Accuracy Quiz: which is the most accurate heart rate monitor for runs on a treadmill up to 15 km/h?

Last Updated on March 24, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

The Apple watch 9?

The Polar H10?

A 3 channel PiEEG ECG device with HeartPy?

HeartPy – the Python Heart Rate Analysis Toolkit

https://python-heart-rate-analysis-toolkit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

For runs faster than 15 km/h and if if intense activities with strong body movements are investigated, we suppose that the Polar H10 chest strap is the most accurate devices, as a paper from the Swiss Federal Institute of Sports in Magglingen:

has shown:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31004219/

But for runs up to 15 km/h on a treadmill and if intense activities with strong body movements are not investigated, we suppose that a 3 channel PiEEG ECG device with HeartPy is the winner, which can be bought for 350 USD from Elecrow.

To answer this question repeat this paper which was performed at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6732081/

With a 3 channel PiEEG ECG device & HeartPy.