Tickr X not ticking

[dewaldsss]

About a year ago I bought a wahoo Tickr X

It ticked all the boxes and with the cadence reading and memory/phoneless workouts it seems like the thing to buy, so ahead I went

Paired with my wahoo Elemnt it worked like a charm. A Year later and it started giving me crap, do a 60km ride, records for 2-5km and then goes dead. Fit the strap and nothing happens, doesn’t wake up, doesn’t connect to Elemnt, phone app etc. etc.

Swopped the battery numerous times, bought a new strap as I thought maybe the old one is worn out or something, still nothing. So, I opened it up, and found this….

The 2 metal springs that connect to the outer clips for the belt is rusted, resulting in a poor connecting.

It says its waterproof…. Maybe not mine.

Any suggestions on what to try out next? Polar? Garmin? viiii?

Feedback will be appreciated

 

Below the frustrated heart rate data

 

Rusted metal springs

 

[VASTLAND]

I have my doubts about it being waterproof mine also bombed out. No indication of any rust but it just stopped turning on. I swapped it out after a couple of irate emails.. Still using it, but very infrequently

[Cippo]

I'm using the Tickr for pairing with phone app or Apple TV as my Garmin strap is only ANT+. I usually wipe mine down and remove it from belt. It's not a very good design as the unit itself is exposed to alot of perspiration as opposed to Garmin where the belt is between unit and skin.