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

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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.

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. When it comes to outdoor GPS activity calibration, this will calibrate across numerous pace ranges, however, there are some smarts built-in, to ensure that the calibration isn’t coming from bad data, or non-representative data (such as trail runs where form/running style often differs). In particular, the following circumstance will pause outdoor GPS calibration of the HRM-PRO/HRM-PRO Plus: 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. Zkusil jsem tedy plavat s hodinkami Fénix 6X Pro Solar na levé ruce a Epix na pravé ruce. Fénix 6X po celou dobu stabilně ukazoval tepovku nad 115 tp/m, zatímco Epix tuto hodnotu jen v prvním intervalu a poté tepovka spadla na nějakých 90 tp/m. A kde je pravda? Po ukončení a uložení aktivity, jsem nechal stáhnout data a hodinky plavání uložily jako novou aktivitu. Garmin International Inc. is a subsidiary of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN). Garmin Ltd. is incorporated in Switzerland, and its principal subsidiaries are located in the United States, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Garmin is a registered trademark.By also storing your steps and calories burned it’s giving you a seamless insight into your day if you do abandon your watch. For those in the Garmin ecosystem who are serious about their stats and improving technique, this offers an alternative, cheaper option than visiting a sports science lab. Funguje to ale jen tehdy, pokud jsou hodinky z dosahu, případně pokud jsou zcela odpojené. V opačném případě se kroky a tepovka stále načítají z hodinek, a to i tehdy, pokud nejsou na ruce. A tehdy byste samozřejmě žádné kroky nezískali. Je proto vhodné, pokud chcete načítat data tepové frekvence a kroků z hruďáku, mít hodinky vypnuté, nebo alespoň odpojené od mobilu. 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: 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. 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.

As you can see, now that we forced the calibration of the HRM-PRO Plus to match the treadmill, it trended higher. Which, did exactly what it’s supposed to do. It ended higher in distance than the treadmill, because the treadmill doesn’t properly account for speed ramping up/down in its reported figures, and it apparently takes longer to slow down than speed up. For me, the best uses of this strap are biking and Nordic skiing. Perhaps this is because there is less bouncing around when compared to running. The Polar H10 (or Polar H9) is probably the best, pure HRM chest strap but the battery life is unpredictable and that’s why I only use the H10 for waking HRV readings. However, triathletes or swimmers who love their special Garmin data and the ability to cache data, won’t get those features from Polar.

We aren't sure if anyone would buy the Peloton Heart Rate Band as a dedicated heart rate monitor for exercising (as in, not to use it with a Peloton), but it can be used as one. It hasn't got ANT+, but the band can connect to wearables via BLE. Sadly, it only really measures heart rate, unlike many other wearables in this guide, but if you need a comfortable external optical heart rate monitor to accompany your Garmin watch, you may as well consider the Peloton Heart Rate Band. How to choose the best heart rate monitor for you? Nonetheless, it’d seem slightly peculiar to have a full in-depth review of a chest strap and not include some aspect of heart rate accuracy or comparison testing. So, in this case I did exactly that. I’ve compared it against a slew of other options on the market: The Pro comes with many other features. There’s the step analysis, for example. I tried this out and saw new steps appear in my health stats on Garmin Connect, which is pretty cool. However, I wouldn’t want to use this as a daily measure. Since the strap is next to my skin during intense cycling sessions, there is no way I’d wear it during the day. Power measurement is also difficult because of the wind factor. These sensors do that in a different way. In theory, Stryd’s should be more accurate because it’s sensing the wind in real time via the hole in the front of the sensor (although I have doubts of the accuracy of this) Garmin simply uses reported local wind conditions which wouldn’t really account for real time wind gusts. Again rather than taking these numbers too seriously I think you would be looking more at a power number and attaching that number to a perceived effort to see how they correlate. Hodnoty dynamiky běhu si můžete nechat zobrazovat přímo při aktivitě na patřičných datových obrazovkách. Starší modely ukazují jednu obrazovku, novější pak dvě s více ukazateli. Naměřené hodnoty se následně ukážou po aktivitě v deníku Connect v mobilu nebo na webu, většina z nich jako graf, ostatní pak v textovém přehledu.

