Can someone recommend a dual ant and BT HRM, All I see is the wahoo. Are they any good?
Son and I have had good performance from the 4iiii strap and sensor. Just make sure you unsnap the sensor from both contacts after every use or it will stay active and give poor battery performance.
Ron
Scosche Rhythm+ optical. Prefer it to both the Wahoo and the 4iiii, mostly because I don’t like chest strap HRMs.
Scosche Rhythm+ optical. Prefer it to both the Wahoo and the 4iiii, mostly because I don’t like chest strap HRMs.
This one!
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/05/scosche-antbluetooth-optical.html
Scosche Rhythm+ optical. Prefer it to both the Wahoo and the 4iiii, mostly because I don’t like chest strap HRMs.
How does the optical HR react to intervals?
I’ve had no problems. The setup of the Scosche differs from the Garmin/Apple Watch/Fit Bit optical HRMs, where I’ve read about some interval issues.
Can someone recommend a dual ant and BT HRM, All I see is the wahoo. Are they any good?
x2 on the basic Wahoo Tickr. It is dual-band. Don’t get sucked into the other features of the more expensive models from Wahoo.
Having had experience with various opticals over the past 18 months I can say that I don’t think they are good for any sort of up and down workouts. They are fine for workouts where you heart rate doesn’t change much, but even then I often times have problems.
Now, I am a man, so I can’t comment on heart rate straps for ladies, but the idea of strapping down another product to my forearm or bicep to measure HR is ridiculous. I use it currently in the 735xt because, like a camera in a phone, the best camera is the one that you actually have on you. However for any sort of workout where I am relying on the HR to drive the workout then I am using a chest strap.
Can someone recommend a dual ant and BT HRM, All I see is the wahoo. Are they any good?
x2 on the basic Wahoo Tickr. It is dual-band. Don’t get sucked into the other features of the more expensive models from Wahoo.
Having had experience with various opticals over the past 18 months I can say that I don’t think they are good for any sort of up and down workouts. They are fine for workouts where you heart rate doesn’t change much, but even then I often times have problems.
Now, I am a man, so I can’t comment on heart rate straps for ladies, but the idea of strapping down another product to my forearm or bicep to measure HR is ridiculous. I use it currently in the 735xt because, like a camera in a phone, the best camera is the one that you actually have on you. However for any sort of workout where I am relying on the HR to drive the workout then I am using a chest strap.Thisnis what I’ve just bought in preparation for Zwift on iOS. Have used it a few times on bike rides as it also syncs with he Powertap app on my phone. Works perfectly - was getting my data on the PT app and on my Garmin ðŸ‘ðŸ»ðŸ‘ðŸ»
I seem to collect HRM, so have experience with lots.
The main one I’d recommend is actually the MIO Fuse. There are no problems with optical HR during intervals if light is kept out well enough. With practice the results are just as reliable as a chest strap. There are two reasons I think it is best:
- it has a memory, so you can use it swimming (with practice of where to put it - probably individual)
- I am brilliant at forgetting to put on chest straps and, particularly when cold and wearing gloves, that can be a pain.
The Scorche is more idiot proof than the MIO, but unfortunately doesn’t have a memory.
If you are good at putting on chest straps then they might be best:
- Wahoo TICKR X has a memory and can export data. It’s big advantage is the running smoothness stuff (needs phone)
- 4iiii Viiiiva had memory and can export data. It’s big advantage is that it can connect to ANT+ sensors and save all that data eg. you can go for a cycle and it will save S&C, power, HR and you don’t need a head unit. It works as a Bluetooth bridge too, but all those data types are sent as one BT connection, which is allowed as per bluetooth specs, but lots of receivers can’t handle it. Sufferfest works, so you can send all your data to an iPad without an ANT dongle. TrainerRoad doesn’t unfortunately.
Wahoo do also a plain TICKR that is dual and much cheaper, but doesn’t do anything else. I guess that is the cheapest option.
Guess it depends on whether you want heart rate during swimming, if the running smoothness stuff would be helpful, if you want an ANT-BT bridge and if you remember to put chest straps on.
Scosche Rhythm+ optical. Prefer it to both the Wahoo and the 4iiii, mostly because I don’t like chest strap HRMs.
How does the optical HR react to intervals?
Zero issues w/ my Scosche.
Scosche Rhythm+ optical. Prefer it to both the Wahoo and the 4iiii, mostly because I don’t like chest strap HRMs.
This one!
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/05/scosche-antbluetooth-optical.html
Will the 920 display/store HR metrics while swimming with the Scosche?
ANT and Bluetooth both use approx 2.5ghz, which has terrible transmission in water.
I don’t know about the 920, but it would need to be right next to the Scorche. In my experience that is a terrible place for swimming with an optical HRM.
I think that when you swim you bend your wrist a lot, so the skin moves a lot up there. I have found that up nearer the elbow on the inside works a lot better. It would never transmit that far through water.
I think I recall having read something from someone who got live HR at the end when they took breaks (from a Garmin Swim heart rate strap). They didn’t mention having to stop it, so I think It can probably do live HR. Doesn’t help if you don’t get a decent HR trace near the wrist though.
It is for this reason I would never go for a watch with an inbuilt HRM. You need to have the option to optimize the position.
Can’t say about the 920. I’ve used mine adjacent to my Fenix3, both with and without a wetsuit, and it’s worked fine. But because ANT+ doesn’t transmit through water well, they’ve got to be very close.
Does the Fenix record the swimming HR or just display?
Fenix records the swim HR, same as any other exercise/segment.
Can anybody vouch for the battery life of Tickr?
I need to replace my old Garmin Chest Strap (ANT+ only) and the biggest reservation I have with Scosche is the 7ish hour battery life. I’m used to getting months from the Garmin chest strap!
I would prefer dual Bluetooth/ANT+
Fenix records the swim HR, same as any other exercise/segment.
Just to clarify does it record it with the Scosche HR strap - I know it should work for the Garmin swim straps. I’m more interested in the 920, but assume if it this saves for the Fenix it will do the same for the 920.
Wahoo tickr x. 2 years and running. Easy battery changes.
I’ve never had to change the battery on my TICKR X, although it is only a few months old and I don’t use it for every exercise. I almost always use it for running, where I expect the added running metrics would expend more energy when compared to the TICKR. Similarly, when it isn’t connected to a phone it is saving HR data to its memory, which consumes energy.
Incidentally, if you prefer the idea of optical the MIO Fuse has an upper file limit size of 20hrs. I had expected the battery to die well before that, so I did an experiment (display and LED off) - surprisingly it did the full 20 hrs and most of another hour when I restarted it. I don’t mind recharging, but don’t like the idea of something dying before the end of an ironman. You get used to plugging things in to charge very quickly. I’ve only forgotten a couple of times. It’s the not being able to use them for races that is really annoying and a deal breaker for me.
Sorry–misunderstood. No, I don’t believe the Scosche does not have internal recording capacity. And it doesn’t have any display capacity either. Like a strap, it detects HR and transmits that data.