Anyone know of good strapless HR monitors?
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Socket posted 34 weeks ago.
Here's a few that a quick Googling brought up. I'm thinking of getting one for my girlfriend as she also wants as little complication as possible.
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cjhoffmn posted 34 weeks ago.
Y, I had searched that site as well, those are the units I was hoping to get feedback about. The Mio unit seemed the most interesting, but aside from web page information, I couldn't seem to find anything real about how it works.
I'm going to try to find some in stores over the next couple of days. If I learn anything useful, I'll post.
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kylie posted 34 weeks ago.
The thing with strapless HRM: they don't measure your HR continuously. You usually have to touch a certain spot on the watch with a couple fingers. The problem there is you have to somewhat change your pace or effort to get a reading, which is going to change the reading.
Personally, I think having a strap makes it simplier: I don't do anything but look at it and my HR is there.
Can I ask why a HRM would be useful for him if accuracy and performance are not part of it?
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cjhoffmn posted 34 weeks ago.
Well, maybe I've overstated that - its just that it doesn't have to as accurate or perform as we might want. I'm hoping to encourage him into a few new health habits, and the simpler the technology the better. Furthermore, he's a very large man, and when I saw him last, my Polar HR strap didn't even come close to fitting him and its probably an XL. So strapless conceptually solves several problems. If it just gives him timer, continous HR and maybe calcs calories burned, its good.
But I'm really glad you posted, because I hadn't picked up on the fact that they said "on demand" rather than continuous. I geuss that means he'd have to stop to measure - that's no good. I figured there were some that just measured it from the wrist, but were less accurate.
I may have to just figure out how to get a larger strap.
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kylie posted 34 weeks ago.
Yeah I had hoped for a strapless since it sounded more comfortable, but looked into it and found none that do a continuous reading. Kinda makes sense since it would be hard to read from the top of the wrist (might work from the bottom, but it would be hard to place a sensor there).
Yeah, making a new strap shouldn't be too hard.
Another option would be shooting off an email to Polar - tell them the normal strap won't work, and that he really wants to get in shape and take advantage of the HRM. They might even have some kind of solution or be able to help you with it.
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Broooz posted 16 weeks ago.
Has anyone tried this strapless monitor. I have a slightly concave chest and find the chest straps do not give a reliable reading - sometimes it works around my stomach but other times not. So I wonder whether to give this a go
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Socket posted 16 weeks ago.
I have a fairly concave chest and my Polar one works fine since the sensors are off to the side and not over the gaping hole. Make sure its tight enough and the sensors are moistened.
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Broooz posted 16 weeks ago.
Thanks - tried that but my gap is to the side where the monitors are!
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Socket posted 16 weeks ago.
Well that's a terrible place to put the gap! You should get a refund from the installer. :-P
I haven't tried this yet, but perhaps putting the sensors on your back? It'd still be close to the source for reading but not interfered with by the pectus excavatum. Also check the usual suspects for signal errors (battery in watch, battery in strap, RF interference). The spinning bikes at my gym pick up the strap's signal fine, but block the watch's reception.
But if that's the case that the straps aren't going to work for you, you may end up having to use the touch sensor types that don't give a continuous read. I'd keep playing with the strap positioning if you're intent on using the HRM.
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Broooz posted 15 weeks ago.
Thanks that's a good idea, will try the back although not sure my heart makes it round there!
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Socket posted 15 weeks ago.
I actually tried it this morning before my workout and it did work; it felt pretty awkward from what I'm used to, but it worked. Let me know how it did for you.
I'm thinking of getting HR monitors for my dad for Christmas. I want to get one that's as uncomplicated as possible, so I've been looking at some of the stapless ones. He's not exercising at any level of performance to need or want the features we'd mostly want, so can afford to sacrifice some accuracy in favor of simplicity of use.
Anyone ever tried any of these: http://www.miowatch.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ ?
Or the Reebok sport ones?
Any others pop to mind for a HR monitor that doesn't have a strap?
Looking forward to any thoughts.
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