Garmin Epix In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-epix-depth-review.htmlIf you're like me, you find it mildly interesting to see your step tracking, stair tracking, and all the other metrics that these smartwatches measure and track for you, but heart rate tracking is really where these devices shine. … A close look reveals a couple of LED sources, green for regular heart rate detection, and red for pulse oximetry (blood oxygen levels).
Polar Ignite GPS In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/08/polar-ignite-review.htmlSwipe again and you get your current heart rate (HR) and related stats. … You’ll also see the toggles for dedicated data pages like time of day and heart rate pages.
Polar Vantage V Multisport GPS In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/12/polar-vantage-multisport-review.htmlAnd within that, two editions: With or without the Polar H10 heart rate strap. … While normally I’m not a huge fan of HR strap bundles, this is a rare scenario where given most of the Vantage V specific features depend on the H10 heart rate strap, you probably want that.
Garmin Edge 510 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/01/garmin-edge-510-in-depth-review.htmlWithin the tracking, they’ll get your little blue dot on a map, as well as your past track and your current ANT+ sensor data (Cadence/Heart Rate/Power/Speed), plus information such as total activity time and average speed (and avg pace for runners!). … Alerts can be configured for Time, Distance, Calories, Heart Rate, Cadence, Power, and Speed.
Suunto Race In-Depth Review: The Best Suunto Yet?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/11/suunto-amoled-review.htmlTake for example wanting to open up your training stress balance (TSB) or heart rate variability (HRV) pages. … In the default configuration, it shows various training stats along the bottom including HRV (Heart Rate Variability), TSB (Training Stress Balance), CTL (Chronic Training Load), and of course - steps.
Garmin Fenix 6 Series In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/08/garmin-fenix6-series.htmlAnother metric in that same category is 24x7 heart rate. … If you tap into the heart rate widget you’ll get a graph of the last 4 hours – and then again down to the resting HR for the last 7 days.
Garmin Lily 2 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/01/garmin-lily-depth-review.htmlAnd then, within that, on a given watch face you can tap on the data complications to cycle through other data metrics (e.g., heart rate, steps, calories, etc…). … These include heart rate pages, calendars, weather, hydration, female health tracking, Garmin’s Body Battery, steps, and more.
Garmin Forerunner 410 In Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/01/garmin-forerunner-410-in-depth-review.htmlWhen I’m running, I typically use heart rate, pace, lap distance, and lap time, spread over a few fields. … heart rate zones, intervals, etc…), I like to be able to divide up my workout based on those components.
Garmin Fenix3 Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/03/garmin-fenix3-detailed.htmlAdditionally, some Fenix3 variants are sold in bundles, which include the heart rate strap (HRM-RUN). … You’ll see you’ve got the USB charging clip (new/different for the Fenix3), the watch itself, and the HRM-RUN heart rate strap.
Garmin Edge 810 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/01/garmin-edge-810-in-depth-review.htmlIt’ll show your current location, your past track (where you’ve been), and your past and current ANT+ data (Cadence/Power/Heart Rate/Speed). … Typically these are scripted against values like heart rate, power, speed, cadence and others.
Timex R300 $129 GPS Smartwatch In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/06/timex-smartwatch-review.htmlThe default watch face shows you the current time/day/date, as well as your current heart rate and steps for the day. … So that leaves us next with the Activity bits, which is where we can see Steps, Distance, Calories, and Heart Rate.
My Summer 2014 Sports Gadget Recommendations
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/06/summer-sports-recommendations.htmlIf you’re looking to spend about $200-$260 on a running watch, ask yourself one question: Do you want optical heart rate (so you don’t have to wear a strap). … Meanwhile, the TomTom unit offers a bit less customization and fewer features – but brings in the big fish of having optical heart rate monitoring, eliminating the need to wear a heart rate strap.
