HRM HELP! Garmin/Body Fit

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tinalatina
tinalatina Posts: 499 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
For christmas my parents got me a gift card to use at COSTCO and they have two types of Heart rate monitors there that I am debating getting. Which do you think is better GARMIN forerunner 405 + Premium heart Rate Monitor and chest strap/Body Media Fit Core?

Has anyone tried either of them? I wish I could get a Polar but my gift card is limited to Costco...

Thanks

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  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    The Garmin is much more than just a heart rate monitor. Are you a runner/walker/cyclist? If so I would go with the Garmin. Then again, I am a huge Garmin lover. I use it for running and cycling for my pace, distance, speed, and all the other data along with heart rate, although I have since lost mine, I miss it terribly.

    If you are using it strictly as a heart rate monitor, I might consider the other one, since the Garmin's primary function is not as a heart rate monitor. I don't know anything about the other so I can't really recommend.
  • tinalatina
    tinalatina Posts: 499 Member
    The Garmin is much more than just a heart rate monitor. Are you a runner/walker/cyclist? If so I would go with the Garmin. Then again, I am a huge Garmin lover. I use it for running and cycling for my pace, distance, speed, and all the other data along with heart rate, although I have since lost mine, I miss it terribly.

    If you are using it strictly as a heart rate monitor, I might consider the other one, since the Garmin's primary function is not as a heart rate monitor. I don't know anything about the other so I can't really recommend.

    Im not really a runner. I usually do circuit training and dance but the ad for the garmin says it comes with an addition heart rate monitor. Im leaning towards the garmin but how does it do with other excercises? Cardio exercises maybe.....here is the link for the HRM.... any advice is welcomed! Thanks so much!

    http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11676503&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|111|2268|59195&N=4032552&Mo=13&pos=6&No=6&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=59195&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC11001-Cat2268&topnav=
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