If it becomes bothersome, you can pair your Vivoactive HR with
a Garmin chest strap and get a considerably more accurate heart rate reading.
Not exact matches
You can monitor your heart rate from a
chest strap with
Garmin's activity monitors, including the vivofit and vivosmart.
We regularly wear a heart - rate monitoring
chest strap, so on one run we used both the Charge HR and a
chest strap (paired to a
Garmin cycling computer) to view both readouts concurrently.
I did a workout with the Huawei Watch 2 on my left rest, and on my right I used the
Garmin Fenix 5X paired with a very trustworthy
chest strap HRM.
I took a run with my trusty Polar H10
chest strap, the
Garmin fenix 5, and the Fitbit Versa.
When compared to a Polar H7
chest strap, the Surge tended to fluctuate by around 20 to 30 beats per minute, which is worse than other sensors, such as those used in the
Garmin Forerunner 235 and Vivoactive HR.
The $ 139
Garmin Forerunner 15 only syncs wirelessly to accessories such as foot pods and
chest straps, not your phone for data syncing.
Many less expensive GPS watches, such as the $ 139
Garmin Forerunner 15, don't have built - in heart rate monitors, but can be paired with a
chest strap, which costs anywhere between $ 40 and $ 70.
The
Garmin vívofit 2 is one such tracker, and opting to use it with a
chest strap will get you readings that are as accurate as possible.
Aside from the
chest strap, we like the
Garmin vívofit 2 because it has a «move bar» that reminds you to be active throughout the day.
As we mentioned, the watch also supports heart - rate
chest straps from
Garmin.
We've mentioned heart - rate
chest straps and we paired the 935 with an old
strap (one from a Forerunner 610) for use on the bike, as well as a
Garmin cadence / speed sensor (we're not sure where this sensor came from - it's been sitting in a bike spares box for years, but it had no problem feeding in this data).