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Garmin has (finally) announced and started aircraft the HRM-PRO breast strap, bringing Bluetooth to their higher-end middle rate strap that also transmits advanced running metrics and has memory onboard for lookout man-less activities. This, of form, follows the HRM-DUAL strap that was announced last January, which brought dual ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart compatibility. However, that strap lacked the features of the HRM-TRI/HRM-RUN series, which included Garmin'southward Running Dynamics data as well equally the ability to capture workouts when you didn't wear a watch. Now, all that stuff is together in ane, albeit expensive, strap.

I've been using the new $129 strap for a bit now, across numerous sports, including swimming, to see how it handles. I've also tested it out sans-watch to sympathise how it differs from seemingly like options offered past Polar and Wahoo. And as you'll see, the differences are of import, depending on how yous programme to utilise it. This is substantially the tiptop of straps for Garmin users but has far less applicability for users outside the Garmin ecosystem.

Finally, because this is ultimately but a strap – Sick try and proceed this review a bit more straightforward and condensed. I'll probably fail at that, but hey…I'll try. Oh, and as usual I'll send this media loaner back in a pile of gear to them shortly, and if you found this review useful you tin can hit up the links at the cease of the mail service which assistance support the site. With that, onto the review!

What's new:

This section is comparably piece of cake in lite of doing sentry reviews, simply essentially the HRM-PRO is a alloy of the HRM-TRI and the HRM-DUAL into i, with i chip of data offloading spiciness on the side. It'south really as simple equally that. Here are all the things it has in a simple bulleted list:

– Concurrent Bluetooth & ANT+ Connectivity (with 2 Bluetooth connections, and unlimited ANT+ connections)
– Running Dynamics manual
– Offline workout back up for pond (or really any other sport) for a Garmin watch
– Capturing of Intensity, Steps, Calories, and Heart charge per unit sans-watch
– Yous'll see battery status of the strap within your Garmin Connect conditioning summary data (right side on website for each activity)
– [Update] Garmin has as well added Cross State (90) Skiing Power Support as of October 2022, only available in the HRM-PRO

And that's it. Only, let's dive slightly into those last ii bullets, because those are actually what makes this strap appealing for Garmin users (and inversely, useless features for not-Garmin users).

Offline workout data support for Garmin watches: This first piece is the same as with the original HRM-TRI or HRM-SWIM straps, whereby if you get into the h2o, it'll capture your heart rate data to offload back to the watch once you exit the water. That was back in the solar day when watches either didn't have optical Hr sensors, or they didn't work while swimming. These days watches practise take them (though, accuracy in the water varies a lot), but the strap gets y'all more than authentic data. Unfortunately, digital transmission from Hr strap to watch underwater doesn't work, then this is all about shop and forward, saving the true information for later, rather than mid-workout. Of grade, the strap is always broadcasting, it'due south but that your watch can't hear information technology. This is besides useful for non-swimming activities where yous tin can't vesture a watch but want a workout file; such equally soccer, martial arts, etc… Note that technically speaking this feature uses the Pismire+ standards and theoretically could work with any watch/device that supports information technology. Merely practically speaking nobody has ever done and then. Thus no, it won't piece of work with your Suunto/Polar/Apple tree/etc watch to download data.

Offline daily action data support without watch: This piece is new here, and is mainly for people that can't wear a watch during the workout (martial arts, some cross-fit, other sports, etc…). What this does is substantially account for your daily activity metrics. So this includes steps, intensity minutes, calories, and heart rate. This makes it seamless between the other 23 hours of the day yous wearable the scout, with the 1 hour you can't. Then on your Garmin 'My Day' dashboard, it looks like one seamless 24-hour interval, fifty-fifty though you lot didn't wear the scout for a chunk of information technology. As well, it's crazy fast on how it catches-up/displays. Faster than the time it took me to come out of the h2o and grab a screenshot from my telephone on the dock. More than on that in a minute. Note this feature does *NOT* create workout files that sync to Strava or such (as some other straps practice). More on that too in a minute.

And then ultimately, the HRM-PRO is really as its name suggests – it's Garmin's height-finish strap for Garmin users. At that place's Nothing reason to purchase this strap over Garmin'south HRM-DUAL strap if you lot don't have a Garmin watch. Inversely, if you do accept a Garmin scout, I'd have a pretty tough time recommending the older HRM-TRI strap these days, fifty-fifty though that is reasonably priced whereas this is crazy priced. But hey, I guess that's the price of admission to data.

