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Any advice on a non-Garmin heartrate belt?

I’m have returned my second Garmin Run red belt because of giving me way too high readings. I wash the belt regularly and used also conducting gel and wet it. After changing the battery it worked fine for a while but then again the readings went wrong. I tried several different battery’s e.g duracell. But still the problem reoccurred. So, i am done with the Garmin belts. The dealer gave me a refund. Which other brands do you recommend? Is it Polar or wahoo? Is polar h10 a good choice or a polar verity sense?

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willfromfreeport over 3 years ago +2

I love the Polar H10. The strap will go bad eventually, and you can buy a replacement for cheap.

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0 willfromfreeport over 3 years ago

I love the Polar H10. The strap will go bad eventually, and you can buy a replacement for cheap.

0 9386496 over 3 years ago in reply to willfromfreeport

I have one love it, what happens to the strap though?

0 Sbanjo89 over 3 years ago in reply to willfromfreeport

Same for me! So many of the Garmin metrics are derived from heart rate as you probably know and time and time again Polar chest straps are pointed to as the best, especially for heart rate variability (HRV). The strap you go with should ultimately depend on budget, technical specs (number of Bluetooth channels), and how likely you are to use it without a watch nearby. Also heard great things about their optical heart rate sensors, but I use a lot of HRV apps outside of just Garmin so that pushes me to a chest strap.

In the Pat I have owned and uses an HRM-tri (good running dynamics but battery started failing consistently and early), wahoo TICKR X (pretty straightforward and good but questions around HRV)

0 9386496 over 3 years ago in reply to Sbanjo89

Do I need HRV for the lactate threshold test on 945? Is it worth doing that test and using the heart rate values from it?

0 spruitp over 3 years ago

Thanks for the insights. I think i’ll go for the polar H10.i can the most running dynamics from my Stryd.

0 9386496 over 3 years ago in reply to spruitp

Have a look on ebay I got one only used once for £34

0 willfromfreeport over 3 years ago in reply to 9386496

After a while, my heart rate readings would get erratic (dropping mid interval when it's increasing or randomly shooting to 225bpm while I'm actually around 140-150). Replacing the strap fixed these problems.

0 9386496 over 3 years ago in reply to willfromfreeport

Thanks that's interesting so how long did you have the strap and did you wash it in the washing machine and if you did 40 or 30C? Did you replace with a cheap or official strap and if a cheap how does it compare?

0 willfromfreeport over 3 years ago in reply to 9386496

It was about 5 months with washing mostly in a machine. 30°C. I replaced it with a cheap one, and have been hand washing it. This has been rock solid for 6 months now.

0 9386496 over 3 years ago in reply to willfromfreeport

ok thanks good to know the cheap straps work fine as I thought this strap was superior due to the extra electrodes and grippy spots but 6 months great saves some cash that!