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Optical HR sensor better on Fenix 3 HR than on FR235 ?

No good reason for that but based on the DCR review of the Fenix3HR here http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/02/garmin-fenix3hr-review.html the sensor seems to perform a lot better than on my FR235 (and DCRs FR235 review unit) especially for intervals where it almost never "follows" the actual HR during the recovery sections. Now he does say that he reviewed the FR235 several months ago, more like a couple I think, but what he'd found in his review of the FR235 still stands on my FR235.

So does it come down to the shape of the watch (larger footprint), tweaks to the hardware, tweaks to the software not yet implemented on the FR235 (I wouldn't put that past Garmin...) ? Anyone else here used both and seen the same improvements ?
  • I believe the hardware is the same but they could be running different OHR sensor S/W. I believe the new Vivosmart (if I've got the brand right) with OHR has some fixes in that are yet to be seen in the 235. I guess the same could be said of the F3. I wonder what the about section of both report the sensor software as??

    As as we've just seen with 4.10 F/W on the 230/235/630 I guess they want to get the same software running on multiple platforms but I'm guessing this isn't happening yet on the optical devices. By the way, this is just my guess!

    CW
  • Well let's hope they catch up because it would be a shame for a runner's watch to perform worse when running than a general purpose GPS watch...