@MKPotts Thanks for that, I’ve also been going with the tighter hole & as yet my hand hasn’t fallen off. I’ve started doing wrist rotations with dumbbells to try & bulk up to the next hole LOL

TBH I found the original Race strap really comfortable & could adjust it perfectly for my wrist (just a bit boring in plain black).

First time since a while with a new Suunto Smart sensor (after some monthes of use of Coros OHR arm band).

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During my first 10min warmup at constant endurance pace, I had two sharp rises of HR, for sure not realistic. Does anybody else has already had this ?

@Mff73 I reported some observations from different tests here:

https://forum.suunto.com/topic/10353/strange-behaviour-with-garmin-hrm/13?_=1715781410812

My heart rate monitor is 3 years old but I have no reasons to think it works bad (it doesn’t with other devices). I believe that for me this high/low readings at the start of the activity happen mostly when I wear a synthetic windproof jacket, but also cheap synthetic t-shirts without the jacket (it’s getting warm now!) seem to cause this problem.

@Egika interesting, must be, because Seal was on the FCC test report.

@minimark069 isn’t still connected to another device? Or your phone? I don’t think it can handle multiple connections.

by the way i am using garmin hear rate belt. it works fine with my suunto race S

@Mff73 Thanks for the explanation, I learned something new 👍

@alschmid I do think the Original Suunto product will be high quality. I had the canvas strap on my 9baro and it was very well made.

I am sorry happy with my Amazon strap. It does seem to be wearing well, but I’m pretty sure I’ll invest in the Sunnto one at some point.

I used to get chaffed when using a neo for swimming until I read that others aply vaseline maybe give that a try just at the problematik spots.

@stromdiddily
did you check the belt instead of the sensor ?
https://forum.suunto.com/post/124621
if the belt is not waking up the sensor properly, then, probably the sensor looks dead.
just to be sure, do you have tested another new fresh battery ? i sometimes have new batteries somehow not powerful enough despite new 😞
according to the video, try to plug the sensor on the belt and put both belt electrode in contact to each of them (like short circuit), if it definitively not make the sensor seeable, it is probably dead or something we may not think about

@twekkel that is really impressive battery usage.

@JANTIKAINEN
Polar claim that the Verity Sense can broadcast up to 150m. They don’t specify whether that is for the ANT+ or Bluetooth connection, so I assume both. I’ve never tested it and I don’t know what team sports you play but that should be sufficient for most if you can leave your watch at the edge of the pitch/court.

@BrunoH said in I hope Suunto will come with nylon straps someday 🙂:

To be honest, this one feels a bit stiff and rough compared to the black nylon strap that came with S9B Ambassador. That was one comfy strap!!!

I don’t know how it was on the S9B, but I agree that the Suunto Explore Forest Green is really bad. After only 2 months and a few washes it is already fraying 👎 59€ ok?

@Legin25 Here’s how I set the sensors up. I put a spacer under the one on the crank to move it closer the the main body - hopefully the pictures are clear enough.

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@psychopengy for a short moment let’s play with an idea that your Orca-Pioneer was marked just like your handheld Silva: imagine that zero was right below N and 180 was right below S. Now imagine securing this kind of compass to the bow of your kayak so that the compass window and that notch in the housing faces back, towards you.

If you were paddling straight towards north with a compass like this which number would be there under that yellowish or reddish line in the housing? It would be 180 but that’s wrong!!! You were heading north, but the stupid marine compass says you are going to the direction of 180 degrees!

That is why the N E S W letters and their corrensponding numbers must be on the opposite sides. This is the logic: marine compasses are always secured in place on the vessel so that the colorful line in the window faces back (or aft). You can look at the marine compass straight from above and you’ll see the compass rose (direction of north, east, south and west), but the numbers under that colorful line ALWAYS indicate which way your bow is pointing!

Just mount your Orca-Pioneer to the bow of your kayak (not right under your nose, but really to the bow) and start paddling. The number under that line keeps showing the direction you’re headed. When moving north it’ll show zero while the letter N on the compass rose is on the opposite side.

I hope this explained the logic. Back in the days I used to have a scuba diving compass on my wrist and that worked just like marine compasses. There were actually two windows, one above and one on the side. From the top window I could see the compass rose and raising my wrist right in front of my face the side window indicated my heading. suunto-sk-7.png

@sartoric aaaa ok ok, sorry

@Todd-Danielczyk Thx for your help!

@Stoke80
yes, sorry for my english 🙂
just found this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUuuNgRAxhU

@Greennorth I bought a like of straps from AliExpress super cheap and they’ve been great!

@luke55 I have found Velcro straps give me better OHR readings than the Silicone ones. You can order 22mm velcro straps from Amazon and pins to add for holding the band. You won’t be able to change bands quickly but I prefer the Velcro bands.