The Scosche RHYTHM+ is a Bluetooth and ANT+ optical heart rate monitor that is worn on the arm. Positives: It is the most accurate optical HR sensor I’ve seen (September 2015-March 2017). It’s comfy and easy to pair with numerous devices. Battery life is over 7 hours. It is ANT+ and BTLE compatible. Negatives: It’s…
An interesting app from Marco Altini. HRV measurement by using the camera on your iPhone (not Android). Some models (iPhone 5 or 6) can take HRV-accurate readings from your finger suing the phone’s camera effectively as a heart rate monitor. Here are some more links if you want to find out more. Click on the…
Interesting little things from Garmin with these 2 new announcements. They are small fairly basic cycling computers and at first glance seem a tad over priced. I was thinking recently that a little thing like this might be handy during races, keeping my run watch on my wrist. Except neither of them can display power.…
The Epson Pulsense PS-500 is a wrist worn activity tracker. It’s builds upon Epson’s own optical heart rate (HR) technology and their pedigree of watch-making through their ownership of Seiko. The genre of products that use wrist-worn optical technology mark the lead of the third wave of wrist-wearable activity tracking; moving on significantly from the…
Some new improvements to the VIVOFIT. Nothing too earth shattering here. Evolution not revolution. Have a read if you are thinking of buying one. ———————————————— Garmin PR Release follows Verbatim Garmin announces vívofit 2 and the Style Collection – an activity tracker with interchangeable design options to stay fashionably active 5 January 2015 @…
I’ve tested a few sports heart rate monitors (HRM) recently and used many over the years. Here’s a quick post to say which I think is the best. Firstly I’ve only looked at these from the point of view of sports-usage, rather than medical accuracy & usage. You’ll find a lot of Polar HRMs used…
These recommendations are based on products that I have used, reviewed or had access to use ‘for a while’. I mostly focus on the capability of the gadget itself rather than the app or software that may accompany it. Obviously the software *IS* still a key part of the offering and most vendors strive to continually improve…
OK, OK, I’m the first to admit that I would not beat Steve Way over any distance except, maybe 60m. And even that’s doubtful – although it would be close if you look at the times 🙂 Anyway. Steve kindly shares his Garmin stats to the world through his Forerunner 620. so here is some interesting…
Source: mioglobal To eliminate the need for a chest strap MIO use optical sensing (if you are techy – photoplesmographic technology). In optical sensing, a light is shone onto the skin, allowing the measurement of blood flow through the capillaries and the determination of heart rate. The technology has existed for some years – the…
Polar Introduces Hot New Colours to its Smart Coaching Products
First things first. You’ve obviously got a heart rate monitor! You realise that your heart rate can vary day by day for lots of reasons, such as illness or fatigue, and that this makes HR based training less accurate. Oh yes and you will also find differences between the zones for different sports that you…
