8 reviews for LIGE GPS Military Smart Watch for Men, LED Flashlight/Compass/45 Days Battery/IP68 Waterproof 1.43” AMOLED Smartwatch, 100+ Sports Modes Fitness Tracker Watch, Rugged Smart Watches for Android iOS

1. 

   Rafael – August 21, 2025

   Tactical watch
   Comparing this phone with the Apple Watch is excelent

2. 

   shadowlander1_1 – August 21, 2025

   Not a true GPS/watch.
   I like everything about this watch except the GPS. The GPS only tracks where you’ve been for return. It does not find places like a true GPS. It’s basically a location finder/follower. Improve on the GPS and I would buy it for the price of a decent Garmin. Iy would be nice if it allowed way points too. For what it is, it’s useful while kayaking on waterways that have many paths.

3. 

   Philip Chitwood – August 21, 2025

   It does what it says
   Great

4. 

   Phil Y. – August 21, 2025

   What’s Included:- Watch, black silicone tactical band, brown silicone/leather professional band, magnetic USB charging cable, screen wipe, microfiber towel, warranty/support card & a user manual.First Impressions:- It has an AMOLED display for sharp clear images while using less power.- Display is 40.3mm in diameter (glass only) with a 36.8mm viewable area.- Body measures approx. 51.5mm wide x 56mm long (lug to lug) x 15.2mm thick. The lugs are 22mm wide, so it should work with any 22mm bands.- The bezel has a nice brushed black chrome look and should work with any outfit.- Flashlight integrated on the side of the watch.- Large 530mAh battery with a 30-day standby time & 5-7 days of standard working time.First Use:On initial power on, you have the option to choose your language and then it pops up with the QR code so you can download/pair the watch with your phone/app. I found if I pressed the top left GPS button it allowed the pairing to be bypassed. When I checked the settings, I was surprised to find the option for time & date. It was default set to sync with the app, but it actually allowed the feature to be turned off and I could set the time & date manually. This is a very rare thing to find on budget smartwatches and I was pleasantly surprised it had this feature. This allows the watch to actually function as a watch without the need to be paired with a phone/app to use. This is a major plus for me.I was finding features that are normally only found on premium/expensive smartwatches.- Always On Display (AOD) that can be enabled/disabled with selectable dial faces.- Tap to Wake so the screen turns on just by tapping the screen.- Cover to Sleep. When enabled, will turn off the screen if you cover the display with your palm. Also known as slap-to-sleep.- Active health monitoring that checks your heart rate, SpO2, Blood Pressure on a scheduled/set interval vs having to only check when manually triggered.- GPS tracking while exercising, so it will be able to record your location and map your routes while out for a run/walk.- Barometric pressure & altimeter sensors.Flashlight:The watch also has an integrated flashlight, which is currently not available on the premium smartwatches. It’s situated on the right edge of the watch body. There doesn’t seem to be a button to activate this and can only be done in the menu/settings (swipe down from the top and choose the flashlight icon). I wish there was a 4th button on the watch that would allow the flashlight to be turned on/off as this would be more convenient in my opinion. Currently, left handed users gets most of the back of their hands lit up and right handed users will get their entire forearm lit up, so not very useful for righties. Moving the light location to the top edge of the watch as this would be a more ideal location as a left or right handed user could use the light.Sensors:I enabled active scanning of my heart rate, blood pressure & blood oxygen and wore the watch to sleep to get my sleep numbers. When I woke up and checked the watch, it did not show any sleep data. The other thing I noticed was that it reported my heart rate hit 161bpm while I was sleeping. When I took off my watch and had breakfast, I decided to check the watch and confirm the heart rate, but the data was gone and only showed my average of 67bpm.I checked the GloryFitPro app on my phone and it showed no data even though I left GPS & Bluetooth enabled to ensure the watch sync’d with the phone/app. After I disabled Bluetooth and re-enabled, it finally sync’d the data for heart rate, sleep, blood pressure and blood oxygen levels. According to the app data, the heart rate only showed the same 67bpm, so it looks like there is some slight inaccuracies in the readings.It does provide good data to the app, which is similar to the health data reports you’d see on premium watches.Subsequent sleep tests were a bit more stable/accurate with the current data appearing on the watch itself.GPS:To use the GPS, it’s only accessible via the workout selection menu. When you select a workout (if outdoor), it will pull GPS data from your phone (if GPS is enabled on your phone) and you can start the workout immediately. If you decide to go and exercise with BT/GPS disabled on your phone or don’t bring your phone with you, I was surprised to find that GPS will work on the watch without the need of a phone/app pairing. The signal reception is not great vs a cellphone. You need to be outside in an open area for it to find the GPS satellites. You either need to be stationary in an open area, which takes approx. 2mins to sync, or it will work while you’re walking around (outside), but this can take approx. 4mins to sync.If you enable the workout before it syncs with the satellites, part of your workout route won’t be tracked. The tracking data is fairly accurate and provides a full map of your route. If not connected to your phone or if you don’t have internet, the watch will show the route, but on a black screen. Once you reconnect to your phone or once you get internet, the data will sync to your phone and provides a full map view with street info.I compared my workout data with my premium watch and found a lot of the info was almost identical with maybe a 5% variance.Pros:- Has ability to set the date and time manually without the need to pair with a phone/app.- Sensors for heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygen level, steps, sleep & stress.- Lift to wake as well as tap to wake, so you can touch the screen to wake it up. These features can also be disabled.- It has cover/slap to sleep, which is like the premium smart watches where you cover the screen with your palm and it will turn off the screen. I’ve only seen this on one other budget smartwatch, but that watch couldn’t manually set the time/date, so a major bonus.- The AMOLED display has the Always On Display (AOD) that can be set for a low powered display of the time, so you don’t need to wake the screen to see the time.- The watch has 12 built-in dial faces and more can be selected from the app, but you can also select from 6 built-in AOD faces and more from the app.- Built-in flashlight on the side of the watch that provides ok lighting when needed.- Comes with 2 watch bands, an all-silicone tactical design and a silicone band with a “leather” cover on top to provide a more professional/classic look. These bands have quick release pogos and are 22mm wide, which is industry standard and very easily replaceable.- Has a large 530mAh battery that has been spec’d with up to 30-day standby time & up to 5-7 days of standard working time. After 1 week of mild to light use, the battery has dropped down to 90%, so I should be able to get at least 2 weeks if not more.- The watch can be paired as a Bluetooth device and turned into a speaker. This actually surprised me. Audio sync was perfect (no delay between the audio and lip movement in videos).Cons:- GPS function takes approx. 2-4mins to sync with the satellites and any workout started before it syncs means that tracking data would not be recorded in the first 2-4mins.- You require to setup an account in the GloryFitPro app in order to access some reports of your heath data.- Flashlight is on the right side of the watch, so it’s ok for left hand users, but doesn’t work well for right hand users. If the light was on the top edge of the watch, it would have worked for both users.Final Impression:Overall, the LIGE DM1-945 is an excellent budget smartwatch with features you’d only find on premium smartwatches. The design looks good in any scenario and with any outfit as it comes with both tactical looking silicone and professional/classic looking silicone/leather bands. Only minor design changes to the flashlight location would make this watch pretty much perfect. I would have liked if the GPS would acquire satellite data quicker as I don’t want to stand around 2-4mins for it to sync before starting my workout, but the GPS feature is a cut above the other budget smartwatches I’ve used in the past.

