How calorie measurement works on Garmin fitness devices
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/11/how-calorie-measurement-works-on-garmin.htmlOnce a test is complete you can download your ‘profile’ into your Garmin device to get the most accurate calorie burn metrics when combined with a heart rate monitor. … It then combines this data with heart rate information from the ANT+ heart rate strap.
Fitbit Sense In-Depth Review: All the Data Without the Clarity
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/09/fitbit-without-clarity.htmlOn the back is a new optical heart rate sensor, called PurePulse 2.0. … I’m gonna dive deep on that in the relevant heart rate sections.
Garmin Vivoactive 5 In-Depth Review: Now With An AMOLED Display!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/09/garmin-vivoactive-display.htmlNow many of those widgets depend either directly or indirectly on the optical heart rate sensor on the back. … For example, not just 24×7 heart rate tracking, but metrics like breathing rate, stress, blood oxygen level, and sleep.
Garmin Venu 2 Plus In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-venu-plus-depth-review.htmlThis is what measures your heart rate 24x7, as well blood oxygen levels, respiration rates, and other heart rate driven metrics. … During the 2-minute period it’ll measure your heart rate, blood oxygen level, respiration rate, stress, and HRV (heart rate variability).
Garmin FR60 Review – In Depth
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/02/garmin-fr60-review-in-depth.htmlWhen you’re running with the watch you’ll get a number of data streams from accessories that are recorded, including run cadence (how fast your foot turnover is) and heart rate data. … The most basic addition you can make to the FR-60 is the heart rate strap.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra In-Depth Review: Finally Accurate?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/07/samsung-galaxy-watch-ultra-finally-accurate.htmlIn any event, the next panel shows your current heart rate, current steps, current stress, and sleep stats from last night. … The first tile you’ll see of note is your health/fitness stats for the day, shown in the shape of a heart.
Suunto Spartan Sport Wrist HR In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/05/suunto-spartan-review.htmlLast summer (2016) amidst Suunto announcing the Spartan series, they made note of a planned optical heart rate enabled version that would be released down the road. … This lineup took the existing Suunto Spartan Sport and added a Valencell optical heart rate sensor into it, giving you heart rate data directly from your wrist during both workouts and any other time you wanted it.
Wahoo’s New 2020 TICKR & TICKR X: In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/05/wahoos-tickr-review.htmlWahoo has just announced a set of new TICKR & TICKR X heart rate straps that include some modest feature updates, most notably running dynamics support in the TICKR-X, as well as multiple concurrent Bluetooth Smart connections so you can pair to apps like Zwift at the same time as other wearables or bike computers. … I get it, it’s “just a heart rate strap”.
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.
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.
Garmin Swim 2 GPS Watch In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/10/garmin-openwater-review.htmlUnlike the previous edition, this one now supports openwater swimming with GPS, while also recording/displaying your heart rate in real-time via the optical HR sensor on the back. … In this chunk I’m going to outline all the general bits of the Garmin Swim 2 watch, from the activity tracking to sleep tracking, heart rate stuffs and more.
Garmin Fenix In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/10/garmin-fenix-in-depth-review.htmlOnce that’s done, you’re likely going to want to switch a ton of settings, for example, setting the track interval frequency to ‘Maximum’ and going in and turning on ANT+ sensors like the heart rate strap. … In the case of the below, I’ve gone ahead and combined the two together to show me my current heart rate, as well as my HR graph over the course of the run.
Nike+ Sportwatch GPS In Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/04/nike-sportwatch-gps-in-depth-review.htmlThis includes GPS, Footpod and Heart Rate strap. … The upper display rotates through a list of data fields that include heart rate, distance, calories, clock, elapsed time and clock.
COROS Pace 3 In-Depth Review: The Best Bang for The Buck?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/11/coros-depth-review.htmlBy default, they record heart rate 24x7 at a reduced rate (every 10 mins), but still a perfectly functional rate (every few minutes, versus most companies at every second). … I did notice that the live heart rate display on the watch face would frequently not show my heart rate at all (or not update much).
