Beats PowerBeats 2 Pro Fitness & Heart Rate Review: Does it Actually Work?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/02/apple-beats-powerbeats-2-pro-sports-fitness-heart-rate-in-depth-review.htmlHowever, for sports-specific usage, they have one big new feature: Built-in heart rate sensing. … This would not only be the first time Apple has created a non-watch heart rate sensor, but even more notably, the first time the company has enabled heart rate broadcasting over existing Bluetooth heart rate standards.
Garmin HRM-DUAL Heart Rate Strap In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/01/garmin-heart-strap-review.htmlToday Garmin announced their second dual ANT+/Bluetooth Smart transmitting sensor, the HRM-DUAL heart rate strap. … This new HRM-DUAL is about as simple as they come: The chest strap transmits your heart rate data concurrently over ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart.
Polar H10 Heart Rate Monitor: Very Long Term In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/12/polar-monitor-review.htmlFor the most part, the H10 predated when I did dedicated general-purpose heart rate strap reviews. … Ultimately, earning itself a place in my mental list of acceptable reference devices for heart rate accuracy, as well as my product buyers guides.
Garmin HRM-PRO Plus Heart Rate Strap In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/07/garmin-heart-review.htmlMeanwhile, the 5ATM waterproofing means it’s good down to 50 meters, in the event you want to capture your heart rate while scuba diving or something. … As an adult in 2022, I’ll assume you know how to put on a heart rate strap.
Garmin HRM-FIT In-Depth Review: Best Women’s Heart Rate Monitor?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/01/garmin-review-monitor.htmlGarmin’s newest heart rate strap is one designed specifically for women, which essentially takes the features of Garmin’s high-end HRM-PRO Plus, but molds it into a strap that snaps onto your existing sports bra. … With heart rate monitors, movement is bad (be it chest straps or optical sensors/bands).
LifeBEAM Smart Helmet with Integrated ANT+ Heart Rate Sensor In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/05/lifebeam-helmet-integrated.htmlIt would be the first ANT+ enabled heart rate (HR) sensing cycling helmet (perhaps the first HR helmet at all for that matter). … At the very front is the tiny heart rate sensor.
COROS Heart Rate Monitor (Optical Band) In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/07/monitor-optical-review.htmlThe COROS Heart Rate Monitor is a very simple product, which should make for a very simple review. … Instead, it has exactly one purpose in life: Transmitting your current heart rate over Bluetooth.
Polar’s New H9 Heart Rate Strap: Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/01/polars-everything-wanted.htmlPolar has announced today a new heart rate chest strap, undercutting slightly their higher-end H10 strap with a less expensive offering that ditches the onboard storage, while still maintaining the trio of connectivity choices (ANT+/Bluetooth Smart/5kHz). … This means that it’s ideal for some of Polar’s B2B partners to leverage for various applications beyond just simple heart rate such as ECG and HRV data.
A look at the new Polar Beat Bluetooth Smart app with H7 Heart Rate Strap
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/10/a-look-at-new-polar-beat-bluetooth.htmlThis is somewhat ironic in that it’s now the only offering that can take advantage of their own Polar H7 Bluetooth Smart heart rate strap via Bluetooth 4.0. … Both of these do require utilizing a Bluetooth Smart heart rate strap like the H7 though – since both of them focus on heart rate metrics.
A Look at Polar’s New Heart Rate Broadcasting for Apps like Zwift and Peloton
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/04/polars-broadcasting-peloton.htmlStashed away on the Ignite 2 is the beginnings of Polar’s new heart rate broadcasting feature, which enables it to broadcast your heart rate from the optical HR sensor built into the watch, to apps like Zwift, Peloton, and more – even bike computers. … While heart rate sharing (or rebroadcasting) may sound like a basic function, it’s actually still somewhat rare in the sports tech world.
TomTom Cardio Runner & Multisport with Optical Heart Rate In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/04/tomtom-cardio.htmlThese new additions add in optical heart rate monitoring straight into the back of both the TomTom Runner and Multisport GPS watches. … The new line – called the ‘Cardio’ utilizes the well known Mio sensor technology to measure your heart rate directly at your wrist, and does so in a form factor that’s waterproof to 50-meters.
