17 year old son who is getting serious about road racing is in need of a new ant+ hrm band or similar – has had two garmin bands give up on him

are there any better alternatives than to buy another garmin one?

thanks

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/polar-spare-elastic-soft-strap/

Use the Polar one if it is the type with removable sensor… The spacing for contacts is same distance apart

… The garmin ones break after about 6months regular use !!!

Any Ant+ will work.
The best combo according to General wisdom is a garmin pod (polar aren’t compatible)
But the polar straps are better.
eBay do for about £15 each new.

Curious. I’ve couple of Gamin ones and they’ve been going for years, getting used pretty much every day. Recently got the PowerCal one too, it’s a bit more expensive but also does a kind of pseudo power, works surprisingly well. May be worth a look.

These are way better and I use this strap for my Garmin Edge 800.

Mini Garmin rant!! 🙂

The Garmin Edge 800 is another bit of awful Garmin equipment. It has a few decent functions that why i continue to use it, aswell as the fact it cost a lot!! however the design has so so many flaws. a classic one is the keyboard lock. just briefly press the on/off button!!!!! Then touch the screen to lock it. I bet countless other riders have had their rides split and spoilt by that awfully designed function that often lets you accidentally turn it off…

The Polar Strap is perfectly compatible … IF you Just put the garmin central sensor bit in with the two studs..

so get the spare polartec strap and clip the garmin pod onto it? got to be worth a try for fifteen quid…