Ok, with that quick overview out of the way, let's get into the box and the usage details.

What'due south in the box:

Uhh…look, I get it, we're just talking a strap in a box. But also, look, if I didn't write nearly the strap in a box, and then someone would be upset about it. So, here's the strap in a box:

Actually, the strap in a box also comes with a petty paper cartoon book that illustrates how to utilize it.

And near interesting of all, was this little tidbit I caught – which is that the strap is partially licensed from Suunto. Or more specifically, the patent around sensor arrangement. The strap isn't made by Suunto, only ane particular aspect of the sensor arrangement is something that Suunto has a patent on from 2006, and Garmin has to license it from them.

Turns out though, they also licensed this way back on the HRM-TRI every bit well:

Then I thought to myself: I wonder if they licensed this on the HRM-DUAL also? Turns out..nope. However, they instead licensed something else from Suunto for that strap, the connector pod slice:

That patent is from the same general timeframe.

Encounter, this strap in a box section was interesting and useful after all. In fact, there's other nuggets in the manual as well. I hateful, nobody reads information technology, but in this rare scenario I actually opened it upward and learned something from information technology. But that'd ruin the surprise for the adjacent section. So…permit's movement on.

The Nuts:

The strap is fabricated of the same cloth that the HRM-TRI is fabricated of, which I've found pretty comfortable (and I don't retrieve I've seen any complaints on that strap). Yous tin change the size of the strap by tweaking the little clasp thingy.  Garmin states the minimum chest size for this strap is 23.5" (60cm), and the maximum is 42" (106cm). However, y'all can also buy an extender which takes it to 56" (142cm).

Here's what the inside sensor portion looks like, which you can see is identical to that of the HRM-TRI (bluish pod):

Some portion of that organization is the piece that'southward licensed from Suunto, to completely spoil a total chunk of this review – realistically I haven't seen any modify (negative or positive) in accuracy from the HRM-DUAL in that location. Information technology works just fine. It's still a little bit warm this time of year to get those nice crispy cool belatedly fall days though where the air is drier, which tin can lead to standard chest strap accuracy issues in the first few minutes of a workout before y'all get enough sweat going. Simply there are enough of solutions for that anyhow (wetting the strap, licking it, applying contact gel, etc…).

The battery for the HRM-PRO is claimed at 1 yr (with 1hr/twenty-four hour period usage). It uses a standard issue CR2032 coin prison cell battery. You'll access that by pulling the yellowish role off, which gets you here:

And then using a small screwdriver to remove the iv screws. Inside there'due south an o-band you'll desire to take care not to damage, and so the coin cell bombardment:

The unit claims h2o resistance of 5ATM, and an operating temp range of 14°F-122°F (-10°C to 50°C), which begs the question: Who is running around outside without a shirt (but with a breast strap) at 14°F/-10°C. And then I remembered the squad working on this is largely in Alberta…which is Canada. And at present it all makes sense.

Next, within the comic book drawing transmission they included there's a moving picture of a triathlon and a pool. I asked my toddler daughter to explicate it to me, and it appears they're telling you that after each puddle swim you should wash it in soapy h2o, and subsequently seven loops of the lake. Whereas after any normal swim you should rinse it off in regular water. Afterwards she explained the cartoon to me, she asked me to read i of her favorite books on a similar topic.

For the most part, you likely won't utilise the HRM-PRO in the pool much. While information technology'll work merely fine for the ladies nether a one-piece adapt, historically the HRM-TRI mode straps don't work as well in the pool considering they won't stay on your chest. That's what the much wider/stickier HRM-SWIM strap is for (pool usage). The main issue is specifically when you push off the way (turns or flips), the water pressure level is significantly greater, and I've never been able to keep any strap there for more a few laps (except the HRM-SWIM). Once more, if you lot've got some sort of elevation on roofing it, there'south no pressure and information technology's not an issue.

Whereas for openwater swimming it's no problem at all – and in fact I've used it on a number of openwater swims, as we'll talk about.

Simply commencement, allow'south pair it up to your telephone. This part is new in the Garmin globe, and it's the start Garmin strap to actually pair to Garmin Connect Mobile (their smartphone app). Sure, the HRM-DUAL could pair to apps for displaying Hour, but non really Garmin's own app.

Once paired, there actually isn't much to tweak in the settings (devices expanse) bated from your bio information, as basically everything it does is in the background.

