I have a Wahoo Rival and on my road bike the heart rate data is decent, but on my mountain bike, it is often just plain wrong. I still collect HR data on my commutes (as I have no power meter on my mountain bike), though.
1 Like
My Magene has lived longer than multiple Garmins. I replaced the strap once for $5.
I also bought a Wahoo three years ago as a backup to the Magene, the Wahoo is still in its box.
1 Like
Garmin HRM Pro Plus. It’s been flawless for a year now. I went through 3 Tickr replacements before I switched to the Garmin. If you go with another Garmin, make sure to go with the HRM Pro Plus because the HRM Pro had an issue where the water resistance was compromised after you change the battery the first time. That issue was solved on the plus.
1 Like
Going through the same thing right now. Didn’t even make it a full week. About 4 hours
Are you disconnecting the unit and storing the pod studs up? Anyway Touchwood that’s my routine and when I replaced my strap last year its not affected the battery life. I had a TickR before and it was prone to rusting up inside the cups, even with cleaning and failing to read. Wahoo were quite good on their warranty though.
I’ll just mention that I’ve been using a Polar Verity Sense for the past couple of years. It’s worked well. I also have an old flexible plastic non-pod type Garmin HR strap from 2010 that still works fine and that I use on occasion. It quit working once but leaving it open in a warm place to dry out cured it. I had to replace the elastic strap on it at least 3 times so far.
1 Like
I think my original Garmin hard strap lasted about 7or 8 years. Lol, I used to think it recorded spikes but knowing what I know now about my HR the majority of those numbers were probably genuine 
2 Likes
I recently bought one of these when my Garmin died (it lasted much longer than the Wahoo that preceded it) and the Coospo is working great. Cheap too. First time I’ve used an armband HRM and I like it better than the chest strap.
1 Like
I switched over to the Wahoo tickr armband HRM. Rechargeable and I love not having the chest strap on any more.
1 Like
After problems with Garmin HR monitor I’m now using the COOSPO HR monitor H808s
I’ve just bought the H9Z Rechargeable version (very cheap from AliExpress (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005007205376291.html) so looking forward to not having to change batteries ever again!
Polar H10 here
Initially always used TICKRs however after a number of those failed or ended up with rusted contacts, I jumped over to a Polar H9.
3 years of that (and 3 batteries) before it also failed, causing rapid battery loss. Polar being absolutely awesome gave me a voucher (I had bought the H9 from Amazon on offer) big enough to buy a H10 free of charge.
Possibly the greatest customer service response I have ever experienced lol
1 Like
Polar H10
… but it’s only reliable if I put the pod on the left side of my body. I had similar problems with Garmin and Magene that I sent back, but persisted with the H10 and found that it was me not the straps