HRM with continuous heart rate

mizjohnston
mizjohnston Posts: 196 Member
edited October 3 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello everyone. Can anybody please recommend a heart rate monitor with a continuous heart rate? I do not like the ones that I have to keep putting my finger on it to check. Thanks. :smile:

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  • sweetheart03622
    sweetheart03622 Posts: 928 Member
    Polar F4 is a great place to start - basic, relatively inexpensive (about $70). Any Polar will work well for you, it's just a matter of how many bells and whistles you want. Garmins are great too but pricey.
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    That would be called a chest strap.. which you should have gotten in the first place, esp if your looking to track calories burned and not just a continuous heart rate reading... now moving on to the actual question..

    Polar is going to be your best bet here.. Either the FT4 or the FT7. Both are easy to use/set up, and come with a chest strap for continuous heart rate monitoring..
  • jenniferseverson
    jenniferseverson Posts: 1 Member
    I'm looking for a new one as well, the one I have is a Polar F6 but I think that it isn't consistent. I sometimes get a 00 on my HR which makes me think it's not giving me an accurate calorie burn number. I wish I could afford a Body Bugg!
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    I'm looking for a new one as well, the one I have is a Polar F6 but I think that it isn't consistent. I sometimes get a 00 on my HR which makes me think it's not giving me an accurate calorie burn number. I wish I could afford a Body Bugg!

    Could be one of three things:
    Batteries are starting to go in the transmitter
    The strap is not tight enough
    The sensors are not wet enough before you put it on.

    I'd check out those three options before going to buy a new HRM.
  • mizjohnston
    mizjohnston Posts: 196 Member
    Thanks for answering. I was wondering if the chest strap was the way to go. Walmart has it for $70.00 Seems to be the going price lol. I appreciate your help. :wink:
  • SueInAz
    SueInAz Posts: 6,592 Member
    Thanks for answering. I was wondering if the chest strap was the way to go. Walmart has it for $70.00 Seems to be the going price lol. I appreciate your help. :wink:
    Yes, you definitely want one with a chest strap. Take a look at Amazon, too. You can probably get a better model for the same price as Walmart with free shipping and no sales tax.
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