Heart rate monitors have been around for decades.
Bicycle heart rate monitor.
As you ve no doubt noticed the harder you ride the faster your heart beats so heart rate is a useful proxy for your effort level.
The hrm dual is garmin s heart rate monitor that is compatible with bluetooth as well as ant and it has a 3m range.
4iiii claimed that it s 10x more sensitive when compared to traditional heart rate monitors such as the ones from wahoo or garmin.
The viiiiva heart rate monitor is targeted for more advanced users or the data geeks.
Polar invented the wireless heart rate monitor and when it launched the h10 strap a few years ago it claimed it to be the most accurate on the market.
Polar introduced the first wireless wearable heart rate monitor the sport tester pe2000 in 1978 but it wasn t until 1982 when polar.
Garmin s latest heart rate monitoring chest strap is also its most advanced in that it can transmit real time heart rate data via ant and bluetooth to fitness apps and the peloton bike directly.