First of all I am a bit of a Razer fan boy, having owned numerous products of theirs over the years and currently own the Blackwidow Keyboard, Deathadder mouse and Tiamat headset.

This isn’t going to be a particularly comprehensive review, there will undoubtedly be much better ones on the web already that break down every tiny detail. This will just cover the basics and my use and observations thus far.

Anyway I recently decided to go and drop my saved Amazon vouchers on the Razer Nabu Smartband.

As I say, I’m a Razer fan boy so I did absolutely no research into these or how they compare to other Smartbands.

At £95 it’s not cheap, but neither is it as expensive as other options out there.

This is not just a fitness band, though it does track most of the statistics you would want from a fitness band including Steps, Distance, Calories burnt, Flights climbed and Sleep. It doesn’t track heart rate however.
No the Nabu is also able to display notifications from your favourite mobile apps as well as calls, SMS’s and reminders.
I love this feature, no more constant pulling your phone out your pocket to check on your notifications.

If you don’t want to be disturbed by a call you can simply press the button or shake your wrist to dismiss the call which is pretty nifty.
Although I must admit at first when I was shaking my wrist I was kinda making the universal “w@nkr” gesture, got to watch out for that!

I’ve got mine paired up with my iPhone, you can also pair it up with an Android device however Windows phone compatibility is yet to surface.

The Nabu App is OK though somewhat basic and a bit “buggy”. It’s most frustrating being stuck in a Login loop and the app randomly crashing out, which appears to be happening more and more frequently lately.
You can set it to write directly into your iPhone health app if you wish.

Is it worth it? Probably not, if were not for having some vouchers I probably wouldn’t have gotten one. I do like the notification features, but I don’t think that justifies paying out £95.
If you want fitness tracking I suspect there are many better dedicated wearables for that.

Oh and one other thing, if you’re going to have some “personal pleasure time with your hand” then I suggest you take the band off otherwise you’ll skew your stats 😉