Vital Band 5 – Lightweight Fitness & Sleep Tracker

A 24-gram fitness band that disappears on the wrist and just keeps working: continuous heart rate and blood oxygen, 110+ workouts, sleep staging and a battery that lasts three weeks.

There is a strong case for a band that does less. The Vital Band 5 weighs 24 grams with a soft, perforated silicone strap that vents sweat, so it is comfortable enough to sleep in — which matters, because the sleep data is only useful if the band is actually on your wrist at 3 a.m. The curved AMOLED screen is bright enough for outdoor runs and narrow enough to stay out of the way at a desk.

Tracking covers the essentials properly rather than skimming them. Heart rate is sampled continuously with an adjustable interval, blood oxygen is available as both spot checks and overnight trends, and sleep is broken into light, deep, REM and awake stages with a nightly score and a weekly average. Female cycle tracking, stress monitoring and guided breathing round out the health picture.

One hundred and ten workout modes are on board, with five detected automatically when you start moving, and connected GPS records pace, distance and route for outdoor sessions. A 5 ATM rating means the band handles swimming, rain and showers without being removed, and the raised screen edge plus a metal pin buckle keep it intact through gym bags and door frames.

Battery is the quiet advantage: 21 days in typical use, around 10 days with continuous SpO₂ monitoring enabled, and a full recharge in 70 minutes over a magnetic connector that snaps on without alignment games. Notifications from calls, messages and apps arrive with a gentle vibration, plus find-my-phone, alarms, weather, sedentary reminders and remote camera shutter.

Key features: 24 g body with vented silicone strap · continuous heart rate, SpO₂ spot checks and overnight trends · four-stage sleep tracking with nightly score · 110+ workout modes with connected GPS · 21-day battery, 70-minute charge · 5 ATM, call and message alerts, find-my-phone

In the box: band, silicone strap in two sizes, magnetic charging cable, quick start guide