Ask HN: Hackable wearable with HR monitor?

1 points by Lxr 9y ago ↗ HN

Is there any wearable currently available that provides:

  - All-day heart rate monitoring
  - Step counter and sleep tracking
  - Access to all relevant raw data?

I currently own a Fitbit charge 2 which is terrible - the heart rate monitor is not even close and sleep tracking is wrong. I want to access the raw data so I can implement my own algorithms for e.g. sleep tracking, activity level, etc. Does anyone have experience doing this?

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majortennis 9y ago ↗

I have a fitbit charge 2 its decent. it provides all the things you have listed as you know. https://dev.fitbit.com/uk it has an api. knock yourself out

brlewis 9y ago ↗

"The heart rate monitor is not even close" sounds like a defective unit. Open a case at https://help.fitbit.com/