Hexoskin Smart Clothing Experience Continued 14 Hours Slow Reading Data

No matter what field, there will always be fierce competition between two tit for tat companies.

And this kind of competition is a good thing for the whole market and consumers.

Interestingly, these natural enemies are very close to the location of the company's headquarters.

For example, the journey between apple and Google is only 15 minutes; the factories of Adidas and Puma are located on both sides of Aurach respectively; LG and Samsung's headquarters in Seoul are less than 1 hours' drive from each other.

Quebec, Canada, is the hotbed of another technology product besides Silicon Valley, including OMsignal and Hexoskin, two pioneers of smart clothing.

After focusing on OMsignal, now we will continue to see another Hexoskin performance.

Both companies produce sleeveless smart T-shirts. The most important sensors are directly exposed to the skin of users, while the black Bluetooth devices are designed outside.

In addition to these similarities, the difference between Hexoskin and OMsignal lies in the fact that the former uses spandex salvage value and uses it.

The design concept was set up, and a reinforced version of the sensor was installed near the two shoulder straps.

OMsignal's clothes are very thick, and Hexoskin's fabrics are very thin. Therefore, when exercising in winter, they need to match a sweater or coat.

The size of the Hexoskin smart clothing sensor is almost the same as that of a lighter, but it is not fixed on the fabric with a pin.

Hexoskin uses a very strange design. Users must put sensors in the right pocket on the right side of the jacket before they can start exercising.

In addition, the sensor provides a USB interface for charging.

The button above is paired directly with the smart phone through Bluetooth, and the three indicators at the same time indicate different states, which are used to display power, data and connection status.

Hexoskin's battery life is more than 14 hours, and stand-alone standby time is more than 150 hours, so users can sleep in Hexoskin sleep tracking.

The application that opens Hexoskin will start by selecting activity content or preset template.

This includes many common sports, including running, car, meditation,

Hexoskin can monitor our heart rate, breathing volume, breathing rate, activity and sleep.

All data collected by the application can be displayed on the main interface.

Hexoskin's application is designed to be more intuitive than OMsignal, and the latter will continue to slide in order to see the monitoring data.

In addition, users can record the movement route through the GPS positioning function of mobile phones, of course, such as weight training, strength training, Hexoskin can also count how many times each time.

However,

Hexoskin has some disadvantages as well.

For example, the refresh rate is slow, and reading data has to wait for quite a long time.

In addition, Hexoskin does not provide health testing function, so users can not get the most suitable exercise standard at present.

Therefore, whether OMsignal or Hexoskin, there are still many areas to be improved in the application process, and the other two need to join the social sharing function.

After all, solitude exercises are much less fun than interacting with friends or fitness coaches.

The price of a Hexoskin smart clothing is 350 yuan (about 2150 yuan), which is much more expensive than OMsignal's 249 dollars.

In addition, Hexoskin doesn't seem to be much stronger in clothing materials than OMsignal, so the extra cost of the 100 US dollars is not worth it, and it needs everyone to decide for themselves.

But from my point of view, the price of Hexoskin seems to be on the high side.

Smart clothing is still a very new field, and all companies are in a preliminary stage of exploration.

Neither Hexoskin nor OMsignal will become a mainstream trend in the future. At the same time, the products of both companies, whether hardware or software, still have much room for improvement.

For professional users, smart clothing monitoring data can still play a role, but for ordinary consumers, at present, smart clothing seems to be far less practical than smart watches or fitness wristbands.