My Garmin “premium” HRM “soft strap” is kaputt. I tried changing the battery but it still works very intermittently. A new one retails ~$45-70. A bit ridiculous for something that lasted 6 months. Any other options for something with ANT+? I have a Garmin Edge 500.
Polar strap is still working well, and the Garmin replacement seems more durable than the last version I had. It’s structured more like the Polar strap I’m currently using.
And four months later the replacement Garmin strap has stopped working.
I contacted product support again, and they asked me to do the following:
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Then I switched to the Polar Strap that I had bought for $12 and got some good HR data today, like this:
I’m going to send the Garmin strap back again, and ask for a replacement, but I’ll probably keep it only as a backup in case the polar dies on me too. I’ll report back in a few months to let y’all know how the polar strap is working out.
Yeah my replacement is acting up too. Sure is fun riding through a Gran Fondo with the discomfort of that strap only to look down to help pace yourself up a climb and see… 72bpm. Good thing I bought a power meter. :rolleyes:
Mark Blacknell swears by the Polar being much better than the Garmin strap too, so I might have to jump on that one.
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