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Fenix 6 Pro + Polar H10 stand alone option

Bram
over 4 years ago

Hi

I have a Fenix 6 Pro and I am now looking for a chest HR strap to pair with it. I am looking at either Polar H10 or Garmin HRM Pro. The Polar is a lot cheaper now and is one of the best on the market. So I would prefer the Polar H10. My questions:

  1. Does the H10 connect the same as a Garmin chest HR strap would? Meaning: will I still be able to do everything in the Garmin app or will I need the Polar app for some results? 
  2. I will use the 'stand alone' mode and wonder how that works with the Garmin app/compatibility. Does this work just like the Garmin HRM Pro would? Does the H10 send 'stand alone' results directly to the Garmin app?

Thanks for helping me out!

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to aho7xmuc

    I had by far the best experience with polar straps. Garmins broke down, you could not easily wash them, they are far to expensive and so on. Thanks, will use the polar app if i need the feature one time in future.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to EnormoDerClown

    Generally Polar straps are considered the most accurate - certainly the H10 as this tends to be a strap used in scientific studies and is generally recommended by HRV app. authors for HRV accuracy.

    IMHO the running dynamic metrics are not actionable - I think the only actionable running dynamics metrics are cadence and stride length, both of which you don't need a strap for. 

    I do actually get running dynamics via another source so it's not a case of being sore about something I don't have - I just see no actionable value in them. Whereas cadence and stride length are both things you can improve and actively train for.

    I certainly wouldn't give up the Polar's superior strap, arguably superior accuracy and ease of changing batteries for running dynamics!

    But each to their own!

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to 5135968

    You can always use a separate RD pod if you want running dynamics. I use a Garmin HRM-1 plus an RD pod, the combination is cheaper than a HRM-Run, gives exactly the same set of data, and both are very robust and durable.  But indeed, each their own.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to EnormoDerClown

    When it comes to downloading stored HR, it's pretty much every device only plays in it's own walled garden. ie. will only work with straps from the same manufacturer. This applies to pretty much all of Suunto, Garmin, Polar, Wahoo.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 3 years ago in reply to mrscientist

    This is almost exactly what I’m looking for. I have been thinking about getting Verity Sense for martial arts but concerned of will it be able to get the whole workout and how the transferring the data to Garmin Connect would work if used in stand alone. Does the Verity Sense workouts get counted into training workload, if tracked with Verity?

    I was thinking about gettin HRM pro and strapping it to my arm but that won’t work. I also run quite a bit so would HRM pro would be ideal but I’m not that eager to get two types of straps for different workouts.

    Would love to hear how you have set up your sync for martial arts!