Thanks for the informative inputs everyone! I just saw them. I have a B&H gift card from the Mrs that I'm trying to use. I was looking for something under $200 and the polar m450 with HRM caught my eye. Is it a good one to link with strava?

I may be getting the Garmin fenix 3 as a gift in a few months so thinking little ahead if the polar and Garmin will talk to each other?