How does this device detect heart rate?
1004623
You wear it like a watch but between your elbo and wrist on your forearm right before your elbo. It reads your pulse and broadcast to your smartphone via Bluetooth. Mine has worked perfect for 4 years and i have purchased 4 more for family and friends over the years all still work perfect. Would highly recommend. just be sure to disregard the app that comes with it and instead use digifit. Digifit is the best app out there for exercise feedback and i have tried most.
1004624
When it worked it seemed accurate. However, it broke after a few uses. Wouldn't recommend.
1004625
It is positioned between your elbow and wrist per the manufacturers instructions. I liked mine better than a chest strap. I will never go back to that.
1669202
You need a device that receives ANT+ signals such as a Garmin heart rate monitor or some gym exercise equipment. There may be an iPhone app that sees the output from the device. I haven't checked into that.
2077597
Yes. It shows one's pulse, with an "OK" icon to indicate the heartbeat is regular. I don't know how sensitive it is. I see that the newer model, BP785N, does not mention this feature.
352120
Yes, it does read systolic, diastolic, pulse, and your pressure rating. It detects irregular heartbeat, too.
1700114
Yes, the device measures heart rate anytime on demand. The extra benefit to this device is you can set your target zone of heart beat so the monitor alerts you either when you are above or below that range.
2010773
Do not worry ! It works very well. I use it every day during exercise, it perfectly comes with the chest strap heart rate.
316271
It only counts them as you put your heart rate in. It is very sensitive so you cant move your arm around while you are trying to capture your heart rate, I actually have to stop running for a minute and press the buttons to get a reading. It will then calculate the calories burned based on the time elapsed at the heart rate that you captured, so for example if you run for thirty minutes you would need to stop a couple times during your run to get a heart rate reading and if you stop the timer before your last heart rate reading it will not calculate those calories. So long story longer I like it to get and "idea" of my calories but it is a pain to stop several times to get the heart rate reading and I question how truly accurate it is since it is not real time for the heart rate only when you actually press the buttons to capture the heart rate...but I hate chest straps so this is the next best thing for me. Hope that helps
1860562
Karen, The only thing it claimed to do was measure my pulse. It could only do that if I was sitting quietly. It would never register if I had been working out. It died the day after I got it.
2077599
According to the info given in the instruction manual. It does measure irregular heart beat and if you have irregular heart beat, a symboldepicting your heart beat will appear on the monitor.
1955641
You need to remove the device from the band and run the heart test with your finger. While doing this it also checks your oxygen levels.
1831536
Though heart rate response will be a little different for different modes of activity, a heart rate monitor is an important device for any kind of endurance activity.
1735360
It has the heart rate grips that are in the middle of the machine. Once your hands are placed on the grips it can let you know what your current heart rate is.
2203072
No it will not detect an irregular heartbeat unless pulse is really high or low.
1608615
No, this just monitor you Heart Variable Rate and Heart Beat, but have a pacer for the breathing for my is better than just the breathing
349775
The device is a watch not a phone and it will give you a heart rate by pushing and holding the correct button. It also gives you calories, steps and miles, one at a time by scrolling through the options. It does not connect to another device.
1374056
I think so cause the piece that clips onto the chest strap measures your heart rate. That's what helps it read your calorie burn more accurate.
1881094
This HR Sensor provides the data to your device (such as your smart phone). It is up to the application that you are using on your phone (and/or device). Some applications do have the setting to alert you when your heart rate is above specific rate and some do.