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: A konečně je tu pás HRM-Swim, který je speciálně určen pro plavání v bazénu. Má povrchovou úpravu, aby neklouzal z hrudník při otáčkách na koci délky, je tlustší, aby styčná plocha s tělem byla co největší, a není tak pružný. Opět aby se minimalizovala možnost klouzání z těla. A nejen to, materiál je odolný vůči chlorované vodě, zatímco pásy HRM-Pro nikoliv – ty se doporučují pro plavání ve venkovní, přírodní vodě. So ultimately, the HRM-PRO is really as its name suggests – it’s Garmin’s top-end strap for Garmin users. There’s ZERO reason to buy this strap over Garmin’s HRM-DUAL strap if you don’t have a Garmin watch. Inversely, if you do have a Garmin watch, I’d have a pretty tough time recommending the older HRM-TRI strap these days, even though that is reasonably priced whereas this is crazy priced. But hey, I guess that’s the price of admission to data. My advice would be to not buy Garmin HRM with irreplaceable straps and bad battery sealing designs, once the free warranty replacements dry up.For swimmers: I find the HRM-PRO perfectly acceptable as a swim watch both in the pool and in open water. My regular pool has reduced chlorine and yours might not in which case the HRM-SWIM is built for that environment and also comes with a non-slip strap. Personally, I find the HRM-Swim to be uncomfortable. If you can do a speedier flip turn than me (highly likely!) then the HRM-Pro can flip over. This problem is not universal. It appears to only be some device combinations. I only have one sample, but there are many Garmin forum posts complaining. I have a running mate that also had a reliability problem with the HRM-Pro and also changed to a Polar H10. To se změnilo po operaci. Zase jsem začal jezdit s hruďákem, a protože starší pás HRM-Run 2 už byl trošku opotřebovaný, pořídil jsem si HRM-Pro. V té době jsem si nezjišťoval jeho parametry, prostě jsem měl za to, že jde o náhradu za HRM-Run 2. To, že se s ním dá plavat a je to vlastně náhrada nejen za zmíněný HRM-Run 2, ale i za HRM-Tri, jsem zjistil až dodatečně. S aktualizací firmwaru na verzi 8.80, se kterou přišla i vylepšená verze HRM-Pro Plus, pak hruďák dostal i další zajímavé funkce. Čtyřikrát a dost

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). Oba hruďáky, HRM-Pro a Pro Plus mají stejné funkce a možnosti, liší se opravdu jen umístěním baterie. Pokud tedy máte starší model, neznamená to, že musíte běžet a koupit si nový. Nic tím nezískáte, jen pohodlnější výměnu baterie. Oba mají i stejnou deklarovanou výdrž, a sice rok se zhruba hodinovou aktivitou denně. Oba také dokážou připojit až tři Bluetooth zařízení a nekonečně mnoho ANT+ senzorů. Není tak problém mít hruďák připojen k mobilu, dvěma hodinkách a třeba cyklonavigaci. Next, we’ve got the transmission side. This is when you pair it up to apps or devices, be it Garmin or otherwise. The HRM-PRO Plus strap is dual ANT+ & Bluetooth Smart compatible, so that means that you can pair it to an unlimited number of ANT+ devices, and then three concurrent Bluetooth Smart devices. So let’s say you’re inside on Zwift, Peloton, 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 Peloton:

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There are differences in terms of features when comparing the Connect IQ App vs the native integration (such as structured power workouts are supported with native integration), but the actual data itself is identical. This data is shown mid-run using the data field, or afterwards using Garmin Connect. Here are the two variants, the first is Connect IQ, and the second is native. As you can see, the data itself is the same.