Review on 🔌 Optimize Your Garmin Fitness Devices with the Garmin USB ANT Stick by Ben Demers

This gets the job done with a latch. I'm using OSX and couldn't get the native Garmin ANT+ agent to detect my HRM and cadence sensor. Luckily I bought it specifically for use with the TrainerRoad cycling software and TR worked almost immediately on both of my devices. The range seems a bit lousy - my trainer is about 5 feet from my Mac Mini and even with line of sight between my devices and the USB drive, the TR reports the signal quality as "Poor". I also have an Edge 500 and tested by walking about 20 feet from the Edge and Mac. The Edge continued to record my heart rate while the USB stick lost contact with the HRM. Overall, it does what it's supposed to do, but the range could be better and the software implementation could be a bit more usable. The ANT+ agent should pair smoothly with devices and can be a source of frustration for those not using it with third-party software specifically designed for it. Apart from that it works perfectly.