what is the best hr monitor?

What do you guys do with all that data? Cadence, HR, etc..

Do you do a workout and then go home and drill down into it? Toss it into a spreadsheet and graph it, a pie chart perhaps?

HR in the Summer heat is folly, and running is about pace and time. It's about covering X distance in Y time. No awards for Best Average HR.

Don't waste your time navel gazing. Get a $15 Chronograph and go run. It's a simple sport don't make it complicated.

NotPC wrote:

What do you guys do with all that data? Cadence, HR, etc..

Do you do a workout and then go home and drill down into it? Toss it into a spreadsheet and graph it, a pie chart perhaps?

HR in the Summer heat is folly, and running is about pace and time. It's about covering X distance in Y time. No awards for Best Average HR.

Don't waste your time navel gazing. Get a $15 Chronograph and go run. It's a simple sport don't make it complicated.

Lol.

I tell you a secret now: Because it is very motivating to see an improvement in the data.

And another secret, but dont tell it further: Running is a skill. Any skill must be learned.

But keep running your way, running around the whole year without any clue.

I tighten the watch strap to the point that it leaves a mark on my wrist, so it’s definitely nothing to do with it being mounted incorrectly. I guess some people must just be more susceptible to incorrect readings than others?

Mr. Grumpy wrote:

I tighten the watch strap to the point that it leaves a mark on my wrist, so it’s definitely nothing to do with it being mounted incorrectly. I guess some people must just be more susceptible to incorrect readings than others?

To be honest i dont know.

However, i have some ideas: (please refer also to the user Manual)

1) Wear your watch for a few minutes prior to starting the heart rate measurement. Also it's a good idea to warm up the skin if your hands and skin get cold easily.Get the blood going before starting your session.

2) The watch should be mounted about a finger width away from the wrist bone. I dont do that, it works for me, but you can try that. Also try the other arm.

3) Scratches on the LEDs can badly influence the measurement.

4) Clean the bottom side carefully, were the LEDs are.

I wear the watch 24/7, but take it off daily whilst I’m in the shower to give it a clean. I don’t work a manual job, so the watch is pristine.

The drop-outs happen during the run, not at the start, and could happen at any time (I run for at least 80 minutes each day) but it’s definitely affected by the cold weather. I’ve tried resetting the watch and all the usual stuff, and I don’t think that the device is faulty either.

I haven’t actually tried it on the opposite wrist, so I’ll give it a go come winter, but I’ll be back onto the chest-strap by then anyway.

Thanks for the input.

I have some $25 chinesium chest strap from amazon. It works fine, uses a watch battery that lasts several months. There are several brands out there which are probably all the same device.

Wrist HRMs just don't work for me, they will randomly spike up to obviously inaccurate numbers in almost every run.

Hi Mr. Grumpy,

I know this thread is old, but I have a question about the Polar Beat app (android) when paired with the H10. I cannot seem to find any literature or videos about this topic. What I want to be able to do is set a HR range in the app and have either voice notification or some kind of indication from the app if I deviate from that HR range (either too low or too high). Does the app have this functionality? I actually downloaded the app and went into the Running mode and saw no way to set HR parameters. Maybe once you pair a HR monitor (e.g., H10) to the app, then you can see additional functionality? I don't know. If the app can't do this, then it really isn't of much use to me. Thanks.