I'm looking at getting the Forerunner 920xt for the holidays and am looking at potentially also getting the HRM Swim strap to go with it.
I have one of those chests where the ribs go back inwards , forming what I would call a cave, at the centre of my chest. What it means is that on regular HR straps, there's a small gap between the monitor and the centre of my chest. For the most part, it means that regular straps are either too tight or too loose and it falls down running. Shouldn't be an issue for the HRM tri piece (actually I'm looking forward to the small bit of stickiness on it for running). But for the HRM Swim strap, I worry that the gap might cause the whole thing to come off in the pool.
I don't want to buy what would be an expensive HR strap only to have it fall off in the pool. Anyone else have this issue?
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Update: Finally decided to pull the plug on a 920xt and got the tri bundle. I've gone now for 2 swims with the HRM Swim strap, and have had only a few minor issues. For the most part the strap works well, though feels different than most other HR straps as the elastic part takes up less space (very little in fact). I've felt the strap "move down" my chest only a few times, though in all cases this was fine as I was able to finish the interval set and wait for the rest break before it became a problem. Most of it was fixed by simply tightening the strap or making a minor adjustment on where it was placed on my chest.
So far haven't yet used the HRM tri, but just from the construction looks like it shouldn't have any problems.
I have one of those chests where the ribs go back inwards , forming what I would call a cave, at the centre of my chest. What it means is that on regular HR straps, there's a small gap between the monitor and the centre of my chest. For the most part, it means that regular straps are either too tight or too loose and it falls down running. Shouldn't be an issue for the HRM tri piece (actually I'm looking forward to the small bit of stickiness on it for running). But for the HRM Swim strap, I worry that the gap might cause the whole thing to come off in the pool.
I don't want to buy what would be an expensive HR strap only to have it fall off in the pool. Anyone else have this issue?
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Update: Finally decided to pull the plug on a 920xt and got the tri bundle. I've gone now for 2 swims with the HRM Swim strap, and have had only a few minor issues. For the most part the strap works well, though feels different than most other HR straps as the elastic part takes up less space (very little in fact). I've felt the strap "move down" my chest only a few times, though in all cases this was fine as I was able to finish the interval set and wait for the rest break before it became a problem. Most of it was fixed by simply tightening the strap or making a minor adjustment on where it was placed on my chest.
So far haven't yet used the HRM tri, but just from the construction looks like it shouldn't have any problems.
