You can wear it like a watch and get real-time hydration readings telling you when to drink more and how much. And it also connects to a smart phone, laptop or other devices. It can build a large database of your activities, including sleep, and advise you to make changes so you can physically improve.
You know you need to drink plenty of fluids when you’re out in the bike, and to get plenty of drinks into you when it’s hot.
But it can be difficult to know the exact quantities to consume and indeed how to gauge when you’re running low early in a spin.
Obviously feeling thirsty or not is a guide, but by the time you're feeling thirsty isn't it too late?
And if you’re giving it socks in a race, sportive or simply out training or even on a long commute, wouldn’t it be great to have something a bit more scientific than your thirst to guide you?
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And that’s exactly what the new LVL (pronounced 'level') wearable hydration monitor, or bracelet, claims to do.
It’s been doing a roaring trade on KickStarter of late, having raised just over $1 million despite a modest $50,000 initial funding goal.
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In a nutshell it claims to tell you how hydrated or dehydrated you are by measuring your sweat and relaying the real-time results to you.
And it also tracks your general levels of activity, heart rate, sleep, calories and mood.
In terms of its core function of hydration, it will prompt you to drink more during a workout and will even issue you with guidance for how much you need to drink before beginning your ride/run/workout.
It claims to measure hydration by using a red-light technology - “near infra red”. This LVL claims allows the device measure how your body is responding to its environment much more accurate than other wearable devices.
And when you’ve been using it for a while, it can begin to mash up all your data to begin to tell you how you’re going wrong – with drinking water, food, sleep patterns – and what to do to improve gain physically. You can order one now for $119.
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