Fitbit Alta HR In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/06/fitbit-alta-hr-in-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).
Apple’s Beddit 3.5 Sleep Tracker In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/01/apples-beddit-3-5-sleep-tracker-in-depth-review.htmlAnd finally, the bottom portion shows your heart rate. … If you use a USB port aside from the charger they give you, then ensure it has enough amperage to operate it.
Review of Garmin Forerunner 305
www.dcrainmaker.com/2007/11/review-of-garmin-forerunner-305.htmlHeart rate monitors help many athletes (including myself) to train based on particular zones, ensuring we aren’t training too hard (which happens a lot) or not training hard enough (also possible). … I typically run with pace, heart rate (HR), distance and lap time.
My Winter 2014-2015 Sports Gadget Recommendations
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/11/winter-gadget-recommendations.htmlMore importantly though, you can mix and match just about everything I’ve talked about above, with in-depth comparison tables over at the product comparison calculator, which today supports: Action Cameras, Heart Rate Straps, Watches/Bike Computers, Power Meters, Activity Monitors, and Trainers. … It lacks heart rate or activity tracking found in the FR15.
Fitbit Blaze In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/03/fitbit-blaze-depth-review.htmlThe Fitbit Blaze follows in the footsteps of both the Fitbit Surge and Fitbit Charge HR, in terms of doing 24x7 monitoring of your heart rate. … As always with steps and devices on the market today – it’s best not to focus too much on whether it’s precisely step-accurate, but whether it’s in the right ballpark.
First look at Polar’s new V800 GPS triathlon watch
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/01/polar-v800-triathlon.htmlIn fact, Polar has long had various coaching platforms used primarily in the educational system (schools/universities/teams), with special coaching software and even school-focused variants of some of their popular heart rate monitors (which held slightly different model numbers). … Finally, there’s the Polar H7 Heart Rate Strap.
Stages Power Meter In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/01/stages-power-meter-in-depth-review.htmlHeart rate monitors report your reaction to a given activity. … Whereas as one who trains with heart rate monitors regularly, I can put out a 250w effort at 130bpm on a fatigued day (HR won’t rise, classic HR fatigue symptom), and then put out that same 250w effort at 150bpm on a normal day.
Microsoft Band 2 In-Depth Fitness & Sport Focused Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/01/microsoft-band-review.htmlIn doing so, the sensor in the middle will read that blood-flow and determine your heart rate. … However, you can then press the little button to iterate through the different metrics for the day.
CES Roundup Part 2: Garmin, ANT+, 4iiii, BKOOL, Withings, O-Synce, Outside Interactive, LG, Pebble, Casio, Opryx, Glucovation
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/01/roundup-withings-interactive.htmlAccelerometer: All three pods have an accelerometer within them that can be leveraged for a variety of future opportunities (think footpods, activity monitors, etc…). … Today, the market is highly fragmented (though, getting better), but this will make it just as easy to connect a given app to a trainer, as it is today to connect a device to a heart rate strap.
Garmin Vivoactive 3 Music: Everything you ever wanted to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/06/garmin-vivoactive-3-music-everything-you-need-to-know.html– Stress Monitoring Added: This monitors stress throughout the day, seen on almost all Garmin wearables since early 2017… That includes the ability to transfer music like MP3 files and podcasts, as well as cache streaming services including iHeartRadio and Deezer.
A look at BSX Insight, a bloodless lactate threshold testing device
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/09/bloodless-lactate-threshold.htmlAt the same time, they affixed two BSX monitors to me, one for each leg. … They have an optical sensor on the back of them, just like an optical heart rate sensor you’ll find these days.
Full details on Garmin’s new FR15 combined GPS watch + activity monitor
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/05/garmin-fr15-firstlook.htmlWell beyond the reach of those that were previously looking at $100 activity monitors and $100-200 GPS watches. … No heart rate support or anything fancy.
Garmin MARQ Athlete In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2019/08/garmin-marq-athlete-in-depth-review.htmlOnce you’ve picked a mode for your sweat session, it’ll complete finding GPS, as well as connect to any sensors (such as heart rate monitors or cycling sensors). … So software-features wise these all carry over, though with some new hardware tweaks, like a different GPS chipset and different optical heart rate sensor, as well as more than double the storage space of the Fenix 5 Plus series.