Apple Watch Series 4: Sports & Fitness In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/10/apple-series-review.htmlThe different visual look of the optical heart rate sensor on the bottom should be one indication things have changed. … And in fact, there were many tests over the last month that I’ve been wearing this where the Apple Watch trounced Garmin, Suunto, and Polar when it came to accuracy of not just heart rate readings – but GPS as well.
COROS Pace 2 In-Depth Review: A $199 Multisport watch with Running Power
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/09/review-multisport-running.htmlThese include your heart rate, the altitude, the barometric pressure, the temperature, and sunrise/sunset information. … It’s been a while since there’s been a watch that could cause Garmin heartache, and the COROS Pace 2 is unquestionably it.
Garmin Forerunner 610 In Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/04/garmin-forerunner-610-in-depth-review.htmlThen we have the latest edition of the premium soft strap heart rate strap. … There are two versions of the FR610 – one comes with the heart rate strap, and one doesn’t.
Scosche RHYTHM+ Dual ANT+/Bluetooth Smart Optical HR Band In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/05/scosche-antbluetooth-optical.htmlNote that Scosche makes a number of products that have heart rate capabilities, but only one product as of today that transmits on both frequencies concurrently. … Then you’ve got a USB charging cradle, the heart rate monitor itself, and then an extra band.
Garmin Instinct 2/2S/Solar In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/02/garmin-instinct2-review.htmlMeanwhile, on the back you’ve got the newish Garmin Elevate Gen4 optical heart rate sensor. … This includes your 24x7 heart rate, blood oxygen (pulse ox/SpO2) readings, breathing rate (respiration rate), and then heart rate derived metrics like stress and recovery.
Polar Grit X2 Pro In-Depth Review: A Flagship Watch?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/05/polar-grit-x2-pro-in-depth-review-long-term-testing.htmlFrom daily basic step and sleep tracking, to sports and workouts, to navigation and mapping, and finally the accuracy of the new heart rate algorithms and GPS antenna. … If you tap into it, you’ll get more details about activity that day, including steps, calories, heart rate min/max, and active time.
Garmin Vivosmart 5 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/04/garmin-vivosmart-review.htmlMeanwhile, I can then swipe up/down through the widget roll, which shows me additional stats about core areas like steps, heart rate, stress, blood oxygen levels, breathing rate, and more. … For example, here’s the heart rate one – complete with a little HR graph a few hours after a workout I did.
Google Pixel Watch 3 In-Depth Review: The Best WearOS Sports Watch?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/09/google-pixel-watch3-review-sports-fitness.htmlThis includes the updated optical heart rate algorithms, which, to spoil some of this review, went from pretty good to industry-leading. … That’s notable because if we look at Samsung’s watch offerings, many of the health features (like ECG or other higher-end heart features) are tied to only Samsung phones, not all Android phones.
Garmin Forerunner 920XT In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/11/garmin-forerunner-920xt-review.htmlYou can purchase the unit with the HRM-RUN heart rate strap, or without it. … As for the heart rate strap, it won’t transmit more than an inch or two underwater, so you won’t get heart rate while swimming.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 In-Depth Review: Half the price, half the accuracy?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/08/samsung-galaxy-reviewaccuracy.htmlIt’s got the same new optical heart rate sensor, the same new multi-band/dual-frequency GPS, and the same new Energy Score and other fitness-related metrics/features. … The first tile you’ll see of note is your health/fitness stats for the day, shown in the shape of a heart.
Garmin Forerunner 55 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2021/06/garmin-forerunner-55-depth-review.htmlThe majority of the default widgets are health and fitness related, including areas like body battery, heart rate, and your daily workouts. … Here’s the heart rate one, first showing me my current heart rate, and trend over the last 4 hours.
