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Healt Snapshot (HRV) + Polar H10

mariosimas
over 2 years ago

Recentely I satr using the Polar H10.

When a did the Healt Snapshot the HRV results doesnt appear:

What can be happen ?

thanks

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to ericbfit

    No, it does not say that. It says that bands from other companies 'might' not record HRV readings. Polar H9 and H10 bands record HRV. Not for nothing is the H10 said to be the best band on the market.

    And then it goes on to say ' we recommend using a Garmin band', not that it is mandatory to use one.

    So they should get HRV data from the polar H9 and H10 bands, but they don't. It's either a bug or something premeditated to 'force' the use of Garmin bands.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to 2454585

    Agreed - The ANT standard mandates that HRV is sent as part of the protocol, so it would be bizarre if Garmin are failing to follow industry standards.

    The H9 or H10 should work - in the F6 and its HRV Stress test they do.

    A Garmin HRM is not needed per se - anything else looks like a delibrate lockout, not a good look when Polar H9 or H10 belts are generally considered superor solutions for HRV purposes.

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    Just a fyi I did another snap shot today and got the hrv to work. No chest strap used fyi.

    In order to have it show up you must have Gc app open. If you dont have GC open and connected to the watch while doing snapshot it will not work or show up. 

    test it yourself but that is how it works for me. Hr is high as I was messing around and normal is 50 for me. 


  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to 5135968

    OP said he tried a Garmin strap and it still doesn't work 

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to ericbfit

    Sure hrv works just fine via health snapshot using the optical sensor. It's disabled if using a chest strap is the issue. The other issue is the two separate hrv tracking options (health snapshot and hrv stress) on the platform which are totally incompatible with one another 

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Skyewalkr

    Yes makes sense and just tried with my hrm tri with app open and closed and did not work. Worked without strap but only with app open. 

  • 0 over 2 years ago

    It seems to me that Garmin makes a distinction in HRV from the "old HRV tool" and the new HRV_data (see also in the alpha versions: HRV measurement at night).

    I also measured HRV with apps and the old Garmin tool with the Polar H10 until I got rid of the Polar junk (sorry, but worst chest strap I ever had).

    Makes sense too because I have a hard time imagining optical and electrical data being comparable here.

  • 0 over 2 years ago in reply to Bumskopf

    they're not just comparable, they're indistinguishable. there's no difference in data quality from optical or chest strap (or phone camera for that matter) as it records HRV. i've read enough data briefs from marco altini and others to be convinced of that and would point you to all the research out there to see for yourself.