Hey everyone. I know there’s already a lot out there on the Wahoo Tickr via search function but it’s mentioned so often I can’t really sift through the crap to get the info I want.
Can anyone comment to longevity? My Garmin hard strap is still working but the elastic has become essentially an old pair of underwear that barely stays up… Think about upgrading to something that has the dual band tech. I would prefer to stay chest strap as 1) the accuracy is still unbeaten, and 2) I’m forgetful and likely to grab my device on a weekly basis finding the HR dead. The issues I have is I once had a garmin soft strap several years back and that was chafe city. Is this the same?
Hey everyone. I know there’s already a lot out there on the Wahoo Tickr via search function but it’s mentioned so often I can’t really sift through the crap to get the info I want.
Can anyone comment to longevity? My Garmin hard strap is still working but the elastic has become essentially an old pair of underwear that barely stays up… Think about upgrading to something that has the dual band tech. I would prefer to stay chest strap as 1) the accuracy is still unbeaten, and 2) I’m forgetful and likely to grab my device on a weekly basis finding the HR dead. The issues I have is I once had a garmin soft strap several years back and that was chafe city. Is this the same?
Where was the chafing? I have a year old Garmin soft strap and have no issues. I did have an older strap that caused chafing at the latch point (i.e. where the plastic hook at one end connects into the fabric loop and the other end). They’ve since modified the strap so there’s a piece of fabric under the latch and I haven’t had any chafing issues since.
I had the same problem with my soft strap from garmin. Red marks on my chest below the sensor after every use. I switched to a Wahoo Tickr (the basic version) a couple of years ago. No more marks or any other problems. The strap still seems fine.
get the scosche rhythm + instead. it’s ant+ and bluetooth and you don’t have to wear a chest strap. The optical seems to work pretty well on the upper forearm.
The tickr I have is junk. The strap rusted out in months. Now I use it with a garmin strap when on the trainer and half the time I pick it up it’s dead or won’t respond and I have to take the battery out and short the battery connections to get it to wake back up.
Hey everyone. I know there’s already a lot out there on the Wahoo Tickr via search function but it’s mentioned so often I can’t really sift through the crap to get the info I want.
Can anyone comment to longevity? My Garmin hard strap is still working but the elastic has become essentially an old pair of underwear that barely stays up… Think about upgrading to something that has the dual band tech. I would prefer to stay chest strap as 1) the accuracy is still unbeaten, and 2) I’m forgetful and likely to grab my device on a weekly basis finding the HR dead. The issues I have is I once had a garmin soft strap several years back and that was chafe city. Is this the same?
Where was the chafing? I have a year old Garmin soft strap and have no issues. I did have an older strap that caused chafing at the latch point (i.e. where the plastic hook at one end connects into the fabric loop and the other end). They’ve since modified the strap so there’s a piece of fabric under the latch and I haven’t had any chafing issues since.
It was right on the sternum. Never had an issue with any other strap I’ve ever used including some very old and very basic Polar and Timex straps. This thing would just cut my chest all the time.
get the scosche rhythm + instead. it’s ant+ and bluetooth and you don’t have to wear a chest strap. The optical seems to work pretty well on the upper forearm.
The tickr I have is junk. The strap rusted out in months. Now I use it with a garmin strap when on the trainer and half the time I pick it up it’s dead or won’t respond and I have to take the battery out and short the battery connections to get it to wake back up.
I’ve heard many good things about Scoshe but the caveat I carry with any optical armband is battery life. I don’t like the fact I have to charge my HR monitor, and I have to charge my GPS, and I charge my headphones. Just one more thing to forget about. I have also wondered what Scoshe users do for Ironman.
i’ve owned 5 garmin and one wahoo the wahoo is 2 years + old i use it every day and love it. i use the garmin soft strap with the wahoo snapped on it. garmin was too glitchy for me…
Tickr has actually held up better than my Garmin straps. I do not find the snaps from the strap to the transmitter very robust and have unsnapped them by bumping it. It has, however, lasted much longer than my Garmin straps.
get the scosche rhythm + instead. it’s ant+ and bluetooth and you don’t have to wear a chest strap. The optical seems to work pretty well on the upper forearm.
The tickr I have is junk. The strap rusted out in months. Now I use it with a garmin strap when on the trainer and half the time I pick it up it’s dead or won’t respond and I have to take the battery out and short the battery connections to get it to wake back up.
I have only had garmin straps hard and soft the soft rusted out on me twice where the buttons connected replaced once second time I bought a tickr. I have been using it daily for about 5 months and love it so far no issues at all but its only been 5 months.
get the scosche rhythm + instead. it’s ant+ and bluetooth and you don’t have to wear a chest strap. The optical seems to work pretty well on the upper forearm.
The tickr I have is junk. The strap rusted out in months. Now I use it with a garmin strap when on the trainer and half the time I pick it up it’s dead or won’t respond and I have to take the battery out and short the battery connections to get it to wake back up.
get the scosche rhythm + instead. it’s ant+ and bluetooth and you don’t have to wear a chest strap. The optical seems to work pretty well on the upper forearm.
The tickr I have is junk. The strap rusted out in months. Now I use it with a garmin strap when on the trainer and half the time I pick it up it’s dead or won’t respond and I have to take the battery out and short the battery connections to get it to wake back up.
Can you explain to me how a fabric strap rusted? I am so confused.
Sure thing.
You see there are these metal parts on the strap that connect to the HRM.
So it’s not the strap that rusted then. It’s the connectors? I’ve had my Tickr since it first released, probably have over 1000 hours on the thing. No rust on mine.
Get the tickrFit. So much better than the chest strap. I prefer to run with it versus the strap around my chest. But both are good.
I actually was considering it. How long have you had it? One of my primary concerns is longevity. After all it’s replacing the epic tank that is known as the Garmin Hardstrap. On that matter why doesn’t Garmin make a dual band hardstrap? If I went optical I would want to go Wahoo because of the battery life. As stated earlier I can be forgetful. Adding a HR strap to the list of things to charge could be a pain.
Same thing happened to me. I always took the same side off, and never washed the strap (yes, I know… gross). With a small screwdriver I was able to get the snap bit out of the hr sensor and bought a new strap. Good as new, and now after every use I unsnap the sensor completely.