TomTom Bandit Action Camera In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/04/tomtom-bandit-review.htmlAdditionally, within these menu settings you can enable support for connecting to a Bluetooth Smart heart rate sensor, as well as the TomTom remote control. … Today this is just the Bluetooth Smart heart rate strap – but down the road it might expand.
Peloton Tread In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/12/peloton-tread-review.htmlThis display features 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac 2.4GHz/5GHz, Bluetooth audio connectivity, as well as support for both ANT+ & Bluetooth heart rate straps. … This isn’t complex stuff, it’s industry standard stuff (the same way Peloton depends on industry standards for heart rate via ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart).
Elite Aria Smart Trainer Fan In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/10/elite-aria-smart-fan-trainer-review.htmlThe Elite Aria fan is seemingly the smartest of smart trainer fans out there today, linking to a wide assortment of indoor cycling tech - be it power meters, smart trainers, heart rate sensors, and even body temperature sensors. … Meanwhile, for both heart rate sensors & CORE temperature sensors, by default it'll use ANT+ (again, to preserve those single-channel Bluetooth connections).
Garmin Instinct 2X Solar In-Depth Review: Bigger and Flashlight-Equipped!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/04/instinct-flashlight-equipped.htmlWith all that set, let’s take a look at the Solar and Flashlight features, and then GPS, Heart Rate, and Elevation Accuracy. … There’s likely no topic that stirs as much discussion and passion as GPS or heart rate accuracy.
Hands-on: Sigma’s iD.TRI & iD.FREE Multisport GPS Watches
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/09/sigmas-multisport-watches.htmlLooking at more general things, from the watch-face, if I tap the lower left or lower right buttons it’ll iterate through some quick daily stats including steps, heart rate, distance, and calories. … The heart rate comes from the Valencell reference optical HR sensor on the back of the unit.
Apple’s New Training Load & Vitals App: After 30 Days of Usage
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/07/apples-training-load-vitals-watchos11.htmlThis rating is Apple’s initial estimate based on your average heart rate during the session. … Rather, it appears to be your average heart rate for the session.
Timex Cycle Trainer 2.0 GPS In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/06/timex-cycle-trainer-20-gps-in-depth.htmlAbove we have the heart rate strap (which it comes with), the quick start guide, the extra mount kit and pieces (two bags), a mini-USB charging cable, and the unit itself. … First, the heart rate strap.
Fitbit Charge 2 Activity Tracker In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/11/fitbit-charge2-review.htmlNo better way to get the heart rate up. … You’ll see that on the below screen, directly under the heart icon.
Hands-on: Scosche’s New Rhythm24 Optical HR Sensor Swiss-Army Knife
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/01/scosches-rhythm-optical.htmlIt’s funny, these days we expect a heart rate sensor to do so much more than just be a heart rate sensor. … Maybe even to have LEDs to show you heart rate zones, or to track aspects while swimming.
Garmin Forerunner 245 Music GPS Watch In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/04/garmin-forerunner-music-review.htmlIn any case, you’ve got steps, sleep, heart rate, and now even PulseOx – which I’ll cover in a moment. … The FDA acceptable tolerances are actually surprisingly low (as in, easy), at least compared to what I’d consider acceptable even for sport tracking of heart rate accuracy for example.
So you just got a GPS fitness device for Christmas? Start here: 2012 Edition.
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/12/so-you-just-got-a-gps-fitness-device-for-christmas-start-here-2012-edition.htmlHeart rate straps can be finicky little things, especially in winter when the air is dryer and cooler. … Aside from the heart rate strap, these are the most popular accessories – and the speed/cadence sensor and footpod being applicable across the board for all ANT+ devices as well.
Motorola MOTOACTV: Thoughts and analysis
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/10/motorola-motoactv-thoughts-and-analysis.htmlEverything from ANT+ heart rate straps (which is what your Garmin/Timex watch uses) to ANT+ power meters (Cinqo, PowerTap, SRM, Vector, Brim Brothers Zone, O-Synce, etc…, and of a myriad course speed/cadence sensors and even scales. … These devices will likely start out as heart rate straps- but will ultimately branch into other areas.