You can however update the firmware here:

Information technology'll likewise do this via your Garmin devices also (it quietly downloads updates on behalf of Garmin sensors, including the HRM-PRO):

Now, at this juncture I'k going to presume you lot know how to put a breast strap on. Then nosotros'll skip to the usage bits related to the non-watch portions. In other words, tracking the intensity minutes, activity condition, etc… For this, the thought existence yous've taken off your Garmin watch to practice some sport yous tin can't habiliment a sentry in. Then, y'all do said sport. Backside the scenes one time you lot put on the Garmin strap it'southward frequently offloading that data to Garmin Connect, and so it's available well-nigh instantly – including your steps.

Check out the beneath screenshot. What's impossible to tell hither without me telling you, is that this spike in heart charge per unit was while I was doing a workout (evidently), but most notably is data from a strap – not a Garmin sentinel. The picket was disconnected to my phone at this bespeak. It did all this from only the strap, notably filling in the HR data for that workout, as well as updating my steps besides:

With that, it updated the post-obit things above:

– Intensity minutes
– Steps
– Heart Rate
– Calories

Simply the same works in other non-conditioning ways too. For case, as I'm writing this I've got my Garmin watch on the charger. Merely I'yard being a dork and wearing the HRM-PRO so that I don't miss out on any steps to and from the coffee machine or those extra calories burned.

All that goes to your Garmin Connect account automatically.

But here's the one downside: Allow'due south say you're playing basketball game or another sport sans-picket.  You do the conditioning and you want to salve that file somehow. Peradventure upload it equally an indoor activity with a photo to Strava. Y'all can't exercise that here (unless you've got a Garmin watch and started the action on that watch). Meaning, unlike the Wahoo TICKR Ten, or the Polar H10, in that location'south no bookended workout files created hither. Technically speaking there is under the covers, but functionally speaking Garmin isn't exposing that unless there'due south a Garmin watch paired with it.

Adding one more than 'speaking' blazon here, practically speaking that probably doesn't matter to 99% of the people out in that location. After all, if you're buying this strap it's because you're in the Garmin ecosystem and likely with a Garmin scout (versus a bike estimator). Then in that scenario, you lot could take easily simply started an indoor cardio workout on your watch and left information technology on the sidelines in your bag. After saving the workout, it'd then sync the Hour/steps/etc data to the watch/phone, and the earth would be correct again. Y'all'd accept an upload in Strava from the sentry, and all your daily metrics deemed for in Garmin Connect.

Still, that doesn't mean I can't dream. For me and my testing, I love the ability to have the TICKR X merely track my workouts and so splice out a .FIT file using the nifty app time splicer they take. Merely that's more of a DCR problem/consequence than a common one.

Lastly on the nuts side, the strap is dual ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart compatible, so that means that you can pair it to an unlimited number of Emmet+ devices, and then ii concurrent Bluetooth Smart devices. Then permit's say yous're inside on Zwift or TrainerRoad (running on an iPad), so that'll pair via Bluetooth Smart, while you can still also then pair it upwardly to your watch via Ant+. Here it is on Zwift:

And now a not-Garmin watch, the Polar Grit X using Bluetooth Smart:

And here's information technology continued to a Wahoo ROAM using Emmet+:

Oh, and as for activity storage, the HRM-PRO can store 18 hours of activity before needing to offload. So, with all that set up, let'due south dig into the watch connectivity pieces.

Garmin Sentry Connectivity:

The part that almost people here reading about are probably interested in though is Garmin watch integration. There's essentially three levels/components of direct sentinel integration:

1) Uncomplicated eye charge per unit connectivity
2) Information offloading integration (e.chiliad. for swimming/etc…)
iii) Running Dynamics support

Technically speaking, any manufacturer could integrate these, but simply Garmin has selected to do so. For instance, Running Dynamics has their own ANT+ standard (and has for years), but only Garmin watches back up information technology. Wahoo does broadcast Running Dynamics though on their latest TICKR X straps, so those are compatible with Garmin watches withal.

In any event, all three of these require you pair the chest strap to your Garmin watch, so we'll practise that here. For the purpose of this post's photos I'1000 using the FR945 because information technology's sitting adjacent to my laptop. Only I've actually mostly been using it watch-wise with the Fenix half dozen series. Merely any ANT+ or Bluetooth Smart unit can pair up for the basic heart-rate pieces. On a Garmin device, y'all'll want to pair it every bit an ANT+ sensor (which, it'll do automatically for y'all):

Once that'south done, everything else actually kinda happens magically for you. For case, most Garmin watches will automatically testify the Running Dynamics pages when a capable Running Dynamics sensor is paired. These are what those pages look like:

Those metrics will update constantly throughout the run, just like any other metric. In addition, this strap works with Garmin's Running Power Data Fields, assuming your watch is compatible.

Afterwards, you lot'll detect all these metrics displayed on Garmin Connect (and Garmin Connect Mobile). Hither's a quick glance at them from i of my rails runs (paired to Fenix 6). Respiration rate comes from the chest strap besides:

And then here's another set from my run a few minutes ago (paired to FR745), note here that respiration rate isn't on the FR745 (an interesting tidbit I didn't notice till now):

Whether or not you find value in the Running Dynamics metrics is up to you. Personally, I don't find much value there at this bespeak. Years subsequently, and I'1000 withal non super clear what to do with the data. My coach finds some value in a handful of the metrics in terms of seeing some impacts of fatigue in a longer run.

Note that the definition of Running Dynamics metrics in this case is specifically Step Length, Vertical Ratio, Ground Contact Time, Ground Contact Fourth dimension Residuum, and Vertical Oscillation. Notation that the Vertical Oscillation/Ratio chart has a toggle, as does the Ground Contact Time/Remainder chart.

While the strap also includes the cadence data, that really comes from your watch anyway (or a footpod, if you accept i of those). So while Garmin sometimes groups that under the Running Dynamics banner in marketing blurbs over the years, that's not actually the example and is recorded already on every Garmin wearable.

Next, switching gears away from running, over to swimming, which is the secondary main reason someone might pick up the HRM-PRO. Previously, for triathletes, you probably picked upward the HRM-TRI, which covered yous for swim/wheel/run. The HRM-PRO effectively replaces that, only now gives you Bluetooth back up for using it with apps like Zwift or TrainerRoad.

With swimming, the HRM-PRO is ideal for openwater swimming, merely less optimal for pool swims for most males. That'due south because in the puddle the breast strap will ofttimes get pushed downward when doing a flip/open turn off the wall (particularly a flip turn), eventually ending up on your waist. For ladies, wearing a one-piece suit, it's not an issue, as the accommodate blocks the h2o pressure from pushing the strap down.

Thus, all my testing was in openwater, where there's no flip turns:

In this example, you'll put on the strap just like normal and crack open the swimming sport. You'll want to ensure that the watch sees the strap earlier y'all go in the water, so information technology knows its friend is out there somewhere. I think technically it'll nevertheless find information technology afterwards fifty-fifty if it doesn't connect before yous get into the water, simply I'm always paranoid almost it.

Once in, simply swim as normal. While the strap is constantly broadcasting, your watch isn't hearing information technology. Digital signals but become about an inch (a few centimeters) underwater, so from your chest to your wrist is way to far. That'south different than the older analog straps that Polar used to make that tin can transmit analog signals. But Polar stopped making any modern watches that support that.

So during the swim your sentry will bear witness the center rate from the optical sensor (assuming you have a more recent watch, else, it'll just evidence cipher if on an older watch since that doesn't have an optical HR sensor that works in the water). However, in one case you stop the picket and showtime to save the activeness it'll become off and discover its friend, HRM-PRO:

So it'll get-go downloading the heart rate file from the strap:

This normally takes five-10 seconds. Note that if information technology doesn't see the strap, information technology'll actually re-confirm with you lot, which is useful if you're all the same in the water since the lookout man can't find the strap if your strap is underwater.

One time that's done, the lookout man effectively replaces (technically it appends) the heart rate data in the swim file with the Hour information from the HRM-PRO. To you though, it's all totally seamless and just looks like normal Hr information on Garmin Connect:

Now, while I talked about swimming here, this same thing applies to really any sport. You tin can start an activeness with the HRM-PRO in range, so caput out to practice your matter (for example, soccer/football), so come back to the sidelines and it'll download it all once more. It knows to exercise that.

Ultimately, all of this offloading and running dynamics functionality is exactly the same equally it was on the HRM-TRI, the simply difference here is that this strap also has Bluetooth besides as the daily metric offloading too for not-watch workouts.

Accuracy Comparison Data:

For the most part, chest straps are a pretty well divers matter these days, where failures are rarely in the bodily capturing of information, and usually more than tied to transmission or connectivity pieces. Pregnant, when I see failures with chest straps, information technology'south not ofttimes accurateness per se, just the layer of software that gets that data to your watch.

