Sportline Heart rate monitor
FairyMiss
Posts: 1,812 Member
DON'T BUY IT, ITS GARBAGE.
JUST A WARNING
JUST A WARNING
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AGREED!!!!!!!!!!!!:mad:0
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thanks!0
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Which one do you have? I have a SportLine, and I love it. I believe mine is a Sportline SX.0
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I know, i have one (:0
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DITTO! did zumba for an hr it said i only burned 72 cal. WHAT!0
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I know, i have one (:
Mine's a Sportline 9150 -
I nearly did, got an ft7 instead, hoping it's accurate, but the figures do seem a lot lower than mfp0
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Too late, I did then I went out and bought a Polar. Much happier with that one.0
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If you are looking to replace it...Here is a link to a Bowflex HRM. Originally $189 now $15.
http://1saleaday.com/0 -
Mine has the chest strap with it, and says that I burn between 600 and 700 cals during Zumba. I have had it for about a month, and it has always seemed very accurate.0
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If you are looking to replace it...Here is a link to a Bowflex HRM. Originally $189 now $15.
http://1saleaday.com/
I considered this, but this one doesn't work with a chest strap. I thought that to be more accurate, one should get one that uses a chest strap?0 -
I know right!!
Went spinning & it told me i only burnt 33 cal for 70 mins of spin class.....WTH!!!
I am going to take it back & get a better one
perhaps a polar...?.....not sure which one to get though.0 -
DITTO! did zumba for an hr it said i only burned 72 cal. WHAT!
yeah the first day i had it i did 45 min on elliptical avg speed between 4.5 and 5.3. and it said i burned 90.
so i came home and plugged the average hr which was around 165 into a caculator on line to get cal.
and today on the treadmill after i started sweating every time i wanted to get a reading i had to stop take it off wipe it and my wrist and put it back on.
and a couple times i heard it beep looked down and it had reading like 96 , 111, when i was not even touching it, heard it beep other times i didnt look, which it should not do (have the readings) which mess up the average.
but it was a cheap one somethign like 30 bucks at walmart. and the watch part is large and easier to read then my last watch so i will keep it. use it to get average heart rates when not to sweaty. and as a watch.
and save up for one with a chest strap , a good one.0 -
I have a sportline sx IIRC and it is great. No problems here. For that matter great customer services as well. The elastic fabric part of my chest strap was wearing out and they sent me another one free. What is your specific beef?0
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Try getting one of the models with a chest strap, that is the issue not the brand. I have a Sportline 1060 and really like it, runs pretty close to MFP. I just exchanged the 1025 for this one, because it went on sale and is much smaller!!0
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If you are looking to replace it...Here is a link to a Bowflex HRM. Originally $189 now $15.
http://1saleaday.com/
I considered this, but this one doesn't work with a chest strap. I thought that to be more accurate, one should get one that uses a chest strap?
If is doesn't have a chest strap it is useless for calorie counting whether it gives a calorie number or not.0 -
i guess the moral of the story is you buy a cheap hrm you get a cheap hrm.0
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i guess the moral of the story is you buy a cheap hrm you get a cheap hrm.
Mine was cheap and it works fine. The moral is get a HRM with a chest strap pure and simple. My sportline works fine and the calorie count seems to match up with what would be expected for the workouts I do.0 -
i bought the sportline nad didn't like it ,the buttons on the side would get pushed while i was doning pushups or something similar and it would beep for no reason and i didn't like wearing the chest strap ,and when i would sweat i also had to take it off to dry it cause it wouldn't calculate .JUNK .i bought mine at sporting goods store .0
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i guess the moral of the story is you buy a cheap hrm you get a cheap hrm.
Mine was cheap and it works fine. The moral is get a HRM with a chest strap pure and simple. My sportline works fine and the calorie count seems to match up with what would be expected for the workouts I do.
well actually this was the first time i have had trouble with it taking readings, though the calorie count has always been wack , that didnt bother me though since i found a site that calculates it nicely.
but having such trouble getting a reading when i wanted one, then to notice it was taking erroneous readings. was a wee bit annoying.0 -
When you have trouble with any monitor, change the battery. Remember, you get what you pay for.0
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