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Timex T5G971 HRM... anyone have this?

ShinyFraga
ShinyFraga Posts: 132 Member
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I'm curious as to the quality and features of this particular HRM. Do any of you have this monitor? What do you like or dislike about it? Is it a good investment?

here's a url to access it on Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/3wo46jm

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  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    I had this HRM and it is junk! I wound up returning it because of how high the calorie count was.. it was not accurate at all, even tho it has a chest strap. This HRM only allows you to enter your weight and not anything else like age, height, sex.

    If I was you, I'd save up for a Polar.. thats what I did and I couldn't be happier.
  • ShinyFraga
    ShinyFraga Posts: 132 Member
    awesome! thank you so much for your experience! going off the reviews on Amazon I was really considering it. so I'm glad I asked here first!
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    awesome! thank you so much for your experience! going off the reviews on Amazon I was really considering it. so I'm glad I asked here first!

    Not a problem. I did that too and it sounded wonderful and that it worked for so many people. The problem is that its a unisex HRM and since you can't input your sex or anything else, it automatically assumes that your a male. Since male and females burn different amounts of calories, its def not accurate.
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