Polar H10 + Elite HRV Review (Best Wearable For Heart Rate Variability?)

[@hebejeebee]

"If you're not sleeping well, then good luck trying to do anything else" Amen to that! 🙃

[@wellnessdaddy]

lol true

[@hebejeebee]

@@wellnessdaddy have you had any experience with flotation tanks..? I'm finding that my HRV gets a nice uplift after an hour's float...

[@wellnessdaddy]

@@hebejeebee makes sense, would love to start floating more... so good

[@castalianightwish8751]

@@wellnessdaddy I loved your video; did Elite reply to you about your query?

[@miskaknapek]

that's really the review that I had been looking for, and that I thought I'd not find. not only good H10 tips, but excellent depth of HRV capacities and how to investigate it using the Polar app. really great - many thanks!

[@wellnessdaddy]

im glad you found it helpful!

[@miskaknapek]

@@wellnessdaddy it was just what I needed! I'm not sure how you managed to include as many relevant bits :) ( My very meditative psychologist only realised lately - through a certain nerdy patient - HRV can be measured with inexpensive devices. So she'll enjoy your video even a fair bit more than me, I suspect ; )

[@wellnessdaddy]

@@miskaknapek epic!

[@heureuse8568]

Thank you, I've been curious about HRV measurements for a couple of years, and it made me really happy to see that it could be both affordable and very accurate! I saw a video yesterday that compared the Polar H10 with clinical ECG, and the results was almost as good as identical. Going to buy one tomorrow

[@wellnessdaddy]

glad to help! let us know what you think

[@SkipKelly]

Yo!! There are some big gems in this video. #1 for me: .1 Low frequency peak is a number correlated with coherence. Got it, a target to watch. Live HRV is really helpful to test throughout a day, pre and post all kinds of stuff. thanks for the vid!

[@wellnessdaddy]

Boom!

[@cesalt2408]

I so needed to find this video. Thank you! I'm just learning about HRV and just picked up a Polar H10. Looking forward to getting to work!

[@jaiminiviles2635]

Your channel is going to blow up. This is high-quality content.

[@wellnessdaddy]

Thank you!

[@adamrlevin]

Thank you so much for this review. For comparative purposes, a normal : - HF (ms2) ranges between 770 and 1078 - LF (ms2) ranges between 754 and 1586 - LF/HF ranges between 1.5 and 2 - RMSSD (ms) ranges between 15 and 45 - SDNN (ms) ranges between 30 and 100 It is possible the norms are different for each person, though these ranges were cited from the NeuralChek HRV system. Highly recommend considering a NeuralChek analysis. It cost $50, consider searching your area. It measures : - the balance of right and left brain hemispheres - balance of parasympathetic and sympathetic states - biological age vs chronological age - the energy levels of each chakra along the spine - the energy of each meridian, and - brain wave state you are currently operating in - alpha, beta, theta, delta, gamma. The categories of measurement are : nuerohormal regulation index, vegetative regulation index, adaptation level, and psychoemotional state.

[@thetroylf]

Your intro alone got me interested in your video. Great setup.

[@Dessi101]

Great review! Just ordered one since my HRV is low and my vagal tone is really very low. I've been measuring HRV during the night with my Garmin-watch for a couple of years now but this will give me more data. Looking forward to this! :) But man, my HRV sure did go down from watching your iPhone battery nearly deplete during this video 😂

[@robertcastro4326]

Great video! The battery on your phone is stressing me out! I would never let my phone get to

[@wellnessdaddy]

hahahah

[@valentinrafael9201]

You shouldn't let batteries go low. The way it recharges, it makes it bad for the lifetime of the battery to drop to such low levels and have to recharge back to 100%. It's always better to recharge way before your phone tells you it has low battery, it'll extend the battery life. Good habits ( just like you don't eat on the brink of death from starvation all the time ).

[@KimWentworth-y8e]

I noticed that also.

[@iheartflying]

Curious how having to get out of bed to wet your strap, put it on, and then laying back down, affects your Morning Readiness score? Wouldn’t being “up and about” affect your score, or is that taken care of by trying to relax for a few minutes before taking the reading? Thanks for the vid!

