I effectively only use heart rate. I set to broadcast (settings/heart-rate/broadcast) and pick it up via Ant+ in Strava and record it in Strava so it uses phone gps.
Hey~But looks like I have to upgrade my Strava account to premium before I can view my heart rate over Strava. Am I right?
I am using Strava but I am just not sure if it is worthy to go for premium.
Please advice. Tq
There is another forum specifically for the VSHR: this forum is for Garmin Connect Mobile - Android.
To give you some info about using VSHR for cycling. Apart for using the HR tracking facility, which is not very accurate - see the review by DC Rainmaker - and storing this info in GC the VSHR is of no use:
It cannot detect most intensity minutes for me - although this problem is possibly through my naturally low HR thresholds. Despite cycling more than 200km per week to and from work for a total of about 10 hours (e.g. see the image attached to the next bullet) I often have zero intensity minutes.
When I get up in the morning and cycle to work it often thinks I'm still sleeping until after I arrive at work. . Note in the image a) that the cycle icon is from my recording my ride activity using my Fenix3 and a chest HR monitor b) the position of the alarm clock icon showing when it thinks I woke up - after about an hour of clearly elevated HR.
If you set it to broadcast you will need another Ant+ device to receive the signal and record your HR (some smartphones have that capability).
I don't have a premium account and I can see my heart rate on Strava. It is more a question whether your phone will receive an ANT+ signal. My old phone would not but it could receive my Bluetooth HRM's signal.
Another option is the free Wahoo Fitness app which integrates with Connect and also Strava.
I also think the readings are inaccurate. It gave me lots of extra steps when I am driving.
To be honest I am quite disappointed with VSHR. Shall I send it back to Garmin for calibration?
