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Best heart rate monitor watch for calorie accuracy?

crbibeau
crbibeau Posts: 2
edited December 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Been researching this for a while and I'm pretty much exhausted. I'm looking for a heartrate monitor watch with chest strap. GPS is a bonus but not a must. The most important thing is that it have the most accurate calorie measuring compared with other watches. Any suggestions?

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  • denise4230
    denise4230 Posts: 82 Member
    I had the same post a couple weeks ago. I was checking out monitors and wanted some other opinions on them, after reading all the feedback I got, I ended up buying the polar FT4 and I LOVE it. Reasonably priced, easy to use, seems to be pretty accurate.
  • KatieJane83
    KatieJane83 Posts: 2,002 Member
    I'm a fan of Polar. I have the FT4 and I love it, for the same reasons that the pp mentioned!
  • ingies2011
    ingies2011 Posts: 127 Member
    Generally calorie burn is only accurate for constant aerobic activity, such as walking, running, biking etc. It is not accurate for stop start activities such as weightlifting.
  • crbibeau
    crbibeau Posts: 2
    Thanks for the info. Im going to be using it mostly for all day biking and 10 k runs. I just want to make sure I dont buy something that overestimates my calories burned by too much. Was looking at the Polar FT40 or the Garmin 410 if anyone can recommend either of those or a better alternative.
  • spiritmachine
    spiritmachine Posts: 56
    I have the Ft4. Works well. Just FYI though the calorie estimator on this site is very accurate. At least for things like running. It is off by less than 5% for me.
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