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Contraband



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Activity trackers

Wondering if anyone here has one of those wrist band type trackers that record distance, gps, heart rate etc.
I've seen a few for sale, some sound cheap rubbish and only count steps taken, I would like one that can connect to the pc and give you a printout of where you have been on an OS map with full distance, elevation and time.
Does such a thing exist? Previously..
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Aren't they called 'The Wife'? Laughing

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There are loads of apps on the phone that will do that (an OS map with full distance, elevation and time) - Nike Run, etc. You don't need a wrist band.

I have a Nike fuel band. It is ok - gives you steps, calories burnt, Nike "fuel points", hours active etc. It all syncs back to your phone and a cloud app so you can look at it on any PC. It does encourage you to be active. These have clearly lagged behind in the tech race.

My daughter has a TomTom watch that has heart rate and GPS and syncs to a PC. Way more impressive than the fuel band. However, it is big and cluncky and not very user friendly (at least to begin with - but I suspect she did not RTFM). It also seems to slightly disagree with the Nike app about how far she runs.

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Contraband



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Thanks for that your Royal Highness Mong, I'll check those two out just now....
It's a present for my wife. She has talked about some of her friends apps but none seem to cover all of the features she would like... Previously..
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Strava app on your phone...free

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Contraband



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^ that certainly covers the tracking side... Nice. Thumbs Up Previously..
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Defender 90 2.4
Defender 110 TD5
Vogue 3.5 EFI

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haven't got the wristband ones as I've never been convinced of them but I do have a Polar H7 heart monitor that I use when cycling. It's really good for measuring heart rate and calories burned, but not much else.

A lot of the wristband ones can be fooled by jiggling your wrist about or just moving your hands around more than average when you're talking.

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