Its amazing people on here have a 1400 dollar phone and a 500 dollar watch but spending 129 one time for a fitness device is the end of world. I agree 100% there is a huge markup on the sync device. We own Apple devices. It's not a secret Apple are the kings of markup. They would be stupid not to go for a piece themselves you know they are a business. If its too much for you, wait for a sale or try to win one in a raffle. I have won two heart rate monitors over the last couple years.
I lost over 50 pounds this year and gained a lot of muscle eating right and going to OrangeTheory regularly. Yes I am a fan. I have gone to many gyms and had a couple personal trainers it was always poor results or a lot more money for less workout time. It works for me.
It's amazing over four years how many times I heard how crappy the monitors people wear are and how much more accurate the Apple Watch is. So OrangeTheory spends a year in R&D figuring out a way to realtime access the data. This wasn't on OrangeTheory it was on Apple. Apple could easily support ANT but they don't. Likely this addon is just adding ANT support and can be used outside of class just like the other products OrangeTheroy has put out. That aside, OrangeTheory puts together a device people asked for and people lose their minds saying it should be free.
Entitlement right?