[@bobbyb7708]

Thanks for sharing your advice/findings. The h10 will be my first hrm and your vid is much appreciated.

[@vincewhite5087]

An early pioneer of hrv who developed ‘Morpheus’ he stated its bs that there is a standard method of calculating & you should not compare one value of one system with another. There are different methods & calcs. Better to use one decent system over time.

[@SunLal]

Very helpful! I found your video after I had bought the H10 & have recently started using the Elite HRV app - thanks for sharing some insightful n very useful information. Also have u used the Polar Beat app? It’s pretty cool as well.

[@anneis8319]

Omg! I love Joe Dispenza ♥️ That's exactly why I want to buy a polar 10 tomorrow Great review especially for HRV Thankyou so much

[@wellnessdaddy]

let us know what you think!

[@anneis8319]

@@wellnessdaddy Love my polar h10 and already getting results with resonance breathing. 🤩

[@wellnessdaddy]

@@anneis8319 love to hear it! keep up the good work

[@SiddharthaGadekar]

Polar H10 + an app will give you better HRV readings than any wrist based sensor. But how does this system compare to Garmin's BodyBattery which takes sleep into account as well and gives you one score? Are these apps missing out on tracking and factoring sleep as a parameter for recovery?

[@yazeedyzx]

Does H9 measure HRV ?

[@vintres2000]

Great content, Kyle. Thank you so much for creating it. I have a similar tool stack with the Polar H10 and Elite HRV. I have also been using heart math as it does in fact show when you are in coherence a little easier (as you pointed out that is something that could be more user friendly with Elite HRV). My question: Apart from morning readings, and the time when you do coherence exercises, when else do you take readings via Polar + Elite HRV? Do you ever do like sessions where you work (not work out, but do work), and let it run for a couple of hours and see what kind of stress level you have had? So you can sort of intervene the next time by doing coherence breathing, etc? Just wondering how I can maximise the use of Polar and Elite HRV. Many thanks! :)

[@wellnessdaddy]

I'm currently doing the 10 week resonance breath training program, so I use it during those sessions twice a day. Would love to try heart math at some point, heard great things. Haven't tested while I work, could be interesting though.

[@vintres2000]

@@wellnessdaddy Makes sense! I haven’t looked into the details but I think HeartMath says that coherence training of at least minutes are having an impact on our HRV baseline. Is that your aim for the 10 week training ? And is it from EliteHRV? I like heart math cause it makes reading the real time feedback so easy. I set the breath pacer to i think 4 seconds based on the book „Breath“ but haven‘t tried experimenting with the protocols you mentioned... I reckon Lief would be interesting for during work type of measuring.

[@wellnessdaddy]

@@vintres2000 yes I'm looking into lief, and yeah want to train my nervous system to become more resilient to stress

[@HRVHackers]

Good stuff Kyle. I have both the Lief and Polar H10. Lief definitely runs circles around most HRV trackers ( I have a review of it on my page), but Polar is a 2nd fave for me.

[@wellnessdaddy]

duuude been wanting to try the Lief! I definitely have to hit them up

[@izatt82]

Does elite hrv support it?

[@wellnessdaddy]

@@izatt82 not sure what you mean by that?

[@garyfry3795]

I applaud your video. However, there are many questions asked by users but not answered 🤷‍♂️

[@MerrytimeForest]

Thank you very much for your videos. I appreciate the way you present information. Is the H10 any better than H9 for calculating HRV?

[@LLee0]

In the Polar H10 App, I can see it tracks Heart Rate but not HRV. Am I missing something?

[@BlueSatt]

you need a 3rd party app like Elite HRV or KUBIOS HRV

[@jskweres2]

when you are measuring your HRV is your focus on improving it throughout the day or are you focused on increasing nighttime HRV? I used a fitbit which produces a nightly HRV that I've been trying to increase. Maybe I've been approaching this wrong...(only focused on improving nighttime)

[@HRVHackers]

Both! And usually when you increase your HRV in the day it will spill over into higher HRV at night

[@haid3r88]

noob question, but what is the benefits of a bigger HRV?

[@karamarie6781]

Can you pair the h10 with a watch so you can see pace numbers in real time? I don’t like to run with my phone but would love to look at my wrist and see how fast I am running.

