Suunto Smart Heart Rate Belt 2

atoponce

@HonzaS This strap is 13 months old with a consistent 8-10 hr/wk. I know a few run club friends who have had their same Garmin chest strap for 5+ years and going strong. I just learned yesterday after griping about my H10, that one of my friends replaced his after 12 years of consistent 7-8 hr/wk. Maybe he’s lucky, maybe I’m not. Dunno.

I do rinse the strap after every use and hang to dry religiously, and I wash it with mild soap maybe once or twice per month. Inspecting the strap visually, I’m not seeing any signs of wear on the electrodes under the strap. It looks brand new.

But I’ve seen this problem on brand new straps also. When my H10 was covered under warranty, I sent it in, and they sent it back saying it was fine with a new strap. The problems persisted with that strap as well.

snow*

@atoponce said:

I sent it in, and they sent it back saying it was fine

Do you have the latest firmware version?

atoponce

@snow Yes

Tieutieu

New belt tested again, a bit more tightened. It’s better and more confortable on chest. Will probably test it this week-end over a long race.

Don’t know if data are accurate (as usual I will follow trends more than precise values), but it works.
I wonder so why GCT/FT ratio is displayed in % while explanation says otherwise ? Can’t interpret it.

2b2bff

@Tieutieu we are just above Elite…
https://forum.suunto.com/topic/15857/running-form-metrics-oddities/2

Tieutieu

@2b2bff thanks ! (sorry I hadn’t spotted your post)

HonzaS

@atoponce So I’m curious what you’ll get with new SHRM2. I hope you’ll be satisfied. I just remembered one more thing. Have you ever tried moving the chest strap about 5cm to the left under your left breast? I use it this way because it produces the greatest amplitude in this position and even Polar recommends it…

atoponce

@HonzaS I just got my new SHRB2 this morning and took it for its maiden voyage for my afternoon easy run. The plus side, Suunto and Stryd mostly agree on the running dynamics. At least I’m not bothered by the differences, given that the SHRB2 is at my chest and Stryd at my feet.

Metric	Suunto SHRB2	Stryd NextGen Duo
Cadence	169 spm	169 spm
Stride Length	102 cm	1.01 m
GCT	310 ms	295 ms
GCT Balance	50.2% - 49.8%	49.4% L / 50.6% R
Vertical Oscillation	7.0 cm	6.02 cm
Flight time	397 ms	415 ms (derived)
GCT:FT Ratio	78.1%	71.1% (derived)

To answer your question though, I haven’t shifted the belt left to align the module more over the heart. That’s something worth checking. I’ll give that a go tomorrow.

On this easy run, I did see artifacts on par with my Polar H10. The first ~18 minutes are noisy and the last ~25 minutes also. The route is flat with very little wind.

Actually, looking closer as I type this, that noise is when I had a headwind. It was a very light breeze, barely noticeable, but the timing does align. I was in a headwind until ~19:20 I turned around with a tailwind. I turned back around into a headwind at ~43:00 and remained in it until getting home.

Curious.

atoponce

Speaking of which, if I pair both my Stryd pods and the SHRB2 to my Race S, which one is the source of pace and distance? Any way to find out?

Squirrel

@atoponce said:

which one is the source of pace and distance? Any way to find out?

Yeah, one person wears the watch and strap, other person stationary wears stryd pods.
Run around within connection distance.
Then switch the watch to other person and repeat the test.
Then remove the pods while belt is also stationary, and repeat test to rule out the watch is the source.
(watch is always running in all 3 tests…)

Tieutieu

Tieutieu said:

Belt itself ~~wider than the old one~~ Exactly same size and hight

I have corrected myself…at sight it seems wider but it’s exactly same hight…

HonzaS

@atoponce said:

Actually, looking closer as I type this, that noise is when I had a headwind.

So that could be noise from static electricity if You wear loose nylon t-shirt.

snow*

@atoponce still rather noisy. For what it’s worth I make sure to position the sensor so that it doesn’t interfere with the running vest

atoponce

@snow Thanks, but I’m not wearing a vest. Just a tanktop. If I’m out for long runs though, I prefer waist belts.