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I have been using the Vivosmart HR now for about 4 months. The HR monitor seemed to work decent for a while and I did a fair amount of testing it to the PM5. It worked perfectly for about 2 rows, out of 40. I gave up on it and got a garmin chest strap, which of course works fantastic with the PM5. O...

Yeah I am very happy with the Garmin VivoSmart HR for my watch alternative, but I am purchasing the Gamin chest strap now for use when rowing.

it is the Garmin Vivosmart HR. It is still sporadic with how well it interfaces with the rower.

I have been playing around with making it tighter and moving it further up my arm away from my wrist. At a close to uncomfortable tightness and a little over two of my fat fingers up from my wrist bone is actually yielding a pretty good response. It stayed seemingly accurate through my entire row th...

I could never get the Fitbit to show up on the PM5. I am not sure if it has a mode to broadcast the HR for other devices to read. I ended up taking it back and getting the new Garmin Vivosmart HR. It is a much better tracker in my opinion as it is waterproof has more alerts and what seems to be a be...

Did anyone get anywhere with attaching the Fitbit Charge HR to the PM5? I am having the same issues as stated above. I am only a day into the Fitbit so if I cannot get it to connect I will take it back and get something that will. I would like a wristband activity tracker that will work as the HR mo...