Heart rate monitors

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  • hjollyrn
    hjollyrn Posts: 208 Member
    Wow, thanks, everyone. Does anyone else have any feedback about the ones sold at Target? Ones to get, ones to avoid..

    I bought a new balance one at target for like $60. I wore it, loved it, no problems, lost weight. I had it for like 3 or 4 months and the chest strap broke! Now it's garbage and I bought a polar. Guess I should have went with the polar right off the bat!
  • IsMollyReallyHungry
    IsMollyReallyHungry Posts: 15,385 Member
    Wow, thanks, everyone. Does anyone else have any feedback about the ones sold at Target? Ones to get, ones to avoid..

    I bought a new balance one at target for like $60. I wore it, loved it, no problems, lost weight. I had it for like 3 or 4 months and the chest strap broke! Now it's garbage and I bought a polar. Guess I should have went with the polar right off the bat!

    Sorry for you but again you get what you pay for and I feel Polar is worth the money for sure. Enjoy you new Polar!
  • Allegi32
    Allegi32 Posts: 302 Member
    Wow, thanks for all the info on this! I came across this thread while being angry about my current watch-only (i.e. no chest strap) monitor, and was convinced that I should buy the Polar FT4! I went to that heart rate monitor USA website and got it super cheap and then used coupon code VALUEDCUSTOMER for a 5% off discount. Thought other people might want to use it to get a cheaper price as well. :)
  • aathom11
    aathom11 Posts: 32 Member
    Had a BB and have a HRM. I use a Polar. Works great and way worth the money considering the machines and the gym as well as MFP are way off on #'s for cals burned. I compared the BB and the HRM and it was a slight difference and didn't warrant me paying the BB fee plus the equipment so I sold it.


    I agree with you on this one!! I have the BB and use a Polar HRM and love it with MFP. Plus MFP has a way way better food database. Its was a pain having to put almost everything in the BB just to log my food. And is totally not worth the fee each month. I did like only having to wear the BB band on my arm instead of my around torso.
  • Flyntiggr
    Flyntiggr Posts: 898 Member
    I'm wanting a HRM too. I've been looking on Amazon for some, but every one of course has mixed reviews. My workouts consist of workout videos, Wii games, walking and swimming....so I just need something basic that tells me the calories burned. I was thinking of getting the Polar FT4, but someone posted in their Amazon review that you can't see the time while using it. Does anyone know if this isn't true? Since it's a watch, I obviously want to be able to see the time while I'm walking.

    Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

    I don't know about the displays on the Polar, but I can tell you that most of the HRMs talked about here will NOT work while swimming. The signal sent from the chest strap to the watch does not travel through water. Yes, they all say waterproof (although, I think the Polars say to not press the buttons under water, as taht will screw it up). Waterproof does not mean it works in water.

    Suunto, the brand i own, sells a chest strap that has a memory chip in it. It can be worn in the water. Instead of sending the signal to the watch, it saves your HR information in the chip. You can then upload the HR stuff to the Suunto tracking site. Not sure if it can calculate your calories burned then or not. I haven't done enough research yet, but will try to tonight and follow up....
  • vlc1979
    vlc1979 Posts: 227
    I have the Polar FT7 and it does everything I need it to do.

    I got it a heartratemonitorsusa.com for i think like 82$ I got the flowlink too and the total was 130.0
  • Joy78
    Joy78 Posts: 16
    ATT949: Have you sold it? How much do you want for it?
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