If you haven't bought one already....

graysmom2005
graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
GET A HEART RATE MONITOR! :happy: I have a F4 from Polar with a heart strap. The machines and MFP do NOT give accurate readings at all. They are usually way over...especially the machines. We take so much time and effort to log our calories accurately...I would recommend doing the same with your exercise calories. It's a great investment. Just thought I'd share. LOL!
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  • Picola1984
    Picola1984 Posts: 1,133
    I find the most accurate machine to be the treadmill. Elliptical trainers are a joke. After an hour on one the machine reading was 1000kcal burnt whereas my HRM was 670!
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    I love mine.....and I have that same one! Best peice of fitness equipment ever!
  • someday_soon
    someday_soon Posts: 37
    Just got one last week --- a POLAR FT7 --- and I LOVE IT. Revolutionized my work outs. I was underestimating my gym classes (Turbo Kick, Spinning, Kettle Bell) by hundreds and overestimating my elliptical by the same!
  • Jenscan
    Jenscan Posts: 694 Member
    I bought the FT4 too and found out I was burning MORE calories than MFP says.
  • slimdownmike
    slimdownmike Posts: 48
    I nearly bought one today, but the wife isn't convinced it'd be worth the money.

    I'll show her this thread, so anyone want to sell it a bit more, please feel free! :wink:
  • Angela4Health
    Angela4Health Posts: 1,319 Member
    I have to agree, I also have the Polar FT4 and it's the BEST investment I ever made.
  • timeforachange2011
    timeforachange2011 Posts: 155
    glad someone posted about this...i was curious. Going to start looking for one this weekend!!! Thanks!
  • Angela4Health
    Angela4Health Posts: 1,319 Member
    I bought the FT4 too and found out I was burning MORE calories than MFP says.

    For most activities, I burn more than MFP calculates also.
  • lizzys
    lizzys Posts: 841 Member
    i'm going to get one
  • TeenaMarina
    TeenaMarina Posts: 420 Member
    Is that the one where you can change the battery yourself? I want whichever one i don't have to send in for a battery replacement!!!
  • Seajolly
    Seajolly Posts: 1,435 Member
    I have made a plan with myself to buy one after I take a trip next month with my boyfriend. I'm saving for that right now so I can't really splurge on a HRM til after the trip! Especially since I want to buy a new digital camera for the trip.
  • EricInArlington
    EricInArlington Posts: 531 Member
    HRM are guessing as well, it all is. all you can do is find a good medium, my HRM says I burn 1500-1600 in 70m mins on here its 1070 I;ll take the lower and it will make up for all the mis-measurements I make on my food
  • jennmoore3
    jennmoore3 Posts: 1,013 Member
    I bought the FT4 too and found out I was burning MORE calories than MFP says.

    For most activities, I burn more than MFP calculates also.

    ME too. I love mine! I think that it is why I have been losing so well lately.
  • graysmom2005
    graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
    Polar! You just get a battery at Target and they are super easy to use. :-)
  • AngieM76
    AngieM76 Posts: 622 Member
    I want to get one! Sounds like the one you have is a popular one.
  • LilChickPea
    LilChickPea Posts: 122 Member
    They definitely are worth the money. I have an F6 and I love mine!
  • graysmom2005
    graysmom2005 Posts: 1,882 Member
    glad someone posted about this...i was curious. Going to start looking for one this weekend!!! Thanks!

    Awesome! It really changed my life...silly as that sounds...but it was also a good motivator. If I was slacking in my workout, I'd see how many calories I had burned and I'd take it up a notch. It made me feel like I had more control too. I knew exactly what I had burned, which was great.
  • loriannmartin
    loriannmartin Posts: 209 Member
    i broke down and bought one.... the readings on mfp and my hrm for burning calories are way off... i will trust my hrm now.... i dont have the one with chest strap... i am trying to adjust getting used to wearing watch... sears was having a really big sale this week on fitness stuff... i got mine for 65.00
  • mallorybriann
    mallorybriann Posts: 1,380 Member
    ANDDDD the Polar FT4 puts a lil birthday cake on the watch face when it's your birthday :) Totally the reason I bought it... hahah just kidding but it's cute :)
  • brityn
    brityn Posts: 443 Member
    I have a Garmin 410 running watch and the chest strap HRM. By far the best piece of fitness equipment I've ever owned. I've shaved off 8 minutes from my 10k time in 8 months training the right way. It's so great!
  • Bdde
    Bdde Posts: 133 Member
    i found a couple online but i would like to buy one at a retail store does anyone know where i may find one?
  • timeforachange2011
    timeforachange2011 Posts: 155
    did you get the "female" one or unisex?? I am looking online right now! :)
  • WA_Teacher
    WA_Teacher Posts: 1,042 Member
    I bought the FT4 too and found out I was burning MORE calories than MFP says.

    I have an FT4 also and found the same especially with my walking.
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    second that!! I have a dedicated GPS unit on mine too as I do a lot of outdoor work, but the differences between mfp and gym machines is MASSIVE...I'm sure none of us are that generous with the food calories we enter, so why do it with the exercise and sweat we pour into our lifestyles!! it's an essential purchase!
  • Lsng4good
    Lsng4good Posts: 86 Member
    I'm looking at the Polar FT1....does anyone have the FT1? I'd love some personal reviews!
  • janel814
    janel814 Posts: 88
    You could always take it one step further than the HRM to investing in a bodybugg. I LOVE LOVE LOVE mine, best weight loss journey investment EVER! I invested in mine a month into my journey and found out that a 1200 cal diet was starving my body so I lost no weight. Once I balance my intake v output to stay at a 500-1000 cal difference the weight has been falling off! I may not hit each of my goals but I have come really close and that is what really counts.
  • Jenscan
    Jenscan Posts: 694 Member
    i found a couple online but i would like to buy one at a retail store does anyone know where i may find one?


    Some Targets carry the FT4. Check their website, perhaps. If you have an REI in your area, they have them too... any sporting good store probably.
  • ltf304
    ltf304 Posts: 132 Member
    Is that the one where you can change the battery yourself? I want whichever one i don't have to send in for a battery replacement!!!
    That is why I didn't get a Polar, even though they are really good. I have a Garmin forerunner and you charge it. So easy!
  • Bdde
    Bdde Posts: 133 Member
    i found a couple online but i would like to buy one at a retail store does anyone know where i may find one?


    Some Targets carry the FT4. Check their website, perhaps. If you have an REI in your area, they have them too... any sporting good store probably.

    thanks!
  • tezarozaboza
    tezarozaboza Posts: 38 Member
    Hi

    You can get one on Argos for all the UK peeps on here.

    FatMikeSlim has shown me this thread and I'm on the verge of agreeing for us to get one. They are expensive though (around £70 each) so my question is
    ---can you store more than one profile on them so that the hubby and I could share instead of getting 2?
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