Energy balance
Multisensor armband monitors (SenseWear Pro3 and SenseWear Mini) provide valid estimates of total daily energy expenditure (TEE) in healthy adults under free-living conditions, though they consistently underestimate energy expenditure at higher activity levels.
Multisensor armbands (like SenseWear) are reliable for tracking your daily calorie burn in everyday life, provided you understand they tend to underestimate your burn when you are exercising intensely. For general tracking, they are accurate enough to guide lifestyle choices, but do not rely on them for precise high-intensity workout metrics.
The SenseWear Pro3 and the SenseWear Mini armbands show promise for accurately measuring daily energy expenditure under free-living conditions. However, more work is needed to improve the ability of these monitors to accurately measure energy expenditure at higher levels of expenditure.
Why this rating
Randomized comparison against the gold-standard Doubly Labeled Water (DLW) method in a controlled free-living setting.
Source
Accuracy of Armband Monitors for Measuring Daily Energy Expenditure in Healthy Adults
Darcy L. Johannsen et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2010
DOI 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181e0b3ff
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