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The Kairo band in Onyx — black knit, screenless.

Kairo Band One

Screenless by design. Read by the app, not by you.

R1 999ZAR 1999

Includes 15% VAT. Ships from Johannesburg — nothing extra at the door.

Colour — Onyx

Free delivery by Mon 24 Aug – Wed 26 AugThe Courier Guy

30-day comfort guarantee · 12-month warranty, serviced in-region

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  • Kairo Band One with comfort knit strap
  • Magnetic charging clip and USB-C cable
  • Quick-start guide in English
  • Card with your app activation code

Kairo Band One technical specifications
SensorsOptical heart sensor (green + IR PPG), 3-axis accelerometer, skin temperature
Battery life7 days
ChargingMagnetic clip, 0–100% in 90 minutes
Water rating5 ATM
Weight23 g with strap
Strap sizesOne size, adjustable 135–210 mm
ConnectivityBluetooth 5.2 Low Energy
CompatibilityAndroid 9+ and iOS 15+
Warranty12-month local warranty
In-region serviceJohannesburg and Harare

30-day comfort guarantee from delivery — send it back for a full refund if it does not suit you. 12-month local warranty against manufacturing faults, serviced from Johannesburg or Harare. Nothing crosses an ocean to be repaired.

Everything. The Kairo app is free with the band and stays free: all eleven signals, your three daily scores, the morning brief, your full history, family sharing and data export. There is no subscription and no tier above this one.

Built to disappear

Three things you will notice

And one you will not: the band asking for your attention.

Multi-day battery

Charge it once a week, on your terms. The band keeps reading through the night that matters most.

Water-ready

Swim sets, downpours, the shower you take without thinking. Wear it and forget it.

Featherweight comfort knit

A woven strap that breathes in Harare heat and stays put through a night of turning over.

Specifications

The numbers

Kairo Band One technical specifications
SensorsOptical heart sensor (green + IR PPG), 3-axis accelerometer, skin temperature
Battery life7 days
ChargingMagnetic clip, 0–100% in 90 minutes
Water rating5 ATM
Weight23 g with strap
Strap sizesOne size, adjustable 135–210 mm
ConnectivityBluetooth 5.2 Low Energy
CompatibilityAndroid 9+ and iOS 15+
Warranty12-month local warranty
In-region serviceJohannesburg and Harare

The app

Your coach in your pocket.

Three scores, one short brief, and the detail underneath when you want it. Android and iOS.

Reviews

What members say

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4.8Rated 4.8 out of 5 from 132 reviews.

132 verified reviews

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  • 5.0Rated 5 out of 5 from 0 reviews.30 July 2026

    My taper finally looked like a taper

    Sixteen weeks to Two Oceans wearing this. Load climbed when it should, dropped when it should, and readiness was green on race morning. First start line I have ever reached feeling fresh instead of cooked.

    Thandi J.Cape TownVerified purchase

  • 5.0Rated 5 out of 5 from 0 reviews.26 July 2026

    Coaches the nights, not just the sessions

    I lift four mornings a week. Seeing a short night show up as a low score before a heavy day has saved me from myself more than once — and the deload weeks it suggests actually line up with how my joints feel.

    Kuda M.HarareVerified purchase

  • 5.0Rated 5 out of 5 from 0 reviews.21 July 2026

    The morning brief is the product

    I have owned two other trackers and never opened either app after week three. This one I read at breakfast every single day, because it tells me one thing to do instead of twelve things to look at.

    Tendai M.HarareVerified purchase

  • 5.0Rated 5 out of 5 from 0 reviews.18 July 2026

    Finally, a warranty I can actually use

    Bought with EcoCash on a Tuesday, delivered Thursday, and the warranty is serviced in Harare. That is the entire reason I chose Kairo over a grey import.

    Chipo D.BulawayoVerified purchase

  • 4.0Rated 4 out of 5 from 0 reviews.11 July 2026

    Comfortable enough to forget

    I sleep on my side and barely notice it. Took me two nights to find the right tightness — snug but not marking. Knocked one star only because I would like a second strap in the box.

    Sipho N.DurbanVerified purchase

  • 5.0Rated 5 out of 5 from 0 reviews.4 July 2026

    Caught my bedtime drift

    Turns out my terrible Mondays were entirely about Sunday nights. Two weeks of data made that obvious in a way that ten years of guessing did not.

    Lerato K.JohannesburgVerified purchase

Questions

Before you buy

Visit the help centre

We ship to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia, from hubs in Johannesburg and Harare. Other SADC countries can browse and register for launch notice.

Kairo works with Android 9 and above and iOS 15 and above, over Bluetooth 5.2 Low Energy. It does not need a constant data connection — the band stores several days of readings and syncs when your phone is nearby.

About once a week. The magnetic clip charges the band to full in roughly 90 minutes, and you can wear it while it charges so you never lose a night of sleep data.

You have 30 days from delivery to send it back for a full refund — our comfort guarantee. The band also carries a 12-month local warranty, serviced in-region, so you are never posting hardware to another continent.

No. You buy the band once and the Kairo app is yours with it — every signal it reads, your three daily scores, the morning brief, your full history, family sharing and data export. There is no tier above that, nothing to cancel, and no feature that quietly moves behind a paywall later.

No — and it is not trying to. Kairo is a wellness product: it shows you your pattern over days and months so you arrive at a check-up with history instead of a guess. It does not diagnose or treat anything, and a calibrated clinical cuff remains the standard. If a number worries you, speak to a healthcare professional.

No. The band reads heart rate, effort and time on its own and stores several days of data, so you can leave the phone at home and sync later. Take it along only when you want a GPS route map — pace and distance appear the moment you are back in range.

Yes — it is one of the most common orders we see. Put their delivery address in at checkout and your own number for the updates. Once their band is set up, they can choose to share their readings with you through family sharing — and they can change their mind at any time, from their own phone.
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