Reviews please: New Balance N4 HRM

vb2012
vb2012 Posts: 134 Member
edited November 10 in Fitness and Exercise
Does anyone own a New Balance N4 HRM? I've been looking at HRMs and my hubby got this one for me for V-Day :heart: I mainly wanted one to calculate the number of calories burned during my workouts. How do you like yours? I'd love to hear about the good, bad, and the ugly. Thanks!

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  • vb2012
    vb2012 Posts: 134 Member
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  • Chloe_Chaos_
    Chloe_Chaos_ Posts: 150 Member
    Well, I just got mine this last weekend. So far I love it. I think I need to bring down my max HR setting because on the Polar FT4 I was using I would burn a lot more calories. I'm not sure which one is more right (there is only about a 50cal difference). But so far I like the N4. The only bone I have to pick with it is that the chest strap makes a very faint noise and when I have my head phones in it's like my head phones pick up the faint interference of the chest strap. But it's heard only in between songs so it's not a huge bother.
  • vb2012
    vb2012 Posts: 134 Member
    Thanks for the feedback R1Chick07! I'm glad to hear that it is similar to Polar FT4. I read some reviews online that also talked about interference, especially with Wii console, but I don't expect to use it much with Wii, so it might be okay. Does your unit start tracking as soon as you begin workout or does it take a while to register? I read that it needs some sweat to start registering. Do you wet it with water or anything before you start your workout? I'm looking forward to start using mine this evening!
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