Garmin HR Strap causing chaffing... (Page 2)

x2! The old one is very comfortable and never chafed. The new one, well comfortable until is starts to chafe.... and I agree with the shower, it stings like no tomorrow!

I get a little of that but not nearly as bad as you. My skin does break out on my back though exactly where the strap is.  Just part of the game I guess since I wear one 5 days a week.  I had issues with my arm running against the sand paper like strap and causing rub issues there.  I found good ol' vaseline to work the best for me.  Nothing thick, just a tiny thin layer and I'm good.  I haven't needed to do this for my chest for months though.  Think my skin just toughened up from the abuse.  I tend to wear mine super tight to help make sure it does not move at all during my workouts.  I have mine about as small it will go.  Feels a little tight but I've done 6+ hours wearing it like that before and I felt just fine.

I get same thing. I use Sport Slick on that area, just not on the smooth contact areas on the outside of the transmitter, and no more problems.

Me too but I put the tape on me. Mine looks just like the pic but it's actually 3 different racing stripes! I now put a small piece of KT tape on my body and no issues. Does not hurt to take off at all and nothing gummy/sticky on my monitor.

That's what happened with me as well(salt build up) Washed strap, and treated with neosoprene.

I have gotten back from running with blood dripping from my Garmin strap. The strap also would stop working properly when it got saturated with sweat. I took the advice from another post and bought the Polar strap by itself without the Polar monitor. The Garmin monitor plugs into the Polar strap perfectly. Since i did this, I've had no issues with messed up heart rates or chaffing. The link below has the details.
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/08/solution-to-heart-rate-dropoutss...