Garmin heart rate monitor belt too loose
06-20-09, 12:28 AM
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Garmin heart rate monitor belt too loose
My wife wanted to try my 305 and then buy one but we found the belt too loose even at the tightest setting. Seeing how thin/lean cyclists often are, I'm sure others would also have faced this issue? - any suggestions other than cutting and re-stitching the elastic band?
06-20-09, 12:41 AM
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big clothespin? Not pretty but should work
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Hot glue (fabric glue stick).
Holds through washing, yet can be pulled apart with no damage to the fabric. I use it on helmet straps and on my Camelbak shoulder straps.
Holds through washing, yet can be pulled apart with no damage to the fabric. I use it on helmet straps and on my Camelbak shoulder straps.
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06-21-09, 02:17 AM
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The safety pin did not work - did not hold it tight enough and signal was lost. I think I'll just cut and shorten the elastic band.
Thanks for the suggestions though.
How very witty
Thanks for the suggestions though.
Ingenuity...a dying trait.
06-21-09, 04:06 AM
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The 705 strap, when fully tightened, leaves about 15cm of buckle-to-buckle length ... too short for anybody. So how can it be too loose?
The 305 strap looks similar on the Garmin website, though might be totally different. If so, then use zip-ties and a piece of plastic as en expander.
The 305 strap looks similar on the Garmin website, though might be totally different. If so, then use zip-ties and a piece of plastic as en expander.
06-21-09, 08:48 AM
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The 705 strap, when fully tightened, leaves about 15cm of buckle-to-buckle length ... too short for anybody. So how can it be too loose?
The 305 strap looks similar on the Garmin website, though might be totally different. If so, then use zip-ties and a piece of plastic as en expander.
The 305 strap looks similar on the Garmin website, though might be totally different. If so, then use zip-ties and a piece of plastic as en expander.
06-21-09, 09:15 AM
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If you look closely at bangkok's picture it looks like he has re-routed the strap at the connecting ends somehow, or it came that way on the 705. Either way, I don't see how the 305's strap can be routed that way and not slip during use.
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06-21-09, 10:27 AM
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See below, small strap available from Garmin:
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=13869
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=13869
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06-21-09, 10:44 AM
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See below, small strap available from Garmin:
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=13869
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=13869
exrunner,
tried that re-routing but its just not possible.
06-21-09, 07:47 PM
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