Complete trash!
The MAF method is wonderful. But the earphones and the app are garbage. When I contacted the company, they refuse refund of help.
Stick with a company that knows how to do heart rate monitoring.
Stick with a company that knows how to do heart rate monitoring.
Works great out of the box with my iPhone 11
Works as advertised. Heart rate spot on with my Garmin watch. Music plays and sounds good. Voice updates working perfect.
Waste of time and money
After linking with my phone, No sound comes out of the earbuds. HR measures wildly inconsistent over the same workout done on consecutive days - is my heartbeat 203? 85? The app told me both within seconds of each other.
Great idea but a useless product.
Great idea but a useless product.
Response from developer
Hi, really sorry to hear of your bad experience. Both issues you have had can been solved pretty easily. The sound issue is because they HR+ haven't been paired with your phone. The heart rate accuracy is because the earbuds are not sitting well in your ear so you need to adjust the gels. Reach out to use on burnfat@philmaffetone.com and we can go through in detail. I am confident we can get them working well for you.
Pretty good
I’ve been using the MAF HR+ headphones/app for three weeks now, and have not run into the issues that come up in the other reviews. The app is solidly OK - not super pretty, but definitely functional. I’ve had a few issues with heart rate not be captured correctly (first time - showing a ridiculously high heart rate from the start; both other times - stuck at 72). Both were solved by wiping out my ears and/or wiping off the earbud. The updating process is the only thing that bugs me - the app doesn’t warn you that a firmware update is happening, so you might turn off your headphones during a run and later find out you interrupted an update. And you would only know that if you are specifically looking at the tech info.
So the app is fine. The value of having my heart rate called out in my ears vastly outweighs the slight clunkiness of the app (and, who cares if it’s pretty? I just want it to work, which it does).
So the app is fine. The value of having my heart rate called out in my ears vastly outweighs the slight clunkiness of the app (and, who cares if it’s pretty? I just want it to work, which it does).
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App not ready for the public!
I purchased the MAF headphones after listening to multiple interviews by Phil Maffetone, admiring his research and approach to nutrition & fitness. I figured, “if this guy is the pioneer, his product must be the best”. I was wrong. Mainly because the technology of the app is not adequate. The app is essential to the functionality of the earphones and simply would not work. I emailed customer support (whom was helpful), and over a three week period they asked me to troubleshoot various issues that the app was having. It was immensely frustrating and not what I would expect from elite athletic technology. I ended up returning the headphones. The idea is probably good, but not yet ready for mass marketing. Phil Maffetone seems like an amazing guy, but unfortunately his HR headphones aren’t. (at least not yet...)
Check out the app first and save your money until these reviews change!
Check out the app first and save your money until these reviews change!
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