HRM-Pro question

Hey, guys, I’ve used Polar Oh1+ and have decided to get the HRM-Pro, my question is that I know when I use the strap with the watch on I only download the HR data after I finish the activity, but what about if I don’t have the watch on? I wear the strap, start the activity on the watch which stays in my bag, for example, and do I only do HR download in the end of all the data? How does it work with the distance involving activities etc? Thank you!

0 3BEP6 over 3 years ago

The watch is Tactix Delta Solar.

0 tmk2 over 3 years ago

Only heart rate gets downloaded post-activity from the HRM-Pro.

0 Dr Phil over 3 years ago

HR is not downloaded during normal activities when the watch and strap are used together. The data are stored during the activity. The HR is downloaded after an activity where the watch and strap are used separately, ie with the watch not on and out of range of the strap or when swimming.

0 3BEP6 over 3 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

Thank you, so when the watch is on me and the strap and they are paired the HR is automatically from the strap and I just save the activity regularly, correct?

and if I started the activity on the watch but wear a strap only, after I get back to the watch, after I stop the activity, I download the HR before I save it?

0 Dr Phil over 3 years ago in reply to 3BEP6

Yes to both.

0 3BEP6 over 3 years ago in reply to Dr Phil

Thank you.

0 3BEP6 over 3 years ago

Ordered.

0 Crispin_Ellisdon over 3 years ago

If it helps reassure you of your purchase decision, one other use case I regularly encounter that works perfectly is: having my Fenix 6X mounted to my MTB handle bars and wearing the HRM Pro; start activity; mid way through prop bike up against a tree and walk away to look at the trail ahead; HRM Pro and 6X lose connection temporarily whilst I’m away from the bike but reconnect when I get back to the bike; finish ride and save activity; 6X searches for and downloads data from the HRM Pro to fill in any gaps in HR data during the activity when connection was dropped.

0 3BEP6 over 3 years ago in reply to Crispin_Ellisdon

Thank you. Now when you say “searches for”, does it mean you just save it normally or you have to scroll through and manually download the hr data before finalizing the activity or it does it automatically in this case?

0 Crispin_Ellisdon over 3 years ago in reply to 3BEP6

It comes up with a screen saying something like “searching for external HR data” automatically when you select to Save the activity. If for some reason it doesn’t work, you can do it later after saving by going to the activity in History and selecting Download HR Data (downloading after does mean you will end up with 2 activities in Connect though, one from the initial activity saved and another with the HR data downloaded).