Suunto OHR also recorded when strapped to bike handlebar ?

BakxM

Hi,

Just a small nuisance that I would like to verify.

Normally when riding my bike, I have the cheststrap interacting with my S9b attached to the handlebar with the rubber accessory. No issues, strap is detected via BT and is the preferred HR device during the workout.
However, when I decide to ride without the strap and chose the same bike workout and attach the S9b to my handlebar, it also detects a heartrate via the OHRM. This normally is about 20% higher than I would ever achieve during any workout.

I know I can disable the OHRM before starting the workout. But technically reading through Valencells documentation on OHRM, I would not expect it to detect any heartbeat on a handlebar ?

Bug, or something to live with ?

Cheers

sartoric

@BakxM said in Suunto OHR also recorded when strapped to bike handlebar ?:

Bug, or something to live with ?

You got it

There are many cases that can generate false measurement

BakxM

hmm… okay, no worries…

But reading through the Valencell docu and how smart this technology and sensors should actually be, and not only reading HR, but also all kinds of other measurements (eg bloodpressure, VO2Max etc.)
It makes me wonder why it can’t distinguish between my skin and a piece of rubber on the bike’s handlebar

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@BakxM LED technology. It tries to detect light. Like counting ship from your window.

Once something moves a bit (eg shaking etc) it will thing its oxygen in your blood.

Fenr1r

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos Are we absolutely sure the bike is dead?

Dimitrios Kanellopoulos

@Fenr1r there is that as well

BakxM

@Dimitrios-Kanellopoulos @Fenr1r

… sometimes the bike has a mind of it’s own… so I wonder…

thx, topic closed

cosme.costa

This not only happens with Suuntos OHR. I’m using the Polar OH1, and the other day I flipped it inside its support in the arm strap and I went for a run without noticing it and I also got HR reading which were a bit high but pretty realistic.