Heart rate monitors have been around for decades.
Bicycle heart rate monitor.
Polar introduced the first wireless wearable heart rate monitor the sport tester pe2000 in 1978 but it wasn t until 1982 when polar.
A heart rate monitor as the name suggests measures your heart rate in beats per minute and displays it on a screen.
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.
Like garmin s premium heart rate monitor the unit takes cr2032 batteries.
The hrm dual is garmin s heart rate monitor that is compatible with bluetooth as well as ant and it has a 3m range.
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.
The viiiiva heart rate monitor is targeted for more advanced users or the data geeks.