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May 2022
7:10pm, 26 May 2022
17,963 posts
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larkim
Also by me 
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May 2022
7:47pm, 26 May 2022
4,195 posts
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J2R
larkim, how do you know you weren't one of the people I was referring to?
(Actually, the people in question are Alan Couzens and Stephen Seiler, both absolute gurus in the area of exercise physiology).
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May 2022
9:28am, 27 May 2022
1,522 posts
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Daz Love
I now use the OH1. I see the DC Rainmakers review and then it got the gold seal of approval by Larks so I got one!
Never get any issues
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May 2022
9:39am, 27 May 2022
4,197 posts
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J2R
When I switched to using a Coros Pace 2 watch, I found the wrist HRM was much better than previous ones I'd tried (TomTom, Polar M430), and good enough for uncritical normal use. There'd be periods during a run when it would be generating nonsense figures, but 75% of the time it was accurate enough to give me the kind of general feedback I need. But to my surprise, it's pretty well useless when I'm cycling, very rarely showing figures which are plausible at all, and I can't think why, unless it's that my wrist is probably likely to be somewhat cooler when I'm cycling.
So I've started using my cheap-as-chips Coospo chest strap again, which works fine. When that fails, I'll probably spend a bit more on a chest strap, as I'm interested in tracking heart rate variability, for which optical HRMs are insufficient.
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May 2022
9:55am, 27 May 2022
2,028 posts
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Brunski
Another OH1 fan here, I think you can tell pretty much as much as HRV from tracking resting heart rate over time and never been bothered by how much I am or aren't oscillating vertically.
Makes good sense financially too, can't really see what could go wrong with it as long as you don't tumble dry or whack it with a large object. Get the odd very occasional bad reading (usually when either watch or OH1 on lowish charge) but 99.5% of the time it's been spot on.
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May 2022
12:19pm, 27 May 2022
4,198 posts
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J2R
Brunski, Alan Couzens, one of the guys I mentioned above, is very keen on tracking both resting heart rate and HRV over time. If resting heart rate continues to drop and HRV continues to climb, you're doing OK. There are obviously limits on how far your resting heart rate can drop, though. From what I've observed, I doubt whether mine would drop below 45 however aerobically fit I was.
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May 2022
12:22pm, 27 May 2022
4,199 posts
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J2R
Just to add to the above, it would actually make perfect sense for me to use an OH1 for sporting activity and continue with the CooSpo for HRV measurements. I don't need to measure HRV when I'm out running - it's something I do at home, reclined in the sofa.
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May 2022
2:25pm, 27 May 2022
4,416 posts
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StuH
I've got through loads of Garmin chest straps, only ever good for one or two battery changes then they stop working (except the original hard plastic one). Often they were well out for the first mile too, static?
I gave up on them and since I've had the Fenix 6 the wrist-based HR has been flawless.
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May 2022
2:54pm, 27 May 2022
4,200 posts
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J2R
The world seems to be divided into those for whom wrist HRMs work fine and those for whom they don't, and I'm in the latter bracket. Must be an anatomical thing. I suspect the TomTom I tried a couple of years, which was for me effectively a random number generator, would probably be just fine for many people.
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May 2022
3:10pm, 27 May 2022
5,392 posts
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Fenland Flier
I bought a 2nd hand 310XT with chest strap, I've had it a while now and after at least 2 battery changes the strap still works well. As StuH has said the occasional static issue but on the whole no issues. It is the hard plastic one though. I'd be loathe to get rid or change it.
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