Digimon - Vital Hero Interactive Fitness Tracker/ Digital Watch/ Virtual Pet (Black)

It's essentially just a barebones, bracelet fitness tracker with a virtual pet in it. It's a fun little toy if you're a digimon. The form factor is discreet enough that it doesn't feel too different from wearing a smartwatch. Unlike previous digivices and other virtual pets, there's not a huge emphasis on caring for your digimon - no feeding, cleaning, etc. It's as simple as the more active you are, the better of a Digimon you'll get. It only comes with one base Digimon, and you'll need to get DIM cards to get kore, but it's all just cheap enough that it doesn't feel like a big deal. A bit of a shame it uses MicroUSB instead of USB-C, but it's a 5 year old product at this point, so it's fine. Battery life is fine, it'll go a day without charging, but no more than that. Overall, it serves as a good motivation to stand up and be a little active once in a while, which is nice. Not many features or functions, but it's cute.

I purchased the Digimon Vital Hero watch for my teenage son who had mentioned wanting a watch and who enjoys Digimon. He loves it. He loves seeing what type of Digimon he's going to get as it evolves. The battery life is decent. It looks great and is fun. It's a great value. It's durable to wear all day. It's a toy, a fitness tracker, and a watch all in one.

I'm the proud owner of not one but three Vital Hero bracelets. I've been a Digimon Fan ever since watching the first season of the anime all the way back in 1997 at the humble age of four years old. As much as I love the Vital Hero and the effort your company is making to bring Digimon back into Western countries, I understand that there's an upgraded version of the original Vital Bracelet product known as the Vital Bracelet BE. As a user of the Vital Arena App, I understand that there is currently any event underway known as Fourth Battle which is based around the online novel, Digimon Seekers. I'd love to participate, but Vital Hero users like myself are left in a very awkward position. That being said, I wish to help out in anyway I can to help promote Digimon products throughout the United States and beyond. There are many over here like myself who want to introduce the franchise to a new generation of eager young Digimon enthusiast, but we don't have the means to update the products directly from Japan. Having said all of this, I humbly request more Digimon Products being officially released into all over the world, especially the VBBE, so that my younger relatives and possible future children can know the joy and wonder of raising their very own virtual pet as I did so many years ago. Thank you for your time, Dennis J. Taylor

Bought this when it was on sale at ~$20. I’m bad at forming habits and keeping them, so I charge, turn on, and play the device for maybe a few days, then forget to charge it before I need to head out and lose a day or two and forget about it. I really enjoy it, but mostly as a Digimon fan who bought a V-pet I don’t have to worry about feeding else it dies. The NFC battle feature is very fun, I like to spring it on new people by asking to battle their phone/see what digimon lives in their phone. Negatives: The wrist strap works by pushing the sticky-outy bit into one of the holes on the outer strap. If you get sweaty enough and slick up the strap, even through normal use, it can slide out and fall off your wrist and scuff itself up. The way the battery is, you’re recommended never to leave the device charging unattended, or let it overcharge. This is reasonable, but I always forget to charge it during the day since I’m wearing it, and charging it overnight is not advised. The little digimon is really cute, and it does sort of mimic your actions by being in either an idle, walking, jogging, or running state; but there isn’t really a way to directly interact with your digimon outside of starting a battle, which makes sense with the device focusing on being a fitness tracker, but does kinda neglect the V-pet/companion side of it. I would recommend this product if you do not already own a fitness tracker/fitbit, find it on sale or discounted, and value the ability to see a little guy in your device grow and change over a few weeks of playing.

Picked this up for like $15 super good deal, it's not a fitness device, more like a toy watch with some fitness function. The heart rate monitor is at best seni-accurate and the step count works decent enough, leveling up your little guy is a lot of fun and the NFC battle functionality is neat. I've been in stores, scanned a taptopay and gotten in fights and people were quite interested in my little dude fighting the random Digimon that spawned. All in all for $15 pick one up it's a fun little toy with decent battery life.

