Adidas Heart Rate Monitoring Smart Bra

I am an avid runner, average about 50 miles a week and I DETEST my Garmin HRM strap. I bought two of these bras and I like the fit and it is far more comfortable than the dreaded strap. I have two issues with this bra: 1 - CHAFFING!!! I have worn it many times on runs 6 miles and longer and I always get chaffing right at the spot where the monitor clips in. It's the seam on the piece of fabric that covers the monitor, it rubs to the point where I find I'm tucking my shirt under the sports bra by about mile 7. I've tried body butter, coconut oil, etc to try to mitigate the chaffing and nothing works. Which brings me to point #2 - the HRM doesn't always work right. It definitely does not work well when you put any anti-chaffing lubricant under the area, it must reduce the conductivity and then I either don't get any signal from my HRM or it's not anywhere near accurate. I mean, there's no way my heart rate stays at 60 (as my HRM just registered on my last run) when I'm climbing a big hill, no way!! I've also had the HR stop monitoring during a run and then come back on at the end. When I wear the chest strap this doesn't happen. I love this concept but the design certainly needs some improvement.

I already own the black version of this and love it - after almost a year I figured I needed another one !!! Love the ease of wearing my HRM now (the main reason I bought this bra) and being a large 36D it holds me together even on a trail run!

Would have been better off spending the $60 elsewhere. Haven't found anything too special about this beside the snaps to hold your own HRM. The edge banding is too snug in comparison to the rest of it. It digs in. Also, I am a 38C and this is no way supportive enough to run in. So, I still have to double up. Save your money.

This bra would not communicate with my heart rate sensor. I bought one of these from Sensoria that connected quickly and easily. Also, I didn't find it very comfortabe and it was hard to get on.

Large for my 36D girlfriend. She was very impressed with the fit and price and says she's going to buy nothing else. I like the men's shirt myself.

Fit is great, heart rate monitor does not work, at least with the Garmin. Tried it running and biking and my HR was picked up, but was definitely not accurate. Being an avid fitness person, I know what my HR numbers should be, which is how I know it wasn't accurate. Sad, I was really hoping it would work as I REALLY hate the strap. :/

So maybe there s a trick but I ordeed this sport bra and one other. The other product worked great. This product I was worried the second I hooked my heart rate monitor into the pouch as it snapped in backwards. I though...this will never work. And voila..it didnt. Can I return it worn?

I was caught a little off guard when I realized I needed the adidas heart monitor separately and that it didn't come with it. It says that it doesn't in the description but if you're an information skimmer like I am then it's easy to miss. However, I find it very cool that the monitor can just clip right on and track it with the app (I love that the app is free!) with no extra bulky wraps or wires. It's great! The sports bra itself is really comfortable and light weight. I do kickboxing and this definitely is a great sports bra for high or low activity. While I have yet to purchase the separate monitor, I'm going to and I'll revisit this to update how I like it. But if it's anything like the bra and app, I'll love it. It's such a great idea!I received this product at a discount in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.UPDATE:So I update my review a while ago but Amazon didn't post it for some reason so I'll redo it. After writing this review adidas contacted me and sent me a heart rate monitor (how cool is that?!). I have applaud their customer service for not only checking out the reviews but rectifying any issues they read about. Not a lot of companies do that, especially not well known ones.So I got the monitor and following the directions I synced it to my app on my iPhone. It was quick as easy. I tried the monitor with the band and it was very comfortable and as long as it was touching my skin I had no issues using it with the app. Then I disconnected it from the band (so easy, I love the button snaps) and put it in the sports bra and had 0 issues with it not working with the app. It works better with the bra than it does with the band. But it's so cool, and is really great. I love it! I also love how it's in a little pocket in the sports bra so that it can't fall and break during an intense workout.Love it.