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Best Calorie Counting Watches?

MrsOMG
MrsOMG Posts: 84
edited January 3 in Fitness and Exercise
Hi there, I am hitting a bit of a fitness rut, I do 8 hrs cardio a week, most in classes and I know I am not working as hard as I was (season change, cold, apathy) Really want one of these snazzy watches that tell me actual burn rather than just time/activity input on mfp so i can keep track and up my game.

Anyone have recommendations or can point me in direction of existing thread on same topic?

Thanks :-)

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  • goonas
    goonas Posts: 205
    Polar FT4 works for me.
  • mogletdeluxe
    mogletdeluxe Posts: 623 Member
    Polar FT4 works for me.

    Me too! Swear by it. Mine was about £50 on Amazon - worth every penny.
  • OSUloulou
    OSUloulou Posts: 74 Member
    Polar FT4. Love mine. Found it really cheap on Amazon:)
  • LindseySprake
    LindseySprake Posts: 333 Member
    Polar FT4 works for me.

    Me too! Swear by it. Mine was about £50 on Amazon - worth every penny.

    Same here!
  • MrsOMG
    MrsOMG Posts: 84
    Thanks guys, how funny I had JUST narrowed it down to this one from what I could find on Amazon. How accurate do you all find it?
  • mogletdeluxe
    mogletdeluxe Posts: 623 Member
    Thanks guys, how funny I had JUST narrowed it down to this one from what I could find on Amazon. How accurate do you all find it?

    Hard to say, really - but I'd argue that as you can programme in your gender, height, weight and age into the PT4 then it gives a decent enough reading (there's a school of thought that says that HRMs are 75% accurate). I think that as long as you bear that in mind, you're golden!
  • mamakira
    mamakira Posts: 366
    Interesting topic, I was thinking about getting one too and almost decided for the POLAR FT7F.
    Does anybody use that one?
  • SillySkittles
    SillySkittles Posts: 202 Member
    Polar FT4 works for me.

    Ditto! Finding it really accurate for me. It's remained consistent with what I normally expect to lose during a workout. I've also had the Polar RS something or other and never had any problems with that until someone went and took my chest strap and monitor :(

    I also consistently change the weight settings each week when I weigh-in to reflect any changes so hoping that also helps keep it accurate. I only wear it during a workout where I mean to be working out. Any other calories I burn (walking the dog, cleaning, etc.) I don't log as I just consider those bonus calorie burns. My thought process is that if I underestimate the calories I burn and overestimate the calories I eat considering there can always be a little bit of miscalculation or generalization, then I'm hoping I should be breaking even or have a slight deficit so I'm not fooling my body. Hope that helps!
  • lilkayaker
    lilkayaker Posts: 37 Member
    bump
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