Garmin - Heart Rate Monitor - Black

I'm using this during my work-outs and it's been awesome knowing my heart rate in real time. If you set a goal to stay above a certain avg heart rate, then it's much easier to keep yourself on tract when working out solo. The connection is super reliable (I use a Note 8 along with the myWorkouts app). Highly recommend as long as your phone/app is Ant+ compatible (especially when it's on sale!)! It's also, hands down the most comfortable chest trap that I've tried.

Works like a charm - much nicer than the old skool HRM straps that were mostly hard and uncomfortable. Got this for $50 - a no brainer purchase well worth the upgrade from their lower end strap/monitor. NOTE: this is NOT a Bluetooth device that can talk to your app on your phone. This is an ANT+ device that talks to other ANT+ receivers like the Garmin Vivoactive that I bought with this.

I have been using heart rate monitors for over 20 years, mostly Polar. I have watched the straps evolve, and this is as comfortable as I have worn. And rest assured, chest straps are still the gold standard, and I still haven't seen any other approach (wrist, etc) that have been proven to be as accurate. This strap is a great compliment to pretty much any of Garmin's fine GPS units or activity trackers. I bought it seperately because it was on sale and I am still deciding between the vivosmart and the watch. It will work with both, and it is nicer than the strap that you get when buying the package deal. It is worth checking the part numbers though, as this could change in the future, and I hope it does.

After going thru 2 versions of Garmin and a Polar HRM&strap, this one finally works! I had been fed up with intermittent and erroneous heart rates, and no matter what I did (wet the pads, use electrode gel, etc.) there always would be crazy readings of 22 and even 222. This one worked fine right from the start. What's the difference between them all? This one has a shielding layer which mitigates the static electricity and interference that seemed to upset the other straps. It also has a 'polarity' - where you have the Right and Left side indicated as well as the shielding layer making contact to the skin. Garmin recommends to remove the transmitter module and wash in a regular washing machine after 7 uses, it would appear that a build up of sweat 'shorts out' the sensor pads and machine washing cleans up the salty sweat.

I am using this with my Garmin on bike rides and it just works. The only problem is getting myself to remember to put this thing on before rides.

Appears to be acccurate, more so than watch. Pairs very easily to Garmin watch. Just need to make your contacts are moist

My only gripe with this stems from the strap itself. It began to lose elasticity after about 6 uses. Not sure why but the sensor itself works great.

I bought this Garmin HR Chest strap to use while cycling with the free Samsung S Health app on the S7 Edge, unlike a few other popular finess apps that require paid accounts to view live HR data. It pairs easily and quickly with the app and helps me maintain my cardio HR zone and provide more accurate calories burned calculations. The strap has a "hook" to easily put on and remove around your chest. Disconnecting the sensor from the strap after each use will save battery life but luckily CR2032 batteries are inexpensive when bought online. Even though I already had a MSFT smartband 2 that also track Heart Rate, I feel the chest strap has more accurate readings for my workout types. If