First look at Garmin’s new Vivosmart activity tracker
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/09/vivosmart-activity-tracker.htmlWhile the existing Vivofit can connect to any ANT+ heart rate strap, the new Vivosmart can also connect to ANT+ cycling speed sensors. … Previously if you went cycling with the product you just had a heart rate file.
The Apple Watch: Sport and Fitness In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/02/apple-watch-review.htmlFrom there, the optical sensors (photodiodes) then pickup that light and measure the blood flow, and thus your heart rate. … However, some 3rd party apps have stepped in to bridge that gap, one being HeartWatch.
A look at BSX Insight, a bloodless lactate threshold testing device
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/09/bloodless-lactate-threshold.htmlThey have an optical sensor on the back of them, just like an optical heart rate sensor you’ll find these days. … In addition to heart rate data, their system also records pace.
COROS Pace 2 Hands-On: A $199 Multisport watch with Running Power
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/08/coros-multisport-running.htmlSo go ahead and choose to start a run and wait for satellite and heart rate lock. … In this section I’ll take a look at both the heart rate and GPS accuracy compared to other units on the same workout.
Peloton Bike In-Depth Long Term Review: Three Years Later
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/11/peloton-depth-review.htmlThis is where you can pair (or validate) your Bluetooth audio connection (such as to headphones), as well as your heart rate connection. … On the heart rate strap side of things, it’ll connect to both ANT+ & Bluetooth heart rate sensors.
Garmin Forerunner 405 in depth review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2008/10/garmin-forerunner-405-in-depth-review.htmlIn addition, if you ordered a version with the heart rate monitor you also get the heart rate monitor strap (see photo down below in the accessories section). … The heart rate monitor strap measures your heart rate (beats per minute).
Suunto 7 Update Adds Body Resources, Advanced Sleep Tracking, Komoot Routes: Hands-on
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/04/firmware-resources-advanced.html- Added real-time heart rate tracking/history page/tile: Shows your current heart rate, but also historical HR for the last 24 hours. … If you tap into it, it’ll quietly open the Suunto app on your watch and then show a bit more on sleep quality, average heart rate, sleep phases, and whether or not you met your sleep goal.
Hands-on with the Bioshift Automated Bike Shifting System
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/10/bioshifts-automated-shifting.htmlToday, bike computers (such as a Garmin) can easily tell you if you’re above/below your target, be it a wattage target or a heart rate target. … Similarly, it can do the same for heart rate or cadence.
Garmin Edge 540 Cycling GPS In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/04/garmin-cycling-review.htmlAnd for heart rate I’ve paired it with the Polar H10 & Garmin HRM-Pro Plus. … She’ll see my sensor data, including heart rate, power, cadence, speed, and elevation.
First Look: TomTom’s Newly Overhauled Sports App
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/01/tomtoms-overhauled-sports.htmlFollowed by the stats page, which graphs each of the key metrics like elevation, pace, and heart rate. … Meanwhile, the splits tab shows not just your splits and per-lap ascent and heart rate, but also your best lap.
The New TomTom Spark: First Runs & Impressions
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/09/tomtom-spark-impressions.htmlWith Mio/Philips, the sensor was essentially plug & play – providing just heart rate as an output to the watch. … The optical HR actually tracked better than the heart rate strap, especially in the first 3-5 minutes.
TomTom Spark (Runner 2) In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/11/tomtom-spark-review.htmlAnd all versions support connecting to Bluetooth Smart Heart Rate Straps and Speed/Cadence sensors. … With Mio/Philips, the sensor was essentially plug & play – providing just heart rate as an output to the watch.
O-Synce Navi2Coach GPS Cycling Computer In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/05/navi2coach-cycling-computer.htmlFor example, above you can see I’ve got my heart rate strap connected (151BPM), and power meter connected (237w average over the last 30s), and the cadence data as well (91RPM). … Targets can include: No Target, Heart Rate, Cadence, Power, or Speed.
Garmin Vivoactive 3: Everything you need to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/08/garmin-vivoactive-everything-need.htmlPlus a new and improved optical heart rate sensor. … Whereas the upper edge and lower edge ones are a subset of fields, specifically just: Timer, Heart Rate, Calories, Distance, and Time of Day.
