heart rate monitors?

I use a Polar H7 Bluetooth Monitor (http://www.polar.com/us-en/products/accessories/Polar_WearLink_transmitter_with_Bluetooth). I pair it with my iPhone, and use it, along with runkeeper, or the polar app to monitor things. I also like that it will work simultaneously with the iPhone and my polar watch (RS-400), which both give me a bit of separate but useful information.

I use it mostly to gauge the effectiveness of my workouts in general. As I am trying to lose weight, and know that burning calories comes with an effective workout. The calorie numbers are helpful, after, but I like the real-time nature of it to keep me pushing myself.

I have tried a few other brands, including Scoche, and Timex, and while they worked, they both either didn't monitor my rate consistenly (Scoche used an infared sensor), or lost the connection to the monitoring device regularly (the Timex), thereby either causing me to stop my workout to fiddle with it to get it working, or worse, losing the data without knowing about it.

I swear by polar products, but they are a bit pricey.

Hope this is helpful.

I use a Polar FT4. It is my first one and nothing super fancy. It's pretty basic, however, I didn't want to spend a crap ton of money on something if I wasn't going to be using it everyday.

I am actually using it right now and I enjoy being able to see where my heartrate is at during my daily routine. It's nice KNOWING how many calories i've burned, instead of using a general estimate.

Mine was only about $60. Well worth it.

I have the Polar FT4 and I LOVE it. Had a Fit bit first and hated it!!! I got my Polar from Amazon and paid less than $60 for it

I am actually using it right now and I enjoy being able to see where my heartrate is at during my daily routine. It's nice KNOWING how many calories i've burned, instead of using a general estimate.

Just keep in mind that unless a HRM is designed to be worn all day (which Polar HRMs aren't meant for that and even states it in the manual) they will not be completely accurate. They are accurate when worn for exercise and not daily all day wear.

I use the Scosche IPTM myTREK - Wireless Pulse Monitor for Smartphones and Tablets. It straps on your forearm, not your chest.


Cost me $28.95 (U.S.) on eBay with free shipping. (U.S. only) The only problem is the app software that comes with it sucks.
But you can down load the DigiFit software for $2.99 which works great.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130852229927

I too have the Polar F7 and absolutely love it! I think I got it on Amazon for less then $60.00. I have it sync to my iphone and love knowing that I am getting as accurate as possible calories burned during my workouts! Good luck!

I have one made by Bowflex and it was around $50.00. I only wear it while I am exercising and it seems to work great. I also love that it shows my heart rate while I am exercising.

I have a polar FT40 and i love it, when it works that is.

I've only had it for a few months & many times lately it has acted wonky on me. (either it will not sense my heart rate, or it tells me it is something ridiculous like199 beats per minute when i am standing still)

I never know if it is going to work or not but it's been happening more & more lately. When this happens i have to take it off, disassemble it & re-wet it & then put it back on to see if it is fixed. Sometimes it works after a few tries, other days i waste loads of precious time trying to get it to work to no avail. it's really annoying me lately, hardly convenient when you want to get to your workout but you have to keep fiddling with the stupid HRM...

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