HRM £12.99 at Lloyds Pharmacy
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http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/en/lloydspharmacy-watch-and-heart-rate-monitor-35281
It comes with a chest strap and counts calories burned.
It comes with a chest strap and counts calories burned.
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Have you got that model? Can you recommend it? Haven't got one und not sure if it would be the right model for me?0
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that sounds like a decent model. I got one from Aldi for about the same price and it's fab!! at the end of the day its only £12.99 too, what could go wrong0
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Have you got that model? Can you recommend it? Haven't got one und not sure if it would be the right model for me?
I picked it up for my Mum as she's been wanting one but didn't want to spend too much on it, I've got a Sigma one which was nearly 4 x as much and it seems to do everything mine does
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Ty, will go and buy one tomorrow0
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Thanks, have just ordered one online. Have been looking at getting one for a while but was put off by the price of others. The reviews on the Lloyds site are good, so hopefully it will work fine!0
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Thanks for this, I'm going to buy one tomorrow 0
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So..... I went in and they were £19.99 - was there a different one available in some stores or did the special offer just end?
Ok, I get it, the cheaper price is online only.0 -
The one I picked up for my mum was £12.99 in store :frown:
Delivery is £2.99 I think so it would still work out cheaper to order online, but I can't see why it's more expensive in store
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That is really useful. I am going to get myself one too. Thank you very much for posting this :flowerforyou:0
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Ooh, thanks for that, I'll have a look in town tomorrow. Been wanting to try one but not spend £50+!0
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Without sounding dumb whats the benefit of having this?!0
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Without sounding dumb whats the benefit of having this?!
It's a more accurate way of calculating calories burned during exercise 0 -
I got two last night but not all stores had them around where I live. I also was told that the offer just started, so would asked them to ring around for the correct price as the price was confirmed by the other two shops I rang before the one that had them in stock. x0
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Oh my goodness what a bargain!!! I thought £30 from Argos was pretty good!0
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Anybody bought this and do they recommend?0
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Just ordered one as I want a more accurate count and for that price it is worth a try. Shame you can't take it in the pool as I would love to see what I burn when I am instructing.0
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I have got one and I have set it up this morning.
Not sure if I am reading this right, although I sure I am but it irt saying I am sat here with a HR of 183 and have burned 400 cals buy doing sod all this morning.
I am not impressed with it at all0 -
I don't much about HRMs as mine hasn't arrived yet, but do you have to subtract your BMR from the calorie value it gives your or is it clever enough to do that for you?0
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I have got one and I have set it up this morning.
Not sure if I am reading this right, although I sure I am but it irt saying I am sat here with a HR of 183 and have burned 400 cals buy doing sod all this morning.
I am not impressed with it at all
Mine seems to work fine - at rest my pulse is about 60, which is the same as if I measure 'by hand' and for about a 40 minute aerobic workout (all I have tested it on since I got it) the calories burned is just over 300, which is a bit less than the MFP value but what I would expect as I have heard the MFP values are a little high.
So maybe you've got a dud?0 -
I've wanted a HRM for ages.
Can anyone who's got one of these Lloyds jobbies let me know if you can somehow plug it into your computer and upload the rests to create charts and stuff? I suppose I could do this myself but I love it when toys can do advanced things on their own!
A couple more reviews would also be great so we know if Debs has just got a duff one or if they're actually rubbish.0 -
I have got one and I have set it up this morning.
Not sure if I am reading this right, although I sure I am but it irt saying I am sat here with a HR of 183 and have burned 400 cals buy doing sod all this morning.
I am not impressed with it at all
Mine seems to work fine - at rest my pulse is about 60, which is the same as if I measure 'by hand' and for about a 40 minute aerobic workout (all I have tested it on since I got it) the calories burned is just over 300, which is a bit less than the MFP value but what I would expect as I have heard the MFP values are a little high.
So maybe you've got a dud?
Mine seems pretty accurate. Resting is about 65 bpm (about right from measuring my pulse manually) and comes up with a very similar number of calories burnt for all the exercises I've tried as MFP. Also a couple of my friends tried mine and it came up with different results for each of their resting heartrates as well.
It doesn't connect to a computer and has no USB connectivity, the info just comes up on the watch. So if you want that functionality you'll need a more expensive one or to enter it all in manually I guess.
