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Smartwatch with continuous heart rate monitoring and alarms - recs needed.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 9:04 am
Posted on 8/7/24 at 9:04 am
Searching for a watch/device that will monitor heart rate continuously and display continuously, that also has alarms. I've seen apple watches, fitbits, etc that have such alarms but only during rest time and after a certain duration.
Does anyone know of a product that continuously monitors heart rate and will immediately alert if rate reaches a certain level high/low? Mainly looking for one that will alarm at all times especially during activity walking/running.... not just rest times.
Does anyone know of a product that continuously monitors heart rate and will immediately alert if rate reaches a certain level high/low? Mainly looking for one that will alarm at all times especially during activity walking/running.... not just rest times.
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Posted on 8/7/24 at 9:13 am to The Mick
Garmin and Apple both have features that allow you to set what a "high" or "abnormal" heart rate is for your body. Google how to do them and see which watch you like more.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 9:29 am to The Mick
Not sure about others by I have a Garmin instinct 2 and it can be set to have HR min max for an activity.
What I like about the Garmin is battery life, if not using GPS I can get 19-20days on a charge. My wife has to charge her Apple Watch every day. I wear my watch to sleep so I get HR and sleep monitoring without having to worry about charging so much.
What I like about the Garmin is battery life, if not using GPS I can get 19-20days on a charge. My wife has to charge her Apple Watch every day. I wear my watch to sleep so I get HR and sleep monitoring without having to worry about charging so much.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 10:26 am to BilbeauTBaggins
quote:Ive only seen that these alarms are for during resting times and after a 10 minute timeframe has elapsed.
Garmin and Apple both have features that allow you to set what a "high" or "abnormal" heart rate is for your body. Google how to do them and see which watch you like more.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 10:27 am to Ol boy
quote:Do you get an immediate, real-time alert when the HR reaches the set limit?
HR min max for an activity.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 12:53 pm to The Mick
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Do you get an immediate, real-time alert when the HR reaches the set limit?
I haven’t set any of my runs or workouts for HR alarm. But it’s a setting that you can set as a parameter and for instance I set mine for running pace and it alerts when I’m over or under that pace.
I would assume it alerts on HR just like it does on pace.
It can be set for the following (pace, cadence, HR zone, custom HR, power zone and custom power zone.
This post was edited on 8/7/24 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 8/7/24 at 1:10 pm to Ol boy
Ok cool I'll have to look into that further.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 2:32 pm to The Mick
I also have a Garmin Instinct 2, and I've set and used the pace and HR zone alarms. They work pretty well, but those only function while you're engaged in an activity.
The alerts I set were only in operation during an activity, which for me is usually the Walking activity, the HR zone and pace alerts didn't have any effect during the rest of the day when I'm just living and doing whatever while wearing the watch. It does track and display HR continuously, you can change the watch faces themselves and change the layout of the data in lots of different ways on all models of Garmin smartwatches. I'm sure that is pretty standard with other brands as well. I like seeing my HR on demand so I made sure to pick a watch face that constantly displays it in the upper right area of the screen in a little circle.
As I was typing this out I decided to look at the user manual for the Instinct 2, and you can set what they call Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts, where you decide what the upper and lower HR limits are and then the watch will vibrate and alert you if you go outside of your set threshold.
And just like ol boy said, these things have phenomenal battery life, and I use the GPS frequently, still only charge this thing about twice a month.
The alerts I set were only in operation during an activity, which for me is usually the Walking activity, the HR zone and pace alerts didn't have any effect during the rest of the day when I'm just living and doing whatever while wearing the watch. It does track and display HR continuously, you can change the watch faces themselves and change the layout of the data in lots of different ways on all models of Garmin smartwatches. I'm sure that is pretty standard with other brands as well. I like seeing my HR on demand so I made sure to pick a watch face that constantly displays it in the upper right area of the screen in a little circle.
As I was typing this out I decided to look at the user manual for the Instinct 2, and you can set what they call Abnormal Heart Rate Alerts, where you decide what the upper and lower HR limits are and then the watch will vibrate and alert you if you go outside of your set threshold.
And just like ol boy said, these things have phenomenal battery life, and I use the GPS frequently, still only charge this thing about twice a month.
Posted on 8/7/24 at 11:14 pm to The Mick
I have a Garmin Epix 2, it has alerts sand does exactly whet you’re asking.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 9:12 am to The Mick
Apple watch does this for workouts. You can go into a workout and adjust the settings so it alerts you if you're above a certain HR zone, prompting you to speed up or slow down. You can also adjust HR zones.
Posted on 8/8/24 at 9:18 am to The Mick
Not sure how accurate you need this be, but wrist-based HR monitors are not good. If you need some level of accuracy, you'll need to get a chest strap to wear that will pair up with your watch.
I have a Garmin Fenix 6 that I absolutely love that I pair with a Polar chest strap for running and riding my bike when I want to stay in a particular zone.
There are a lot of times I will be absolutely pushing my limits then look down and my Garmin says my HR is zone 1 when I don't use the chest strap.
I have a Garmin Fenix 6 that I absolutely love that I pair with a Polar chest strap for running and riding my bike when I want to stay in a particular zone.
There are a lot of times I will be absolutely pushing my limits then look down and my Garmin says my HR is zone 1 when I don't use the chest strap.
Posted on 8/9/24 at 7:09 am to idontyield
I pair a Garmin with a Polar HR9 for the cardio sessions when I want more accurate/consistent data, but for most of the day/night just walking and sitting around, a wrist based HR monitor is gonna be accurate enough for what I think he needs. I just set the alerts for Abnormal Heart Rate on my Instinct 2 and it wasn't as fine tune-able as I was hoping. The low threshold alert was only capable of being set from 60bpm down to 40bpm in intervals of 5, (so 60, 55, 50, 45, or 40) and the high threshold was capable of being set from 180bpm down to 100bpm in intervals of 10 only.
So no fine tuning it to, say for example, a high threshold of 187 and a low threshold of 32. It's only capable of pretty basic monitoring, but it can display HR constantly and alert you constantly.
So no fine tuning it to, say for example, a high threshold of 187 and a low threshold of 32. It's only capable of pretty basic monitoring, but it can display HR constantly and alert you constantly.
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