Suunto smart heart rate belt - how to check if active and connected?

[Audaxjoe]

@Todd-Danielczyk do you know if that works with any HRM or just Suunto?

[A Former User]

@Audaxjoe Good question… I can check it tonight when I get home to see if it works with my other HR band (Coospo H808).
I’ll keep you posted.

Edit I am on Android so I will double confirm if it works or does not with my other “non-Suunto” HR belt - see below

[Mff73]

@Audaxjoe
Dépend on OS. It seems to work with iOS, but not with android app
https://forum.suunto.com/post/153189

[Audaxjoe]

@Mff73 I’m Android. I have a Polar Verity Sense OHR. SoI need to change that to a chest strap for the latest updates . Might as well go Suunto ‍️

[A Former User]

@Audaxjoe so I checked the Coospo on the android app.

And… it works.

[Mff73]

@Todd-Danielczyk
What?! .
So it doesn’t work with my veritysense on my android app, but is working with your non Suunto sensor.
Strange.

[A Former User]

@Mff73 could be that both the Coospo and Suunto are not optical where your Polar is?

Might be that you need a resistance style to work.

[Mff73]

@Todd-Danielczyk
Maybe, but optical or not, it is a BT device which is sending HR values. So why app won’t connect is a mystery.

[Audaxjoe]

@Todd-Danielczyk thank you, how do you find the coospo? And which model is it? I noticed then on Amazon at a very competitive price.

[A Former User]

@Audaxjoe Works pretty good for me although I do like the Suunto HR better for mountain biking (gives slightly better consistency and I think it is due to the profile)

The Coospo H808S is the one I have and use it mainly with my indoor rower which runs Bluetooth/ Ant+ and connects just as fast as the Suunto when pairing to my watch. For the price, it is a solid choice and beep and color flash to let you know it locked/lost signal is a plus.

[valki dhani]

by the way i am using garmin hear rate belt. it works fine with my suunto race S