Micoach footpod and heart rate monitor is Garmin Compatible
Having managed to get my hands on a miCoach pacer system one of the first things I tried to do was see if I could use the Heart Rate Monitor with both the pacer and my Garmin Forerunner 405. The micoach docs suggested that the devices communicates using ant+ so I suspected that it would work and it did! following this I also tried to sync the footpod which was also a success.
I have recently reviewed the MiCoach and am currently writing a post to review my Garmin 405 which should be up shortly.
The micoach heartrate monitor is compatible with the Garmin 405 (untested on any other Garmins – feedback would be useful)
The micoach footpod is compatible with the Garmin 405 (untested on any other Garmins – feedback would be useful)
I suspect there is very limited crossover as to why you would use both devices -from early inspection the micoach offers audio coaching and a nicer heartrate web display but obviously lacks the gps functionality of the Garmins. That said it would be interesting to compare prices of the Garmin HRM/footpod vs the Adidas equivalent to see which is cheaper…
Personally I find the Adidas HRM slightly nicer to use, it’s easier to store and cleans/dries a lot quicker than the Garmin counterpart.
Looking forward to getting to fully play with the rest of the micoach device when I can get it fully working.
Compatibility List
Footpod
- Garmin 305
- Garmin 405
- Garmin 50
Heart Rate Monitor
- Garmin 305
- Garmin 405
- Garmin 50
NB I have had (personally unconfirmed) reports that the Garmin 110 is not compatible with the MiCoach.
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Both the Pacer’s HRM and food pod work with the Garmin 305.
Thanks for this Roger – I will update the post to reflect your comment.
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The Pacer’s HRM doesn’t work with the Garmin Forerunner 110.
Thats interesting to know – I’m very surprised by that as ithe 110 still uses ANT technology and I didnt think they had changed much with the operating system.
Cheers for the note tho!
I use my Adidas HR Monitor and Footpod with Forerunner 210. They work just fine
Great! Thank you.
No probs!
Thanks! Do you know if the Garmin Heart Rate strap is compatible with the MiCoach Connect iPhone receiver? Both use ANT+, but I can’t find any confirmation on the web that I can use my Garmin strap with the MiCoach iPhone connecter. Your help is much appreciated.
yes – when playing about I have used Garmin and Micoach simultaneously. In fact for a while I used the MiCoach as my primary HRM for both as i preferred it to the Garmin. You just need to pair it with both devices