Review on SUUNTO Watch Smart Monitor Ambit3 by Anthony Flores

This is the second sensor I have bought in less than a year. When you first get it it adapts perfectly, everything tracks heart rate perfectly and all that in the gym, but magically it stops working. I usually come home from the gym and wash the strap right away and let it air dry and it works fine, but ONCE I let it dry overnight with the sensor connected and now it's causing problems and won't connect. The watch says the sensor is paired, but when I start exercising it doesn't register my heart rate. I tried cleaning the sensors thinking that was causing the problem and changed the battery several times, even went outside to get a new battery, thinking I might have left mine on too long and nothing. Upon closer inspection I found a rust colored crust around the right hand metal screw that engages the band and when I looked at the old sensor it had the same problem on the same side. When I first had problems, the first thing I tried was replacing the tape. , but then I had to buy a sensor and a strap, so now I have 3 straps and I've tried every combination of sensors under the straps and nothing. I'M DISAPPOINTED! I can't use a SMART sensor for years and I don't have to spend $60 on a battery change every 8 months instead of $3. And if you go to the Suunto website, they have a software update that can only be done by pairing the sensor via the Movescount app, but it refuses to connect, so basically another setback. I'm going back to Polar! I can't understand how someone who occasionally goes to the gym and hikes can wear this thing out so quickly when real athletes should be using it regularly with no issues.