Garmin Vivosmart HR In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/01/garmin-vivosmarthr-review.htmlThe metrics you can select per data page are: Time, Distance, Calories, Heart Rate (bpm), and Heart Rate Zone. … However, sometimes that means certain activities end up being more accurate on one device versus another.
First look at Garmin’s new Vivosmart activity tracker
www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/09/vivosmart-activity-tracker.htmlWhile the existing Vivofit can connect to any ANT+ heart rate strap, the new Vivosmart can also connect to ANT+ cycling speed sensors. … In addition to the display, the unit now contains the ability to generate vibration alerts.
The Apple Watch: Sport and Fitness In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/02/apple-watch-review.htmlHowever, some 3rd party apps have stepped in to bridge that gap, one being HeartWatch. … From there, the optical sensors (photodiodes) then pickup that light and measure the blood flow, and thus your heart rate.
Under Armour’s HealthBox: WiFi Scale, Fitness Band, HR Strap, and more!
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/01/under-armour-healthbox.htmlYou’ve got a scale, an activity tracker, and a heart rate strap. … Nor how to separate between factual statements of how integration works versus me seeing that integration works a certain way.
Garmin Vivoactive In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/04/garmin-vivoactive-in-depth-review.htmlNote that there are two core versions of the Vivoactive – the bundle with the heart rate (HR) strap, and the version without the HR strap. … This goal is dynamically generated each day (though you can override it), to try and nudge you on to walk a bit more steps each day.
Garmin Vivoactive 3: Everything you need to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/08/garmin-vivoactive-3-everything-you-need-to-know.html- Stress Monitoring Added: This monitors stress throughout the day, also a Vivosmart 3 feature this spring. … Plus a new and improved optical heart rate sensor.
Week in Review–December 18th, 2010
www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/12/week-in-reviewdecember-18th-2010.htmlBasically, it monitors your heart rate 24x7 – but without the requirement of a heart rate strap. … So with that, let’s get into the action! Weekly Mailbag Over at Slowtwitch.com: A pretty wide swath of topics this weeks from my favorite scale picks to viewing raw heart rate data.
Zwift Releases Apple TV App: Everything you need to know
www.dcrainmaker.com/2017/11/zwift-releases-apple-tv-4k.htmlBut most computer monitors don’t have sound on them, so you’d lose that (which doesn’t matter a ton in Zwift of course). … What about sensors? You know, things like heart rate straps and trainers? You can use almost anything you used before – as long as it’s Bluetooth Smart.
Cycling Trainer App Guide In-Depth: 2020 Edition
www.dcrainmaker.com/2020/03/cycling-indoor-trainer-app-guide.htmlSmart trainers, power meters, speed sensors, cadence sensors, and HR monitors. … You can pair a power meter or a heart rate strap here, but not other sensor types like a smart trainer or cadence sensor, which is honestly a bit weird since they already have that code based in the other app.
Hands-on: Garmin Vivosmart 4, now with Pulse Ox and Body Battery
www.dcrainmaker.com/2018/08/hands-on-garmin-vivosmart-4-now-with-pulse-ox-and-body-battery.htmlFor example, the Vivosmart 3 got Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts this past summer, and the Vivosmart 4 carries those too. … I’ve long talked about the lack of an overarching metric that takes into account things like resting heart rate trends, and sleep, and activity and gives you truly actionable instructions.
Garmin Vivoactive HR In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/05/garmin-vivoactivehr-review.htmlThat feature allows you to leave the watch on your wrist, but broadcast the heart rate signal from the optical sensor to another device. … If you didn’t want to capture that data accurately, then you could honestly save a bunch of cash and get a simpler device (like the sub-$100 Vivofit3), which also has Move IQ.
Polar A360 In-Depth Review
www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/12/polar-a360-depth-review.htmlThis would be their first entrant into the optical HR sensor world, a key milestone for a company that’s effectively built its entire reputation and company on measuring heart rate accurately. … The A360 is basically an activity tracker that’s been combined with a basic heart rate monitor.