I've been very impressed with it (had it nearly 2 weeks) and by the look of things you can change the batteries yourself, which the entry level Polar I looked at didn't allow for. I just wanted a cheap one to see how I liked it before shelling out £50.
It has a stopwatch, lap counter, calories burned, time, date etc The setup is involved and I needed the manual, but not so difficult you need a PHD to work out the instructions - just set aside some time to do it properly and make sure you have a calculator handy for the percentages.0 -
I don't much about HRMs as mine hasn't arrived yet, but do you have to subtract your BMR from the calorie value it gives your or is it clever enough to do that for you?
You just use it during exrcise to count the calorie burn, I think. You have to have the stopwatch running, and it counts the cals burned based on your heartrate at this time. Stop the stopwatch and press set and it tells you your calorie burn.
I guess you could have it running all day and subtract your BMR, but the battery would probably run out quite quickly and you'd have to wear a chest strap all day!0 -
Mine seems pretty accurate. Resting is about 65 bpm (about right from measuring my pulse manually) and comes up with a very similar number of calories burnt for all the exercises I've tried as MFP. Also a couple of my friends tried mine and it came up with different results for each of their resting heartrates as well.
It doesn't connect to a computer and has no USB connectivity, the info just comes up on the watch. So if you want that functionality you'll need a more expensive one or to enter it all in manually I guess.
I've been very impressed with it (had it nearly 2 weeks) and by the look of things you can change the batteries yourself, which the entry level Polar I looked at didn't allow for. I just wanted a cheap one to see how I liked it before shelling out £50.
It has a stopwatch, lap counter, calories burned, time, date etc The setup is involved and I needed the manual, but not so difficult you need a PHD to work out the instructions - just set aside some time to do it properly and make sure you have a calculator handy for the percentages.
Very helpful, thanks very much. I'll get one of these as a starter to see if it's worth paying more for a fancy one, like you said.
Thanks again!0 -
Mine seems pretty accurate. Resting is about 65 bpm (about right from measuring my pulse manually) and comes up with a very similar number of calories burnt for all the exercises I've tried as MFP. Also a couple of my friends tried mine and it came up with different results for each of their resting heartrates as well.
It doesn't connect to a computer and has no USB connectivity, the info just comes up on the watch. So if you want that functionality you'll need a more expensive one or to enter it all in manually I guess.
I've been very impressed with it (had it nearly 2 weeks) and by the look of things you can change the batteries yourself, which the entry level Polar I looked at didn't allow for. I just wanted a cheap one to see how I liked it before shelling out £50.
It has a stopwatch, lap counter, calories burned, time, date etc The setup is involved and I needed the manual, but not so difficult you need a PHD to work out the instructions - just set aside some time to do it properly and make sure you have a calculator handy for the percentages.
Very helpful, thanks very much. I'll get one of these as a starter to see if it's worth paying more for a fancy one, like you said.
Thanks again!
No problems, glad to help. Hope you get on well with it. Mine was £12.99 in store like the original post says.0 -
Wow, thanks for the tip! I've been meaning to get a proper HRM, as my fitbit isn't accurate for some of the stuff I want to log.
Hadn't bothered as I didn't want to spend a fortune... but this looks perfect 0 -
Also... I just found a voucher code online which got me an extra couple of quid off. Dunno when it expires, but worth a try:
Enter 'allofyou15' at the checkout :bigsmile:0 -
Turns out my local Lloyds isn't actually a Lloyds, and their HRM was £19.99 so looks like an online job for me.
Thanks for the extra discount code!
EDIT: code worked! It made the delivery cost £1 instead of £2.95. Excellent.0 -
Oh my goodness what a bargain!!! I thought £30 from Argos was pretty good!
Same here, I posted an HRM thread today as well! Found the Argos one and it's got 4.5 stars out of 5, written by 35 different reviewers so cant be that bad.
Wondered though...does the Lloyds one actually tell you the cals burned? or just gives your heart rate?0 -
Wondered though...does the Lloyds one actually tell you the cals burned? or just gives your heart rate?
The watch and heart rate monitor has the ability to measure/monitor your current heart rate, maximum heart rate, average heart rate and the amount of calories you have burnt.
^ from the site.
Mine has been dispatched, hopefully I'll have it by Wednesday. Pretty excited!0 -
It definitely measures cals burned, I was setting my Mum's up for her. She's been using it & it comes up quite close to MFP although a little bit higher.0
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