[Closed] Which Bluetooth heart rate chest strap

H7 is good for the cash - I used an Amazon voucher to fund it. I did a stint with a Ldl brand one, but it failed after 6 months. The H7 seems to be better built. Comfortable enough to wear, not had any issues with variable signal or anything..

I use a wahoo one, just the basic version. It's been faultless the past year.

Running an Aldi one I picked up in the sale, works well with Strava on my Android and has defo been a benefit to my training. Only trouble is when I try and run Bluetooth headphones alongside the HR strap and then display it all on my smar****ch. Seems to run on the same channel (that's probably not the correct technical term...) as the headphones so one or the other cuts out.

topeak one was good and cheap.

wrist based one (mio fuse) now is better.

That's interesting jam bo, I've always been under the impression that wrist band types were a bit hit and miss for accuracy, I'll look into them now as it would be a bit more practical I reckon.

aldi one here too. was £14.99 and works perfectly

mines been great. and its ant+ as well as BT so I can use it with my phone and my garmin. has made me realise how uncomfortable chest straps are, i kinda got used to it but not wearing one is great.

I've always been under the impression that wrist band types were a bit hit and miss for accuracy

Mio seems to have stepped the technology on for the consumer market, they are now just as accurate for heart rate as chest bands. Where they do still fall behind chest straps is accurately measuring heart rate variability. That may or probably won't be something that interests most. I have been monitoring it at times for a few weeks, but I am clueless as to what it is actually telling me.

For simplicity I would recommend a mio link, it is what I usually wear for cycling and in the gym now. For taking HRV readings and running I use a chest strap. And only for running because I don't want to wear a hr wrist strap and a separate watch, When I come to replace my garmin 910 I hope they do one with built in HR.

I have an H7. The first one failed after a week or so, replaced no bother by Wiggle. The new one is doing OK and I've had it over a year.

Have a Garmin one that came with my Edge bundle and a Polar H7 both have been faultless and are comfortable to wear all day.

What do you mean by heart rate variability MSP, is this something different to the ups and downs in rate I'd be measuring during a ride ?

Yeah, heat rate is the average taken over a given time, HRV measures the varying difference between individual beats which is smoothed out by the normal averaging.

It is supposedly a good indicator of general health (ie are you coming down with something, stressed, tired or overtrained) it is a bit deeper into sports science and physiology than I really understand. I have just been using a free app from http://www.elitehrv.com/ to take a reading every morning. I will probably judge in a month or so if it actually ties in with how I do feel.

It does seem to have a basis in science, it's just if that is the science of woo.

I'm with you. I've measured my early morning resting heart rate in the past when I've been training heavily, it can be useful and interesting. Mind you I've done it the traditional way of taking my own pulse v the clock on the wall.

It isn't just the resting rate, its is the variability of heart rate, ie the heart doesn't beat with clock like regularity it naturally has a somewhat chaotic rhythm (within reason).

Interesting MSP, I'll look into that. cheers.

Which phone is it and what app are you looking at using? Android Strava now supports ANT+, for example.

I use the [url= http://www.myithlete.com ]ithlete[/url] app to measure HRV. If you're interested in doing that, be aware that only some Bluetooth HRMs are compatible with it. They recommend and sell the Cardiosport one for example, but the Wahoo, which I've found really reliable for general use. I don't know about other HRV apps, but it's worth checking compatibility carefully if you are thinking about something like that.

Which phone is it and what app are you looking at using? Android Strava now supports ANT+, for example.

I use Strava (not in a competitive way 😀 ) and have a Samsung Galaxy S6.

[url= https://www.thisisant.com/directory/galaxy-s6 ]That supports ant+ then ! [/url]

I use a Mio Link wrist strap too. At first I had issues with connections dropping, but I later realised that was my phone. (I have the same issue with Bluetooth headphones). If I restart the phone first, there are no connection problems, but if it has been running all week then it will drop regularly and for no reason.