*NEW* Garmin Vivoactive HR

After the awful-looking VIVOSMART HR Garmin have just announced the confusingly similarly named VIVOACTIVE HR (not…

Polar A360 vs HRM-RUN – HR Running Accuracy This Time

Some much better news today for the A360. This time running tests. OK they were fairly…

Optical HR Running Watch – Bargain Update

I just had a quick look at the Epson SF-810B (actually I think the SF-810V –…

Polar A360 vs Garmin HRM-RUN – HR Accuracy In A Controlled Environment

I updated the A360 today with the new firmware v1.128. Even though HR improvements are not…

Polar Rolls Out Complete Training Load/Recovery Status For Cycling Products

One of Polar’s stand-out features has got better…well at least more widely available. The previous implementation…

New Garmin Sling – parody

Latest news from Garmin is their release of the runner’s digi-sling. This hi-tec gadget minimises wind drag…

Optical HR Gallery – Rogues, Vagabonds and Sexy Sirens

FitbitI’ve been checking through some old posts and ‘accidentally’ put together a gallery of optical sports…

Sports Watch/Tech: Charging Technologies/Methods

Wow. I really have run out of things to write about 🙂 Our sports watches have…

polarv850.com and Major Polar V800 bug

Thanks to Andre for that! (Well I thought it was good/clever/funny) On to the more serious…

Polar A360: Goes Swimming // review to follow later

This week is an easy week for me. So what does that mean? Yep, you guessed…

Interesting: ROKA R1 Goggles

Interesting new Goggles from ROKA c$35. They have special optics to enable sighting. This gives you…

SWIMBOT : Instant Technique Correction ??

source: Indiegogo and swimswam: SWIMBOT. The following is a cut and paste. Looks interesting although I…

IN DEPTH: The Quest For Wet HRV – Swimming HRV Underwater – Finally

I started off a couple of years ago with the intention to record ‘every heartbeat’ that…

Iolite – Swim Straight in OWS

Apparently this device from IOLITE is USAT race-legal GPS-thingy on your head that is wired to…