I’m about to buy my fourth heartrate monitor, and would like to choose something more reliable than what I’ve had in the past. The first was a Garmin, and it had a variety of problems, so I moved on to a Wahoo TICKR. Eventually one of the snaps connecting the sensor to the strap failed, and it had…

Yep. Had one that wouldn’t start recording properly until about 10 minutes into the ride and then would periodically lose the connection. I finally gave up on it and got a Polar H9. Now I get an accurate reading from the start.

I’ve never heard of such widespread issues with HR monitors. When you say the snap fails is that on the actual monitor and not the strap which is ultimately replaceable. I use a Garmin which is my second in 10 years. The first failed as a result of sweat corrosion. I’ve found then ultra reliable. …

Polar H10 without question. I own two Tickrs, a 4iiiii and recently a Scosche Rythm 24. The H10 connects instantly and never has dropouts or throws incorrect data.

I haven’t run across issues with the snap. I did have a TickrX that failed after a couple of years so I replaced it. (Not sure what happened, but Ijust to not get it to work.) The replacement unit is still working. I have had other heart rate monitors (polar and magellan) and these worked well. …

I use Coospoo and it works great. My first one lasted 6 years but finally was affected by sweat corrosion. The last year of life for it was very unreliable and I blamed the batteries and poor straps. Kept replacing batteries and buying new straps. Now, I disconnect the unit from the strap and wi…

Vern – I had a HRM fail at one of the connection buttons. I replaced that HRM with a Polar H10. The HRM module has worked well for the past 9 months. However even though the strap was sized as M-XXL, it was too tight for my 37" chest. Polar’s customer support wasn’t helpful. I replaced the Polar st…

I use the Polar H9 and it has worked great. Haven’t had a single issue. Had it for about a year now.

you can buy a generic $5 strap to replace your broken HRM strap, no need to replace the unit itself, unless that breaks too. they work just as well

I bought a cheap Amazon Magene heart monitor. It has worked flawless for 2 years. I cycle about 3000 miles a year and do gravel races for reference. The Magene cadence sensor worked and still does work but wahoo changed their app so it won’t read it any more.

Most reliable heartrate monitor (HRM)?

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Paul_Ryan2 (Paul) December 12, 2021, 7:29pm 3

I use Polar and never had any issues, really odd you have had so many issues

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