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Vivoactive 3 and WAHOO Tickr X

Former Member over 7 years ago

Hi
I’ve ben thinking of getting a WAHOO Tickr X. As far as I can see it should pair with the VA3 via Ant+
Does anybody have experience doing so
And if - would wearing the Tickr X during a swim workout be an alternative to the oHRM?
I know that Ant+ won’t transmit very well under water, but the Tickr X has a storage, so transferring data after the workout should be possible - if Garmin allows it.......

0 R_Tellis over 7 years ago

The Tckr X works well with the VA3. The memory thing won't work for getting HR for your swims to the watch or fit file, and wouldn't even with a higher end watch that works with the Garmin swim HRM.

The HR data will be saved to the strap and downloaded to your phone with the Wahoo app, and there are ways to mere that with the watches FIT file but requires other software.

0 TheSalamander over 7 years ago

Not sure if you have read this. It is 2.5 years ago now but seems to suggest Tickr X not so good for swimming.. It is just one perspective though.

https://www.workaholics.nl/wp/swimming-with-the-wahoo-tickr-x/

0 jim_m_58 over 7 years ago

The va3 won't work with the Garmin HRM-Swim for getting HR while swimming. It doesn't handle the batch mode HR after you get out of the water. Even if Wahoo used the same ANT profile for that (I don't think it does), it wouldn't work with swimming.

0 Former Member over 7 years ago

Thanks for your replies.
I guess that was the answer I was expecting......
Still thinking about getting one though ;-)

0 Happytoon over 7 years ago

I got one a few months back and it works very well as an HRM strap, connect to the VA3 vi ANT+ almost instantly and give an accurate and stable HRM reading.
I haven't used it for swimming, only running, treadmill and other Cardio stuff. It can also connect to some Cardio Gym machines which support ANT+ (rowing etc).
The Android apps of Wahoo are not great at all (and I am polite!), but using it with the VA3 and GCM is great...
The offline function is also good when you don't want to run with your phone etc... overall (apart from the wahoo app which I don't use), this is a great HRM strap.