Question on usefulness of wrist based hr monitors. Reading up on various watch reviews there is a lot of dubiety on these type of monitors over chest ones. They are fine for reading when say at rest but if hitting the gym and plenty arm/wrist movement they become inaccurate ? What is the consensus amongst the users on this board? Just another gimmick, nice to have but quickly forgotten ?
I have a fitbit charge 2 which was cheap and seems pretty accurate. As
@mjr says, it beats messing with a chest strap, which I quickly stopped using.
I think a wrist HR monitor like this isnt going away, at least for the near future. Its the simplest way to do it and people are comfortable with the similarity to a watch.
[edit] Ive found it useful as I sit down lot during the day. If it notices I havent moved much, it prompts me to get up and do some walking every hour.