Comfort Sensor (Subscription)

I’ve won my horsepal monitor a few weeks ago. They shipped it super fast and the package was in a perfect condition. After my first use I had a few questions. The horsepal team answered them in a very short time. My horse and me, we love this product! Our training is so much more targeted, we should have bought it a long time ago!

My initial thoughts on the Horsepal HR monitor after 2 days of use is “wow – this is such a convenient piece of kit!”. I have never in my years of working with tech (professionally and casually) come across a piece of Bluetooth equipment that connects without at least some pain and suffering on the user’s part… Until I met the Horsepal HRM. It connected before I’d even fully registered what was going on in the app – then it’s a one button press on “read” in the app and done. The HRM itself feels sturdy and solid. It is super easy to use even for complete novices alongside the diagrams in the box. This is going to be a life changing piece of kit for my horse Henry, who is being monitored for a grade 6/6 heart murmur and consequential heart conditions, as well as super helpful for monitoring my rising 5yo Peanut as he gets fitter for the first time!

I was looking forward to using this heart rate monitor, I placed my order and had to wait over 7 weeks to receive it, be aware there will be additional import charges if outside the EU, it also arrived without a box and instructions as well as missing the lead that attached to the saddle, an email with Ronan and the missing lead did turn up quickly.

When trying to pair of with my phone I couldn’t, but did receive an email from Ronan very quickly to say you had to do this via their app, I might have known this if the I instructions had been sent with it.

My first attempt at using this was a fail, the surcingle seems quite loose, but that could have been my fault as I was in a rush, I will take more time to use it over the next couple of weeks.

It is a high price bracket item and to be honest I would have expected better, but I will continue to try to use it and will change my review of I think it’s worth more stars!