Heart rate monitors

[tenpoundsleft]

Are there any good ones out there?

Not the chest band variety, something to wear on your wrist.

So many "reviews" just list features I don't give a sh*t about. Don't need GPS, don't need mp3 capability, don't need a watch. Just reasonably accurate heart rate monitoring and trend keeping over time - and a way to get data into the cloud or onto my laptop.

Has anyone come across any device that works well?

 

[Sk8man101]

I think they are kind of a gimic..

 

[Michael Scally MD]

FDA Approves ECG Band For Apple Watch
http://www.cardiobrief.org/2017/11/30/fda-approves-ecg-band-for-apple-watch/

The FDA has cleared a band for the Apple Watch that records an ECG. According to AliveCor, the Kardia Band is the first medical device accessory cleared by the FDA for the Apple Watch.

 

[tenpoundsleft]

I think they are kind of a gimic..

Well, I don't care at all for the rest of the stuff they try to hype, but I would pay for a reasonably reliable (within +/- 5%) wrist heart rate monitor.

The rest is all bogus.

And since I don't like iOS, no Apple devices interest me.

Since the FDA is so fucked up regarding "medical devices" (anything useful gets banned) I'm probably going to have to find this kind of device in Asia.