Wahoo Fitness  TICKR FIT Optical Heart Rate Monitor

I bought the Tickr Fit to use in workouts where I didn't want to wear my chest strap. Mostly crossfit style workouts with a lot of different types of movement. Any time I use it doing any kind of workout where my forearms end up flexing a lot I get very inaccurate data. That being said any time I use it while doing a base run, long run, or while cycling it is accurate. I kept it and didn't return it because I can still use it but it doesn't serve the purpose that I bought it for so I probably won't get another. I also can't give it a very low review because it does provide accurate data on the activities it mostly recommended for.

I purchased this monitor to use with my ELEMNT Bolt and my NordicTrackS22i. The TICKR FIT works perfect with the ELEMNT BOLT but can have connectivity issues with the Nordictrack S22i. Sometimes it shows that it is connected to the S22i but displays no data and needs to be disconnected and re-connected. There can be short lags in real time display of HR but seem to be minor. When worn with and compared to an Apple Watch, they stayed within 2 bpm’s and usually displayed identical bpm’s. No problems with battery or charging at this time. This works really well for keeping track of workout HR zones on Strava and IFIT.

The plastic that the arm loop passes through broke after a little more than a year of using 1-2 times per week. The design is simply not robust enough and I would recommend not purchasing.

I bought this to replace my 2nd Wahoo Tickr X (the strap fell apart, again...) because it was the only thing left in stock at my local REI at the time. While it's been nice not flashing everyone in the parking lot while affixing a chest strap, it hasn't been without its issues as well. The proprietary charging cable, as well as the permanent non-replacable battery, have always nagged at me. They work, but for how long, and how long before the special cable gets lost? I guess I won't know due to the current status. Second issue is that fitment has always been a bit finicky. The strap doesn't have much flex in it, and when you're mountain biking, your forearm flexes and if it's too snug, that kinda sucks. But being optical, snug isn't optional if you want any sort of consistent data. It usually takes a couple tries before it's dialed in and then it just does its job. The final straw, and according to Amazon reviews this isn't super uncommon, was the other day when the portion of the body that holds onto one end of the strap simply snapped off. The best part... it happened almost exactly one month after the warranty expired (13 months of use.) Suffice it to say, I'm about done with Wahoo at this point.

I really like this HRM, but the charger has failed twice. I'm very careful when hooking the HRM to the charger, but one of the little metal pins keeps breaking off, rendering the charger useless. Now I have to pony up $10 plus tax and shipping A THIRD TIME to get a replacement. Come on, Wahoo, you can build these better.

I have tied repeatedly - and I have scoured the web for advice and tips - and I am done wasting more time - trying to get this thing to pair with my Apple watch. It pairs fine with the iPhone, but not with the Apple watch - and I want to check my heartrate on my wrist, not in my phone. I'm getting a Garmin Fenix, sure hope it works with that. But the Tickr is supposed to work with the Apple watch, and the fact that it doesn't is unacceptable.

After an injury made wearing my HRM chest strap painful I needed an alternative for training. This product took some getting used to after years of a chest strap. Where would I wear it - above or below my elbow. It took some experimenting and it became clear above the elbow produced the most accurate reading. Now, almost a year of using TICKR FIT it seems second nature to slip it on. It met my needs. Not 5 stars because nothing is perfect. I'd buy it again under the same circumstances (by the way, the injury has me still unable to wear the chest strap)

I bought a fit this summer and immediately noticed dropouts on my Roam. The older Bolt had same issue. The Wahoo Fitness app showed heart rate fine. The Elemnt App would "see" it too (Registered fine - showed 75% connectivity in Sensors page). But unfortunately neither unit would record heart rate; displayed NA for every ride I took (several dozen). Support was nice enough to eventually send me another unit free of charge. Unfortunately it too has never worked. Not to front but I have very prominant veinage, thin skin and 22BMI so it's not like my blood flow is obscured. I like arm band HRM for comfort but honestly none have ever been worth the money (Two Scotsche, Two Wahoo.) I'm discouraged but will probably go back to an old school chest band until the optical sensors get better.

Started off good at first, but now I have to adjust it every time and it still gives me highly inaccurate readings like 46 bpm while I’m working out. Do not recommend. Go for Polar or something else, anything else.

I bought it two years ago and it worked fine for a while, but I let it sit for a few months and when I went to go back to using it, it wouldn't charge. They (Wahoo) replaced it (which was nice) and I have been using it regularly until all of a sudden it won't charge. Not sure it's worth pursuing getting another one. Why can't these things simply work for more than a year?