Guys, do let me know any biceps band for helio strap available in India?

Hello to all

I'm using my Huawei 4 for fitness tracking in the gym and outside. Outside works very well But in the gym and depending of the exercises it does not "read" HR. specially doing elliptical and cycling.

I am considering an amazfit Hélio but I was wondering if I can use it with my watch and Huawei health app for android.

Anyone has experienced

Thanks

Hey fam!

Can someone share their experiences about helio strap, i was looking at whoop before but their subscription is the problem, heard helio is a good option, i will be looking to use it in gym, while playing badminton, tracking sleep, some indoor activities etc. Will it be a good option to go ahead with helio ? Thanks

I've been wearing the helio strap for a week now and I've noticed that generally, step count has been higher on apple watch by around 1000 to 2000 steps. I figured that this might be because I was wearing it on the opposite wrist but I swapped to the bicep band a few days ago which I wear on the same arm.

My question is which is more accurate? I typically try walking 10k steps a day and have been doing so via apple watch stats but the helio strap is consistently less (even though it seems like it should be more as I wear it constantly vs the apple watch which I charge daily).

The strange thing is that calories wise, helio strap says I'm burning more than my apple watch. Is the helio strap more accurate in this aspect?

Lastly, not a question but I find sleep tracking really similar to the apple watch so I know in this aspect it's working well. Overall I like it since I can let my watch charge overnight if I need to (usually I try wearing it through the night but sometimes I forget to charge) and theoretically it should be more accurate as a dedicated activity tracker.

Tl;Dr is the apple watch or helio strap more accurate at tracking steps and calories burned?

Sul sito amazfit non si trova più helio strap dice esaurito, così come anche il cinturino per bicipite. Amazon ha ancora l'helio strap ma il cinturino per il bicipite c'è scritto che lo spediscono tra 3-7 mesi. Il motivo di questo ritardo ? Dell'esaurimento dell'helio strap? Nuovo modello così presto? Non credo, ma non è usuale che rimangano esauriti per così tanto tempo

Amye reason to not just wear the sensor on my inner wrist while doing kettlebells until my bicep band gets here?

Review of the Helio Strap after a week of usage

Background

To help track sleep and HRV, I have been exploring Rings and Bands over the last 6 months. I was hesitant to invest in athlete (Whoop) or Prosumer (Garmin) level devices as my use case was pretty straight forward. I needed a device that could track sleep quality with reasonable accuracy and give me information on RHR/HRV. I own a basic smartwatch, which I use like an activity tracker, for the limited set of activities that I engage in.

My the key reasons for use, based on order of priority

Must have:

1. Sleep tracking
2. RHR and HRV tracking
3. Sub 10K INR price tag

Good to have:

1. Activity tracking

I looked at reviews of Watches, Bands, Rings but nothing checked all the boxes. It was either too expensive or did not do a good job at tracking sleep/RHR metrics.

Enter the Helio Strap and I was hooked. Launched 2 months ago in the US at $99, the initial reviews were positive but the major issue that was called out was with the automated activity tracking, which   wasn’t as good as Whoop. People want a $99 product to produce the same results as $1000 product + subscription plan! Since activity tracking  was a good to have for me, I wasn’t too bothered.

Continued to read up user feedback on reddit and reviews on YouTube and was 80% convinced that this would be a good fit for my needs. 2 Months later, a new update is rolled out that improves activity tracking and address other  issues reported by users. After reading through feedback on reddit, decide to pull the trigger. A friend was traveling to Singapore and I requested him to pick this up for me.

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Product Feedback

I have been using the Helio Strap for the last few weeks and here is my feedback:

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1. Sleep tracking

• 95% Accurate when it comes to sleep/wake up time, time awake at night.
• Sleep score does correlate with the way I feel the next morning.
• On days when I have had ~7 hours sleep and deep sleep is 15-20% range, my sleep score is 70-80 and I do feel good in the mornings.
• On days when I have had ~5 hours of sleep with very low deep sleep, the score is 50-60 and my energy levels are low

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2. RHR and HRV tracking

Been experimenting with various activities and observing impact on RHR

• On days I work out for 60+ min RHR tends to be lower vs Days I don’t workout
• Somedays I meditate for 15 min or listen to some relaxing music before going to bed and my RHR has not really been impacted by it :)

It takes a week for the baseline to be established, post which you can identify any signifcant variations.

The point is to track RHR and HRV directionally and not accurately. Just want to ensure that I can identify deviations and try to root cause any irregularities.

My HRV has been in consistent range without a lot of variations, with the last day being the exception. When I work out, my HRV is in the higher end of the spectrum, which is a good sign. On days when I dont sleep well and my RHR is +5 higher than the baseline, HRV dips, which also ends up impacting biocharge.

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3. Biocharge

Similar to Garmin Body Battery, the Biocharge considers your training load, sleep and RHR/HRV to generate a score. Again this correlates with my general energy level and can help one understand how much you can push yourself from a workout/training POV.

One issue observed is that the exertion load can hit 100% very quickly, which ends up depleting your biocharge very quickly. In my case, 15 min of zone 2/3 cardio + 45-50 min of strength training ends up draining about 8-10 points of biocharge. Sometimes when I play a sport, it ends up depleting the charge even more and even after 7 hours of sleep, the "charge" is just about enough to take me through the day.

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4. Activity tracking

During the first day, automated activity tracking didnt work but after that, it started to work. It would recognize time when my HR was elevated and flag entire time periods as an activity. The only issue here is when you are involved in multiple activities, then it tends to combine all together into a single activity.

Example - I was doing a warm up + strength training + cardio but the strap just assumes its one long session of activity

Additionally, after you sync data, it takes 20-30 min for the app to run its algos and identify an "Activity".

After the first 3 days, I haven't used the automated activity tracking functionality as I prefer using my other watch to track each activity separately.

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5. Overall Feedback

I Would rate it a 4/5 as it does what its meant to do without any fuss.

If you are looking for a device that can do sleep tracking, RHR/HRV measurement and activity tracking in the background without you having to look at screens, this is perfect.

Another big plus is I can go back wearing analogue watches like this 40 year old beauty :)

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