Garmin HRM-TRI & HRM-SWIM In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/11/garmin-swimtri-review.htmlIt’s been a few months since Garmin introduced the HRM-TRI & HRM-SWIM, which record heart rate data while you're swimming. … The first thing to understand is that at its core, both are ANT+ heart rate straps.
Google Pixel Watch 3 Hands-on: A (Big) Running Focus
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/08/google-pixel-watch-3-hands-on.htmlAs for the Readiness Score, the new score now uses HRV, the past two weeks of sleep (with a weighted average built around a sleep reservoir concept), and your resting heart rate. … It takes into account heart-rate-driven intensity and duration.
A short behind the scenes visit to Suunto and Omegawave
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/01/visit-suunto-omegawave.htmlThis includes any accessories (such as a heart rate strap). … Accessories such as heart rate straps and smaller components such as chipsets aren’t made onsite – but rather come from Asia, which is commonplace in the industry.
A few quick thoughts on Polar’s new A360 with optical HR sensor
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/10/thoughts-optical-sensor.htmlMore notably – it marks the first Polar product to include an optical heart rate sensor. … This takes the concept of the existing Polar Loop (and Loop2) and adds in heart rate sensing technology while also including a brilliantly colorful touch screen display.
Fitbit Announces New Charge 6: What’s New and Different?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/09/fitbit-announces-different.htmlThe Fitbit Charge 6 has much the same form factor as the Charge 5 did, but now gains back a haptic button, as well as a new optical heart rate sensor. … In addition, there’s a slate of new software features inside of it, including new sport modes and even new heart rate broadcasting via Bluetooth.
Apple Watch Series SE: A Fitness First Impressions Untangled
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/09/fitness-impressions-untangled.htmlThe functional level of their heart rate sensors is notably different too, as you’ll see in my tests. … Starting with the heart rate.
Massive COROS Spring 2023 Update: Navigation to Pace 2, WiFi Maps, Price Drop, and More
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/04/massive-spring-navigation.htmlThus, here’s the long and the short of it: They’ve significantly changed the thresholds for ‘unlocking’ EvoLab, to being just a single 25-minute run outdoors with 60% of your max heart rate. … In addition, as part of this, they’ve added a new Running Fitness test and Resting Heart Rate test.
Suunto 3 Fitness In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/05/suunto-fitness-review.htmlThese include heart rate (via optical HR sensor), recovery/resource status, steps, training time, sleep, and fitness score. … Skimming through some of these, we’ll start with heart rate.
Hands on with Wahoo Fitness TICKR, TICKR RUN, and TICKR X
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/01/wahoo-fitness-tickr.htmlGetting back to the heart rate straps, you’ll notice the addition of what Wahoo is calling “Running Smoothness”. … The three products are all heart-rate strap based, but with different (cumulative) features and slightly different price points.
Garmin Fenix3 HR In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/02/garmin-fenix3hr-review.htmlLast month at CES in Las Vegas, Garmin introduced their most advanced wearable device with an optical heart rate (HR) sensor in it – the Fenix3 HR. … This means that it leverages the optical HR sensor to track your heart rate throughout the day.
Garmin Venu 2 Plus vs Garmin Epix: A Very Detailed Comparison
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-detailed-comparison.htmlMeanwhile, on the Venu 2 Plus you get three pages you can customize and a heart rate chart. … For example, both units support ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart cycling speed and cadence sensors, as well as heart rate straps.
BKOOL Wireless ANT+ Trainer In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/12/bkool-wireless-ant-trainer-in-depth-review.htmlNote that it doesn’t pair to an ANT+ power meter, instead, it will only pair to the heart rate and speed/cadence sensor types. … Kinda silly since that’s the most common sensor on earth aside from a heart-rate strap.
Microsoft Band 2 In-Depth Fitness & Sport Focused Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/01/microsoft-band-review.htmlIn doing so, the sensor in the middle will read that blood-flow and determine your heart rate. … Yet, the unit shows quite a bit of variability in my heart rate.
