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Very impressive Kickstarter launch, I hope this is a big success for Moxy!
Just curious, does anyone know if the three sensors (4 with heart rate) is a limitation of common Bluetooth Smart hardware or something else?
The 4 sensors is not a BLE limit. There are HR apps that connect to 20+ sensors at once. It’s just a limit of GUI design.
At least now I have an option of what to do with my Humon Hex
How is this cheaper than they were ever sold before? They were sold in the 700 range before. This was the cheapest I found it talked about but pretty sure I saw it less: link to newatlas.com
Granted they raised the prices since then.
I wish they figured out how to get the price down more. Have a larger market to get more training platforms (xert trainerroad etc) use the extra data. Obviously, Humon went too low to be sustainable but there has to be some middle ground. Would love to have structured workouts with the warm up and intervals influenced by the muscle oxygen data. I know this new app attempts to do that but I’d rather have a workout where I don’t need to figure out what I’m supposed to do as the trainer makes me hit the targets by controlling erg mode and I just have to keep pedaling.
Yeah, they never sold the Bluetooth enabled models that low I don’t believe.
Wish I hadn’t recycled my BSX.
I am not sure we need another app and portal to look at. I would have looked very closely at partnering with Stryd to get there faster.
Hmm, I’m confused. Just a week ago you said:
“Stryd’s website (PowerCenter) and the app are basically useless and buggy. I love the footpod and its accuracy but I wish they would hire competent software people to revamp the website and the app.”
I’m not sure those two comments mesh. ;)
Good point. Here is why I wrote this. By combining these two sensors that appeal to “serious” athletes and making them available on one website, these two organizations can share cost and start from a place that is better than not having anything. Stryd website and app can definitely use work, but it is still better as a starting point than zero. Moreover, by combining data from these two sensors, I am sure interesting analytics and performance metrics can be derived.
The last thing I need in my life is another performance related app and website. I already look at Stryd, Garmin Connect, Strava, ….
Consolidation of these sensor based businesses is a good thing for the consumer and good thing for the businesses as well.
I tried looking throught their campaign to understand if this can be used with Garmin Connect IQ and if so, does it record data to garmin fit files.
It seems that previous models have this setup, but I am nit sure if they write to fit files, and if they still have ANT+ signal or only BLE now
Yes, still works with Connect IQ (and will still write to those .FIT files). It’s dual ANT+/BLE.
link to apps.garmin.com
I still don’t understand the purpose or value of this device especially for the price where the potential output can be identified and trained many other ways?
The best way to figure out if this device can be of any help for you to train is first enroll in one of the moxy academy courses and then decide if the device can be of any help to you. I highly recommend the course of Evan Peicon
link to moxy-academy.teachable.com
I use the moxy’s in a structured way now for over 3 years as an amateur athlete, and it gave me good progression in cycling and running minimal available time, more than the use of hart rate and power has done.
If you don’t watch the videos… the kickstarter page doesn’t actually tell you at all what Moxy does or what it can be used for.
I am an owner of the Humon Hex (and very satisfied with it ; also despite Hex is discontinued Humon Data fields are still supported in Garmin IQ surprisingly > last version in Dec 2020).
Couple of questions
– will the Moxy Portal recognize the Humon Hex (which is both BLE and ANT). There was an IOs Humon App very similar to Moxy Portal.
– any (future) Moxy App for Apple watch?
The Moxy Portal Mobile App is planned to use BLE to communicate with the Moxy Sensors. This is due to ANT+ not really being practical on iOS devices. The Humon Hex BLE signal is proprietary so we won’t connect with that. So, no, the Humon won’t interface with the Moxy Portal App.
I don’t recall the format of the .fit file created by the Humon ConnectIQ data field. However, we may be able to import those .fit files into the Webtool.
We don’t have any plans for an Apple watch application right now.
“The Humon Hex BLE signal is proprietary so we won’t connect with that.”
what does that mean exactly ?? don’t you want to connect it or can’t you?
It means 1) It’s not a standard protocol so it won’t “just work” like an ANT+ protocol would, and 2) we don’t have access to the technical specifications for the signal so it would require reverse engineering and additional programming to make it work which is not where we want to spend our resources for the project.
Ok,understand … The work to get to the protocol has already been done by Aaron Scheiner link to aquarat.co.za.
Maybe it helps you and you include it in your project, find a pity that so many devices just end up in the trash when you could use them further
So, I might be enough of a data geek to actually buy this, even if the real-world impact might be quite limited for my training level/volume. However, the idea of applying adhesive tape to the sensor and then to the skin each time I train is a bit of a show-stopper as I am already quite time-crunched.
However, I am training only on my indoor trainer. So, while the sweat level is high, the motion level is relatively controlled (and we are talking about usually 1h efforts, not an Ironman). Therefore, I am wondering whether it might be enough to simply slip that thing with the shield under the bib shorts. Anyone got any experience with that or any other trick to simplify the use?
Hi Max,
I use 3M 1522 dubbel-sided tape; my sportswear does the additional fixation.
Leendert