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Richard Roberts

Richmond VA, Atlanta GA

Accessories > Watches & Electronics

Other - Wahoo Tikr

Summary

It is a good, basic, heart rate monitor. No frills, but will get the job done in rough terrains when an optical watch won't.

Posted Jan 23, 2023

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Wahoo Tikr

2.5/5

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Pros

easy to use
inexpensive
connects via ANT+ and bluetooth
easy to clean

Cons

eats batteries
no additional data

I bought this when i was new to running (~$50) because my watch's hear rate data wasn't reliable when i was trail running. It did the job and was also helpful with transmitting the HR data to the Peloton and my street bike's Garmin Edge.

Experience

Within 6 months i bought a Garmin HRM - Run for <$100 because I had already replaced the battery in the Wahoo 3x and the Garmin HRM run gave additional running dynamics data.

After going to Garmin, I haven't looked back