In that location are exceptions to that, notably in libation weather when the skin is drier and contact is trickier. That's why about companies (including Garmin), recommend you wet your strap prior to starting. Usually one time y'all get into the workout then sweat takes over. Of course, on really hot days you tin can actually go the reverse direction, and have sweat pooling, where basically there'south so much sweat straps have issues in that location as well. For meliorate or worse, I don't often have those sorts of atmospheric condition days in holland.

Ok, and so in my testing, I simply use the strap throughout my usual workouts.  Those workouts include a broad variety of intensities and conditions, making them groovy for accuracy testing.  I've got steady runs, interval workouts on both bike and running, as well as tempo runs and rides, and so on.

For each exam, I'm wearing boosted devices, usually 3-4 in full, which capture data from other sensors.  This sometimes included a second strap, usually the Wahoo TICKR X 2022), as well as usually two optical sensor watches on the wrists. Note that the numbers you lot see in the upper right corner are *non* the averages, only rather just the verbal point my mouse is sitting over.  Note all this data is analyzed using the DCR Analyzer, details here.

First, let's offset and see how it handles steady-land running. This is a 9-mile long run from a few weeks agone, merely cruising along at a relatively easy pace. In this case nosotros've got the HRM-PRO as my chest strap, the COROS Pace ii on 1 wrist with optical, the FR745 on the other wrist every bit optical HR, and so a Whoop strap on my bicep connected to the Polar Dust X. Here'due south that information ready:

As y'all can encounter – or rather, mayhap don't encounter, the HRM-PRO ramps upwards nicely as one would expect, and really the FR745 does a really expert job of tracking that too. Later the initial slow-ramp offset of the COROS Pace 2 optical 60 minutes, it's pretty much the same. The Whoop strap is…well…the Whoop strap, bouncing all over the identify. There was bluntly zero issues in that run that were out of range or norm for the HRM-PRO…then, we'll move onto the next workout.

We find ourselves now on the track. This is a track workout focused by and large on 800'southward, merely with some sprint 200's in at the end. Hither's that workout with the Garmin HRM-PRO breast strap, the FR745, and and so the COROS Pace 2 on the other wrist:

In this instance, once more, we see it pretty much perfect (fifty-fifty from the optical 60 minutes sensor of the FR745). Information technology'south also a good example though to run into the slight nuanced differences betwixt a breast strap and an optical HR sensor.  Equally is oft the case with intervals and optical Hr sensors, y'all run into a very tiny bit of lag on recovery compared to chest straps. Yous see, the HRM-PRO is only a couple seconds ahead of the optical HR sensors. Again, a super-tiny amount hither that you'd never observe in-person if you didn't accept a secondary reference source.

Whereas if nosotros look at these 30-second/200m intervals, y'all'll encounter there's more lag from the optical side of the house compared to the breast strap, admitting not always. The first one shows lag of maybe 10-xv seconds on the FR745 compared to the HRM-PRO. However the 2nd/tertiary/4th intervals are very shut on the uptake to the HRM-PRO, but a fleck more laggy on the recovery.

Next, let's switch gears and look at an indoor workout on Zwift. In this set we've got the FR745 optical sensor, the HRM-PRO breast strap, and the Wahoo TICKR X 2022 breast strap. Here' that information prepare:

In the kickoff couple of seconds y'all see the TICKR-X fasten briefly. I suspect that might actually only be something with adjusting information technology more than than annihilation else, given it happened in the commencement few seconds and went away. Otherwise, the HRM-PRO and Wahoo TICKR X are basically identical.

Afterwards that betoken information technology's pretty darn boring – all the units are identical across the board until the very finish. It'due south here I do a bit of a 900w+ dart and my HR spikes appropriately. We encounter the lag from the FR745 optical sensor, whereas the other units are all pretty much in agreement, with the HRM-PRO existence slightly faster than the TICKR X by a 2d or 2.

Finally, here's an outdoor ride with the FR745, Garmin HRM-DUAL, TICKR X, and COROS Pace two, this is a mostly steady-state ride, save a few stops for canal bridges or stop-lights. It'due south also in the rain at times, as well as on bumpy roads at times. Here's that data:

And so…yep. Ok, the brown bits are the COROS Pace two. Let's remove those beneath so that it's a flake easier to see what's going on. The HRM-PRO & TICKR-Ten basically mirror each other the entire time. A few tiny differences when I come to a terminate where the two slightly differed on the bottom-finish, just it'southward super-duper close.

