kevinrb Posted August 11, 2019 Posted August 11, 2019 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.
Christian van Zyl Posted August 11, 2019 Posted August 11, 2019 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
Butterbean Posted August 11, 2019 Posted August 11, 2019 Yeah I use the polar strap with the Garmin and have zero issues for years now. Would recommend again.
Stretch Posted August 22, 2019 Posted August 22, 2019 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
WR 1.0 Posted August 23, 2019 Posted August 23, 2019 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?
Wannabe Posted August 23, 2019 Posted August 23, 2019 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.
WR 1.0 Posted August 23, 2019 Posted August 23, 2019 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
American Flyers Posted August 23, 2019 Posted August 23, 2019 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...
WR 1.0 Posted August 27, 2019 Posted August 27, 2019 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 Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 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.
DieselnDust Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 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.
Stretch Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 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
shaper Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 Can also try the sigma dual HRM https://www.cwcycles.co.za/product/sigma-hrm-r1-ant-bluetooth-transmitter-belt
Stretch Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 Awesome Thanks!Comfort wise.. The polar strap is significantly better... And so far with consistent hr readings.. But it's still new
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