It’d be relatively easy to look at the Verity Sense, spit off a couple of battery and band changes and call it done. But in reality, there’s actually quite a bit more than meets the eye that’s different than the OH1 series – especially once you start using it. Here’s my bulleted attempt at capturing all of those (including the battery and band changes):

– Increased battery life from 8 hours to 20 hours

– Increased signal range from 75 meters to 150 meters

– Increased storage from 4MB to 16MB (thus up to 600hrs of data)

– Increased water resistance from 30m to 50m

– Added secondary Bluetooth channel (2x Bluetooth Smart + unlimited ANT+ connections)

– Added dedicated swim mode, which captures swim metrics

– Added three lights for the three main modes (transmission/standalone recording/swimming)

– Added gyro and magnetometer for SDK applications

– Added antenna signal amplifier to new strap design

– Changed band design to make it difficult to flip over

– Changed band design to allow it to detach strap (like a watch, versus single-piece band prior)

– Changed the swimming clip to make it more universally compatible

– Changed basic operations aspects, like how exactly you record an activity in standalone mode

– Price increased from $79/79EUR to $89/89EUR

– Kept the same optical HR sensor as the OH1 series

– Kept the same external design/size & charging/sync dock

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