Frontier X2 Smart Heart Rate Monitor Chest Strap, Wireless Heart Health Monitor with Strain, Breathing Rate, Rhythm and Fitness Tracking with Continuous Heart Rate Monitoring

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There’s also a Cardiac Rhythm feature which helps detect any heart rhythm deviations by looking at your ECG. You’ll get a pie chart in the stats after exercise showing how long you were in Blue (Normal Sinus Rhythm), Yellow (Other Rhythm) or Gray zone (Not interprable). Here’s a nifty little chart put together by Fourth Frontier. It shows how their flagship wearable compares to heart rate monitors, smartwatches with ECG and ECG halter monitors. This gives a good overview on the differences between each. I compared the accuracy of Frontier X with a Polar OH1 chest strap coupled with a Garmin watch. The stats were bang on – practically no difference. I did spot, though, that while the maximum heart rate was typically the same or only 1 bpm off, the average heart rate on Frontier X would typically be 2 to 3 bpm lower than on Polar OH1. This is on a 5k run. My guess is that it is probably due to the 20 second wait at the outset, plus the slightly lower sampling rate as compared to a standard heart rate chest strap. It's excellent to know that the device has provided you with accurate insights into your cardiac activity, particularly during rest and sleep. Your observations regarding the live ECG's ability to detect premature contractions and diagnose episodes of atrial fibrillation are insightful. We understand the challenges of movement artifacts and are constantly working to improve the device's capabilities.

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That’s because Frontier X goes way beyond what any other chest band can do. I’d say it sits somewhere between a sports and a health wearable. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your incredible experience with the Frontier X. We're absolutely thrilled to hear that you've been using it for ECG recordings since 2021 and that it has been a valuable tool for you. Fourth Frontier places special importance on breathing rate. The company believes that this metric is just as important as your heart rate during exercise. While that might be up for debate, most would agree on the importance of heart info. And this is where Cardiac Strain comes in. I also found the workout summaries to be an interesting read. In plain English you’ll get an assesment of your exercise in addition to recommendations for next time around. This is based on your weekly workout Training Load which is automatically calculated for you.Having said that it is useful for knowing what mode the device is in, how much battery life is left, etc. It also spits out an activity summary which you can read when you remove the pod from the strap post exercise. You can use it to supplement the stats that you typically get from your sports watch with additional insights. Is your exercise intensity causing undue strain to your heart and lungs? Can you push harder? Frontier X will give you this type of information. You’ll find Fourth Frontier is pretty good at churning out firmware updates regularly. In the past six months an average of one update per month was issued. Each brought improvements and additional functionality in addition to the usual bug fixes. Moreover, sharing this data with healthcare providers or even with friends and family for those shared moments has been a breeze. It makes conversations and consultations more insightful and productive.

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I was happy to learn that my training sessions were mostly in the green and yellow (both safe) zones as far as Cardiac Strain. My Cardiac Rhythm readings were also almost entirely in the healthy range. Having had a run-in with COVID-19 twice, most recently two months ago, the knowledge that my heart metrics are in the healthy range while exercising gives me peace of mind. Medically Cardiac Strain is refered to as ST depression. Fourth Frontier explains that their proprietary metric “measures the amount of Oxygen deprivation experienced by the heart muscles”.All of this is information that can be very valuable – particularly if you are suffering from existing conditions, recovering from surgery or COVID. Which means Frontier X sits somewhere between a health and sports wearable. You can use Frontier X in one of three ways during exercise. The default way is by pairing it to the iOS or Android smartphone app and starting and stopping workouts from there. The device uses Bluetooth to communicate with its surroundings so there is no ANT+ support. Or you can use Frontier X on its own and then sync everything to the smartphone afterwards. A). Then, if needed, start an activity on your third-party device and the Heart Rate recorded and transmitted from the Frontier X/X2 will show up after a few seconds.