Welcome to The Run Testers. In this video we’re comparing arguably the two best heart rate chest straps in the business, the Polar H10 and the Garmin HRM Pro+. These are the chest straps we often use in our testing to evaluate running watch optical sensors. They’re both chest straps we’d recommend and there’s not much to choose between them on accuracy. But there are some subtle differences. So if you’re looking for a heart rate monitor to level up your run tracking and training data, we’re here to help you decide which one of these you should buy. Hit play for our Polar H10 vs Garmin HRM Pro+ head to head to find out.
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0:00 – Intro
0:33 – What you need to know
2:58 – The Run Test & Verdict
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What app do you use for that heart rate chart ? Can it measure HRV ? Thanks
What about suunto chest heart rate monitor
No comparison. The Polar is sophisticated enough to provide a full ECG signal which can be read and displayed via a number of dedicated smartphone apps.
AND can be used with almost any strap that has the typical 2 snap sensor mount. Even the cheap ones.
I strongly consider the hrm 200. I bought a polar h9 five months ago, reading it was good quality. I’m extremely disssapointed. It literally doesn’t even work anymore. Have tried it all, replacing battery (which was still 65%), updating (which took 7 attemps), finally washing the strap with and without sope. Zero response. I would love to hear someone’s opinion on this. I’m literally willing to buy the the hrm 600 if that means i have to buy a new one if half a year
Is there any settings you have to change? I have polar h10 strap and i have garmin watch and they dont work together. I go to a run and the polar h10 shows my heart rate is 70bpm and like in 2 sec it shows 160bpm like and then it is backwards. But if i use polar app on my phone and pair the polar h10 there it works normally. Does anyone have the same issue? Like i go to run and i have to use 2 different devices to get correct hr.