Wearable Tech
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Going for a walk to John Lewis at lunch, hopefully they'll have a good selection on display to have a play with
Soldato
Rumour has it that Garmin are bringing out the Fenix 6 fairly soon... So you may want to hold off on that range.
god damn it!
Caporegime
Yes, a good idea. Mine barely fits, I'm on the second-to-last hole on the wrist strap, never thought about even trying some on for size!
is there a known technology difference between their optical sensors ? it had seemed apple had come up with an innovation with their (contact/wired) ecg mechanism, but I don't know if that can work for sport
Interesting to load the hrm data into excel and compare with apps, to see significance of peaks
I think my/the Endomondo graphs are wrong, but looking at the raw/gpx data in excel (loads directly as xml file!) , there are hr samples about every two seconds, and looked like below, did a moving average in red.
I'll try the algorithm from the last ref - but as I say, I am wondering what the significance of any measures over a short period really is
the article does not seem to compare 'accuracy' of wrist vs strap (but would have thought an electrical/strap measure would be more accurate - moving arms around as you run must impact wrist measure ?)
Commissario
When I ride my bike, I wear the Garmin heart rate monitor chest strap and also have my Apple Watch running. When I compare them afterwards, they're always within a couple of beats of each other.
Soldato
How hard are you riding though?
If you went absolutely balls out, does the Apple Watch register the same high? (just as quickly?)
If you went absolutely balls out, does the Apple Watch register the same high? (just as quickly?)
Commissario
Seems to, yes. It's constantly monitoring in workout mode (and therefore has rubbish battery life when using it like that).
Soldato
That's not bad if that's the case. On my ride yesterday, I think the highest the Garmin optical sensor detected was about 165 ish. I know that in some of the sprints and climbing, my HR would have easily been in the high 180s.
Bought aGarmin Forerunner yesterday. About to take it out for a run this morning. Not convinced by it yet though - the heart rate monitor seems to be all over the place. I hope I picked the right device where you get all the maps and stats displayed on a nice web page. I might be getting confused with Strava. 
You should be able to upload directly to Strava for the analytics. My VA3 has uploaded the stats in the time it takes to get a drink so I can sit outside for a few mins to cool down and see how well I've done. The Garmin Connect app also provides a good amount of information.
Soldato
Once you link Garmin Connect app and Strava it automatically uploads it for you.
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FitBit Charge 2. I'm not sure how accurate these things are but according to mine, I walk around 20KM per day 
Don
FitBit Charge 2. I'm not sure how accurate these things are but according to mine, I walk around 20KM per day
The wife clocks up a couple of miles just brushing and straightening her hair
Soldato
I need one of those!
If i don't make a conscious effort to do exercise i usually go to bed and see a result of around 2500 steps which is ridiculous and shows what a lazy **** i am on my rest days!
If i don't make a conscious effort to do exercise i usually go to bed and see a result of around 2500 steps which is ridiculous and shows what a lazy **** i am on my rest days!
Soldato
Don't have any but my mate 20 Pro health app is on by derault tells me my usual clifftop walk is 38000 steps but after my fat scales result need a diet change
low hanging fruit ... hadn't looked up the story when it was in the news a while back ... bit the iphone gives(gave?) you 43% more miles .. watch too ?
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-018-0073-x
sleep stuff looks interesting, generally, but apparently an electrode - eeg would be a better approach ... don't know if I would trust huawei with that though
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41746-018-0073-x
sleep stuff looks interesting, generally, but apparently an electrode - eeg would be a better approach ... don't know if I would trust huawei with that though
Commissario
Really strange, at the end of each day, my Fitbit and Apple Watch are normally within a thousand steps of each other. For me, 10,800 steps is five miles so they agree within half a mile. It would be interesting to try them over a measured distance but frankly, I can't be arsed! I have my daily goal which I normally smash and as long as I'm comparing like for like then it doesn't really matter. It's worth noting that the watch/phone also used GPS to measure distance as well as step count.
Ordered a fenix 5s off fleabay, apparently new unboxed but quite a bit cheaper than any other online store or high street. Hopefully not a scam or fake. ETA friday 6th. Quite excited!