@Elipsus no worries, I just shared the “why” : )

@Francesco-Pagano Grear color match Even though I’m more of a nylon strap guy, I find Race 1 straps great. Also, Vertical 2 straps are worth checking out.

@halajos Looks very much like clone, or exactly the same product under different branding, of Morpheus M7 HR belt. Morpheus works great for ZoneSense, plus I haven’t experienced any drops or disconnections like many people report here with their Suunto belt or Polar H10. Around $40, looks like a solid choice compared to M7 at ~$100.

@2b2bff Interesting, that’s good to know and I might give the Coros HRM a try whenever the Polar decides to pack up. With it on my upper forearm it doesn’t bother me at all, if I’m wearing long sleeves it just sits underneath whatever I’m wearing

@Mattg576 Thank you! I bought a similiar to 8 from china online store and for sure it is not as good as a original one.

@Blaz-Kelbl Hi. All the watches I have used (Suunto, Garmin, Polar) cannot measure heart rate from the wrist properly. Sometimes they succeed very well and sometimes very bad. Heart rate belt is the only way if you need/want exact reading. Best Regards Pasi

@cosme.costa Having Suunto OHR armband would be cool. Sorry being offtopic

@PIPA44800 exactly, this is not a support but a Community forum.

@Doron-G I have a few of these but they are gone from Suunto store. I would try to check Suunto outlets/dealers.

ah okay, thanks for the replies. That is unfortunate. It happened twice already that I didn’t manually switch to the other device (i switch between the two every day so they can properly dry before I use them again) and I only got pulse based heart rate without zonesense for the activity.

@Brad_Olwin said in Suunto wristband: @Tami999 I managed to snag one of these a few years ago. A friend that works for Suunto gave it to me. Yay, Iam glad my memory is not that bad! Thanks for sharing.

After days of using Race 2 HRV i decided to give a try to Suunto Chest Strap again. Yesterday on shopping i bought new CR2025 batteries different brand (Energizer) I put new battery to strap. Wet electrodes of strap. Connected strap with Race 2 succesfully + get strap on my chest. 100% Chest strap battery. I DIDNT start exercise. I just took off chest strap + I took off sensor from belt, everything was laying separate. Next day I started exercise with strap - it was magically 20% batttery left before I started to run. Lost 80% during 24h without using it and having sensor taken off from belt with dry strap so its impossible it could work anyway + battery should last 500h. Next day I started running exercise with 20% battery in sensor, ended up and magically Race2 shows it got 30% battery left Did 40 minutes gym session - still 30% battery. Now i know its not batteries fault. Its sensor from strap/Race2 software that reads wrong battery status or problems with connecting BT. or watch itself. Its my probably last try and post, just wanted to give a info

@Mattg576 Glad to hear it is working now.

@thanasis I also had the explorer strap on my 9B. Fantastic strap which lasts for ever! I still have it and should try and fit the narrower pins from the V2.

@TED77 The above are all true and useful. One other thing to keep in mind is there is no ANT+ which is useful if you are using a bike computer. Also you can only have one BT connection at a time vs the HRM Pro will allow 2 simultaneous connections.

@arpoodle I use a usb=>usb-c dongle ; cheap, can stay plugged.

this thread is about HR belts smelling funny, not about issues with the data. Please stay In Topic