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Good investment if you plan on swimming with your garmin

Michael SF

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2017

I purchased this bundle and have primarily been using the HRM Swim. I use this with a fenix 3 and it was a snap to setup and instantly connects when out of the pool. The only drawback is while swimming there is no heart rate feedback. I knew this before purchasing and I believe it is a limitation of the transmission type used and not a design flaw. The HRM swim stores your information and when you step out of the pool syncs to the watch. It does provide a nice overview of swolf, hr, speed etc. in the app. The swim strap seems to be holding up great to the harsh chlorine of the pool and looks brand new after being used about 3 times a week 1-1.5hrs at a time for a couple of months.
Just as an FYI the HRM-Tri will also store the info just like the swim but the design is very different. It is designed for a triathlon making it a jack of all trades (swim, run, bike), but a master of none and won't hold up to the chlorine in the pool for very long. It also doesn't fit nearly as snug since it has more elastic in the band (the swim has very little give so once you get it around your chest it is going to stay put).
I use the Tri mostly if I forget the HRM- Run going to the gym. The Run is the most comfortable and flexible strap for just working out, or going for a run. I have used the Tri a few times biking, running and lake swimming and it worked fine.
You might be thinking do I really need all three? No, you could get by with the Run and Swim. The other question I had was if the Run is water proof why can't I just use that for the pool? The HRM-Run is water proof but doesn't store data like the Swim or Tri so it's useless to swim with since the watch and HRM cannot connect while in water. It also would fall apart rather quickly from the chlorine and the band is too elastic and would lose contact at each turn of a lap.
If I were to do it again I would probably only get the HRM-Swim and the HRM-Run because they are much better for their particular activities and since I am just training I don't mind switching HRMs. I would then get the Tri when it got close to race time, unless you can get a deal on the bundle. Apologies for the long review and congrats managing to get this far. I wanted to share some of my learnings about the different HRM bands since the info can be hard to find along with my experience of using them.

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Max M

Great for other sports

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017

Style: MonitorVerified Purchase

It's advertised for run swim bike, but I was looking for a heart rate monitor I could wear for other contact sports where wearing a watch wasn't an option. It's been fantastic for basketball, football and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

Getting a heart rate monitor that actually has onboard storage is important, because the other monitors depend on the connection to either your smart phone or your fitness device, and are useless without those being right next to you. No... you can't run around the football field with your iPhone in one hand. And no, your basketball teammates and opponents won't like you very much when you cut there face open with your "smart watch"... and for Jiu Jitsu, forget it... you and the smart watch won't survive.

For BJJ specifically I was concerned that it wouldn't hold up under the pressure, twisting and impact, as well as it would potentially hurt my rolling partner or fall down and just get in the way and be useless. Happy to report that none of those are the case. I wear it under a rash guard, and don't think I'd try it without.

The bump on it has a softer blue rubber ring that doesn't dig or present any sharp edges to you or your rolling partner.

The clasp has been plenty strong enough, I do wear it pretty tight.

It hasn't slipped down significantly at all. The backside of the strap wonders down a little... but not enough to be a problem. It would be nice if they stitched a little nonslip fabric on the back side of the strap... but it still works.

I did have one roll where the blue rubber ring came off, which is apparently how you change the batteries yearly... but it was easy enough to toss to the side and then put back on after the roll. And that was 1 time out of probably 50 rolls that I've been through with it now.

I've never had any problems with it not capturing my data or having irregular heart rate results. All the graphs after syncing look spot on and there are no unusual dips or spikes that would indicate erroneous data.

If you're wanting to add some science to your contact sports training, or you're wanting to loose weight and would like an accurate calorie count based on effort not just time, you should seriously consider getting this heart rate monitor. It's amazing the difference between your perception of what two work outs that felt similar in effort were and the reality of how hard your body actually worked between those two workouts. Your mind lies to you about your body. The mind quits long before the body... get some data to know what's really going on!

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Garmin HRM-Tri and HRM-Swim Accessory Bundle

Ahmet

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2024

The measurement is accurate. I am not using the swimming band too much but the running band gives detailed data to make analysis

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bdubs

Solid HRM strap by garmin

Reviewed in Canada on November 12, 2021

Style: MonitorVerified Purchase

Good strap and good quality, more accurate and steady measurements of HRM than mt watch.

Would recommend carefully checking watch compatibility before purchasing

laurent malnoe

Très bien

Reviewed in France on August 2, 2021

Style: MonitorVerified Purchase

Ceinture utilisée 2 fois pour le moment (achat récent)
Elle s'utilise très bien, facile à connecter sur ça montre. Ajustable, livre avec un petit ajout de sangle pour ceux qui sont plus large.
Petit manuel facile à comprendre.
Je recommande.

Alejandro Alderete

BUENA CALIDAD Y DURABILIDAD

Reviewed in Mexico on June 5, 2020

Los uso en todas mi actividades y se mantienen en perfecto estado, claro que hay que enjuagar la correa después de cada actividad para mantenerla.

Sébastien Théroux

A++++

Reviewed in Canada on December 11, 2019

Super , combiné su pod j’ai toutes les données dont mon entraîneure a besoin

Afro Ghost

Los materiales son de calidad.

Reviewed in Mexico on August 28, 2019

Style: MonitorVerified Purchase

La banda es buena. Los materiales de fabricacion son cómodos y se ven resistentes. A la fecha lo tengo sincronizado con un Fénix 5S y va de maravilla.

Cuando lo pedí, Amazon solo me dio la opción del color negro, sin embargo, me llegó el azul.

----Edito tras 9 meses de uso (comprado en Agosto del 2019)---

1.- La banda ya me arroja batería baja tras 9 meses de uso constante (hasta 6 veces a la semana).
2.- El sensor no opera correctamente bajo el agua de alberca; en el mar no lo he probado, pero me imagino que tampoco funciona.
3.- Por suerte la banda (correa) se ha mantenido en buen estado, sin embargo no he encontrado algún repuesto por si se daña en el futuro; Garmin debería vender repuestos para este tipo de equipamiento.

---- Edito tras 10 meses de uso (comprado en Agosto del 2019)---

1.- En Amazon puedes encontrar la batería que le queda como "Amazon Basics". Es una pila CR2032 y cambiarla es sencillo. A la fecha en único inconveniente es que el sensor no opera bien bajo el agua.

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