Garmin Hrm Tri vs Scosche RHYTHM+ Dual ANT+/Bluetooth Smart Optical HR Band

There are people with the opposite experience. I think the bottom line is, they're consumables and while you don't expect them to fail after 6 months, routine cleaning and paying attention to static discharge and not smashing the o-ring when replacing the battery should keep it working for 2 years.

All the information I'm seeing is in line with what I used to get from a chest strap and thus I am happy with the data it provides. A few beats of inaccuracy is acceptable. I've owned this thing for about 9 months, use it for a solid 12 hours running or cycling a week, and am starting to see issues with the battery. The unit has been dying abnormally quickly, usually within 30 minutes of starting during my past few activities

I bought this chest strap heart rate monitor to replace an older Garmin version. Paired it to a number of Garmin devices including a Fenix 5 and 6 watch and Edge 500 and 1000 Cyclometers. No issues with pairing, connecting during an activity and the additional functionality to collect data when swimming and the additional running metrics make the strap a joy for those into tracking their workout data. I have found the capture of heart rate to be consistent and accurate

23 months in, I'm having some trouble with mine. Compared to previous chest straps I've had, that's pretty par. It doesn't respond to interference from power lines or clothes flapping in dry air, so that's nice. Getting it positioned right can take a little trial and error, but that's true of chest straps too

And then here is the heart rate monitor itself. It has the two pads on each side and a little bit hard to see on the camera you see as the light catch...

The Skosh Rhythm Plus has been a fantastic heart rate monitor for me, but now we have the Rhythm Plus Two. How's the stack up? So the reason you get a...