kevinrb Posted August 11, 2019 Share Buy a Wahoo Tickr and you will never use a Garmin HRM again.A replacement Polar belt will work,as will any generic which costs less than R100. Pieter-za 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian van Zyl Posted August 11, 2019 Share All the more reason to ditch Garmon and get a wahoo.the GPS head units are more reliablethe idt seems to be on par with neo nowbut the whole "ecosystem" just seems to play much more nicely with zwift.with my garmin head unit connected to the NEO and neo to zwift I seem to get intermittent power drop outs. Remove the garmin from the equation and everything plays nicely. No such troubles with the wahoo. Come on wahoo. Get that Vitality connection workingHey DieselInDust, We are so incredibly close... home stretch. You local Wahooligan DieselnDust and Veebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterbean Posted August 11, 2019 Share Yeah I use the polar strap with the Garmin and have zero issues for years now. Would recommend again. DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted August 22, 2019 Share Just received my polar soft strap today and went for a run with it today. What a pleasure..I couldn't even feel it. It's like a breathe of fresh air. Just had to trim the plastic bits around the clips. €15 for the strap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WR 1.0 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Glad I stumbled onto this discussion. My Garmin belt started giving low readings and struggled to connect to my devices (Edge 800 and Suunto watch). This is still the older Ant+ only version. The issue has to be the belt as I switched the pod/ receiver over to the old Garmin strap and all is well. Am looking for a dual strap though (Ant + & Bluetooth smart). Seems like the Tickr is the way to go? Pieter-za and DieselnDust 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wannabe Posted August 23, 2019 Share I got a new Edge 130 with the soft strap. Even when wetting the contact patches before a ride, I got fluctuating readings with periods with no HR reading.Went back to the hard strap I got with my Edge 500, problem solved, readings constant. DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WR 1.0 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Slightly off topicanyone have any views/ feedback on this:https://www.decathlon.co.za/p/8334795_dual-ant-bluetooth-smart-runner-s-heart-rate-monitor-belt.html#our_promise_banner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Flyers Posted August 23, 2019 Share Don't throw the straps away. I had same problem, so I cut it in half and it worked perfectly..I never had problems for almost 5 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WR 1.0 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Slightly off topicanyone have any views/ feedback on this:https://www.decathlon.co.za/p/8334795_dual-ant-bluetooth-smart-runner-s-heart-rate-monitor-belt.html#our_promise_bannerI took a chance and bought one of these. Took it out of the box and it synced up with my suunto (Bluetooth) and Garmin (Ant +) without issues. Strangely the Bluetooth hr was showing 3 beats higher than the Ant +.? Dexter-morgan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dexter-morgan Posted August 28, 2019 Share I took a chance and bought one of these. Took it out of the box and it synced up with my suunto (Bluetooth) and Garmin (Ant +) without issues. Strangely the Bluetooth hr was showing 3 beats higher than the Ant +.?I think I will take the gamble as well at that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted August 28, 2019 Share what is the part number of this Polar strap please. My garmin soft strap bombed out last night. replaced battery and the pod reads HR but its either way too low or way too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted August 28, 2019 Share what is the part number of this Polar strap please. My garmin soft strap bombed out last night. replaced battery and the pod reads HR but its either way too low or way too high.This is what I bought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselnDust Posted August 28, 2019 Share This is what I bought Awesome Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaper Posted August 28, 2019 Share Can also try the sigma dual HRM https://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/sigma-hrm-r1-ant-bluetooth-transmitter-belt DieselnDust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stretch Posted August 28, 2019 Share Awesome Thanks!Comfort wise.. The polar strap is significantly better... And so far with consistent hr readings.. But it's still new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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