Apple Watch Series 10 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/09/apple-watch-series-10-in-depth-review.htmlEven the “most accurate” methods to compare sleep phases/stages is only in the mid-80% accuracy range, which we’d never accept for comparing heart rate data to be wrong 20% of the time as our ‘gold standard’. … This is the new ‘Vitals’ app, which shows your nightly resting heart rate, overnight respiratory rate, overnight wrist temperature trending, and overnight sleep duration.
Polar RCX3 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/04/polar-rcx3-in-depth-review.htmlAll of the packages include the Polar WearLink heart rate strap (the transmitter you see above). … In my case, that’s the GPS pod and heart rate strap.
Motorola MOTOACTV In Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/11/motorola-motoactv-in-depth-review.htmlIn this case, the GPS is turned off and the unit will use the ANT+ sensors on your bike to gather speed/distance data, as well as any power meter or heart rate data you have. … Coaching and Alerts: This setting is essentially audible alerts that will read out to you via headphones metrics around changes in zones – including power, pace or heart rate.
FORM Smart Swim 2 Goggles In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/04/smart-goggles-review.htmlThe standout feature of the V2 goggles is an integrated heart rate sensor, which will automatically track your heart rate during your swims. … As you can probably see from the above - the bulk of the improvements here are around the addition of the optical heart rate sensor, rather than other aspects of the goggles.
Garmin Fenix 8 In-Depth Review: Worth the Upgrade?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/08/garmin-fenix-8-in-depth-review.htmlWe’d never judge heart rate accuracy against something that was wrong 20% of the time (in a best-case scenario). … I do look at heart rate variability accuracy a bit more closely though, since we can compare that much more easily.
Garmin’s Vivoactive 4 Series: Everything you need to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/09/garmins-vivoactive-everything.htmlnew respiration rate feature does not require a heart rate strap, and is working constantly behind the scenes within the optical HR sensor to measure respiration rate (basically, breathing rate). … And again, this time for that heart rate graph.
Wahoo TICKR FIT Optical HR Sensor In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/01/wahoo-optical-sensor-review.htmlThe TICKR FIT is simply an optical heart rate sensor that transmits ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart. … The unit transmits on the standard heart rate device profiles for both ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart.
Hands-on: Garmin’s New Forerunner 30 Running GPS Watch
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/09/garmins-forerunner-running.htmlAnd you get 24x7 heart rate tracking via the included optical HR sensor (that was also on the FR35 of course). … Both brand's optical-enabled watches at their respective price points include 24x7 HR data capture, as well as of course workout heart rate data capture.
Suunto 7 Wear OS GPS Watch In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/02/suunto7-wearos-review.htmlExcept one (of many) catches: That resting heart rate data is only taken once every 15 minutes – an eternity by modern watch standards where almost every company out there takes readings constantly at 1-second intervals. … Not chest heart rate straps nor cycling sensors nor footpods, and certainly not cycling power meters.
Hands on with the new Adidas Fit Smart
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/07/hands-adidas-smart.htmlThe unit features optical heart rate recognition from your wrist via an embedded Mio optical sensor, while supplementing that data in conjunction with accelerometer data to give you pace and speed when running. … Coach Mode: This enables you to follow coached workouts which are sent to the Fit Smart from your phone, and can target metrics like heart rate or calories.
Garmin Vivosport In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/09/garmin-vivosport-review.htmlFor example, here’s the heart rate (HR) widget, which shows your current HR and 7 days resting HR below it. … This means the optical HR sensor is measuring your heart rate at 1 second intervals and recording as such.
First Look at Garmin’s new Fenix2 Multisport & Triathlon Watch
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/02/garmin-multisport-triathlon.htmlFirst up, depending on whether you buy the HR bundle or not, is the heart rate strap (more on that in a second). … Next of note is the HRM-RUN heart rate strap.
The Basis Peak In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/12/basis-depth-review.htmlThe challenge though with the first generation B1 is that it lacked the ability to accurately track heart rate during exercise, such as running. … You’ll want to remove the clear plastic protector piece, else, you’ll forever think your heart rate is 82BPM and the time 1:25PM.