[@sheezcute]

Awesome! Thank you!!

[@wellnessdaddy]

you're welcome

[@sfasscio]

Thanks for the video. I too tried Dr. Joe Dispenza's meditations, initially everything went well but then I kept getting worse especially in terms of stress and I abandoned his meditations. In Dr. Dispenza's books I read that they collaborated with Heartmath and I saw the devices like Inner Balance and I was thinking about trying it but I wasn't sure about buying it considering the cost, then seeing your video and knowing that you also practiced the meditations by Dr. Joe Dispenza and you have obtained excellent results with HRV monitoring I am really pleased and you give me confirmation that underneath these devices can be a great help :) Do you think it's better to aim for the inner balance or is the polar h10 + Elite HRV app better? I saw that there is also the Kyto 2935 HRV monitor similar to the inner balance and it costs much less. One thing I don't understand (unfortunately I'm Italian and I use subtitles to try to understand the things you explain), how to understand through the Elite HRV app that we are doing a great job of consistency when it is used for breathing exercises? With the Inner Balance app there is the respiration visualizer which indicates when we are in coherence (I have not tried it, I have seen other videos on youtube), but with the Elite HRV there is no respiration visualizer and I it remains difficult to understand. Can you please explain to me how to do it? Thanks.🙏🙏🙏

[@TheSkoomaHistorySociety007]

nice review thanks!

[@wellnessdaddy]

you're welcome!

[@vamsinuthi5898]

Hello Hi .. Very much informative .. Can I Get a PDF report of this device from the app ? I want ton check for certain parameters

[@rfrancoi]

So this app is proprietary to Polar?

[@kennywinters7972]

Just bought the Polar H10...question: It will sync with my Garmin 35 watch....yes? I'm a bit behind the technology with these devices but I can assure you, I'm 71 and in good shape just want a device that is way more accurate than what the app on my Garmin 35 offers with the constant heart rate on the watch. I've read all I can and it does say: it will sync with my Garmin 35....sure hope so. Oh by the way, I owned a Polar hrm many years ago and it was great but back then, they no one offered a smart watch. LOL. Good review and get back with me on if it will sync with the Garmin 35 please. Thanks, Kenny From Southern CA.

[@wellnessdaddy]

hey kenny, never used a garmin, so not sure. But thanks for watching!

[@kennywinters7972]

@@wellnessdaddy thanks

[@hi90163]

Hey if you are looking for a better tool to measure coherence I would check out the inner balance or Emwave2 by heart math. It is a coherence training tool with years of research backing up it’s efficacy.

[@wellnessdaddy]

thanks for the insight!

[@VRayDantesTrygorn]

One thing I don't understand is why the heart rate seems to vary so much. I see yours look similar to mine: it continuously peaks and drops. Why is that?

[@garyfry3795]

How do you best achieve 0 artifacts and good signal ?

[@VishalRaoOnYouTube]

I started using Polar H10 chest strap with EliteHRV app. 2 8 minute readings so far with 0 artifacts. With the CorSense finger sensor, I would get a few artifacts.

[@frankenstein3163]

TY for shearing. What device('s) do suggest for a 40yer old fairly active person(I sit in front of pc for long time(3-14hr's) but wen active I'm very active(par core)) with assumed cardiovascular complications(undiagnosed) ? I just demoed fenix 5 garmin and garmin chest strap and a h10. I wanted to start/test with what I thought was the best of the best. But I defiantly returning as I cant afford them. I will be keeping the H10. I need a sleep monitor as I can't get more than 3hr's with out interruption. SO some Fitbit, aura ring and/or some cheep smart watch or all the above ? :P I will be watching all your videos wen I get more time. Stay healthy and have a good day !

[@wellnessdaddy]

oura ring is the best IMO for sleep

[@mindbodypeakperformance]

Polar H10 + the new Hanu Health system, hands-down

[@mafisch]

Btw. Great content! Thx!

[@wellnessdaddy]

Thanks man!

[@NAKMUAYACADEMY]

Very curious is H10 good to measure sleep/ hrv/ heart rate ?

[@wildcsgotactics]

You are awesome!

