Sova
Novice Member
Hi all
Please help me choose smartwatch/fitness tracker/HR monitor. Few months ago I had heart attack(ouch!!), so now when I exercise I have to keep below 150 beats per minute. My exercises are tennis and skiing and my main requirements are
Spent lot of time googling and I think only several Garmin products (Vivoactive, Vivosmart, Vivomove) and Apple Watch deliver that.
Any other products I should consider? I would like to hear from experts and first hand experience using them.
I am in the UK, looked at ibeat ( FAQ - iBeat - The Heart Monitor Smartwatch That Can Save Your Life ) but that wont be around here for a while and I think it does not tick all the boxes.
Right now I use Polar FT7 but at times heart rate is lost, there is no vibration, so I have to look at the rate every so often.
Many thanks for taking time to read and respond.
Please help me choose smartwatch/fitness tracker/HR monitor. Few months ago I had heart attack(ouch!!), so now when I exercise I have to keep below 150 beats per minute. My exercises are tennis and skiing and my main requirements are
- wrist heart rate monitor as accurate as possible
- vibration alert when I go over the HR limit.
- will work below zero and on high altitude
- 2 types of vibration alerts: one at 140 beats to tell me in the middle of the tennis point to go for the win-or-lose shot (because few more shots will get me over 150) and a different type of vibration alert at 150 to tell me to stop immediately as going over 150 is dangerous. As I recover further I hope to push those limits up.
- waterproof - in case I fall while skiing or play tennis in light rain
Spent lot of time googling and I think only several Garmin products (Vivoactive, Vivosmart, Vivomove) and Apple Watch deliver that.
Any other products I should consider? I would like to hear from experts and first hand experience using them.
I am in the UK, looked at ibeat ( FAQ - iBeat - The Heart Monitor Smartwatch That Can Save Your Life ) but that wont be around here for a while and I think it does not tick all the boxes.
Right now I use Polar FT7 but at times heart rate is lost, there is no vibration, so I have to look at the rate every so often.
Many thanks for taking time to read and respond.