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.
Samsung Galaxy Watch Active – Sport & Fitness In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/04/samsung-galaxy-fitness.htmlThe Samsung Galaxy Watch Active contains onboard GPS for tracking your outdoor workouts, music storage, and Bluetooth playback with support for offline caching from providers like Spotify, plus an optical heart rate sensor to track not just workouts but 24x7 HR and stress. … The default watch face as seen two photos above shows you how many steps you’ve walked for the day, weather info, the date, your current heart rate, as well as how many workout minutes you’ve recorded.
Polar M430 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/06/polar-m430-depth-review.htmlNote, the M430 does NOT track your heart rate 24x7. … Meaning, it does NOT have continual heart rate tracking like the Polar A370, or any of Fitbit’s optical HR sensor enabled watches.
CES 2013: Health and Activity Monitors–Bringing it back to reality edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/01/ces-2013-health-and-activity-monitorsbringing-it-back-to-reality-edition.htmlThen, the unit also measures heart rate (when you stand on it), carbon dioxide (in the room, not of you), and the room temperature. … Finally, the addition of heart rate.
Suunto 9 Peak Pro In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/11/suunto9-depth-review.htmlInternally, the Suunto 9 Peak Pro is substantially different – with almost everything revamped: Processor, GPS chipset, heart rate sensor, and memory. … I’ll dive into the accuracy of this later on, but for the most part, Suunto is really only using this sensor for heart rate readings and SpO2 readings.
The current state of Bluetooth Smart/Low Energy in sports technology (and why it matters to you)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/07/the-current-state-of-bluetooth-smartlow.htmlIn many ways, the sensor side of the technology is very similar to ANT+, which most of you are already familiar with, by way of Garmin heart rate straps and all the competitor companies that also use the technology. … Today, you can take that older Garmin FR305 with the heart rate strap you got 3+ years ago, and use it with a new Timex Run Trainer you picked up this weekend, and then use it with the CycleOps Joule GPS you’d grab later in the fall.
Apple Watch Series 2 and Nike+ Edition: Sport & Fitness In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/02/series2-edition-review.htmlAnd the app actually does far cooler resting heart rate analysis than Apple does. … One that I’ve tried previously, and again here, is the 3rd party app called ‘HeartWatch’.
Polar Vantage M Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/02/vantage-multisport-review.htmlOnce you’ve stopped iterating through the sports, it’ll start searching for your heart rate, and GPS signals. … It allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more.
Suunto Race S In-Depth Review: Smaller, cheaper, yet better?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2024/06/suunto-race-s-in-depth-review-smaller-cheaper.htmlThe new Suunto Race S includes some big-ticket features people have been asking for, such as a Suunto Climb Guidance (a ClimbPro-like feature), better heart rate sensor accuracy, more watch face customization, and better UI responsiveness. … But, it’s also got some updated internals too - such as the new optical heart rate sensor.
The New Garmin FR920XT Triathlon Watch: Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/10/fr920xt-triathlon-details.htmlLive Tracking enables you to send your current location as well as ANT+ data (like heart rate, power, cadence) via your phone to friends and family tracking you. … These metrics come via the HRM-RUN heart rate strap.
Oura Outlines Missing V3 Features Plan (And It’s Not Good)
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/04/outlines-missing-features.htmlFirst, the fact that the workout heart rate will only work for three sports is perplexing. … I was already very concerned about how long (months or years) it would take for the company (really, any company) to get accurate workout heart rate on their first sensor.
So you just got a GPS fitness device for Christmas? Start here: 2013 Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/12/fitness-christmas-edition.htmlFor the most part, most devices from Garmin will utilize a heart rate strap for calorie burn – whether you’re indoors (gym) or outside. … So on the lap side I use: Lap Time, Lap Distance, Lap Average Pace, and current heart rate (HR).
