Suunto ZoneSense

James Eastwood

Is there any plan to license out (or make freely available) ZoneSense? I would love to use it when cycling (indoors or out) but it’s not practical to use my watch.

Brad_Olwin

@Maryn said in Suunto ZoneSense:

@Brad_Olwin with the Polar H10 chest strap, I get chafing during longer workouts (>2 hours), usually in the area where the sensor is placed. I’m wondering if the Suunto strap would be any different. After your comment, I think I’ll go ahead and buy it.

Look at the Suunto online, the puck is round and small, the chafe I get from the Garmin is the large size of the sensor that is rectangular. The strap itself for the Suunto seems softer too. The longest continuous I have worn the Suunto in a Race is 42h.

Elmiuel

@Maryn Hello, in my case, after years with Garmin, then Polar and other brands, I decided to use the Suunto sensor after purchasing the device… in workouts of 2, 4, even 6 hours in the heat, rain, and with a lot of clothing… I haven’t had any discomfort. In fact, since it’s small, you only notice the pressure of the band.
The connection is instantaneous, it works like a charm, and I think it’s one of the most comfortable I’ve tried to date. I hope to help you with my user feedback.

Maryn

@Elmiuel @Brad_Olwin thank you guys!

sartoric

@Maryn
I use the smart sensor when practicing martial art and I want to keep track of HR, since I cannot wear watches or anything else (rings, arm bands …)

After a while I forget I’m wearing it

Todd Danielczyk

I can confirm the Suunto belt fits well. If anyone needs one I have an extra I can give them (for free). I’m based in the Untied States so shipping domestically would be preferred.

Just PM me if you want it and I’ll get it out to you.

A Former User

@Todd-Danielczyk Unfortunately had to cancel since I’m not in the US, but I really appreciate the kind intention. Somebody will enjoy it

The_77

One thing I’ve noticed in the past couple of weeks is that ZS shows you a good indicator of per-sport fitness. For example, when running it is incredibly difficult for me to get into the red zone - I’d say 99/100 times it doesn’t happen. But I’ve ridden the bike for the first couple of times this year of late and even climbs of under ten minutes total will happily throw me into the VO2 max zone, despite at a comparatively much easier intensity than running.

I’d also suspect it has a lot to do with the initial base ten minutes cycling being easier than running due to freewheeling, but it’s interesting nevertheless.

Maryn

@Brad_Olwin I bought the suunto smart belt. I am really happy with it, it is practically unnoticeable. It is extremely comfortable and has not caused any chafing around the sensor so far. It is much more comfortable than the h10 with a pro belt.
Thanks again

Brad_Olwin

@Maryn said in Suunto ZoneSense:

@Brad_Olwin I bought the suunto smart belt. I am really happy with it, it is practically unnoticeable. It is extremely comfortable and has not caused any chafing around the sensor so far. It is much more comfortable than the h10 with a pro belt.
Thanks again

Great! For me a game changer as the other belts will chafe and are uncomfortable. I would like to stream data to more than one watch but not enough to wear a different belt.

Adrian.S

@The_77 Heart rate zones for cycling are usually 8-10 beats lower than for running, according to statistical studies of thousands of athletes.

When training for a triathlon, people do separate zone tests for running and cycling.

I regularly do running tests 1-2 times a year. The person who does this told me this, and I believe him because he does this professionally

I have set my zones 8 points lower than for running, and this more or less corresponds to how I feel at the same HR, for example 142 while in Z1 running and 142 while cycling are different feelings.

thanasis

I still get some hard to justify measurements
Eg today on a trail run , going uphill , HR exceeded 180bpm for over 2minutes and zonesense was still on the green part

timecode

@thanasis this happened to me just now. My HR was 176, Zonesense shows a huge drop. Not sure how to read that.

Brad_Olwin

@timecode ZS needs minutes to adjust. What you saw is normal. Your HR dropped a lot before it rapidly elevated at the end of your graph. ZS appropriately dropped then started rising. You were not long enough at a high HR! This has been stated many, many times here.

timecode

This keeps happening when using Zonesense a lot. I am able to see data on my watch during an activity, but in the app the graph looks like this. HR strap is connected, HR data is there. Any idea why this is happening?

Brad_Olwin

@timecode Is this true for all exercises? Do you have old ones with a strap prior to ZS release? Those will show ZS as well.

timecode

@Brad_Olwin it’s not every exercise, sometimes it’s like this - there’s a chunk missing at the end of the excercise or some drops:

Today I was checking Zonesense quite often on my watch during the excercise and I saw data. It’s just missing in the app.

brechtvb

@timecode sometimes I have the impression by opening the big graph or swapping the data in the display for other measurements, more data (complete) pops up, odd, and a bug in the end.

SamuelP

@timecode it happened me the first time a few weeks ago. I didnt wet the belt before my run. I guess the connection was good enough for HR but not the r-r data. After a while probably my sweat made the connection better or something?

isazi

@SamuelP indeed, if the data is too noisy it is not used for ZoneSense, data needs to be quite clean to be used.