What smartwatches/HR monitors do you use to pace?

[RyeRyeBread]

I'm looking into smartwatches and heartrate trackers for HR pacing as my Samsung watch stopped working... Which ones do/have ya'll used, and are they any good?

Please share any recommendations, opinions, info you have to offer in the comments

 

[RyeRyeBread]

My old watch was a Samsung Active 2, and it was decent at tracking my HR, from my perspective.

It tracked my HR going from 130-170-200BPM when I was unmedicated for my POTS, and was what alerted me to my heartrate issuesin the first place.

It's considered old now, but I'd still recommend it for general pacing, as it seemed accurate and picked up on my rising HR around the same time I started feeling the ill-effects of it rising.

 

[Hufsamor]

I have a garmin vivoactive 4. I bought it used.
The beauty about garmin is the “body battery” that is easy to understand.
It shows if you are using energy or “charging “
Like this:

Blue mean charging, the higher the orange the more stress.
I find it very useful.

But if I should by a new watch now, I would definitely by a garmin forerunner 255 (the cheapest watch with HRV)
I use an app to measure HRV in the morning, but I would definitely prefer to have it on my watch.

If you are on Facebook, I have a Facebook group for me people and smartwatches?

 

[RyeRyeBread]

I have a garmin vivoactive 4. I bought it used.
The beauty about garmin is the “body battery” that is easy to understand.
It shows if you are using energy or “charging “
Like this:
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Blue mean charging, the higher the orange the more stress.
I find it very useful.

But if I should by a new watch now, I would definitely by a garmin forerunner 255 (the cheapest watch with HRV)
I use an app to measure HRV in the morning, but I would definitely prefer to have it on my watch.

If you are on Facebook, I have a Facebook group for me people and smartwatches?

I am on Facebook, and am definitely interested in checking out that group! what's it called?

 

[Hufsamor]

«Beat longcovid with a smartwatch»

I thought I could paste a link, but apparently not…
If you can’t find it, we find a way I can invite you

 

[Jyoti]

I'm a big fan of Garmin's Body Battery as well. I am not sure that I love everything Garmin, but the BB REALLY helps me to pace and avoid the big crashes. When I let myself be guided by it!