Do you need to have the chest strap on for it to track your calories, intensity etc?
1374056
I think so cause the piece that clips onto the chest strap measures your heart rate. That's what helps it read your calorie burn more accurate.
1374057
Yes, it comes with one. Plus, many gym cardio machine are equipped with sensors that will pick up your monitor.
170803
The heart rate monitor is a strap that goes around your chest. They sell units with a strap.
2265916
I have only used mine for running. It shows your calories burned on the display, however the heart monitor is sold separately.
1443868
I'm sure you can wear it to get a measure of your calories burned throughout the day, but I believe this device is most accurate when used during your workouts. However there are other devices that can do this for you -- I recommend checking out the FitBit. :)
2104792
Yes. There is a chest strap to monitor your heart rate. A sensor for the crank to measure the cadence and a sensor for the wheel to measure the speed.
878840
Yes it does. Stopwatch, leap time and clock all work without strap. You need strap only for calories burned and, of course, heart rate.
1570287
No. Because this is just the strap that attaches to the HR sending unit on your chest, that the Edge would then pair with to read your HR. The Edge sits on your bike, though I suppose with duct tape you could use the strap and attach it to your body. But you wouldn't get a HR reading.
10007
No heart rate monitor is required. It will read your heart rate while on your wrist. It also has a readout for calories burned, steps taken & mileage.
1634337
Only if you wear the breast strap, which would be rather uncomfortable. I have the Basis now, which does that, but is not very good at measuring calorie consumption during activity. In any case, calorie count during sleep is rather uninteresting - the Basis shows I burned some 500 cal between midnight and 6:30 am and I would bet that this is within 10% of what it shows any other day, even after a hard workout when the actual consumption is higher. If you look for calorie count, I'd go with a Polar for workout and a Fitbit or similar with MyfitnessPal for the rest.
1187119
Mine did but you should always check "what's in the box". You can also use the Polar Beat App for smart phones and it will also transfer data to Polar Personal Trainer. If you go that route, be sure to get the chest strap with the Bluetooth HRM.
557963
It DOES take the Heart Rate Monitor into consideration. The vivofit estimates calories burned from activity in addition to resting calories (aka metabolic calories, aka being alive) calories. WITHOUT a Heart Rate Monitor the activity calories are based on steps (and height/weight/age/gender). WITH a Heart Rate Monitor the activity calories take heart rate into consideration. So at the end of the day you have a pretty accurate estimate of how many calories you've burned. (Well technically you have to wait until midnight because that's when the steps/calorie count resets.) There is a detailed review with more info here: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/03/garmin-vivofit-review.html#how-calorie-tracking-works
423315
You have to get the external strap (straps next to your heart). I've found watches that pair with this rather than having an internal heart monitor are more accurate in terms of heart rate, though. (Been using my Garmin 610 for about a year. Still have no complaints at all.)
786429
It uses a chest strap and an attached sensor to measure your heart rate. You input height, weight age and sex and it helps compute an accurate calorie count for an exercise session.
611304
Yes it comes with the chest strap monitor. I have also found that, by accident, that monitor operates on the same transmission frequency, to the wrist display unit, that is used by Life Fitness treadmills. I get automatic heart rate display from our treadmill.
2079360
The sports tracker app tracks calories burned. The heart monitor just links to the app to track your heart rate during your activity
446822
Yes, it has to be on because the sensor (heart rate monitor) only sends data, the app in the phone receives, stores and let you analyze it.
2060992
Yeah. You have to wear the chest strap to get heart rate and caloric burn, but that doesn't bother me.