Another zoomed in view shows how nearly indistinguishable the TICKR X and HRM-PRO are. Note, the last few seconds where those are straight lines of the TICKR X, is simply considering the TICKR X got paused in that location.

Every conditioning in the concluding 3 or then weeks I've washed has been with the HRM-PRO, and all of them are nonetheless hither. No unexpected spikes or dropouts or annihilation else funky. Pretty much what I've come to wait from either the HRM-DUAL or HRM-TRI, just carried over into a yellow pod instead.  Of course, going into later fall and winter, I'd probably expect some minor errors like all chest straps in drier weather, but that'due south always been the case and usually solvable by applying more moisture in any of the previously mentioned ways.

(Annotation: All of the charts in these accuracy portions were created using the DCR Analyzer tool.  It allows you to compare power meters/trainers, heart rate, cadence, speed/pace, GPS tracks and plenty more. Y'all can use it likewise for your own gadget comparisons, more details here.)

Market place Comparisons:

I'm sure I'll run into a lot of questions hither betwixt these 3 models:

– Garmin HRM-PRO
– Polar H10
– Wahoo TICKR X 2022

Now, permit'south briefly look at the differences, only commencement, I'll just give you the TLDR: If you're a triathlete, the simply real option here is the Garmin HRM-PRO. Garmin has you in a pickle, because while the TICKR-Ten supports offline workouts, Wahoo hasn't implemented the data offloading via Ant+ (they apply their ain internal app offloading procedure via Bluetooth Smart).

If yous aren't in the Garmin ecosystem but yet want data offloading, then frankly I'd strongly recommend either the Polar H10 or Wahoo TICKR X, with an edge to the TICKR X simply because their offloading, splicing, and sync to partners choice is and then much ameliorate than Polar'south. Polar'southward strap is probably a bit more than comfortable though for some people. Merely over again, that merely depends on what you lot want.

If you need Running Dynamics for Garmin products, then the Wahoo TICKR 10 2022 will work here. Nonetheless, be warned that Garmin has *NOT* allowed that to be a source for their Garmin Running Ability information field. So information technology won't piece of work at that place for that ane piece. If you lot don't intendance about running ability (or Garmin's running ability more specifically), then that'south not really a deterrent.

And over again, for swimmers, the only option you have with a Garmin picket is the HRM-PRO (or the older HRM-TRI/HRM-SWIM). Information technology only won't download from the Wahoo or Polar straps post-swim. Inversely, if you've got a Suunto or Polar, they can't download from this lookout man either.

Finally, if you lot don't intendance about all the information offloading at all and only need basic Emmet+/Bluetooth smart connectivity, then salvage your bananas and go for a less expensive strap such as the HRM-DUAL, Wahoo TICKR, or Polar H9. I've used all of them consistently and all are solid (similar) and corking options.

Summary:

The HRM-PRO is effectively the new HRM-TRI, and really at the same price as that strap – just at present with more features and functions that entreatment to a slightly wider audience than just triathletes. Information technology's designed to fill the gap for people that tin can't habiliment a watch during their sport, or where the accuracy of wrist-based optical HR sensor data is more challenging. Getting the Running Dynamics bits comes with the territory, only of course Garmin has other offerings if you want just that slice (the RD-POD).  Of grade, that does beg the question of where the slightly less expensive HRM-RUN goes from here, since that's notwithstanding non Bluetooth enabled.

That said, this is really simply a strap for Garmin users. There's admittedly nil reason to buy this strap if y'all're on Suunto, Polar, or an Apple Watch. Seriously, there'south null reason any. Save $50 and go any of the basic eye charge per unit strap options – since that'southward the only adequacy those watches can leverage from this strap. I talked about those in the previous section.

But if yous're a Garmin user and looking for those added features, Garmin delivers that in one packet at present. It'south totally seamless – and the 'just works' factor is super high. They've taken the pieces from their various products (HRM-TRI & HRM-DUAL) and simply squished them together, along with the newness of being able to contribute to your daily metrics. And that's something nobody else has.

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Hopefully you institute this review useful. At the terminate of the day, I'k an athlete just similar you looking for the well-nigh particular possible on a new purchase – so my review is written from the standpoint of how I used the device. The reviews generally have a lot of hours to put together, so information technology'south a fair bit of work (and labor of honey). As y'all probably noticed by looking below, I likewise take fourth dimension to answer all the questions posted in the comments – and in that location's quite a bit of detail in in that location too.

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