trimike77 wrote:
What the heck are people doing with their Garmin heart rate straps that they only last that short of a time? I don't swim in mine except for races, but I average wearing them for between 8 and 12 workouts per week for quite a few years. Sure I have to occasionally replace the battery, and I take it in the shower to clean it every few weeks. However, mine work exactly as expected.
There was a 'discussion' on this in the DCrainmaker review of the latest one. Essentially 2 groups. Yours, that can't work out what others are doing, and mine, and the people I know first hand that work fine until the battery needs changing, then the new battery lasts for a few weeks and then the HRM is dead. I was so careful to re-seat the rubber gasket you wouldn't believe. I only swim with it for races, perhaps twice a year, but do live and train in the warm, so sweat a fair bit, and my personal brand of sweat ate through the old FR205 with the metal contacts on the back in 4 uses. Really.
I average about 15 hours of strap wearing a week.
So it's clearly linked to the battery change (in my case and many - not all) others. I've no idea why some people have no issue, others a 100% fail rate after swapping.