OHR accuracy of owners of Race 2

[VoiGAS]

Are there signs of cadence lock during downhills? Thats the only situation where the Race S OHR really fails for me

[Tomas5]

@VoiGAS i don’t run, i will see while hiking

[Tomas5]

Today possibly cadence lock in first half? Not sure but strange change in middle of activity while i walked same speed all the way.

[2b2bff]

@Adam.B which Garmin are we speaking of?

[Tomas5]

Today I did bike ride, almost all it was done on asphalt road. Here is comparison of Suunto 5 (using Suunto Smart Heart Rate Belt), and Suunto Race 2 OHR sensor.

[Luis Andés Olmedo]

Yesterday during a long run. Constant pace all the way.

[Jean-Philippe REY]

@Luis-Andés-Olmedo
Ok so I am not alone with those crazy high bpm in the beginning of each easy run…

[sorinus]

@Jean-Philippe-REY said in OHR accuracy of owners of Race 2:

@Luis-Andés-Olmedo
Ok so I am not alone with those crazy high bpm in the beginning of each easy run…

The crazy high BPM at the beginning of an easy run is since forever on my Vertical too.

[Tomas5]

@sorinus try to wait minute or two after watch lock on HR before starting your excercise.

[Egika]

@Tomas5 with almost every Suunto watch I had bad OHR readings when riding my bike.
Usually it would eventually just fall into the lower 80s and stay there.

Race 2 was the first watch to ever got OHR in cycling right for me!

[Matteiva]

@Tomas5 Mine is 100% off… See my report https://forum.suunto.com/post/177055

With screen capture, same evening first 10k easy with suunto ohr 165/170…
Then another last km with polar chest just to confirm I was not crazy or hill

Same pace in both case 5:35 per km

[Tomas5]

@Matteiva my test from bike ride turned out good. Comparing to chest strap. I will do similar for walking activities. I am suspiciouse there is possible cadence lock when watch is not tight on your wrist. But i will see after comparison with chest strap. Hope i will find time to test this week.

[Tomas5]

With old Suunto 5 i hade from time to time crazy high HR measurement using OHR sensor. At least this didn’t occured yet on Race 2. So big improvement in that for my.

[Matteiva]

@Tomas5 in 10 years that’s the worst OHR I have ever seen for me while running

chest are always the best for specific workout, but for daily training or trail a good OHR should be enough, I use both chest and ohr, but very disappointed with the race 2, meaning I can not train with it’s ohr

[gogapo]

@Matteiva I’ve been having a few problems with my Race 2, but OHR isn’t one of them — it’s actually been quite good, to be fair. Much better than my previous Coros Pace 3.

Today I did a 45-minute workout: 5 minutes in zone 1, 30 minutes in zone 2, and 10 minutes in zones 4 and 5. The watch performed impeccably in terms of OHR accuracy, as you can see here

[Gunnar]

@Matteiva hey, I am curious. Which OHR did you use 10 years ago? Must have been one of the first gadgets.

[Matteiva]

@Gunnar Tomtom watch, maybe not 10 but 8 ohr was better

[Matteiva]

@gogapo it surely depends per individual, skin tone, pilosity, and veins

I always used same strong nylon scratch band since garmin fenix 6x

[Gunnar]

@Matteiva I just read a review of the Tomtom runner 3. Same user experience as today for current watches. Nothing changed apparently

[Matteiva]

@Gunnar yes I remember it was almost 10 bits above my real heart rate, but race 2 was 25/30 yesterday evening, during all my activity

And garmin epix pro 2 was spot on most of the time, same type of band same personn ( me ! )

Hoping a fix soon