Garmin Forerunner 225 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/08/garmin-forerunner-225-depth-review.htmlThe unit would mark the first Garmin watch that contains an optical heart rate sensor within the watch, allowing you to view and record your heart rate without a separate strap. … I’ve been using the Forerunner 225 since June and have a pretty good grasp on how well it works – thus definitely time for an in-depth review (as well as some tips on how to get the best heart rate accuracy out of it).
Mio Alpha Optical Heart Rate Monitor In-Depth Review (Bluetooth Smart/ANT+)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/02/monitor-bluetooth-smartant.htmlIt’s just like a heart rate strap in that respect – it just displays your heart rate and transmits it. … Unlike traditional heart rate straps, the Alpha isn’t placed around ones chest.
Polar V800 Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/polar-v800-depth-review.htmlThat with a heart rate strap, and that without a heart rate strap. … In the meantime, I’ll go ahead and show you the unboxing for the model with the heart rate strap.
4iiii’s Viiiiva ANT+ to Bluetooth Smart Bridge & Heart Rate Strap In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/07/viiiiva-bluetooth-bridge.htmlPulling out the guts of the box, we find a plastic shell with the heart rate strap and transmitter pod, along with a quickstart guide. … Like most heart rate straps, it’ll come in two pieces: The strap and the transmitter pod.
Garmin Forerunner 110 In Depth Product Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/07/garmin-forerunner-110-in-depth-product.htmlWe’ll get into the heart rate strap a bit later on in the accessories section. … At this point, it’ll start to show you distance travelled, lap pace – and if you have the heart rate strap, your current heart rate.
A look at Garmin’s new swimming heart rate straps: HRM-SWIM & HRM-TRI
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/07/garmins-swimming-straps.htmlToday Garmin introduced two new heart rate straps that are designed to capture your heart rate data while you swim. … This move puts them roughly on parity with offerings that competitors Suunto and Polar already have for recording heart rate data underwater.
A hands-on look at the Mio Alpha strapless optical heart rate watch
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/07/hands-on-look-at-mio-alpha-strapless.htmlLate last week I got a chance to try out the new Mio Alpha watch, which is a strapless heart rate monitoring watch. … The unit itself uses optical sensors to measure your heart rate at your wrist.
Samsung Galaxy Watch6 and Watch6 Classic In-Depth Review: Is it Finally Accurate?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/08/samsung-classic-accurate.htmlOn the sports and fitness front, the company has added a new running track mode, which snaps your GPS track and distances to the track, as well as new automatically detected/personalized heart rate zones. … - Added five personal heart rate zones during workouts (e.g.
PowerTap PowerCal In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/11/cycleops-powercal-in-depth-review.htmlWhen the product was announced, many within the industry were skeptical on how accurate a power meter could be based purely on heart rate data. … One includes just the PowerCal strap (combo heart rate and power).
Basis B1 Watch In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/07/basis-b1-review.htmlThe Basis B1 watch represents the first fitness tracker on the market to do 24x7 continuous heart rate monitoring (all without a heart rate strap), in addition to all of the usual metrics like a step-counter and sleep. … This is obviously the side that touches your skin, allowing it to gather heart rate, skin temperature, and skin perspiration metrics.
Polar A370 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/06/polar-a370-depth-review.htmlThis new unit took the hardware of the Polar A360 that was released about 18 months ago and plopped in a few new features like continuous heart rate (the first Polar unit to offer such) and rebroadcasting over standard Bluetooth Smart HR protocols (also the first Polar unit to do so). … These include ‘My Day’, Training, Favorites, My Heart Rate, and Settings.
The Garmin FR225 with optical heart rate: Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/05/garmin-fr225-optical.htmlToday Garmin has released their first device with an optical heart rate sensor built into it, the new Forerunner 225. … Without question the most important new feature (out of two new features) in the FR225 is the optical heart rate (HR) sensor.
Sennheiser Momentum Sport Earbuds with Heart Rate & Body Temperature Tracking
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/05/sennheiser-momentum-temperature.htmlHowever, the Momentum Sport had a rather unique set of sport features in that it could measure your heart rate during workouts and transmit it to any Bluetooth-capable device while also measuring your body temperature. … On the main app page, you’ll see your current heart rate & body temperature, and can switch between Fahrenheit or Celsius.
Garmin Vivofit In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/03/garmin-vivofit-review.htmlOn the front of the box you’ll be able to determine if you bought the heart rate strap bundle or not. … If so, it’ll show an image of a little heart.
