Running Sensors-table

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Device Cost Status Location1 Analysis2 Realtime3 Carry Phone4 Export13 Symmetry Cadence GCT VO Impact7 Braking Pronation Foot Strike Other Technology14
Running Dynamics v2 $100 Highly Recommended Chest Web/App/Export Watch Detailed Yes Yes Yes Yes 3-axis
Running Dynamics v1 $100 Highly Recommended Chest Web/App/Export Watch Detailed Yes Yes Yes 3-axis
RunScribe $200 Highly Recommended Footpod Web/App No Yes Yes Yes Foot Foot Yes Yes Pronation 9-axis
MilestonePod $25 Highly Recommended Footpod App Summary Kinda6 Yes Yes Foot ROI8 Yes Leg Swing 3-axis
Moxy $770 Worth Considering Calf Export Watch Detailed SmO2 IR SmO2
TgForce $145 Worth Considering Ankle App/Export Phone Yes Detailed Yes Tibia11 3-axis
Moov Now $60 Worth Considering Ankle App Phone Yes No No Yes Tibia11 Leg Swing 3-axis
Wahoo TICKR Run $80 Worth Considering Chest App/Export Phone5 Yes Detailed Yes Yes Yes 3D Smoothness12 3-axis?
Lumo Run $80 Not Recommended Waist App Audio (phone) No No Yes Yes Yes Body 9-axis
Sensoria $200 Avoid Sock/Ankle Web/App Phone Yes No Yes9 Yes Yes10 Foot10 Yes10 Pressure + 3-axis
BSX $300 Avoid Calf Web/App/Export Phone/Watch Yes Detailed SmO2
Stryd $200 Untested Chest  ? Watch/Phone  ? No? Yes Yes Yes Body 3-axis?
RUNTEQ Zoi 150 EUR Untested Foot & Chest  ? Phone  ? No Yes Yes Yes Foot Body Yes Yes
RPM2 $500 Untested Insole  ? Phone/Watch  ? Yes Yes Yes  ? Yes Yes
SHFT $300 Untested Foot & Chest App Audio (phone) Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Toe-off angle, Watts, Body Angle 9-axis
  1. Where does the sensor go?
  2. What are your options for analyzing the results?
  3. Can you see the data in real time? This makes a huge difference if you're trying to improve your biomechanics. Ideally you want the information on a watch, which is easy to carry. Having to not only carry a phone but look at the display is something I dislike.
  4. Do you have to carry your phone with you? I hate carrying a cell phone when running, so this is a factor for me.
  5. Phone needed to get anything beyond HRM.
  6. You can use two pods and compare the data, but the system won't compare the results for you.
  7. Impact can be measured in various places, such as the foot impact, the lower leg (tibia), or the chest. The impact can be measured as peak acceleration (g's) or as rate of change of acceleration (AKA "Jerk").
  8. This is Rate of Impact, which is slightly different to simple impact g's (see review for a few more details).
  9. The $200 kit only comes with one sensor, so you'd need to by a second.
  10. The Sensoria measures a number of metrics, but it does so remarkably badly.
  11. This is a measure of the impact on the lower leg, which excludes the impact that the foot as absorbed.
  12. This is the rate of change of acceleration (AKA "Jerk") in three separate axis: up/down, side-to-side, and left/right.
  13. A sensor that doesn't allow for data export locks you into the vendor's tools.
  14. A 9-axis sensor can detect twisting motions through its gyroscope, in addition to the acceleration measurement of a 3-axis sensor.