OHR improvements in works?
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Are there any OHR improvements in the works for the vertical?
I know that OHR is unreliable in general but I find the verticals completely useless, don’t seem to be able to get better results by wearing it higher and tighter on wrist.
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@e6321 mine is great for daily use and sleeping but not for exercise. I use a Suunto belt for exercise… Is the OHR bad all the time?
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@Brad_Olwin while running I use a chest strap because the OHR struggles with cadence locking and occasionally goes a bit haywire. Cadence locking is whatever, it happens on all watches I guess.
But even while hiking I find the unit cant get a hold of my HR, i was up in the 170s and the vertical still stuck down at 130s. To be honest I don’t think I’ve ever seen the zone indicator move out of zone 1 while hiking.Day to day cant say I really notice, the watch graph of hr seems to average so you miss a lot of detail. Occasionally I have caught stuck up in the 130s while sitting still at my desk.
Ohr on any watch is never great but Ive never had a watch that struggles as much as the vertical. -
@e6321 although I am generally happy with the oHR on a daily use , I tried it today on a commuting -biking … ok it’s a bit funny as while going uphill with headwind the hr was dropping to 50
I must be quite fit a guy
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@e6321 have you tried on the other hand? I found out my SV OHR doesn’t like my strong hand for some reason (I’m left handed and have thin wrist).
However on my right hand, and when used a finger above wrist bone, OHR seems to work just fine.
Below is from a long run in zone 2 and with a 7x1 min fartlek at 5K pace, doesn’t look that bad at all
With the said, for my quality workouts and races, belt is the way to go if you really care about HR data.
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@thanasis, Suunto 9PP user here, and I have your same problem. When I am commuting, I do not really care about HR zones, but I have noticed that every time there is a segment of the ride where the HR data are completely wrong, actually, very low as for you.
Thus, even though my OHR sensor works really well while running, if I go out for a serious bike ride, I always use an HR belt to avoid the above problem.
I have supposed that, for the communing bike ride, so using the OHR sensor while riding, the source of the problem may be the vibrations induced on the watch through the handlebars (
a sort of cadence locking). -
Something changed in latest update?
Maybe too early to tell but seemed better on my last run. Seemed more responsive and on the occasions it did cadence lock it seemed to recover quicker.
Day to day graphs looked less spikey as well.Anyone else noticed anything? Or have I just had a good streak? : )
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@e6321 Yes, there were OHR improvements in the last update.
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@e6321 after a week it seems OHR has been greatly improved by the last update.
Looks like sensor no longer switches off as soon as its away from skin. -
Yes agreed. My OHR has greatly improved. No more weird jumps in any of my last 5 runs. Well done !
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After the last update the OHR measurement during commute rides has been terrible. Recent ride saw a HR of 45 and a high of 109. I don’t necessarily use OHR for sports but do use it for commutes and frankly I have never seen these kind of values even with oldest of OHR devices.
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Even for 9PP great improvements in the OHR readings while riding, i.e., no more illogically low or high bpm. Anyway, still testing!
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I‘m not sure if there are improvements of OHR with the current firmware, as I didn‘t had big issues before… but for me, it‘s working as before, and it didn’t go worse!
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@SuperFlo75 Same. Has been pretty accurate for me with running and trail running activities - gym not quite as good - but that obviously has more arm movements involved.