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Garmin HRM-RUN
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/02/garmin-hrm-details.htmlThat’s because these metrics depends on heart rate variability (HRV), which is a required transmission attribute of any ANT+ heart rate strap. … Note that in the event you’re using a 3rd party optical heart rate sensor (i.e.
Strava App Sensor Pairing Is Now Dead: My Last Workout Taking Out The Trash
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/10/strava-support-workout.htmlAs of today, the Strava app will no longer allow you to pair to sensors like heart rate straps or cycling cadence sensors. … Now, if you record your sensor data (like heart rate or cadence) on a Garmin or Wahoo or some other device – this won’t actually impact you.
TomTom Runner & Multisport GPS Watch In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/07/tomtom-runner-multisport.htmlFinally, if you buy a unit with a heart rate strap, you’ll have that as well. … At the same time it’ll search for your heart rate strap as well.
Pixel Watch 2 Hands-On: Here’s everything that’s new!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2023/10/pixel-watch-everything.htmlAn example being to verbally ask it how much you slept last night, or your heart rate. … Perhaps the biggest feature though is the new optical heart rate sensor.
Garmin Edge 500 In Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/12/garmin-edge-500-in-depth-review.html- Ability to configure power zones on the unit itself (must be done via software): This feature allows you to set alerts if you fall below or exceed certain pre-specified zones or ranges for heart rate and power. … From there you can utilize the tabs along the bottom to change to different areas of interest – such as elevation, Heart Rate, Power or Cadence – as well as temperature, which is new to the Edge 500.
Withings Body & Body Cardio WiFi Weight Scales In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/07/withings-cardio-weight.htmlSo essentially you’re getting higher end metrics of Heart Rate, Pulse Wave Velocity, a rechargeable battery (instead of AAA batteries), and a feet-less design. … The only difference ends up being the somewhat cosmetic in nature (shell design), and of course the Pulse Wave Velocity & Heart Rate, which I’ll talk about in the next section.
Zwift Hub Smart Trainer In-Depth Review: The Best Bang For Your Buck?
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/10/zwift-trainer-review.htmlAdditionally, it’s here you can do heart rate bridging/pairing. … This allows you to pair your chest strap with the Zwift Hub, and then get pass-through heart rate, so that the trainer handles the HR connection to the app on behalf of your strap.
Epson Runsense SF-810 GPS watch with optical HR: In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/03/epson-runsense-review.htmlIn this case it was a relatively constant heart rate for me in Z2. … This helps to show how well it tracks over variable paces and thus variable heart rate levels.
Whoop Exporting to Apple Health: Here’s how it actually works
www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/04/exporting-health-actually.html- Heart Rate: This is your heart rate (obviously), but, as I’ll explain in a sec, this is not done well. … - Heart Rate: This is a weird one.
Garmin Forerunner 230 & 235 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/11/garmin-fr230-review.htmlUltimately, that comes down to four things: The FR230, the FR230 charger, the HRM4 heart rate strap, and some paper manual stuff. … For the HR strap, note that it’s only included on the FR230 bundle including the heart rate strap.
Fitbit Alta HR In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/06/fitbit-alta-depth-review.htmlFitbit Charge 2: A small display, a button, and a heart rate sensor. … Fitbit Alta: A small display without the heart rate sensor (came out a year ago).
A look at testing with New Leaf Fitness for Garmin device calorie calculations
www.dcrainmaker.com/2012/01/look-at-testing-with-new-leaf-fitness.htmlAs I’ve detailed before, there are a slew of ways to have calorie information generated on your Garmin device, ranging from not-terribly-accurate (mass/distance), to fairly accurate (heart rate). … The first is test is where they measure your resting heart rate – to help determine your baseline metabolic rate.
Polar’s Ignite GPS Hands-On: Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/06/polars-ignite-everything.htmlBoth use heart rate and heart rate variability as part of their ‘Body Battery’ and ‘Resources’ features, which give you a constantly shifting score throughout your day. … So what about heart rate? Well, that’s considerably better.
