Do you practise a sport where its not always appropriate to wear a watch or do you want a precise alternative for the wrist heart rate measurement in your watch? Then Garmin HRM-PRO is certainly worth considering. A) Running outdoors with GPS: Assuming it meets the criteria (below), it’ll automatically be calculated when connected to a Garmin watch with GPS I have 5 different FootPods in use on my Fenix 6 Pro ( So one for every shoe (in current rotation)) and I never noticed anything funny about my VO2max numbers. They are also displayed in my Runalyze dashbord which can show the extact value to the second digit behind the comma. The Garmin HRM-PRO belt is adjustable and produced in the same soft fabric as HRM-TRI. I think the belt has a very nice fit. The first time I ran with it, I had to stop to tighten it a little bit, but otherwise it has never created any discomfort during training. Garmin HRM-PRO can be used for most sports like running, cycling and swimming - but also for a long list of other activities. Due to the fact that Garmin HRM-PRO is similar to HRM-TRI, it can also be used for triathlon og duathlon.

Garmin even went the extra distance to include a tiny tab below the battery to pull up on, helping to pop the battery out. A nice touch! Ok, I updated the C2 rowers and will now monitor if I can do the same for the Woodways. When they support FTMS, shouldn’t they be able to be controlled by a compatible app?

To be super clear, the HRM-PRO Plus still works just fine with watches not on the list, you’ll just simply see the heart rate & footpods listed separately, as opposed to a combo dish. One group this is particularly good news for is swimmers. Although smartwatches with optical sensors now work in the pool, their accuracy tends to be pretty ropey. By comparison, straps give better accuracy, but so far no one has managed to get them to communicate with a watch underwater. It can be a smart thing to do if your heart rate watch is charging or you don´t have the possibility to wear it to work. Once strapped on, the HRM-Pro got off to a good start by pairing with everything I pointed it at, happily latching onto an iPhone, smartwatch, and even a normally extremely cantankerous bicycle computer. With the ability to maintain two concurrent Bluetooth connections and an unlimited number of ANT+ ones, data-junkies will be able to pair it to multiple apps and devices simultaneously - good news for anyone using online training platforms like Zwift.

I didn’t see this in the comments or the article, so here it goes: AFAIK the Stryd it’s going to be slightly more accurate, since it doesn’t need calibration, but the strap saves the need for an extra device. So for someone invested in the Garmin ecosystem, which way to go? Finally Garmin introduced the HRM-Pro in September 2020. The HRM-Pro is the ‘top of the line’ and has all the features of the previous heart rate monitors and you van read my full review here. Except that it’s not detachable like the Dual and doesn’t have the grippy strap like the swim. But it does allow stand alone monitoring and connects with the Connect app by itself. So you can connect it to just about any other device and up to two BLE receivers (e.g. Zwift and your Edge computer). You can also get all swimming data and get running dynamics. As I said, everything.

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Ultimately, when you pair it up to any Garmin device, you should *ALWAYS* choose ANT+ first (which, it’ll default to). That’s because Garmin sends extra data via ANT+ that it doesn’t via Bluetooth Smart (in part because the standards exist on ANT+ that don’t exist on Bluetooth Smart). There’s essentially three levels/components of direct watch integration with the HRM-PRO Plus: Note that most recent Garmin watches do record heart rate data during a swim, however, the accuracy of optical heart rate data during a swim is hit or miss (from any vendor), due to the fact that water sits in between your wrist and the sensor, making it iffy at best. So this helps to sidestep that. with limited time, i just wouldn’t test that as i would imagine it won’t be anywhere near as accurate as stryd. If there are credible reports that the Plus is accurate i might give it a go on testing. Now, this was not my first Garmin HRM strap. I’ve had at least one from each generation. This is the worst. The older ones are much, much better. Both soft strap and semi soft strap are all better. The older ones are the best but don’t have as many features like support for beat to beat data and BLE. It important to note that the heart rate belt does not transmit directly to the watch while you are in the water. But its a smart function that the HRM-PRO belt can store data and upload it to the watch subsequently.b) can you ask Garmin when they start to support BT Running sensors in their watches? Nice to see that the HRMs will be able to send, but no Garmin watch is capable of receiving on that channel. I could pair the Woodway treadmills on our fire stations with my watches if they ever started supporting that. Going the route via Zwift is nice but unnecessary (when i forgot to charge the RUNN) Fina-freaking-ly, Garmin admits through engineering their previous battery compartment was complete and utter bull-plop.

Once that’s paired up, the HRM-PRO Plus will actually transmit data to your Garmin Connect account when not working out. This data is then automatically merged with any watch-based data you have, within your Garmin Connect account. For example, in the below screenshots, all the data from 4PM is from the straps, not my watch (which I had disabled connectivity on). K výše uvedenému jedna důležitá poznámka: Někdy na podzim loňského roku (2022) dostala podporu minut intenzivní aktivity přímo navigace Edge 1040 - a také Edge Explore 2, čili pokud máte jeden z těchto modelů, nepotřebujete pro záznam tepové frekvence s možností propisu do deníku Connect a sbírání MIA hrudní pás HRM-Pro/Plus, ale stačí vám i HRM-Run/2 či HRM-Dual. The one part I’d be really interested in seeing is the quality of the live pace/distance when set to always use on the watch compared to Stryd. If this was in the same ballpark for accuracy and responsiveness it could be compelling to ditch the foot pod altogether.However, for someone in the Garmin ecosystem, looking to get more advanced running data or running power, or heart rate data while swimming or in other sports without a watch, the HRM-PRO Plus makes the most sense, even if it’s a bit pricier than most (all?) other chest straps. Somewhat like the Apple ecosystem, the integration on the HRM-PRO with existing Garmin watches just works, versus trying to cobble together data offloading or other pieces requires more parts from 3rd party straps.