How to get Accurate Heart Rate from your Smartwatch or Sportswatch

Tips and tricks to get the most accurate heart rate from your sportswatch or smartwatch. Thanks for watching!

Polar OH1+ Arm HRM Review:

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[Burps___]

Des, this helped me. I was actually placing my Coros Pace 2 as far down my arm, near the smallest part of my wrist, as I could because I thought it had to be near my thinnest skin and close to the blood vessels. You’ve actually shown us to wear it as far up the forearm as possible, in areas with the most “meat” under it. Counterintuitive, but I like it!

[omaralex]

After the amount of sportwatches you have reviewed, any suggestion coming from you is like a commandment. THANK YOU SIR 👌🏽

[John-gtsp]

I really love the extra effort you apply to testing the watches. Second to NONE!!

[Jusstisse]

Buddy the wrist band trick to protect watch is Gold. I love this channel!!!

[firemedic]

Abanen hook and loop straps from Amazon have really my HR accuracy (due to flexibility/ adjustability) and comfort beyond what I knew possible on my Fenix 7. Affordable, comfortable, and will save your pricy Fenix straps from damage during workouts 🙌🏻 Blind bought a 2 pack with no regrets

[paulmorrison]

Has anyone ever told you that you’re a legend ✊🏾 I’ve tried some of the suggestions and over the last couple of days my HR readings seem to be more consistent and representative of my activities 👊🏾✊🏾🙏🏾

[alexhofvander]

Thank you. Just upgraded to Fenix x7 from the five. Figured somethings wrong with x7. No readings 50% of the time. No issues with my Fenix 5. Switched arm to non tattoo arm and looser fit. Voila! It works. 👍

[hugovela]

You never disappoint dude! Thanks for all the work you do.

[mlegrand]

This is great. Hopefully people will *watch* this! I get so many questions about heart rate accuracy on x brand watch when it's 99% most likely that it's how they're using the watch and learning what the technology is capable of doing well. Awesome that you placed your tattoo based on HR data accuracy. #dedication Great tip on the wrist band. I'll totally be using that as I am not good at mountain biking. Thanks for making this. 👌

[donaldstuckey]

I generally agree that the chest based heart rate monitors are a lot more accurate. Especially for weight training, and cardio boxing the chest based heart rate monitor is extremely helpful and collecting good data.

[vishaldhamal]

Always a pleasure learning something new and useful.

[flkadsjf]

Thanks for this. I bought a venu 2 because of your review of how accurate the HR sensors were. I was getting frustrated because it would be 20 beats off but after watching this i realized i was wearing it wrong lol.

[jdelar]

Thanks for summarizing all these tips!!!

[NickW]

Great videos. Enjoy how fast and clear you speak

[samgerard]

Thanks dude, i love my fenix 6 but HR was so sketchy i bought a 7x. Same issue, but i have a full tattoo sleeve. After this video i switched it to the other arm. It feels terrible but, it is reading perfectly! Thanks for the tip

[Cristian-kbck]

Amazing video, I always wanted someone in the community to help with watch placement to get the most out of our heart rate sensors in Fitness.

[gilberttiborjakub]

Based on personal experiences my etalon among the optical HRMs is still the Polar Vantage V2, but my new Garmin with Ultrafit band is very close in accuracy.

[FfStar]

Thanks for the info had no idea about the snug aspect. My HR was reading 148 when it's really 125

[ethangold]

Great video Des! Thanks for sharing that mountain bike hack. I really need to try that hack the next time I go out. Your crash in the video reminded me of how I got 7 stitches in my right arm and some scratches on my fenix 5x display.

[TheManWithTwoWatches]

Great topic Des! I enjoyed your different approaches for accurate results.