The Polar OH1+ I've had for a few years is starting to have its battery die too quickly, so I looked up the price. It's still an astonishing $85, while the direct competitor, the Scosche Rhythm R+2.0 is now $30 or less. I bought one as a backup and it showed up with a charger, the device itself and the strap.
The strap is an improvement on the Polar OH1+. While the Polar would frequently flip over by accident or by rolling a sleeve over the device, this never happens to the Scosche. My first couple of months with the Schosche, I thought that the monitor was unreliable because my HR would spike up to 170+->200 even when I wasn't working hard. By trial and error I eventually discovered that the accuracy goes up dramatically when you put it in its preferred place, on the inside of the elbow. Once I had it there those spikes went away, making it far more accurate than the OH1+.
Battery life is good, and the LED is kinda dim which makes it harder to see that I've turned it on or off correctly. For $30, this is way cheaper than even the traditional "bra-like" HRM, so clearly this is the one to get. I've been using it with no discomfort and it's more than good enough for my purposes.
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