Powr Labs Bluetooth and ANT+ Heart Rate Monitor Chest Strap – Compatible with Polar, Garmin, Peloton, Wahoo

Powr Labs Heart Rate Monitor Chest Strap, great so far!
Saw in another review that they had success after installing Myworkouts app. Just received the HRM today, installed Myworkouts and now have it functioning. Wasn’t sure my cheap ($30) LG Rebel 3 L18VL Android phone supported Bluetooth LE, which seems to be required, according to Myworkouts. A Google search revealed I could install a little free utility that would find out. So, I downloaded and installed and ran BLE Checker, which said it did. Finally found the Setting to add a Bluetooth LE device in Myworkouts and I was set, after the basic configuration, which was simple and intuitive. I’m running a trial workout right now, lying in bed with my laptop. Assuming this HRM is accurate, it’s all I could ask for, and the myworkouts app seems great. Gonna give this a trial run on my road bike tomorrow!This uses cheap replaceable CR2032 3 volt batteries, which I always have on hand.This thing is much smaller than I anticipated, which is good. It’s comfortable, I’ve been wearing it about 2 hours.I turned off battery optimizations for the Myworkouts app in android settings, at the suggestion of the app, so that things don’t get strange or fail altogether if the phone’s screen turns off or battery levels get below any threshold. All my other apps will optimize battery drainage but I don’t want that to happen for this. I want it to work perfectly no matter what.Edit next day: First day using while actually exercising. Road bike to and from gym, 5 miles each way, also kept Myworkouts app running in the gym. Worked great. Until I receive a bracket I ordered from China (!), I’m using a small bungee to hold my phone to handlebars, which works acceptably. Had no trouble reading my HR with this setup during my bike rides. I’m loving it! Had great rides and I was very pleased to know the answer to the question that I’d had in my head for months, “I wonder what my heart rate is right now” while riding to/from my gym.Edit a few months later: The battery died already. I couldn’t find a contact for Powr Labs and so I posted at their Facebook page, trying to avail myself of their 2 year battery replacement offer. That was several weeks ago and as far as I know, they did not respond. Anyway, I’d bought 15 CR2032 batteries a while ago, so I’m good.Edit2 a couple years later: Still using MyWorkOuts Android app. I’m finding that the CR2032 battery lasts perhaps a year in my almost daily 1 hour plus workouts. When I take off the strap I unfasten one of the two snap connectors and set the strap aside, refasten that snap connector when putting the strap on for the next workout. I figure that ensures that the electronics of the HR monitor are getting nothing like a signal and that this will make the battery last longer. Just before putting the strap on when starting a workout I get a drop of water on my index finger and wipe it on the back of the strap where it will pick up my heart beat. I saw this recommended and I think it helps ensure that the sensor gets a solid continuous signal. Maybe 2-3 times out of my now nearly 1000 uses have I found that the signal was lost when I checked out my app post-workout. That’s pretty high reliability. When that happens it could signal need for a new battery, or it could be inadequate contact at your breast bone. A bit of moisture there helps ensure that the monitor picks up your heart beat.

Better than Garmin (so far)
Works great out of the box. Paired easily with BT and ANT+ devices. Strap is comfortable and readings seem generally accurate. I’ve owned multiple Garmin HRMs that have all failed either because of broken screw mounts, leaky seals or other defects. This one seems better and it’s half the price.

Great value!
I have compared this simultaneously with an optical armband and Garmin watch, and the PowerLabs is quicker to repond to changes in heart rate during exercise and can read higher peaks during brief, hard efforts. For instance, if I go from resting to very vigorous exercise like pullpus, and back to resting- the chest strap reading raises faster and will peak higher, then start coming down faster than the optical sensors. And the optical sensors never register the true peak, because my heart rate is already falling again before they’ve caught up with it. However, on steady efforts like jogging or resting, they all tend to agree pretty closely with each other.I was concerned that the chest strap felt uncomfortable the first time I put it on, but I very quickly got used to it and now I don’t mind it at all. I run the contact area under water and/or dampen my chest where it sits to ensure a good contact and have had no problems with a reading. I’ve also run in the rain with it with no problems, so the monitor unit seems properly waterproof.It syncs right up to my watch and phone apps. The MapmyRun app was a little reluctant to connect, but it eventually did- perhaps because I gave up on it, connected another app, then went back to MapmyRun and it connected immediately.Another cool thing is my Garmin watch will automatically detect lactate threshold with this chest strap. which it cannot do with its own optical sensor or the optical arm band, and it detected my threshold within one beat of my result from the Joe Friel 30 minute test.Anyway- it’s working well so far at a fraction of the cost of a Garmin strap. I’ll update the review if anything changes.UPDATEAfter about 6 months, the battery died, but I emailed Powrlab and provided my amazon order number and they sent 2 good quality replacement batteries.I also had problems with cadence lock in cool weather when I’m sweating less, but I bought some electrode gel and that works great, so still happy with my purchase.Have fun!

Tengo casi un mes usándola, y la verdad es que se nota la diferencia en las mediciones comparado con el applewatch, se configura muy fácil, no ha sufrido desconexiones, en mi caso la conexión la hago directamente al reloj, y de ahi se pasa toda la información a la app “Fitness” del iPhone.

Connects to my Fenix 8 using ANT+ without issue. much more accurate than the watch sensors as I use this while drumming. I get accurate steps now and my heart rate is accurate.. For the price this thing is amazing!

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