Pay for Strava Premium ($58/ year) and get a free Wahoo Tickr heart rate monitor (RRP: US$58). This monitor is both ANT+ and Blutooth 4.0 compatible so will work with most newer phones as well as Garmin devices.
Total cost comes to US$58 + $15pp. A saving of US$43.
Good value if you already subsribe to Strava Premium or are thinking of it.
Already have both, but not premium strava, must resist, do not need a spare :)
strava premium isn't really worth it. you can use the trial they have every now and then and just cancel before they charge card, and in that period make some graphs for your training.
the wahoo HRM is what i use and recommend. it doesn't suffer the same flappy jersey syndrome as the garmin ones do (high HR when windy) and this new updated model looks the goods with bluetooth and ant+
Does it run Ant+ and Bluetooth simultaneously?
I have the older Wahoo Ant+ Strap with dongle from my old iPhone 4 and still use the chest strap as my Z1 compact uses Ant+. I prefer the strap over my Garmin although the Garmin still works flawlessly and I've never suffered "Jersy flap" with it.
Interesting, already have Strava premium, I'll have to check when the renewal is due. My Garmin HRM works perfectly, never had a problem but my jersey doesn't normally flap around too much, not across my chest anyway. I had it slip down once and the HRM feedback looked like I had a heart attack and died mid-ride.
Good deal. Just FYI, there are 3 different versions of the TICKR, this is the cheapest version.
Still good deal though.
Do you get anything more with the higher end models?
Standard one does heartrate
mid level does running stide (some sort of motion sensor?)
dearest one has a memory, so you can run with just the strap and download in info later.
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Price in the title please.