One minor note though is that the HRM-PRO Plus is not going to be available in Australia, due to newish legislation that prohibits sale of coin-cell battery devices that are tool-less entry. Obviously, the battery door and color-changing bits are hardware, so existing HRM-PRO straps don’t get that magically via firmware update. Which basically means, software-wise, the HRM-PRO & HRM-PRO Plus straps will be identical (for now anyways, all bets are off for the future). Best of all, sometime today, the existing HRM-PRO will receive a firmware update that adds the transmission of pace/distance to the firmware. – HRM-PRO Plus has white pod, while HRM-PRO has a yellow podĪnd that’s it. – HRM-PRO Plus has new tool-less battery door design – Ability to transmit pace/distance both indoors and outdoors (within sensor settings) In fact, it’s really only different in three ways, of which one of them gets equalized in software today via firmware update (specifically, version 8.80). In many ways, the HRM-PRO Plus isn’t super different than the existing Garmin HRM-PRO. If you found this review useful, feel free to hit up the links at the end of the site, or consider becoming a DCR Supporter. As usual, it’ll go back to them afterwards. Note that this Garmin HRM-PRO Plus media loaner was sent over by Garmin to test. Nonetheless, I’ve been using the HRM-PRO Plus for a while, so I figure I’ll go through the full in-depth review of the HRM-PRO Plus, just like any other straps. So Garmin says that in terms of functionality, both units are identical, save the battery compartment aspects. And, best of all, the software changes for the indoor running pace/distance is being released as a firmware update to the existing HRM-PRO today. There will soon be watch bundles offered with the Garmin HRM-PRO Plus straps instead of HRM-PRO. Ultimately, these are minor changes, and for the most part this is just considered a running change. Further, they’ve changed the color of the HRM-PRO Plus pod itself. The new HRM-PRO Plus adds an indoor run pace & distance option, while also changing the battery door situation to be tool-less (hopefully reducing straps dying after battery swaps). Like most Garmin ‘Plus’-enabled things, this is a modest upgrade from their existing high-end chest strap, the HRM-PRO that came out two summers ago. Garmin has just released a slightly revamped version of their HRM-PRO chest strap, now the HRM-PRO Plus.
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