Tag Archives: BSX

LVL’s ‘Hydration Sensor’ Rises from the Dead, Gets Acquired

A few people have asked this morning my thoughts on the news that BSX’s LVL was acquired by Gideon Health, and further yet gave the backers the option of either getting a refund, or getting a mystery box device at … Read More Here

Sports Tech Round-up: Stryd Live, BSX officially ends BSX Insight, PowerTap C1 Scaled Back

Every once in a while there’s a run of a few days where a handful of sports tech items are worthy of discussion in more detail than a passing ‘Week in Review’ mention, but less detail than a full standalone … Read More Here

Moxy offers trade-in deal for BSX Insight users

A bit of backstory: This past summer BSX ceased sales of their BSX Insight monitor to focus on their LVL hydration sensor.  In addition to discontinuing the Insight product line, they also laid off the sales and marketing staff associated … Read More Here

BSX LVL Hydration Sensor: Does it actually exist? Oh, and BSX Insight is dead.

A year ago when BSX announced they were launching a new product – LVL – it seemed like the company might have shifted from a relatively niche market of muscle oxygen sensors, to what would have been a far more … Read More Here

BSX Announces Kickstarter for New LVL Band Wearable Hydration Sensor

Update – August 12th, 2017: BSX has delayed LVL till at least Summer 2018, though they’ve also received significant funding from additional investors, including Samsung.  As I noted when I first posted this a year ago, my concern wasn’t the … Read More Here

Garmin releases Strava Live Segments for Running, Muscle Oxygen on devices, Photo Watch Faces

Phew, all sorts of Garmin news over the last few days on numerous fronts, and this post seems the easiest way to bundle up three totally different things into one tidy little package.  Let’s get on with the show! Strava … Read More Here

BSX Insight Gen2 In-Depth Review

Update – Aug 20th, 2017: Warning – BSX has discontinued sales of the BSX Insight product line, and plans to discontinue the platform as of August or September 2018.  After which point it’s unclear what, if any, portion of the … Read More Here

5 Random Things I Did This Weekend

Here’s what I’ve been up to the last few days! 1) Running with power Mid-last week my final production Stryd unit arrived.  You’ll remember I first discussed it last January when I did some initial testing.  Since then they’ve changed … Read More Here

BSX Announces BSXinsight 2.0: Adds Muscle Oxygenation, KICKR Control, and More

(Update – Jan 22nd, 2016! I’ve now published my in-depth review of the Gen2 unit.  So you’ll want to swing over to that post for all my thoughts after months of real-world usage.  Enjoy!) Today BSX announced the second iteration of … Read More Here

A look at BSX Insight, a bloodless lactate threshold testing device

(Update – Jan 22nd, 2016! I’ve now published my in-depth review of the Gen2 unit.  So you’ll want to swing over to that post for all my thoughts after months of real-world usage.  Enjoy!) Last week while at Interbike I got … Read More Here