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Feb 2020
7:46pm, 28 Feb 2020
329 posts
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Maccathecracker
For info, my garmin hrm-run strap died a few weeks ago but at £70 odd to replace I thought I’d live with the optical monitor. Readings were rubbish so when Wiggle reduced to £50 I took the plunge. Still at that price btw.
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Feb 2020
8:16pm, 28 Feb 2020
1,305 posts
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Daz Love
Macca - Do you get any dodgy readings with HRM Run? I have the HRM Dual and it plays up (from time to time)
*I never thought I would be in on a Friday night talking about HR Monitors  What has happened!
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Feb 2020
10:37pm, 28 Feb 2020
330 posts
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Maccathecracker
🤣I can see my 20yr old self shaking his head now in dismay.
I can’t recall any issues with the HRM-run. It tracks efforts accurately and is consistent @ MP & LT. I suspect it died (after 5 or 6 years) due to lack of cleaning.
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Mar 2020
8:19am, 1 Mar 2020
605 posts
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Cog Noscensme AHA
I have the HRM Tri and it's been fairly trouble free over a few years and a couple of battery changes. It's also the only strap that has not given me chafing issues. Expensive but worth it in my experience.
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Apr 2020
9:53am, 26 Apr 2020
9,978 posts
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geordiegirl
Morning all. Just a question for you who have more knowledge than me.
My resting HR is generally around 48-54 the last two days it’s now 60’s. I’ve been working out more this week and my Garmin does tell me I need more low impact exercise could this be why it’s raised?
It also checks my pulse ox levels which have dropped from 94% to 88%. I’ll be honest I don’t fully understand all these stats just that they have changed for the worst.
Thanks in advance.
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Apr 2020
10:10am, 26 Apr 2020
2,731 posts
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J2R
geordiegirl, my heart rate climbs when I'm about to come down with something. Hope that isn't the case for you. Mind you, that's normally only a day or so in duration, so I suspect something different in your case.
Anyone here have a Polar M430 watch, and can advise me on tip for getting the most reliable heart rate readings? I've not used a wrist-based heart rate monitor before, and would not have one now (I don't mind chest straps) but for the fact that both my HRM straps have died and then my Garmin 220 started failing, with ridiculously short battery life (less than 2 hours). The Polar M430 had been very well reviewed and was inexpensive (mine was £105), so I went for it.
I've tried Mrs J2R's TomTom a couple of times and the heart rate readings were all over the place. The Polar definitely seems better, although I've seen sporadic periods of obvious misreading. Overall, the watch seems decent enough, although it has one really serious flaw, IMHO, a crazy design decision - the pause/stop button is not the same as the start button (unlike every stopwatch ever, and every GPS watch I've tried). Not only that, but it's at a position (7 o'clock on the face) which I find more awkward to reach quickly. So I keep recording laps instead of pausing.
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Apr 2020
10:11am, 26 Apr 2020
36,143 posts
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Nellers
I've no idea how accurate the OX level measure is so won't comment there but yes, working out more will elevate your resting HR. While your body is doing the stuff it needs to do to recover it needs more nutrients/oxygen etc to get to the bits you've worked and it needs to carry away additional waste products from the exercise.
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Apr 2020
10:27am, 26 Apr 2020
9,980 posts
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geordiegirl
Thanks both I have been working out more doing strength and conditioning weekday mornings and I’ve done four 5+m runs which for me is an increase as well as walking on the non run days. That could be it. I’m trying to eat healthily but also a few too many drinks during this crazy time. Maybe more if a balance needed.
Certainly hope I’m not coming down with something (esp the c-v word 😬)
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May 2020
9:49am, 6 May 2020
36,206 posts
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Nellers
Morning folks,
I've been hearing and reading about Heart Rate Variation as a metric that can indicate when you're overtaining (or warn you against that) for a while but I've not seen anything that is easily available to measure it accurately without a fairly significant outlay in terms of a sensor or kit of some sort or a subscription.
The Oxygen Addict podcast this week has an interview about an app (HRV4Training) which uses just the phone camera, costs £9.99 to buy and has no subscription etc following on from that. Claims are that it's an accurate, effective, simple way to monitor HRV.
Any thoughts from the experts on here? Worth a punt, or is HRV just the latest fad and will be gone with the lockdown?
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May 2020
9:57am, 6 May 2020
3,642 posts
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StuH
I think most HRM chest straps will measure HRV. There is a free app "Elite HRV"
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