u/bluenette23

OTConnect Beat - issues detecting heart rate while rowing

I bought my OTConnect Beat 5 months ago, and for the past month it has consistently been losing my heart rate while rowing, and sometimes losing my heart rate on the floor. I stop rowing, fiddle with it a little, and 20 seconds later my heart rate shoots up from grey/blue to the more accurate orange/red. Different coaches tell me different things - put it on your tricep, inner bicep, rub water on your skin before putting it on, you’re overestimating your heart rate (bullshit), etc. It works totally fine on the treads. Anyone run into this issue before, and does anyone have a fix? I’d really hate to have to buy a new one so quickly.

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u/bluenette23 — 13 days ago

▲ 11 r/Visiblemending

How to repair Kånken backpack strap?

I’ve used this bag daily for 4 years and really want to mend it instead of buy a new one. I’ve done very basic visible mending before (putting a little design over a hole in a shirt, stitching a pocket back on), but this would be my most complicated project and I’m not sure what to do. Does it need a patch? Can I use just thread?

For the bottom of the bag, I was going to embroider a little flat design over top of the fraying spots; is this an okay idea, or does this also need to be patched?

u/bluenette23 — 4 months ago