Fossil Hybride HR: Review, price and specification – smart health connected watch

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To measure the performance of the HR Hybrid watch, we compared its results with those of the Polar H10 chest strap, which we consider to be very reliable in terms of measurements. We measured the running by linking the laps on a 1.9 km circuit. Regarding cycling, we have a typical circuit of 3.12 km.

The HR Hybrid only has two sensors. An accelerometer and a heart rate monitoring. In the absence of GPS, it will therefore be necessary to bring your smartphone to obtain the kilometers swallowed and the route layout. For its part, the heart rate monitoring is rather average. Like many others, it is relevant for an extremely gentle sporting outing like walking. Under these conditions, the readings have only a margin of error of 2% compared to the chest strap Polar H10 serving as a reference. Things get complicated when you step up the pace. First of all, during exercise the watch has a train of delay on the heart rate which seems to be under control, while the user has just started a sprint and feels his heart pounding. After a session, the watch did not always show consistent results. It is therefore complicated to trust it completely.

Note that few sports are recognized by the watch, the options offered are the elliptical cross trainer, the treadmill, weight lifting and running. If you practice another activity, you will have to opt for free training.

Like many competing watches, the Fossil Hybrid HR is capable of monitoring sleep. Its readings are generally consistent with the user experience, but, as too often, it is very easy to trap the watch. Thus, it does not detect that you are awake if you are just looking at your lying smartphone.

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