What are your thoughts on the Suunto HRM bands? I think they are shit unreliable.
yeah mixed, generally they're good for me but i had one strap that has just stopped working (maybe corrosion on the impossible to get to terminals inside the plastic piece?). they definitely need to be properly wet and have a good battery... they're still better than the old polar ones but i've never had a garmin to compare it to - are they better?
I find mine - from a 2S - to be very good compared to my circa 2005 Polar. The only problem is it consistently takes a couple of minutes to get properly sweaty and get a good signal. Pre-wetting helps somewhat.
And of course we never wear them in a WRE, never!
I wouldn't have thought the Garmins bands better, but I never got the huge spikes at the start of my sessions that then mess with the average, like with the Suunto.