[@ca85587]

Awesome video, thanks a lot. I just bought my H10 and plan to pair it with Elite HRV. I don't know much about the Polar app itself. Can you recommend a sleep tracking app to pair with the H10 or is the Elite HRV app good for that as well?

[@wellnessdaddy]

i don't one

[@ca85587]

@@wellnessdaddy?

[@ca85587]

@@wellnessdaddy also what video are you referring to with more in depth info on the app/hrv info?

[@khabibpogosyan2587]

Thank you for your review. I am struggling to choose between small or medium size strap. Did you order Medium for yourself?

[@wellnessdaddy]

Small I think

[@khabibpogosyan2587]

@@wellnessdaddy thank you!

[@djVania08]

Hi Kyle, since this is an older video, do you have any new information about devices for HRV monitoring.

[@chih9397]

Have you tried HeartMath? I'm curious but not sure how scientific it is...

[@AtypicalPaul]

Ever wear it to sleep? Is it mad uncomfortable?

[@kaiwailee9885]

Which polar app u choose

[@garycarnivore833]

Just about to purchase the H10 polar, plus the Elite App, but do I need to also download the polar Flow App to get updates on the H10, as I’ve been told that the Elite App can’t download updates directly to the H10.

[@wellnessdaddy]

nice! let us know what you think

[@sikarithosantad8346]

How can I see the HRV data in every second from the chart? Do you recommend any app that can see the HRV data in every second like HR chart?

[@kaiwailee9885]

Buy polar H10 and polar apps without a polar watch can track hrv?

[@costman71]

Can you get your heart rate from h10, after a swim when you connect to a garmin epix 2? Does it synchronize?.Or you need the polar app?

[@javiercollell]

Can i used the polar h10 with my apple watch, but not using the app of polar but instead the nike running app?

[@rekeren2533]

do you have to bring your phone or watch with you when you are out training?

[@wellnessdaddy]

if you want to see real time stats yes

[@bmp713]

Can you adjust the strap to wear the H9 or H10 on your ankle, forehead, or bicep?

[@Allups50]

Does the heart rate band sync with calories burned using the band under the iwatch fitness app?

[@jaiminiviles2635]

BRO! You know Joe Dispenza!! He is awesome!

[@wellnessdaddy]

He's great! I have a video on doing his mediations if you wanna check it out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5u2pZyEdt6Ce8k

[@muzikmon2267]

It'd be real cool if the polar strap could be used to do a real-time ECG while you were exercising like the FRONTIER X strap and their frontier x app. I don't know why these third party apps cannot show an ECG real time chart like the frontier. I would buy the frontier but it's about $500 which is insane. I don't understand why these ECG straps can't give you actual ECG data not just heart rate The actual like EKG ECG in real time. Weird no apps do it but the frontier. And you can't pair the polar with the frontier app

[@BlueSatt]

Polar H10 + "ECGLogger" app or "Polar Sensor Logger" (on android) can do real time ecg and show the graph.

[@troyvanvliet7220]

So, does the Polar H10 also track your mileage, and is it good for running and calisthenics workouts too? Thank you

[@wellnessdaddy]

i believe so!

[@jaiminiviles2635]

I have the Polar H10. It does not have GPS.

[@ΑλεξανδροςΝικολαιδης-ω6ο]

Hello why my h10 monitor did saw my heart rate?

[@Santiarizam]

Hey! Thanks for the video but sadly you explain assuming people already know what all those metrics are …. That make the video a bit less helpful

[@wellnessdaddy]

see the video I reference about how to optimize HRV

[@adrianphilipscott]

No help was found with the App Tia Chi and Heart. it comes start talking about it.

[@andrewwhite1576]

The 4% battery 🪫 is distracting 😂

[@murrik]

16:00

[@borysb1748]

I received Polar Verity Sense for Christmas. As this is unwanted gift (it's really crappy) I am trying to reurn it since then. Customer service either does not bother to reply or they do everything they can to not give you instructions how to return products. Then after 3 weeks they deman packing sleep in order to accept the return. What an anti-consumer greedy corporation. Guys, check trustpilot, don't buy their products.

[@andrew71150]

why do you think its crappy