As title really, will be for running and cycling and needs to be luddite safe and Strava interthingamyable.
Help!
Forerunner 35.
Garmin Vivoactive HR works for me.
Garmin instinct
Second the Garmin Instinct. I was initially dismissive but a few friends have them now and are really impressed. Bonus points for the Casio G-Shock look.
As you said cheap I second the forerunner 35.
A hundred pounds! Sweet baby Jesus and the orphans. Thanks folks, might have to tolerate flakey phone action a bit longer and get a paper round.
Second hand Garmin Forerunner 35 (£40-75 on Facebook marketplace)
Hit that that there ebay. I'm using a FR25 that cost me the princely sum of £20 and works fine for the occasional 5k/treadmill time...
The FR35 would be worth having for the optical HR.
I got a FR45 cheap when Garmin had a sale. Decent enough for the running and cycling I do.