Miracles do happen!

I applied the gel and put the strap on and started pedaling. It read 149bpm - static. Hummmmm I stopped, got the bottle applied more gel underneath where the sensors are and moved the reader a bit under my left breast. It started to work at about 2m2s from 1st pedal stroke (before I reapply gel) and it kept working during my 1-hour work out with a normal reading. I worked my butt off and when I removed the belt, nothing was wet, not even the back, except for the gel that was in place, but my forehead and neck were very wet as usual. It seems those are the only places I sweat. hihi. So probably I do not sweat enough to grab a reading without gel.

Will try on next training to add more gel under the strap sensor once it is in place, and put it immediately the reader a bit to the left rather center of under breasts. Will see how it will work.