Has anyone else had a bit of a reaction to the chest strap? Two days later and my skin is bright red and a bit itchy from where the rubber bit was. Hmm.

Maybe allergic to rubber?

Must be. How disappointing.

It looks like really bad sunburn, I don't know what to do - I don't want to have wasted my money but I don't want my skin to fall off!!

Yeah sounds like an allergy. Maybe talk to your doctor about it? I have no idea! I hope you can figure a way around it.

Are you just using plain water to wet the strap or that gel stuff you can buy? Wondering if that could be the problem, but if it's just water probably not :ohwell:

You could try taking an anti-allergy tablet a couple of hours before you work out and see if that helps, or another thought it's not a sweat rash is it?

Just water - I think maybe the sweat is affecting it, but it's just so severe, it has to be more than that. I've been putting Sudocrem on every 6 hours or so and it hasn't faded at all. I'll try posting a picture... Anti-allergy tablet might be worth a shot! I don't want to quit using the strap, I really love getting those little readings on my watch after a workout. But my under-boobs look horrible!

see the calories burned bit, I get a big number and a wee one, not sure which one is the cals burned

Big number!

Oddly it doesn't sting at all, and only itches if it gets warm or if i catch it with a nail. Once I start to scratch, it gets itchier.

It looks faaaar worse than it feels.

Thanks for all the reviews/comments (and the discount code!), finally decided to order one for myself! :flowerforyou:

You need to put

ouch :frown: that doesn't look good.

Oooh that doesn't look good at all! Could you maybe cover most of the rubber part in something? Like some kind of slip on fabric? As long as the sensors are still in contact with your skin (and it looks from the shape of the marks that the sensors are okay on your skin... if I'm remembering the shape right) it should still work.

I brought this HRM but from the catalogue very. its was £18 :grumble: but anyway it seemed fine and everything but the chest strap is a bit too big and falls down after a bit and it just doesn't seem to pick up my heart rate easily :frown:

Any ideas?

Thanks

I know this is silly, but have you tried re-adjusting it ???

Its on the tightest one, its fine when i first put it on but after a while it just slides down, do you have to put it under your chest or could you put it over do you think? It might stay put if my boobies are in the way

It does this on me too! (Only 30" rib cage) Maybe TMI but I put it underneath the tight band of my sports bra and that seems to keep it in place!

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Got mine delivered earlier. Tried it with my usual pace on the exercise bike and the watch was bleeping away as I was nowhere near hitting the target rate (75-85% in my case). Out of curiosity tried it with the Wii Jogging, and it hardly beeped, if anything if was beeping fast because I was going over 85%. Looks like I should be doing more jogging than biking, to be in that range anyway.

Oh and my brother was trying to make me jump whilst I was resting with it on to see if it made a significant difference.

What's everyone putting in for VO2 Max?....I'm a lot unfitter than the national average

I put mine as average, because I've got no clue at all what mine is!

What's everyone putting in for VO2 Max?....I'm a lot unfitter than the national average

I put mine as average, because I've got no clue at all what mine is!

I put the average but apparently there are online calculators that help you work it out. I find this with a quick Google search - don't know how accurate it is though as I haven't tried it yet - http://www.shapesense.com/fitness-exercise/calculators/vo2max-calculator.aspx

I tried mine with 30 Day Shred today. Seemed accurate, not far off what MFP had me at for general circuit training.

well I set mine uop and it said 161 cals for 30 min shred was gettign 222 on mfp

There are polar ones on ebay for £15 and under lol