If you're not hypersensitive to tight devices, a chest strap is unquestionably better than your current smartwatch.

Indicates whether the model employs a chest strap mounted sensor that ... heart rates from the user's wrist. The Polar FT1 is part of the Heart-rate monitors test program at Consumer Reports.

[Wolf] had a Polar brand exercise watch that ... ditched the watch and built an Arduino-based heart rate monitor. He’s still using the chest strap and was happy to find that SparkFun sells ...

The Polar H10 Heart Rate Sensor was the top-performing chest-strap monitor we tried. Throughout testing we found the real-time ECG/EKG monitoring accurate, and we loved that the ANT+ connectivity ...

But the best heart rate monitors aren't all created equal. For cyclists, the most popular are chest strap heart rate monitors, which, at their most basic, need to capture your beats per minute ...

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The Polar OH1 should be at the top of your list if you want an armband heart rate monitor rather than a chest strap. Scosche's Rhythm24 is an armband heart rate monitor you can use during almost ...