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volfanbill said:
The course climbs feature will be interesting, especially in my hikes. I hope the advanced filtering will give more info on gym workouts
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Do you use a chest heart rate monitor?

If yes, which one?
If no, have you ever looked at them, or any info worth sharing on them?
 
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Behr said:
Do you use a chest heart rate monitor?

If yes, which one?
If no, have you ever looked at them, or any info worth sharing on them?
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I had one that I bought in the package deal with I think my Forerunner 935 (aka 2 watches ago). I tried it a few times running and once swimming. Probably a couple workouts too. It was interesting to get the info but nothing that really moved me to wear it full time. After a couple minutes I didn’t notice I was even wearing it fwiw. Probably 2017ish cuz I used it swimming in the Chesapeake when I lived there
 
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volfanbill said:
I had one that I bought in the package deal with I think my Forerunner 935 (aka 2 watches ago). I tried it a few times running and once swimming. Probably a couple workouts too. It was interesting to get the info but nothing that really moved me to wear it full time. After a couple minutes I didn’t notice I was even wearing it fwiw. Probably 2017ish cuz I used it swimming in the Chesapeake when I lived there
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I didn't plan on wearing full time just thought I'd use when I run to improve accuracy. I have total confidence in the watch 90% of the time, but every other run or so it "jumps" from where it was 30 seconds ago to where it actually should be once or twice. Definitely not a problem, I just keep seeing mention of the chest monitor and was looking around.
 
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Behr said:
I didn't plan on wearing full time just thought I'd use when I run to improve accuracy. I have total confidence in the watch 90% of the time, but every other run or so it "jumps" from where it was 30 seconds ago to where it actually should be once or twice. Definitely not a problem, I just keep seeing mention of the chest monitor and was looking around.
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I actually got two of them, a regular one and a waterproof one. I think I only ever wore the waterproof one because I was afraid of ruining the regular one since I sweat so much
 
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I ordered the HRM Pro Plus. The Pro was $10 cheaper and I liked the color better, it matched my yellow band, but it had a bunch of complaints about the battery. The Pro plus evidently solved that issue so I went with it.
 
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Behr said:
I ordered the HRM Pro Plus. The Pro was $10 cheaper and I liked the color better, it matched my yellow band, but it had a bunch of complaints about the battery. The Pro plus evidently solved that issue so I went with it.
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I was going to offer to dig mine out and ship them to ya. If you’re not happy with the ones you buy, I’ll still offer that.

I’m at least pretty sure I never threw them away
 
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volfanbill said:
I was going to offer to dig mine out and ship them to ya. If you’re not happy with the ones you buy, I’ll still offer that.

I’m at least pretty sure I never threw them away
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That's kind of you but it's their best one and if I ain't happy with it I'll either do without or try the Polar.

But I appreciate the offer.
 
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volfanbill said:
I had one that I bought in the package deal with I think my Forerunner 935 (aka 2 watches ago). I tried it a few times running and once swimming. Probably a couple workouts too. It was interesting to get the info but nothing that really moved me to wear it full time. After a couple minutes I didn’t notice I was even wearing it fwiw. Probably 2017ish cuz I used it swimming in the Chesapeake when I lived there
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You were right, I forgot I had it on and it didn't give me any extra info that I can use. But It did what I bought it to do.

Numbers seem to be the same so there's that peace of mind, but the main thing was they're more precise/instant/real time however is best described. Heartbeat didn't "jump".

With me, sometimes just the peace of mind is worth it all.
 
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@volfanbill just notes:

1. I think the watch thinks it knows what zone I'm working on. That's the only sense I can make of the low Aerobic shortage thing. This morning I had 16 minutes in low Aerobic range during sprints, but it was on my way up to High Aerobic and Anaerobic. I got the credit for the HA and Anaerobic but nothing for LA. Yesterday I did LA only and got credit for the whole time.

2. Figured out why it was changing fields. This morning I was scrolling to another screen and tapped the bottom field and realized it had taken me to the screen to change it. Lol. It's the screen protector.
 
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Behr said:
@volfanbill just notes:

1. I think the watch thinks it knows what zone I'm working on. That's the only sense I can make of the low Aerobic shortage thing. This morning I had 16 minutes in low Aerobic range during sprints, but it was on my way up to High Aerobic and Anaerobic. I got the credit for the HA and Anaerobic but nothing for LA. Yesterday I did LA only and got credit for the whole time.

2. Figured out why it was changing fields. This morning I was scrolling to another screen and tapped the bottom field and realized it had taken me to the screen to change it. Lol. It's the screen protector.
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So what are you going to do about the screen protector?
 
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volfanbill said:
So what are you going to do about the screen protector?
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Nothing. It's only an issue when my hands are hot and sticky and I'm running trying to use the touch screen. Now that I know that's the problem, I'll just use the buttons when I'm running. Problem solved.

I love the screen protector.
 
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