Which Heart Rate Monitor Watch?
Discussion
Looking to get myself a heart rate monitor watch, and thought i'd ask you good folks at PH whether you have any real life experiences of owning one? I would mainly use it for tracking heartrate and calories during running etc, and wouldn't mind wearing it as a normal watch if it's not too bulky.
I saw this one one - stood out because it looks cool.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Polar-FA20M-Black-Heart-Mo...
cheers
That is pretty slick looking.
I've got a Polar FS2C. Does the basics of time and heart rate. As with most HRMs it works with the treadmills down the gym.
Depends on the features you want - some can download figures onto a PC for graphing/analysis. All i wanted was a basic, but accurate HRM.
I've got a Polar FS2C. Does the basics of time and heart rate. As with most HRMs it works with the treadmills down the gym.
Depends on the features you want - some can download figures onto a PC for graphing/analysis. All i wanted was a basic, but accurate HRM.
I've got the Forerunner 305 which I can heartily recommend.
It's a little bit bulky to wear as a watch, but for my money, a lot more useful as a training aid.
Inbuilt GPS gives you the ability to see exactly how far you've run, log peak speed, peak pace, average pace, speed/pace zones and log these over time, elevation and heart rate.
Very neat piece of kit!
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=142&pI...
It's a little bit bulky to wear as a watch, but for my money, a lot more useful as a training aid.
Inbuilt GPS gives you the ability to see exactly how far you've run, log peak speed, peak pace, average pace, speed/pace zones and log these over time, elevation and heart rate.
Very neat piece of kit!
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=142&pI...
I've got a Polar F6 and an F1 as well. The F6 works better for me as it allows me to see HR as I'm running. The one you're going for looks to do all the things you'd need.
I've had mine f6 for nearly 3 years so far and had no issues with it, as others have mentioned it hooks up with most gym equipment which can be useful.
I've had mine f6 for nearly 3 years so far and had no issues with it, as others have mentioned it hooks up with most gym equipment which can be useful.
dangerousB said:
I've got the Forerunner 305 which I can heartily recommend.
It's a little bit bulky to wear as a watch, but for my money, a lot more useful as a training aid.
Inbuilt GPS gives you the ability to see exactly how far you've run, log peak speed, peak pace, average pace, speed/pace zones and log these over time, elevation and heart rate.
Very neat piece of kit!
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=142&pI...
I've got that one as well... it works well but is horrible to wear I find. The newer ones are FAR better looking and locate satelites alot better as well apparently.It's a little bit bulky to wear as a watch, but for my money, a lot more useful as a training aid.
Inbuilt GPS gives you the ability to see exactly how far you've run, log peak speed, peak pace, average pace, speed/pace zones and log these over time, elevation and heart rate.
Very neat piece of kit!
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=142&pI...
Worst 'Look at me I'm fit' thread ever!
In all seriousness, the Garmin watches are very good, they've recently released a new version which is smaller and actually looks like a watch, so you don't feel like a tit wearing it at the office/pub etc after a workout/run. HTH.
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN...
In all seriousness, the Garmin watches are very good, they've recently released a new version which is smaller and actually looks like a watch, so you don't feel like a tit wearing it at the office/pub etc after a workout/run. HTH.
http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN...
Polar RS200. It's fine as a watch, easy to read and doesn't look like Darth Vader's helmet.
Get it with the footpod to measure the distance you've run too. It tells you your speed which is handy. It is good on the flat but very pessimistic when I run downhill. You can transfer your runs to the Polar website too, where it will add up your distances and keep tally of your fitness.
Get it with the footpod to measure the distance you've run too. It tells you your speed which is handy. It is good on the flat but very pessimistic when I run downhill. You can transfer your runs to the Polar website too, where it will add up your distances and keep tally of your fitness.
dangerousB said:
I've got the Forerunner 305 which I can heartily recommend.
It's a little bit bulky to wear as a watch, but for my money, a lot more useful as a training aid.
Inbuilt GPS gives you the ability to see exactly how far you've run, log peak speed, peak pace, average pace, speed/pace zones and log these over time, elevation and heart rate.
Very neat piece of kit!
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=142&pI...
Agreed.It's a little bit bulky to wear as a watch, but for my money, a lot more useful as a training aid.
Inbuilt GPS gives you the ability to see exactly how far you've run, log peak speed, peak pace, average pace, speed/pace zones and log these over time, elevation and heart rate.
Very neat piece of kit!
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=142&pI...
My Forerunner helped me learn a lot about my running, is very accurate, and provides a useful log of your runs/performance via link with your PC. I don't wear it for every run, but its invaluable for when you get more serious about training and maintaining a pace for a given distance. If you have the time it has loads of additional training features e.g. intervals etc.
I keep my normal watch well away from my 'orrible sweaty exercising wrists.
ETA -Just don't let the batteries run out in the middle of a personal best mission.
Edited by captainzep on Wednesday 7th January 12:20
sjg said:
All you really need is display of current HR, and beeping at you if you hit the bottom or top of the zone you've set. I'm pretty sure all of the Polar range does this now.
A £15 HRM from Decathlon will do exactly that, (and more). Seeing as I bet many of these watches get bought, used twice, then locked in a draw, its a sensible idea. Yeah, it does take about a minute to acquire a satellite, but that isn't too much of a pain in the ass really. Still a decent piece of kit to analyse performance after you've been out though I must say.
My bruv's just got the latest version, so I'm waiting to hear how much better that is!!
My bruv's just got the latest version, so I'm waiting to hear how much better that is!!
dangerousB said:
I've got the Forerunner 305 which I can heartily recommend.
It's a little bit bulky to wear as a watch, but for my money, a lot more useful as a training aid.
Inbuilt GPS gives you the ability to see exactly how far you've run, log peak speed, peak pace, average pace, speed/pace zones and log these over time, elevation and heart rate.
Very neat piece of kit!
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=142&pI...
Any Nokia Symbian phone with built-in GPS can do that with the Nokia Sports Tracker application, albeit sans heart rate monitoring.It's a little bit bulky to wear as a watch, but for my money, a lot more useful as a training aid.
Inbuilt GPS gives you the ability to see exactly how far you've run, log peak speed, peak pace, average pace, speed/pace zones and log these over time, elevation and heart rate.
Very neat piece of kit!
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=142&pI...
Although that may well be in the pipeline - Nokia are apparently working with Polar on a range of bluetooth compliant health-oriented products.
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