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Post by helenabear on Oct 23, 2023 8:50:30 GMT -5
Does she maybe like the idea of one more than she actually wants one? This could be! It has come up before in the past, as sort of a tool to "remind" her to get up and move. She changed jobs and is no longer behind a desk all day, so I think she stopped being interested at that point. Lately she's had some stress and also started some exercise and was noticing funny heartbeat patterns, she went to the doctor and talked about it and they are pretty sure it is from the stress and the new (not used to it) exercising. But they were chatting about fitbits and Apple watches. Yesterday she said she might see about getting an actual HRM from the hospital, like the kind you check out and wear for a day or two. If she's truly worried about her heart, I would go the route of renting a HRM and get good data. The fitbits and watches with optical sensors are nowhere near as reliable as one like that. Garmin makes some as well IIRC. The remind ro move is a nice feature but cheap things can do that as well. |
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Post by Adelard of Bath on Oct 23, 2023 8:58:52 GMT -5
The remind to move is a nice feature but cheap things can do that as well. When I go for a walk, I don't worry about steps, I just look at how long. e.g. "25 minutes today, hm usually I like 30" or "I'm not feeling it today but at least I did 15 minutes" that kind of thing. My previous phone had a step-counter built-in if you swiped over from the home screen (along with other things like a built-in place to type a little memo and a "where did I park" locator, stupid stuff) and during trips to Disney, wife would always ask how many steps and how far we went that day. I guess she liked that feedback. |
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Post by tomandrobin on Oct 23, 2023 9:41:34 GMT -5
Robin and I are long time fitbit users. We use it to track steps, sleep and heart stuff for me. They are super durable and waterproof (to a degree). I am very rough with any wearables and these have held up over the years. Robin likes to monitor her zone minutes each day. Getting the steps is only one part of your daily goals.
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Post by helenabear on Oct 23, 2023 9:56:05 GMT -5
The remind to move is a nice feature but cheap things can do that as well. When I go for a walk, I don't worry about steps, I just look at how long. e.g. "25 minutes today, hm usually I like 30" or "I'm not feeling it today but at least I did 15 minutes" that kind of thing. My previous phone had a step-counter built-in if you swiped over from the home screen (along with other things like a built-in place to type a little memo and a "where did I park" locator, stupid stuff) and during trips to Disney, wife would always ask how many steps and how far we went that day. I guess she liked that feedback. All of our phones monitor steps. I don't actually care so much about that. My watch reminds me to move. As a WFH person who is on computers and tablets all day I can fall deep into work so that's good for me. I assume iPhone so I'll look at my spouse's work phone but I'm pretty sure they all show that still. Just unsure of a widget or the like. If she carries a phone at all she's likely getting the steps anyway. I don't carry phones around hence my use of a watch. As I said I'm not a huge fitbit fan and as soon as my spouse's dies he'll swap to a smart watch. We've just gone through too many of them with issues with our last only lasting 1.5 years. Totally dead and won't resurrect. I'd rather get in on device I know will last |
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Post by Adelard of Bath on Oct 23, 2023 10:56:17 GMT -5
Hah she doesn't carry her phone at all! Like, ever!
It's in her purse, I guess, but the purse does not get to go see Disney, it stays home all sad.
And it's an old Samsung running on Tracfone. It doesn't do much of anything hee hee
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Post by captjacksfamily on Oct 23, 2023 13:30:00 GMT -5
This could be! It has come up before in the past, as sort of a tool to "remind" her to get up and move. She changed jobs and is no longer behind a desk all day, so I think she stopped being interested at that point. Lately she's had some stress and also started some exercise and was noticing funny heartbeat patterns, she went to the doctor and talked about it and they are pretty sure it is from the stress and the new (not used to it) exercising. But they were chatting about fitbits and Apple watches. Yesterday she said she might see about getting an actual HRM from the hospital, like the kind you check out and wear for a day or two. If she's truly worried about her heart, I would go the route of renting a HRM and get good data. The fitbits and watches with optical sensors are nowhere near as reliable as one like that. Garmin makes some as well IIRC. The remind ro move is a nice feature but cheap things can do that as well. I often wear both a strap and my Apple Watch, on the bike the strap talks to a Garmin 520 mounted to my bars and on the treadmill it talks to the phone in a phone tray so the display shows. By using the strap I can have whichever device I am linking it to set up so that I can see it without looking at my wrist. I am currently using a Wahoo strap but have also used Garmin straps. In all case the strap data is very close to the watch data typically the same or within a beat. There are times for what reason one or the other device will have drop outs but it is rare. FYI for women they do make sports bras with the strap built in. |
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Post by helenabear on Oct 23, 2023 14:20:40 GMT -5
If she's truly worried about her heart, I would go the route of renting a HRM and get good data. The fitbits and watches with optical sensors are nowhere near as reliable as one like that. Garmin makes some as well IIRC. The remind ro move is a nice feature but cheap things can do that as well. I often wear both a strap and my Apple Watch, on the bike the strap talks to a Garmin 520 mounted to my bars and on the treadmill it talks to the phone in a phone tray so the display shows. By using the strap I can have whichever device I am linking it to set up so that I can see it without looking at my wrist. I am currently using a Wahoo strap but have also used Garmin straps. In all case the strap data is very close to the watch data typically the same or within a beat. There are times for what reason one or the other device will have drop outs but it is rare. FYI for women they do make sports bras with the strap built in. Just sharing info given. My dad was specifically told not to use a watch but a real medical device. I assume for this all spelled out here. my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/23429-heart-rate-monitor |
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Post by captjacksfamily on Oct 24, 2023 8:20:52 GMT -5
Not arguing that the strap is better especially for medical purposes just saying that for casual use and for training the optical wearable system seems to be close enough. After wearing a strap HRM for many hours over many years there are some issues to contend with especially if you are not working out hard enough to sweat (not an issue in Florida...) and until there is good contact the results are all over the map. We use to lick the electrode on the back of the strap to be sure that there was a good connection between the electrodes and the body. If that grosses you out then you can get conductive grease to put on them but believe me licking that back of a heart rate strap is not the grosses thing serious cyclist do...
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Post by Adelard of Bath on Oct 24, 2023 11:34:39 GMT -5
If that grosses you out then you can get conductive grease It would never occur to me that licking the thing would be gross. The grease, though, bleah |
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