5. 

   Boba – August 21, 2025

   I switched from a rectangular non-Apple watch smart watch because I really like the aesthetics of a round watch.This watch was heavier than expected but indeed looks good. The orange buttons make it a little bit hard to match any colour strap in my opinion, but I’m still using it with my pink nylon straps. It doesn’t look 100% compatible but good enough. The watch comes with an all silicone strap and a faux leather one which is still mostly silicone, including the areas contacting the skin. Knowing my skin reacts badly to silicone watch straps, I opted to directly use my own nylon ones. Thankfully this is fully compatible with my 22mm straps.I’m still in a bit of a love-and-hate relationship with this watch. The app is a different one from the other watches used by my family, and I think I prefer the other one more. The english in this app was a bit strangely translated. The watch customization is not as versatile. You cannot select the colour of the text or what text to show. It will show it in white text and time + day of week + day of month (e.g. 16:12 Sun 08). The positioning of the text is off when you customize it in the app compared to what it actually shows up as in the app. I use my own photos of my dog on my watch face and have to choose one with a darker background.The notification apps selection is very limited compared to the other app which automatically detects what apps you use and adds it to the list you can select from. There are some basics like Whatsapp, LINE, Messenger, Gmail, but what’s not available is grouped into 1 “other” option so it’s all or nothing for those apps. There’s no separate Discord option. I turn off the “other” because all the useless notifs I get from rarely used apps were not worth it for me.The watch has a media mode that seems to play loudly any notification tones directly from the phone, even if the silent mode is on. This has caused some embarrassment until I figured out where to toggle the option off.I recently went on a trip involving a good amount of outdoors walk and tested out the GPS. While it worked without needing to piggyback off my phone’s GPS, it drained the power considerably! A couple hours and my watch was nearly dead from maybe around 50% earlier in the day. If used for every day walks (not a trip where you’re walking all day, otherwise I think I’d have to charge more than once a day) I think you’d have to recharge it daily. Because of this I only used the GPS function for a half day during my trip.Not sure yet if I’ll keep using this or go back to my rectangular watch considering the fast GPS battery drain and less useful app. I’ll give this 3.5/5 and add back a star if the app is made to be better, with dynamic app selection for which notifications are turned on.

