Polar Soft Strap Set

Excellent replacement for the Garmin soft strap supplied with my Garmin 310XT GPS watch. After a few weeks the heart rate signal started to drop out. I replaced the battery, tried electro gel etc all without success. Research on the Internet advised to buy the Polar strap , which I did. Works brilliantly. No need to buy the transmitter (the hard rectangular bit) as the Garmin transmitter clips directly onto the Polar replacement strap. Likewise no need to pair it again. My thanks to Polar and to those who posted the solution on the Internet. Garmin really should sort this problem out as I shouldn't have had to buy a replacement on something only a few weeks old. The hard strap on my Garmin 305 has worked without any problems for years, just the occasional battery replacement which I would expect.25/2/16 FURTHER TO THE ABOVE The rubber sensors have now started to peel away from the elastic strap giving a slightly erratic reading, so I purchased a replacement only to find the transmitter would not clip on. Thinking the 'poppers' were faulty I ordered another - same problem. I then looked more closely and found the rubber surrounding the 'poppers' was slightly raised compared to the first one I had purchased, so careful use use of a sharp knife (Stanley Blade) I trimmed off the excess and all is now fine. Seems like Polar have slightly altered the manufacture of these straps.

I first bought a Polar Strap as a replacement for the Garmin strap (the Garmin one fell apart after 9 months). Today I've just replaced this Polar Strap with another new Polar Strap and it has over 2 years of constant use - I run 6 times a week, 50 miles per week. It is super-comfortable and I don't even notice it on 15 hour races. Highly recommended for Quality & Performance. I rinse it under the shower after every run, sometimes with a bit of shower gel and leave to dry naturally hung up with my run clothes. I think I've put it in the washing machine twice in 2 years - as I rinse it as soon as I come in from a run it never got that grimy. The only thing is the price has gone up - the one I bought 2 years ago was £9.63, I see they are now £17.50 each! Have bought another one today to keep in a draw as a spare...the price is only likely to rise!

Bought this to replace my Garmin strap which started to fail. Works well and comfortable. However it needed modifying to allow my Garmin HR sensor to fit. The plastic popper housings are unnecessarily high and prevent the sensor seating properly. After shaving a millimetre or two off the top with a very sharp knife, the Garmin sensor fitted ok.

I bought this chest strap to replace the one that came with my Polar V800 HR monitor. I had been experiencing major issues with erratic readings on my HR watch for months but had been putting it down to RF interference and static build up. In the end the HR feature of the watch had become virtually unusable so I decided to try replacing the chest strap as a first step. I’m delighted to report that all of the issues I had been experiencing vanished once I started using the new strap. No more unreliable and inaccurate readings.Polar advises users to take care of the strap by washing after every use in warm soapy water. This is a piece of advice I neglected to follow with the original and which undoubtedly led to its premature demise. I have been diligently washing the new strap after every use and am pleased to report that the strap has performed without a hitch over five weeks of daily use at an average of at least an hour per day. The other good news is that the battery in the transmitter seems to be draining at a far slower rate than it did on the old strap.Update October 2020: since writing my original review my impression of this product has plummeted. The replacement strap I purchased in February lasted about 4 months before it started giving the same erratic output as the original. I ordered another replacement in July and that lasted less than ten weeks before it too started giving useless output. I followed the care instructions with diligence bit it has made no difference.

I'm sure it's a fantastic strap given all the other reviews, but I'm unable to use it with my Garmin HRM3. Foolishly I didn't do my research thoroughly and it would appear that he lugs will not accept my HRM as the plastic surrounds are lipped thus preventing a connection.Beware before you purchase if you are looking for a Garmin strap replacement!Edit: Given that returning the item would have incurred quite a hefty fee I opted to modify the belt slightly for my Garmin HRM3 (I'm assuming it would work with the HRM2 also) and am happy to say that it works perfectly.I simply cut back the rubber around the connectors carefully with a knife and hey presto! connection is possible

Has so far been a brilliant replacement to the strap for my Garmin HRM. It is a quarter of the price of the Garmin equivalent but so far seems to be far more reliable and consistent. Needs a teeny bit of adjustment for the studs to align with the Garmin transmitter but this isn't a problem. Extremely pleased indeed to have found a piece of kit that is a) very reliable and b) very affordable. Had given up hope on having HR records for my Garmin training runs but this has solved the problem so far. I suppose the mystery is why Polar are able to manufacture something that is very cheap but very reliable, while Garmin (at least as far as HRMs are concerned) are doing the opposite. Completely recommend.

The strap is comfortable to wear. They appear to have changed the clip mechanism for wearing the strap with a mechanism that slowly wears through the material, but don’t worry, the strap will start to come apart long before then.Mine lasted around 5 months.The photo shows the actual monitor and the sensor strip separating from each other, at which point it stops working completely.Will try a third party item next to see if that’s an improvement.