If you don't have NFC on your phone you're losing a large portion of the features: - Can only store 2 Digimon - Can't take special exercise quests from the app - Can't see detailed stats from watch - Can't use the profile level up & store items feature - Probably more I don't know about since I can't use it I've read online that NFC phone adapters do not work either. Okay now that's out of the way let's talk about the watch. The step counter is way too sensitive. It picks up every little arm movement as 1-2 steps. I get 3,000 steps just sitting at PC all day. This is a core part of the game along with the heart rate sensor which is a little more accurate but still not great. So it's really bad at tracking your physical activity. This device is mostly just a toy. It's also NOT waterproof. Be very careful when washing your hands. I would have liked to have the weekdays displayed on the homescreen but it's just your Digimon, the time and your "vitals" (workout points or digimon life points I guess) & steps. Build quality is not great, it easily scratches, the strap is not a real strap it just pops on & the buttons on the side rattle when you move. Dim cards are how you load Digimon onto the watch, which are about 5-20$ each and have maybe 15 total evolutions depending on how active you and how many battles you win. Battles occur when your watch scans NFC such as credit card reading machines, phones have it for quick pay, Nintendo switch and 3DS have it for amibos. I wish they went with bluetooth though. It's far more common and you'd get more battles in. Battles are very simple, a couple animations and a life bar and it's stats like HP and Attack and some random luck. Now then, is this device good for staying active and fit? It's okay. It's more of a game than a serious work out. Daily you can do 4 work outs: sit ups, punches, squats, running - for 20 seconds each. Doing these gives your Digimon trophies for evolution into better or different Digimons. Also the vital points and the passage of time comes into play for this. Final thoughts: It's a toy, a game. It's not great quality. It has flaws. It should have been bluetooth and not NFC. Collecting the DIM cards can be fun. However if you like Digimon or Virtual Pets or need help getting off your butt just a little bit each day this is an okay purchase for $50-60. I wouldn't pay more.

I have been a huge fan of Digimon since their digital pet came out and also watched the anime growing up. This is probably my favorite rendition of Digimon yet and I do prefer this to the BE. Add a watch adapter and custom strap and it's classy enough to take to pretty chocolate shops! Everything included to start you off, including a Dim card, but you'll definitely want to buy more especially if you have favorite Digimon on other Dim cards. To make the bracelet even better, I ordered a custom watch adapter that fits 20mm watch straps. This was a must because having two little kids to carry and chase after, the bracelet kept falling off. With a proper watch strap, it doesn't fall off my arm anymore & I can always easily swap them out to match my outfits. My kids love it too and has been a great way to introduce Digimon to them while getting them to be more active with me by doing missions & watching them Digivolve! At the moment (August 2024), Vital Bracelet is out of production, but lots of overstock is being sold. It's a great deal to get the watches for $15 or less when bundled with a Dim card. Some Dim cards sets are being sold for less than $10, making it come out to $3-5 per Dim card. On average you can spend $10 for common Dims and up to $15-30+ for uncommon. Rare Dims can be $40-100+ due to scalpers. Just note, the Vital Bracelet online app is slowly starting to end support around September 2024, but the Vital Hero bracelet can still be played without the online app. Tldr; 10/10. Highly recommend. Better with a watch adapter and strap. Get Dims now while they're cheap since this product is out of production.

BY FAR THE GREATEST PURCHASE I HAVE EVER MADE. MY FAVORITE DEVICE I OWN FOR 2 VERY BIG REASONS. THE FIRST REASON THE WATCH IS MEANT FOR EXERCISING AND SO I USED IT BUT WHEN I DON’T EXERCISE MY DIGIMON DON’T EVOLVE. SO BEING A BIG DIGIMON FAN IT MADE STSRT WORKING OUT. THE DESIGN OF THE GAME MAKES IT SO ITS EASY TO START WITH WORKOUTS. If you ever get confused on how a Digimon evolves, there is a guide online for it. The other major feature of this watch is that it gave me a reason to workout either my wife instead of being couch potatoes. WORTH EVERY PENNY SPENT.