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…
This one just took the biscuit. Then crunched it up and threw it back at me. A Day At The Testing Track – the 3x 5krunner There’s normally one device that plays ball. Actually normally two and a half. But c’mon. None of them playing ball. Really! This run was supposed to be either the…
Polar M430 Review – A Detailed Look Polar have delivered a nice upgrade for runners and in this Polar M430 Review we will look at their market-leading optical heart rate sensor and fantastic platform for your sports data. It’s pretty enough for a running watch. It feels good on the wrist. It comes…
What! A heart rate of 280bpm, that can’t be right can it? Oh hang on a minute now there’s no reading at all. Most of you have been there with Garmin HR straps. It’s annoying when the readings are wrong especially if you train by heart rate. Luckily you’ve just bought an expensive, optical HR…
Polar have now officially announced the M430. It’s a smart running watch. It’s an evolution of the M400 – which was a great device in its day. The 2 stand-out changes hardware changes are: It uses the TOP-END Polar optical HR sensor array. What does that mean? A: Awesomeness from the M600; and The sometimes-temperamental USB…
I’ve had the SPARTAN Sport WHR (WHR = Wrist optical Heart Rate) for a couple of days now. For followers of the introduction of the SPARTAN series to the market there is nothing unexpected to write about at present. You knew it was coming and here it is. It’s real! It’s pretty much the same…
Suunto have registered their optical HR version of the SPARTAN at the FCC. Is the bump back? It is called the SUUNTO SPARTAN TRAINER Thank you TF for this link: https://fccid.io/document.php?id=3178841. And thank you for the comments below (some of you are more observant than me, changes made). Whilst the SPORT and ULTRA share the same…
A bizarrely scientific, yet incomplete, study by the Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic published through the American Medical Association purports to show that the Apple Watch has the best accuracy of wrist-based optical HR. Or at least that is how it is being headlined by various tech publications on the internet. This is the first page:…
Samsung have just announced what looks like a game-changer in the fitness band market. The successor to the Gear Fit is the cunningly named Gear Fit2. It’s a FITNESS watch rather than an out-and-out running watch. The clue is in the name. But Is It Twice the Gear or Twice the Fit? It is certainly NOT twice the…
It’s worth checking your favourite websites LATE this afternoon European time. Maybe even the evening. There will be a notable announcement. Not Polar, Suunto, Garmin…don’t get too excited. (Here) it is, the Samsung Gear Fit2. I like it.
Garmin sneaked out the 735XT today. It looks good. The widely predicted 925XT therefore probably won’t happen – bang go my predictions!. The 735XT is very much in the form of the forerunner running series. It’s like someone was really keen to put Garmin’s optical HR (ELEVATE) technology onto the 630 and then thought “what…
I updated the A360 today with the new firmware v1.128. Even though HR improvements are not listed as part of the firmware release, I hoped for the best. I hoped to shed some light on a few tests I’ve been doing over the last couple of weeks. This test was on a turbo trainer. Cooled…
FitbitI’ve been checking through some old posts and ‘accidentally’ put together a gallery of optical sports watches/devices. I’ve had most, but not all, of them to test and play with at some point. Was it worth it? Yes. I’m now a more complete person. Most Accurate? Scosche (arm band) Most Accurate Watch? Maybe the Epson…
Note: Garmin Fenix 3 Review is <HERE>. It looks likely that Garmin’s leaked newsfeed and gpspower.net shows a FENIX 3 with inbuilt OPTICAL HRM. The optical HRM looks pretty identical to the one in the vivosmart HR – ie with the ELEVATE technology. I like some of the watch faces in the image below, not sure…
