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MG
Beloeil, QC
Oct 13, 2011
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RELIABLE WITH PROPER CARE
Pros: reliable
Cons: fragile battery cover o-ring seal
Purchased to replace an old one that last 5 years. Works well the first 3 years. Should have replaced the strap earlier. Must take care of the o-ring that seals the cover of the battery case. If not, sweat gets in and it start to not working properly. With good care, no issue. Worked out-of-the box with an old EDGE-305.
Recommend? YES
17 viewers found this helpful.
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Raymond
Montreal, Canada
Jun 24, 2011
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EASY TO USE HEART RATE MONITOR
Pros: light, easy to set up.
Cons: none !
I bought this monitor for my Dakota 20. Pairing was a breeze : put it on your chest, turn the Garmin Dakota on (works with other GPS too), go to Setup / Fitness / Heart Rate Monitor / Search for new. Voilą, it's paired !
The heart rate information can be displayed on the map screen, simply touch one of the current info box (like speed, or distance) and change to Heart Rate.
The information is also recorded along with track information. Quite helpful if you want to follow your progress on a given trail, or to compare how hard a trail was against others.
I am using RubiTrack for Mac to collect my exercise data and, however, if I forget to erase the current track before I go, Rubitrack will sometimes not display the heart information inside the tracks file.
All is not lost! If this happens, you simply need to visit Garmin Connect to download the track from your GPS, and then export that same track to a GPX file on your Mac. Garmin Connect seems to correct the data inside the file and you can import this file into Rubitrack, this time, all the heart information will be there.
I was afraid I would feel the strap on my chest all the time, but that's not the case. Within 30 seconds of wearing it, you don't feel it anymore. I mostly do biking, so maybe if I was running, that would be different, but I don't think so. It's pretty solid fitting to my chest.
Recommend? YES
14 viewers found this helpful.
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ERBJL
Salem, VA.
May 23, 2011
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GARMIN HEART RATE MONITOR
Pros: handy indication of heart rate for walking exerciz
Cons: complete lack of instructions and user tips.
I am now using this heart rate monitor with my Dakota 20 Garmin Handheld GPS Unit. Now that I have got it working, I really like it. However, the absence of any instructions as to how to wear it, and how to trouble shoot it when it failed to work is a major problem in my opinion. There was also little information as to whether it was compatable with the Dakota 20 in any of the literature or website information. I spent quite a few hours surfing the internet to figure out where the best place to position it was. I did find some helpful advice, (but not from the Garmin web site.) I did call the service number at gpscity and they referred me to the Garmin help number. The operator told me I needed to upgrade the software on my Dakota 20. After I successfully did that I was able to get the heart monitor to register on the GPS. It took some experimenting to find a reliable position on my chest to get a reliable reading, I'm still not sure I have optimum position, but it only cuts our occationally, now. Once I work up a good sweat, It seems to work 99% of the time. Overall, I now think it will be quite reliable for my purposes but a few instructions would have saved me a lot of grief.
Recommend? YES
12 viewers found this helpful.
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Abel
San Antonio
Apr 26, 2011
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GARMIN HEART RATE MONITOR
Used this to replace a lost one, great price and paired quickly
Recommend? YES
18 viewers found this helpful.
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Steph
Montreal
Apr 25, 2011
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GARMIN HEART RATE MONITOR
This article only worked 6 months. Replace the battery and still doesn't work. Garmin should do something to have better products.
Recommend? NO
46 viewers found this helpful.
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Thomas
Cambridge
Mar 1, 2011
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VERY POOR
Cons: looks good sitting on shelf
does not function at all out of the box. tried new batteries (3x's) will try to recalibrate gpsmap 62st (AGAIN)
Recommend? NO
70 viewers found this helpful.
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Alan
Calgary, Alberta
Feb 11, 2011
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GARMIN HEART RATE MONITOR STRAP
Pros: replaceable battery
I was pleased that I could get this item locally and at a price that was well below what I would have paid to have had it shipped in. The fact that it has a replaceable battery is also a big plus as I am repacing my old strap due to a dead battery and am not able to replace the battery.
Recommend? YES
42 viewers found this helpful.
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Brenda
Lethbrigde, AB.
Jun 16, 2010
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GARMIN HEART RATE MONITOR
I've thoroghtly enjoyed using this item when biking and also look forward to using for other sporting activities that I do.
Recommend? YES
58 viewers found this helpful.
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Flav
Montreal,Quebec
Feb 1, 2010
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EASY TO USE
Cons: takes more time to pair up with oregon series
Stays in place when exercising, comfortable to wear
Recommend? YES
74 viewers found this helpful.
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Shannon
Courtenay BC
Dec 2, 2009
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HEART RATE MONITOR
Works perfectly with my Garmin 405, comfortable fit.
Recommend? YES
79 viewers found this helpful.
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Morley
Ottawa, ON
Sep 3, 2009
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THE GARMIN HEART RATE MONITOR
As a replacement for the original HM works great.
Recommend? YES
95 viewers found this helpful.
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stevebrown_1
Ontario, Canada
Jul 9, 2009
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BEST FITNESS GEAR
Works perfect - as expected
Recommend? YES
105 viewers found this helpful.
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Yves
Montreal
Mar 30, 2009
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HEART RATE MONITOR
Pros: garmin, the best
as a replacement, this unit is perfect and work well
Recommend? YES
123 viewers found this helpful.
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Vic
Indiana
Mar 10, 2009
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WORKS FINE, IF YOU GET THE RIGHT PART NUMBER
Be sure the HRM you get is compatible with the GPS you have, my mistake...I think.
I believe there are only 2 types of HRMs.
Now, finally, I have the ultimate bicycle computer, speed, distance, cadence, GPS, altitude, temp., etc., etc.
Recommend? YES
118 viewers found this helpful.
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Ikester68
Calgary, AB
Mar 9, 2009
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HEART RATE MONITOR BY GARMIN
Pros: user replaceable battery
Cons: none.
I bought this replacement strap to replace a 2-year old one with a dead battery. The original vendor, The Running Room, was unable to provide a replacement for me: the original strap did not have a replaceable battery.
It's hard to tell from the photo with this product, but this replacement part has a user-replaceable battery, making it easier to replace in future, and a lot less wasteful..
Recommend? YES
131 viewers found this helpful.
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Rick
Edmonton, AB
Mar 2, 2009
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GOOD ACCESSORY
Pros: adds functionality to the fitness gps
Cons: none so far
I got this add-on to the Forerunner 405 because I was coaching people through the transition from middle to longer distance running. It works fine as an "intensity meter" and benchmarking tool. It sits comfortably and stays put for me if I offset it slightly to the left at the level of the lower ribs. Getting the 405 to see it and receive data worked as the instructions said it would.
Recommend? YES
120 viewers found this helpful.
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(4.4/5.0 based on 20 ratings)