6. 

   tzcnd – August 21, 2025

   I have owned several smart watches and while all functioned ok none of them provided all of the performance and functions that I was looking for. I saw this LIGE Smart Watch, liked the specs and decided to order it.Upon unboxing you are presented with 1 x watch, 1 x brown pleather/silicone band, 1 x black silicone band, 1 x USB charging cable (you provide your own power brick), 1 x wiping cloth, 1 x wet screen cleaner, 1 x guarantee card and 1 x user manual.I have been wearing and using this watch regularly for about 2 months now and it has functioned as expected and has worked without issues. My primary reason for using a smart watch is for measuring and keeping track of heart rate, blood oxygen, blood pressure and stress level. I also use it for measuring how many steps a day I walk and for tracking my ride while cycling. The watch pairs with the app GloryFitPro and I have had no issues with the app pairing with the watch. The app has functioned without issue. I have been using the Android version of the app.The screen on the watch is bright and clear and is easy to read in almost all light conditions. The watch is a little bit on the larger size and at first I was worried that it might be too bulky and heavy and now after a couple of months of wear it has proven a great fit. It looks good and is not heavy or overpowering. It wears well even while cycling and other activities.The watch can also be integrated with your phone to dial, answer and receive messages and other functions but this is not something that I use so I can’t comment on how effectively it does these functions.In addition, to the above features there are also a wide variety of watch faces available. The watch also has a compass, can measure altitude and barometric pressure. A small flashlight can be used to illuminate dark spaces.The listing claims that the watch has a “metal magnetic buckle” on the pleather band but the one I received has just a regular plain buckle. Not a big issue but if you are expecting a magnetic buckle you might not get one.Overall, this is a great smart watch and provides all of the functions that I was looking for. It has performed flawlessly for the 2 months I have used it. Based on my experiences with this smart watch I highly recommend it.RATING 4.5/5.0Priced at $159.99 at the time of this review with a coupon available for a $60.00 discount.

7. 

   Bob – August 21, 2025

   This obviously isn’t an Apple Watch nor a Samsung Galaxy watch, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a great watch because you’re paying so much less than you would for those, and you’re getting at least 90% of the features that at least I personally actually need. I will be writing this review from the perspective of an Apple Watch owner, as that’s what I use on a daily basis; however, I have used a WearOS watch in the past, so I know how those work as well. So the main draw of getting one of the mainstream watches is the ability to install third-party apps, and at least for me personally, I’ve noticed that I very rarely use those third-party apps as they have very limited functionality and just aren’t very easy to use on such a small screen, bearing in mind that this watch is just a secondary device to your phone. For what I do use, notifications work flawlessly, as does fitness tracking, and although I can’t vouch for the accuracy of the health sensors, I think they’re more or less accurate for the typical consumer. The battery life is also pretty good if you don’t use the watch too heavily, and the flashlight is a super unique feature that I really like. This watch also has a built-in speaker, which my Apple Watch nor my prior WearOS watch has, and although it isn’t anything spectacular, I still think it’s a nice-to-have. Although there is an always-on display, there unfortunately isn’t a raise-to-wake feature, so to get your actual watch face, you have to tap the screen or press a button. I also wish there was a rotating dial or bezel to make it easier to scroll, as using the touch screen is the only way to do so on this watch; it may not be important to some, but my Apple Watch really spoiled me in that regard. The last thing I wanted to mention is that this watch does not have a messages app, so although I can receive texts through notifications, I can’t respond to them or read older ones. Overall, I think this is a pretty good value watch for those looking for alternatives to the mainstream options, and I think this watch can do everything you’d need it to for 99% of people, and if you are in that 1%, then maybe an Apple Watch, Samsung Galaxy Watch, or even a Google Pixel Watch will serve you better.

8. 

   Paul S – August 21, 2025

   This is a nice looking smartwatch with plenty of features. First of i do like the AMOLED screen. It doesn’t show up in my phones pictures but the screen has rich and deep colors. Good viewing angles.The heart rate and other health functions give seemingly reliable data compared to other watches i have owned. The call function is important to me because i don’t always like to carry a hand phone so it’s good to use the watch for receiving calls and sometimes making them also. The speaker and mic works well and i have no complaints from the caller when i use the watch.I like the animations they use throughout the watch. I think they look slick.Battery life is better than other watches i have owned. This one has a 530 mAh battery.The wrist bands look fine but they are not the best looking i have owned. I can easily upgrade to others if i want to in the future.Other features i like is the built in GPS, the compass, altitude, air pressure data and displays.Recommended