Heart Rate monitor

Heart Rate Monitor

by Gemita - 2024-05-02 07:30:31

Hello Cordre, welcome.  I don’t personally need a regular heart rate monitor because I am not an athlete.  I usually know from my symptoms alone what my heart is doing. 

I sometimes use a blood pressure monitor or Kardia Mobile monitor when I need more information on my heart rate, rhythm or blood pressure.  If you are an athlete, then I can see why you might want a wrist or chest band type monitor.  

It can be difficult to get an accurate reading sometimes in the presence of a rhythm disturbance like Atrial Fibrillation or even benign ectopic beats if you get these?   Some of us even check our heart rate manually.  I often feel my neck pulse for example, to get an idea of how fast, slow or irregular my heart rate is. Pacing itself may also confuse some monitors so it might be trial and error to find something suitable for your activity and lifestyle (and pocket!)

You could try searching the Club's database under "Q" top right where you will find several pages of discussion if you type in heart rate monitor

Good luck

Apple watch for me..

by USMC-Pacer - 2024-05-02 09:54:15

Apple watch 7 in my case. Works great and is fast and accurate.

I use Garmin chest straps...

by crustyg - 2024-05-02 11:37:53

..for cycling and swimming (obviously not the same strap).

Chest straps don't work for everyone, as Lead-I is quite low voltage (which is what a chest strap records in standard 12-lead ECG terminology), compared to the V-leads.

I used to use an early Garmin chest strap for running as well (not ANT+) which connected to my Fore-Runner, but foolishly thought that the odd behaviour when setting off sometimes meant that the strap wasn't working correctly.  Turned out that it was my heart that wasn't working correctly, but that's one down to experience.

I've seen no evidence that a chest strap won't work *only* because someone has a PM, as long as the PM is pacing via bipolar leads (makes the pacing artefact very small).  There are some contributors here for whom chest straps (from any vendor) never work.  The better brands refunded in these cases.

Heart rate monitor

by Cordre - 2024-05-02 12:26:54

Thanks

In training and races I constantly checked my heart rate.

I will use my Samsung watch 5 in furure

It was easy to allways see heart rate and cadence on one screen, maybe I can find a workaround.

Heart Rate

by Daedalus - 2024-05-02 13:20:17

I check manually, but use the Kardia device when I feel Afib kick in.   Other times I use this app I have on my iPhone: "Heart Rate Pro - Health Monitor."
Accurate enough for a quick check.  

HR monitor

by piglet22 - 2024-05-02 18:47:18

Rather depends on how your heart is behaving.

A normal heart,  beating regularly with  pacemaker assistance, heart rate can be measured by any method. Radial wrist pulse counting, finger oximeter, blood pressure monitor all work well. I can't speak for Kardis or watches.

My GP recommended a chest strap type for exercise.

That all changes if ectopics are involved.

Wrist counting will count the good pulses but not the pauses you can get with ectopics.

An oximeter will show that something is amiss but it can't cope with the irregularities.

The closest you will get to an accurate rate with ectopic interference is the BP monitor 

18 months of personal experience.

Apple watch

by Tracey_E - 2024-05-03 10:31:29

my watch works well for me.