Hands on review of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Active ANT+ enabled waterproof phone
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/09/hands-on-review-of-sony-ericsson-xperia.htmlBut in addition to torturing the waterproof phone, I’ve also been using the ANT+ capabilities to monitor my heart rate while running and recording the rest of my ANT+ sensors from my bike rides. … The most common ANT+ sensor is likely the heart rate (HR) strap – made by vendors such as Garmin, Timex, CycleOps and more.
Garmin Edge 1040 (with Solar) In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/06/garmin-solar-review.htmlThis means that my battery run rates put me at an estimated 46 hours of battery life (with Multi-Band GPS, course/navigation enabled, ClimbPro enabled, Power Guide enabled, ANT+ Power, Di2, Heart Rate, and Bluetooth LiveTrack to my phone.) And again, the first half of the ride it was raining/overcast. … The theory behind this is that it looks at your current recovery time (from previous workout), as well as your heart rate to power ratios, and figures out how long you can sustain a given effort for.
Elite’s New Square Smart Frame, Avanti & Justo 2 Smart Trainers First Look!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/07/elites-square-avanti-justo2-smart-trainers-hands-on.htmlPlus a higher accuracy spec, higher simulated gradient, and heart rate bridging/passthrough to solve the issue on Apple TV. … But features like heart rate bridging are genuinely useful for all riders, especially (actually almost entirely) for Apple TV users, that run up against the limitations there.
Hands-on: Polar’s new Android Wear based M600 GPS Sport Watch (with music!)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/08/hands-polars-android.htmlSo heart rate is only recorded on a per-activity basis, and not 24x7 like with numerous other competitors. … Polar has benchmarked it at 6 hours for GPS enabled + Music via Bluetooth + optical heart rate enabled.
Cycling Trainer App Guide In-Depth: 2020 Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/03/cycling-indoor-trainer.htmlYou can pair a power meter or a heart rate strap here, but not other sensor types like a smart trainer or cadence sensor, which is honestly a bit weird since they already have that code based in the other app. … When it comes to sensors, the app supports everything out there that you’re likely to use, from power meters to smart trainers, and heart rate straps too.
Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM V2 (2022) Bike Computer In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/10/elemnt-computer-review.htmlHowever, you can customize these in the app to show your speed, power, or heart rate zones, which are also customizable in the Wahoo ELEMNT app. … In my testing with the ROAM V2 I’ve tested heart rate sensors, power meters, Shimano Di2, and smart trainers.
Stages Dash L50 & M50 GPS Bike Computer In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/03/stages-computer-review.htmlFor heart rate straps, some newer straps from Polar and Garmin support dual-BLE connections, but most don’t. … Also, for lack of anywhere else to put it, I did test/look at where there were any recording differences between a Stages Dash unit and a Garmin or Wahoo one, with respect to power meters or heart rate sensors specifically.
Hands-on: Garmin Vivosmart 4, now with Pulse Ox and Body Battery
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/08/garmin-vivosmart-battery.htmlFor example, the Vivosmart 3 got Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts this past summer, and the Vivosmart 4 carries those too. … I’ve long talked about the lack of an overarching metric that takes into account things like resting heart rate trends, and sleep, and activity and gives you truly actionable instructions.
Suunto Spartan Ultra In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/10/suunto-spartan-ultra-review.htmlFor example, it can only remember one heart rate strap at a time, and while some have said it remembers multiple bike sensors, it doesn’t display that. … It can pair to Bluetooth Smart Speed sensors, Cadence sensors, Power Meters, and Heart Rate sensors.
Wahoo introduces gym strength workout recognition to TICKR X, announces TICKR X API
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/12/introduces-recognition-announces.htmlWahoo Fitness has announced their first major addition to the TICKR X heart rate strap, which brings with it a gym workout functionality mode that automatically recognizes a slew of different strength workout routines. … This app begins by having you pair to your TICKR X heart rate strap.
Zwift Hub $499 Smart Trainer Hands-On: A Competition Killer?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/09/trainer-competition-killer.htmlZwift has made the firmware their own, so it shows up properly as the Zwift Hub using standard protocols, and integrates with the Zwift Companion App for firmware updates and heart rate sensor pairing. … Further, if you have Apple TV, you can use the heart rate sensor pass-through option.
