Garmin HRM-Pro™ Premium Heart-rate Monitor with Dual Transmission and Running Dynamics, Black

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Zkrátka pro cyklistu je rozhodně lepší mít na řídítkách velkou cyklonavigaci než malé hodinky. Sice jsem ještě nedávno preferoval při cyklistice hodinky – konkrétně F6X Pro Solar – ale s příchodem Edge 1040 mě začaly cyklonavigace zase bavit. Starší model Edge 1030 měl jednu nevýhodu, a tou byla slabá výdrž (12 až 15 hodin s GPS) a také problém se „samovybíjením“. Stávalo se mi, že jsem Edge 1030 zapnul a baterie byla téměř vybitá, i když jsem ji předtím prokazatelně měl nabitou. Možná špatně nastavený úsporný režim, nevím. Ale naštve to. 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 i Ok, so in my testing, I simply use the strap throughout my usual workouts. Those workouts include a wide variety of intensities and conditions, making them great for accuracy testing. I’ve got steady runs, interval workouts on both bike and running, as well as tempo runs and rides, and so on. Every workout in the last 3 or so weeks I’ve done has been with the HRM-PRO, and all of them are all the same here. No unexpected spikes or dropouts or anything else funky. Pretty much what I’ve come to expect from either the HRM-DUAL or HRM-TRI, just carried over into a yellow pod instead. Of course, going into later fall and winter, I’d probably expect some minor errors like all chest straps in drier conditions, but that’s always been the case and usually solvable by applying more moisture in any of the previously mentioned ways.

Next, here’s a more boring steady-state run. Again, some minor wobbles in Whoop, but the FR255 and HRM-PRO Plus matched up; By the way I did my first sprint triathlon on my AW and thinks worked extremely well (except the fact that I had to be paranoid with charging the AW at the very last second before leaving home)!!! I have no quibbles with the data, either. My last 10 mile time trial ride shows an average heart rate of 187bpm and a max of 194bpm. I’ve not compared this against another device but I’ve ridden enough 10 mile time trials to know that this is bang on where it should be for the effort. The unit claims water resistance of 5ATM, and an operating temp range of 14°F-122°F (-10°C to 50°C), which begs the question: Who is running around outside without a shirt (but with a chest strap) at 14°F/-10°C. And then I remembered the team working on this is largely in Alberta…which is Canada. And now it all makes sense.

The HRM-PRO Plus has a water resistance of 5ATM, and an operating temp range of 14°F-122°F (-10°C to 50°C). I mean, I have zero plans to run at 122°F, or, to use this strap shirtless in –10°C weather, but hey, if you want to: You can. Meanwhile, the 5ATM waterproofing means it’s good down to 50 meters, in the event you want to capture your heart rate while scuba diving or something. My advice would be to not buy Garmin HRM with irreplaceable straps and bad battery sealing designs, once the free warranty replacements dry up. HRM-Pro features a small, lightweight heart rate monitoring module that is no wider than the width of the soft, comfortable strap. It’s very easy to use the clasp to get a fit that is right for you, and you can make it very big, or very small, so it will work well on younger athletes and more petite women. The monitor is housed in plastic, which will make you sweat in warmer weather. This is a good thing as this type of tech works better when your skin is damp. Cross Country (XC) Skiing Power Support as of October 2020, only available in the HRM-PRO/HRM-PRO Plus Now, a valid question is whether the trade-offs of a built-in pod outweigh the concerns of a built-in pod. As noted, there are good reasons to have it from a waterproofing standpoint. In fact, if one remembers to the days that Polar sold the coded T31 straps designed for swim use – they too had built-in pods to the transmitter side. But I don’t think that’s actually planned obsolescence – a term that often gets inaccurately thrown around. In this case it’s a consumer trade-off between different features, even if folks don’t realize they are actually making that choice (such as waterproofing for long term use).

But, when firmware updates are released adding new features (such as the HRM-PRO firmware update today adding all the new HRM-PRO Plus features), then you can do that in there too. This release includes forward-looking statements regarding Garmin Ltd. and its business. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations. The forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this release may not occur and actual results could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting Garmin, including, but not limited to, the risk factors listed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2019, filed by Garmin with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission file number 0-31983). A copy of such Form 10-K is available at Lastly on the basics side, the strap is dual ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart compatible, so that means that you can pair it to an unlimited number of ANT+ devices, and then two concurrent Bluetooth Smart devices. So let’s say you’re inside on Zwift or TrainerRoad (running on an iPad), then that’ll pair via Bluetooth Smart, while you can still also then pair it up to your watch via ANT+. Here it is on Zwift: Hrudní pás HRM-Pro je i velmi pohodlný, díky své pružnosti dobře drží na hrudníku a současně nemám ani po delší aktivitě v délce několika hodin otlaky. Na cyklodovolené jsem ho měl i několik celých dní po sobě a bez problému. Zkrátka pokud překousnete cenu tři tisíce korun, určitě odvede dobrou práci. Není to totiž jen hrudní pás, ale dokáže spoustu další věcí. Zatímco dříve jsem měl hruďák jen pro testy, dnes je to pro mě naprosto nezbytný doplněk. Stručné parametry HRM-Pro Plus

The strap is the same as the previous HRM-PRO strap, which is basically the same as the HRM-TRI and HRM-RUN straps. That is to say they are single-piece straps, where the pod is built directly into the strap. The main change of course is now the pod has a tool-less battery compartment, which we’ll discuss in a second. Whereas for openwater swimming it’s no problem at all – and in fact I’ve used it on a number of openwater swims, as we’ll talk about. The new Garmin HRM-PRO heart rate belt is similar to the HRM-TRI belt. But as a new feature it introduces memory which makes you able to measure your heart rate without wearing your heart rate watch or using the Garmin Connect App. Read my review of the Garmin HRM-PRO here.

Whether or not you find value in the Running Dynamics metrics is up to you. Personally, I don’t find much value there at this point. Years later, and I’m still not super clear what to do with the data. My coach finds some value in a handful of the metrics in terms of seeing some impacts of fatigue in a longer run. While the HRM-PRO Plus can/will work out of the box in transmitting pace data (which is then used to calculate distance), it can be calibrated automatically by simply running with it. There are two different calibration methods, both of which happen automatically: The problem is though, we don’t really have any meaningful data to say this strap design is actually worse than others. The reason is because we only see unit counts, but not total sales. We do know that Garmen sells exponentially more straps than Wahoo (to use your example), as in, not even in the same ballpark. So as always, it’s easy to point to the comments we see about broken pod straps, and assume it’s breaking more than others. Or not. We just don’t know because they sell so many more straps than others. The Garmin HRM-PRO Plus follows in the footsteps of not just the HRM-PRO, but also the HRM-RUN & HRM-TRI before it. As such, it transmits running efficiency metrics, which Garmin brands as Running Dynamics. These metrics are then leveraged for Garmin’s Running Power calculations as well. If anybody knows how to improve on battery replacemnt process, and make it closer to original manufacturing, that would be great as well.See, this strap in a box section was interesting and useful after all. In fact, there’s other nuggets in the manual too. I mean, nobody reads it, but in this rare scenario I actually opened it up and learned something from it. But that’d ruin the surprise for the next section. So…let’s move on. The Basics: