venu 2 running dynamics with HRM Pro strap

Running dynamics are reserved for the Forerunner (and Fenix?) lineup. You won’t get the data on a Venu, doesn’t matter if you have the HR strap or not.

No and no. The watch has no support to display or save those data, wich always has to be calculated and transmitted from a strap to RD-Pod. 

Not only that, HRM Pro does not support Venu 2 / Venu 2 Pro at all so not possible to connect.

Just got Venu 2 today and found out. Switched from Venu (v1) that works with HRM Pro no problem.

Not only that, HRM Pro does not support Venu 2 / Venu 2 Pro at all so not possible to connect.

Just got Venu 2 today and found out. Switched from Venu (v1) that works with HRM Pro no problem.

Wow, great politics of the company. You're buying newer watch, and your HRM Pro - the highest model of Garmin HRMs stops to be compatible.

Looks like it's time to dismiss entire Management and hire new one, Garmin. This also applies to developers and engineers.

Zoe, you really need to start reading product specs. You're flooding thread after thread with superficial knowledge and it's getting annoying. The HRM PRO's adcanced running dynamics (like vertical oscillation) are not available on Garmin's health & wellness watches. If running is your thing, you should have bought a Forerunner. Even the cheapest models support mentioned dynamics.

And you can connect the HRM PRO to your Venu 2, by the way. I just tested it on my girlfriend's Venu 2.

As far as I know, you can connect it to Venu 2, sure, but you will get limited functionality.

And also even though it's not a strictly running watch, it still costs 400 dollars, literally the same price as new Apple Watch and Garmin artifically limiting functions on some models is just unnecessary, especially when Venu 2 has the tech to do it (newer HR, recovery time not available on watch, but when you send the data to Runalyze, it's there, so it collects the data necessary for it and many more functions are limited this way).

Not everyone wants a clunky watch without touchscreen, and the new Fenix 7s is out of budget for many runners aswell, please don't mention that as a resolution.

While there is a big jump in price between the venu2 and Fenix7 (as well as a big jump in functionality), there are a number of devices between them.  For example, starting with the fr245, there is support for running dynamics.  There is also other things that aren't supported on the va/venu devices.  Did you know that on the fenix 7 you can turn off touch, and that the default is off during activities?  Touch isn't preferred in some conditions, and some find it a pain in general.

No Running Dynamics on the FR55 but frankly they've been available for nearly 10 years now (FR620 in 2013) and no one's found a use for them yet !

You make good points though, I went for the Epix Sapphire for €999 and absolutely love the screen but it's riddled with unacceptable bugs (horrible audio, buggy multi-band software, buttons that triple click) so I'm sending it back and I'm looking into getting the Venu 2. Garmin has severely (and needlessly) crippled it but there are nice CIQ datafilelds out there that can make up for part of it.

Yeah the Epix has a ton of metrics but they aren't really actionable...apart from Body Battery maybe and that's on the Venu ! Recovery is useful too and someone posted that Runalyze sees it. And yes there are maps, but I don't need maps when I'm running and when I ride my bike I have the €200 Edge 830 that's got them...and that gets the training load from the Venu.

The only thing I know I'll miss are the 3 buttons on the left...