other things, it makes everything much more interesting, interactive and feel like it all matters and means more. The Digimon evolution times are fairly spaced out, having goals and other little objectives to do keeps gameplay interesting. The battery on mine seems to last me about 36 hours. (Maybe a little less) I usually charge it every night or just an hour or so before I leave the house.

Even though I checked the strap length before I purchased it must not have been accurate because it was too small for my wrist.

Works as intended

I need to say, first, that this is more a toy than a working fitness bracelet. The step counter works really bad, counting every single arm movement as walking. Second, if you are not from USA, Canada, or other countries like that, you wont be able to download the APP that works with the clock, thing that leave you out of a lot of things. (My APP Store is in Uruguay, even changing the region, it’s imposible to get the application) Third, it scratches REALLY easy. The screen keeps working just fine, but if you are somebody who moves a lot, or work moving things around… yeah, it’s going to get scratched soon or later. And last detail, it’s not waterproof. Still, for $40, it’s a great gift for Digimon Fans, more as a Tamagochi than as anything else.

There are many things missing from the watch and app, though Im happy to have them. I wish the watch strap was standard. I had to buy the Bandai extension because my wrists are large, but it costs a whopping $20 compared to regular watch extensions which are as little as $4. Every time my watch runs out of battery, I have to reset the date/time settings, which makes me just not want to bother with it. Ive mostly stopped wearing it. Id like the option to use bluetooth instead of NFC. I have to take my phone case off every time I want to communicate with my watch. I have a phone case for a reason. I wish more Tamagotchi options were on the watch/app. Being able to feed or pet your digimon would be great. On a Digivice, you can clean up poop LOL I wish it also had some standard smart watch features? Id be more inclined to use it if it checked my HR and had a timer. I dont really understand battle listings? How are players listed? Can I be listed? Or are users listed if theyre online, but Im battling against a computer, essentially? Let me accept all my rewards at once. Dont give me pop-up notifications about them on the log screen. The exclamation indicator is enough. Let me buy more than 10 items at once.

Found a used version of the volcanic beat and blizzard fang set for $8 before. It wasnt even opened yet. Just a heads up for anyone that buys used DiM cards, you can reset the DiM card lock by using the Vital Bracelets debug mode, there are guides online for each software version.

It’s pretty cool, just be aware Bandai used comically cheap materials to make this $75 watch. Anything at all this device comes in contact with will do massive damage to the screen and body of the device. Accidentally brushed it against the drywall wall of the house first day I got it and delivered a massive scuff to the device right away. The band is even worse also, even cheaper material and will not fit on most wrists unless using the last notch.

My son wanted this to grow his character but it has been great to keep him active too. He got one for his brother too.