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| |  | iPhone Accessories | Home » » » Digifit Connect 2 Heart Rate Monitor Transceiver for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad | Requires an ANT+ compatible sensor and Digifit Full Functionality App (both sold separately) | | | | | | | Description: | | Digifit Connect 2 (DC2) requires upgrade to Full (Advanced) Functionality for $9.99 via In App Purchase from within the Digifit Free app or it requires one of the other $14.99 paid Digifit apps such as iRunner or iCardio. With Full Functionality, Digifit is a heart rate monitor and fitness & health computer. DC2 is a wireless transceiver that plugs directly into the dock connector of your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Workout indoors or out while Digifit tracks heart rate, elapsed time, calories burned, time in zones, speed, cadence, distance, pace, power (watts), weight and sleep score. Compatible with ANT+ sensors: heart rate monitor, foot pod pace sensor, bike sensor, power meter from brands including Garmin, Adidas and Timex, etc. Upload your data to Training Peaks, Facebook, New Leaf and more. For more information, visit Digifit.com/full. Not compatible with Polar Heart Rate monitors or other apps including RunKeeper and MapMy apps. | | | Features: | |
• Accessory for fitness and health monitoring
• Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, iPad
• Compatible with ANT+ sensors
• Requires upgrade to Full (Advanced) Functionality for $9.99 or a $9.99 paid app (App Store: Digifit)
• Smaller (60%) than Digifit Connect 1
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 6.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.12 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 22 reviews |
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117 of 120 found the following review helpful:
 LockedApr 18, 2011
By Sean Thomas Brady
This could have been a simple ANT+ receiver for the iPhone, which you could use with the Digifit app (as described in other reviews), and which you could also use with many other apps that do things that the proprietary Digifit app doesn't do.
I'd be happy to pay $49.99 for such a revceiver and an additional $14.99 for the Digifit functionality, plus maybe more for other apps (or I'd try out the many free cardio apps that use an ANT+ receiver for the iPhone).
However it appears that Digifit has locked this device so it ONLY works with their app. So for $49.99 you get a lot LESS than a simple ANT+ receiver. It's like buying a TV that is permanently tuned to only one pay cable station.
They do disclose in the description that to get "Full Functionality" you need to purchase their app, but they don't tell you that they blocked every other app (free or pay) so the ONLY thing you can ever use this for is their app.
So if you like buying TV's that can only play one station because it's a lot easier than having to search the listings for a good program, this device is for you.
If you prefer the freedom to use YOUR hardware with whatever software you like, then the Wahoo Fitness ANT+ receiver is probably more suited to your tastes.
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27 of 27 found the following review helpful:
Have Prior Version; This One Should Have Added Power InputMar 09, 2011
By Ken Zemach
I have the prior version of this, and it works very well with my Garmin HR strap, foot pod (cadence and distance for running) and bike sensor. The prior version is simply over 2x as big, so this smaller one would be an improvement.
What I'm disappointed to see, and what I would have wanted (and would have made me upgrade) is that there is still no external power input port. The problem with this device is that it takes up the power input capability on your iPhone. If you do endurance workouts (like, a 6 hour run or an 10 hour bike ride), the iPhone runs out of juice long, long before you even get into the event (if you have the GPS going). Without the GPS going... it still won't last for long endurance activities.
The way I solved this was to add ANOTHER adapter in between this and the iPhone. I got the CableJive dockStubz (search Amazon) which is basically a pass through, but also has a mini-USB port on the side. Then, take a USB to mini USB cable, and add any USB battery pack, be it LiIOn or AA such as the Tekkeon TekCharge (search Amazon). Now, finally, you can go on that all day bike ride and actually be able to use the GPS and Ant+ data.
So, what I would have expected/wanted out of this would have been to make this a pass-through connector so that you could in turn plug an iPhone cable into it and add whatever other power input you want. It makes me question whether or not the people who design this stuff do more than an hour at the gym!
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Great Technology - Some Apps don't support this advanced versionAug 02, 2011
By Patrick Mariani
The Digifit Connect 2 uses the latest in ANT+ technology to provide a low power consumption solution. The Digifit App was easily able to record a 50 mile bike ride with location services shut off (the GPS in the phone)- I will update with some different phone set-ups in the future. (location on/airplane mode is next)
Make sure you pick up the Version 4.0 App, DigiFit Eco System - the version 3.X are still in the AppStore, but are a bit clunky. All the apps run from the same back-end, so if you purchase a V3.X paid app, the upgrade to V4 is free. BTW - the app could use a cadence/speed/mph/distance/time graph with selectable axes (plural of axis?). It has HR/MPH vs time.
This is not compatible with the iMapMyRide/Run/Wahoo/Garmin apps. They use an older version of the ANT+ standard, and have not integrated the new libraries - A hats-off to Digifit for providing backward functionality for the fisica key - available at twice the price. I would expect next version apps from the other vendors to use the new standard, thus making this key compatible, in the future. (imho)
I've mounted this on my bike with an iphone specific case which can also hold a couple of energy bars, gels. Garmin GSC-10 speed/cadence and a Garmin HM. Set-up was simple. It fit in an old arm-band for running, but couldn't close the retainer strap - not a big deal.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Really like this productMar 19, 2011
By dchappe
Updated from ealier version and really like the smaller size and the connectability. It feels tight and secure. I love the product as it helps me stay motivated to workout because I like comparing my statistics from week to week. I monitor my progress and know exactly what my heartrate is as I run my routes. I can see the progress I have made running up hills. It just makes working out more fun. I also like listening to Pandora while working out. Great customer service also. Thanks Digifit.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Purchased for my IPAD, works great!Mar 18, 2011
By D. Fraser
I purchased this along with the Garmin chest strap, and utilize it with my IPAD and Digifit APP, specifically the ICardio function of the app. So far, I am very impressed with this device and the overall APP. I insert it into the IPAD, put the strap on, set the IPAD onto whatever exercise machine I am using (or next to it if no holder) and do my workout. I have been doing interval training, getting my heartrate up and then resting, with several sets, and the app is great for this! Highly recommend. (I don't have the IPHONE, yet, but I will probably buy the IPHONE case for this if I upgrade to an IPHONE).
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