Apple Watch HR in BLEvo not accurate

[MrBoon]

Hey guys, I recently got my 2020 Turbo Levo. Now I have an Apple watch Series 4 which I like to use to track my heart rate. This works very reliably if I for example use Strava on the Apple Watch, but Strava does not connect to the bike, so by using Strava I'm missing cadence data.

Mission Control from Specialized doesn't detect my Apple Watch, so until they add support for that, using MC is out too.

BLEvo does connect to both my bike & my Apple watch, so in theory this should all work, but in reality BLEvo doesn't really monitor my HR accurately. Only a few times in a ride does it update the heart rate.

I read a little trick that if you manually start a workout on your Apple Watch while having BLEvo active, it will keep the HR working in BLEvo, but so far that hasn't really worked for me. It only updates once every half an hour or so.

Maybe there is something I should change in the settings on my phone or watch? Or possibly in BLEvo?

This is the output from a 25km ride:

 

[Mcharza]

No wrist heart rate measurement is accurate, sorry

 

[Fivetones]

The HR measurement is not bad on the Apple Watch. I have a medical condition and I’m connected up to HR monitors of various types at various points of my hospital visits. The Apple Watch always matches them.

 

[MrBoon]

No wrist heart rate measurement is accurate, sorry

Actually it is, just that somehow BLEvo doesn’t get a good reading. Probably a connection issue. Hopefully someone has a fix.

 

[Mcharza]

The HR measurement is not bad on the Apple Watch. I have a medical condition and I’m connected up to HR monitors of various types at various points of my hospital visits. The Apple Watch always matches them.

The internet is full of different test, mainly triathlon sites. Many testes and it's not accurate, but mainly good enough

 

[Fivetones]

The internet is full of different test, mainly triathlon sites. Many testes and it's not accurate, but mainly good enough

Do you have a source please? I’m interested in reading.

There’s a lot of articles out there that back up my experiences too.

 

[MrBoon]

Could we please stay on topic? This is not a thread about if the Apple watch is as actuate as other monitors. The issue is BLEvo losing connection to the Apple watch.

 

[moiralabrecque03]

Could we please stay on topic? This is not a thread about if the Apple watch is as actuate as other monitors for watch under 1000. The issue is BLEvo losing connection at cyberpunk to the Apple watch.

i am also facing same with my watch, please stay connected to the topic and please help

 

[Petethenomad]

Due to the problem mentioned above, I found it easier to wear my Polar H10 chest strap linked to Blevo.That works reliably other than the odd Bluetooth reset required on the phone. I often record the ride independently on my watch as a backup.

It would be nice if the watch connected reliably but I love and appreciate Blevo.