I want to upload tracks with hrm data to Strava. What's the cheapest Garmin that does that and what are the competitors?
got a smartphone? topeak BT HR monitor is only about £40 and works really well.
Garmin forerunner 310XT with HRM £119 inc del:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Forerunner-310XT-Sports-Watch/dp/B0025VKW5K
Bargain. Just buy a bike mount for £6 or leave it on your writs.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Forerunner-Approach-FORERUNNER-Foretrex-BestDigitalMarket/dp/B008B851M0
smartphones are great till the battery dies... which it does
Do you want/need HRM?
Garmin 200 (discontinued I think) does GPS
500/510 does HRM look for some 500's on special
Cheapest garmin prob the Edge 500/510.
Cheapest is the Aldi GPS/HRM watch 65 quid if still in stock, equivalent of a £250 garmin.
Bryton and Mio are cheaper competitors to Garmin who are the Apple of the GPS world (we have 4 Garmins in our household so not a hater!).
I didn't know one of these was out yet:
[url= http://www.topeak.com/products/PanoBike/heart_rate_monitor ]Topeak PanoBike HRM[/url]
Anyone used one? I have a S4 Mini. I have heard of problems with the early HRMs and the software being brain damaged on the phones.
that what i've been using for about a year. haven't changed the battery yet. works really well, makes very little difference to battery life.
yes GPS kills smartphone batteries but I managed an 8hr ride on my iphone 5 recently so its not that bad, most rides are under 3 hrs.
A smartphone, a Polar bluetooth HR monitor and one of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251394176089?var=550460646662&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 does the job for me.
My S4 mini has the extended battery so no problem with battery life. Plus, I actually carry a spare extended battery if I'm away for a weekend.
Anybody got a PanoBike HRM, S4 Mini and successfully using it with Strava?
I just took a flier on this:
[url= http://uk.cellphoneshop.net/heartmonitor.html?CAGPSPN=pla&catargetid=530009110000071963&cadevice=c&gclid=CjwKEAjwl7ieBRCK2rCtqcCS7jESJACZKQFK8TA7KfygNNF-4uXOwAe4gyLkgTZ3ZdhwqhK6JyzwlhoCyGnw_wcB ]£18 from a dogey looking site... [/url] I paid with Paypal just to be on the safe side...
Just did some research. I need Android 4.3 to use BLE. I have 4.2.2 I will probably have to go and force an upgrade to 4.3 somehow. The auto upgrade button says it's up to date.
The Aldi watch is superb for the money - been using it almost daily for a few weeks now and the battery life is actually better than advertised. HRM band is a bit old school but other than that can't complain. They sell on ebay as Runtastic.
Just bite the bullet and get a good Edge. I have the 800 and it is so versatile. I got around to planning a route on it the other night and it's re-affirmed my love of it! Once you've got it- you've got it and you can use it in the car or on the a Turbo or wherever.
A few of the menus take some getting used to but there's so many features on them.