Wahoo’s TICKR Fit optical HRM has just hit the shops. It’s an exciting sign that Wahoo are continuing to introduce new, and usually innovative, products. Whilst the TICKR Fit is nothing too amazing to shout about, I do have a personal rather strange interest in heart rate monitors so I will, no doubt, have a…
Well not for you and me it doesn’t. Maybe. Polar’s team solution (March 2017, here) includes a shirt-based HRM which we mentioned here some time ago. this is the Polar HRM which includes a motion sensor and GPS for use in team sports. The first of those links is an interestingish read on the Polar…
Polar H10 Review This Polar H10 Review looks in some detail at the new functionalities introduced into Polar’s flagship heart rate monitor/chest strap. Polar’s new chest-strap heart rate monitor (HRM) is the H10. I’m going to assume, as I would do with a Garmin or Suunto chest strap HRM, that it’s accurate. Some of Polar’s…
First Impressions My initial view of SHFT was that it looked to have well-made hardware pods with a fairly comprehensive, ‘proper’ run coaching app. Proper in the sense that it gives ‘instant’, personalised, actionable, corrective, audible feedback on your running form. Some of its competitors promise the same, yet do not convincingly deliver. SHFT also…
Another day, another test on the new Polar M600. Despite a relatively nice day outside I settled down to watch the newish ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ movie…on the bike, in the shed. It was either that or the ‘Unbearable Lightness of Being’ but I thought I just might understand the former and could pedal a bit…
but … it’s only a HRM. Bear with me though, I’ll try and make it interesting. But. I re-iterate. It is only a HRM. So this is labelled as a Polar H7i (released as H10). Thank you @lustyd for the original detective work. However the H7i is already included in some Polar H7 manuals on Polar’s…
I’ve used the HRM-TRI on an off in the pool over the winter and it has been generally VERY good. The only issue really there was the need to do a 5/6m push off rather than anything more strenuous which would cause the strap to move. Apart from that VERY minor issue I’ve been a happy…
OK. Fill in the sequence: SWIM-XXXX-RUN-TRI Thinking caps on. Now try this one. HRM-SWIM, HRM-XXXX, HRM-RUN, HRM-TRI Using my considerable powers of deduction there just might be a HRM-BIKE in the offing 🙂 Ta da !! So the HRM-SWIM brought underwater caching of heart rate (nice), a bit of stickiness to the torso and a bit of…
I still haven’t found the perfect heart rate monitor, for me, for everything I do. For anyone that’s interested here are my favourites by sport/activity Running (All): 1st Garmin HRM-RUN 2nd Wahoo TICKR-X Why? I like the Garmin’s strap. It looks nice (!) and I sometimes use the Running Dynamics Bike (All): 1st 4iiii Viiiiva…
The Scosche RHYTHM+ is a forearm or upper-arm worn heart rate monitor belt. It uses optical technology to read your heart rate and it is generally claimed to be the most accurate optical device on the market (July 2015 – March 2017). It supports a single Bluetooth connection via Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE/BLE, Bluetooth SMART,…
Two new Garmin HRMs are announced July 2015 along with a new black/grey 920XT. Look closely at the centre logo and you will see one version for swimming and one for tri. ——————————————————————————— EDIT: September 2015 – >> Here is my hands-on review << EDIT: October 2015 – >> Here is the new HRM-RUN << ——————————————————————————— Both…
The new Garmin 920XT – by far the best triathlon sports watch ever made. Released in 2014 to wide acclaim?
The new Garmin 920XT – by far the best triathlon sports watch ever made. Released in 2014 to wide acclaim?
