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Old 03-07-21, 06:58 PM  
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Who uses the Garmin Watch & Strap?

I have been using the Garmin Forerunner 35 for about a year now. But sometimes when I workout, the watch will lose my HR. It causes me to become distracted, instead of just working out.

I'm thinking about purchasing the HRM-Dual Strap to use with it only for workout times.

Does anyone use this and how accurate has it been? My old Polar4 with strap was quite accurate and I really had no issues. I upgraded due to age and how often I had to change out the batteries. Otherwise it was solid for years.

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Old 03-08-21, 08:19 AM  
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I use a strap with my Garmin vivoactive 3 just when I workout. I find it to be more accurate and I only lose the signal occasionally and usually if I am lying prone on my chest for a long period of time which makes sense that the signal might be lost in that position.
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Old 03-08-21, 10:39 AM  
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Thank you for responding. I will keep positions like what you mentioned in mind. I am primarily using my rebounder with weights right now.

Tracking my HR at rest and during exercise is really important right now. My doctor is asking I journal my numbers. (along with BP checks). My HR will take dips that aren't my normal. We're just making sure nothing weird happened since I had Covid in Oct. (I want this to be over).

I guess I better go order a strap.
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Old 03-08-21, 11:42 AM  
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I have the watch too, and it works much better with the strap.
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