best heart rate monitor

I personally love Polar HRM's. I personally use the Polar FT7 which measures your heart rate, calories burned and times in both fitness and fat burning zones. I have also had the Polar FT4 which did everything the FT7 does except tell you your times in the fitness and fat burning zones; instead, it tells you your time in the zone (your suggested heart rate zone).

When it comes to the Polar HRM you enter your information (age, height, weight, etc.) and you are ready to go. You can also set the watch to beep when you are outside of your suggested heart rate.

I find that both of these are very reliable and depending on where you get them from, they shouldn't be too expensive. I personally purchased both of mine from ****'s Sporting Goods. The Polar FT4 is $89.99 before tax and the FT7 is $109.99 before tax. After taxes and a warranty (although I didn't want to pay for a warranty I knew I was better off having it and not needing it versus needing it and not having it and trust me I did need the warranty), I paid a little over $100 for the FT4 and a little over $130 for the FT7.

That may seem like a lot but both HRM's were well worth their money. I have also heard of some great deals on Amazon when it comes to Polar's.

Good luck with your search!

You should get 2 different ones and wear them both at the same time and then take an average of the results.

i got the polar ft4 and i love it! it was $65

I have the Polar F4 (FT4?) as well. I love it because it has everything I want, but also has a user-replaceable battery. My battery died after about 2 years, and it is only under warranty for one year. I was able to spend $4 (the cost of the battery from CVS) and just replace it myself.

If you have a smartphone, I'd recommend getting the Polar H7. It will interface with several different apps (I personally like Digifit) and that syncs straight to MFP. I used to have a Polar FT40 and I liked it a lot, but I really wanted something that could work directly with the apps I use instead of having to manually enter.

Plus, you only have to wear the strap, not anything on your wrist. Since I use my phone for music anyway during a workout, I don't have to have anything extra with me this way.

Does this drain your phone battery fast?

I use the Polar RX300 and it's great! Logs calories, distance ran and vo2 max

I am just kidding but the ones the cardio doctors put on you to test your heart. I have heart disease and my sleeping pulse is 39. MY average pulse is about 49. It scared me at first but the cardio doc says it is normal for me. If you find a good monitor give me a message lijlke you said not too expensive. I an 70 so I am just trying to Jeep afloat