Polar F11 Heart Rate Monitor

MaryinBflo

Does anyone know why this HRM always tells me I've burned a lot more calories than I really did? this used to be the only one I had but when it broke I bought the new style one and I was getting less calories burned. I then bought another F11 on ebay and again it's telling me more calories burned than the newer polare HRMs. I have even worn them both for a workout and the F11 is significantly higher. Now that I have a fit bit I am pretty confident the newer version is the correct calories burned. The F11 I did all the user settings and everything so I don't know why it gives such a higer calorie burn. Anyone have any idea?

boopster_70

Does it have a chest strap or is it just the watch? I have one with the chest strap and it is 100 times more accurate than the watch alone.

MaryinBflo

chest strap same as the others.

Tilran

I've never even heard of Polar F11...is it a really old model?

Why not get a recent model LIke the FT4, FT7, FT40 or FT70?