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  • 02-11-2009 1:44pm
    #1
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055727591

    I posted this up in the cycling forum, but thought it might be better answered here as generally cyclists use bike mounted devices.

    Basically I am looking for a good heart rate watch that doesnt require a strap.

    Does such a thing exist or does the technology require it?

    I had assumed there are ones out there that read off your wrist.


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  • #2
    TFBubendorfer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,340 ✭✭✭TFBubendorfer


    I once read a review of a Suunto (I think) HRM that measured the HR at the finger tip. The outcome was less than convincing, and the device was clearly inferior compared to any HRMs with a chest strap in the eyes of the reviewer.

    I have not heard of a device that reads the HR off your wrist.

    What's so bad about a strap anyway?


  • #3
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    The strap makes my breathing feel restricted even though its not affecting it. I know its all in my head but I hate it.


  • #4
    christeb
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    These guys are developing something, not sure when or if it'll be on the market though...


  • #5
    TFBubendorfer
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    Jumpy wrote: »
    The strap makes my breathing feel restricted even though its not affecting it. I know its all in my head but I hate it.

    How long have you actually tried it?


  • #6
    --amadeus--
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,096 ✭✭✭--amadeus--


    You can get HRMs that work off your finger tip - touch it as you run and it'll take your HR at that point. Not great compared to the constant recording you get from a strap but better than nothing I suppose


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  • #7
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    TFBubendorfer wrote: »
    How long have you actually tried it?

    I wear it every time I am out cycling (6 months or so). Longest that it has been on so far is 6 hours.


  • #8
    estariol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 399 ✭✭estariol


    this might be worth a look
    http://www.numetrex.com/about/cardio-shirt


  • #9
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,550 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    I bought one in LIDL last week for 20 euro. Reads your heart rate from your wrist and your fingertip combined (you have to hold your finger on the pulse button for around 5 seconds.

    Amadeus is spot-on, it won't record your heart rate in a log-type format, just a real-time on demand fashion. Given the poor contacts, I wouldn't say its very acurate anyway, but the few times I tried it (I actually bought the watch to use as a stop-watch) it seemed to be consistent with my level of effort, or thereabouts. I don't think that any consumer HRM is particularly acurrate at a fixed point in time anyway, it's more useful to look at HRM average over a defined period, like an interval, a mile, a hill-climb, a race, etc.


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