A good buy, especially for the price | Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor

useful, easy to use | Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor

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	• Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor Omron Omron, 2005 average customer review:based on 290 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Really like it

I work out in a gym using the elliptical and treadmill. This product works exactly as advertised and is not hard to set up. The wrist watch/display is easy to set up and has a backlight. The guy where I work out has Nautilus equipment and they read the signal wirelessly from the chest band so I don't even need to wear the wrist watch part of the system. I get really sweaty and the wrist watch and chest band get wet from sweat and no problems so far.

A good buy, especially for the price

$30 shipped to your door. It's hard to find a decent watch at Walmart for $30 - just think about that.

This thing works, it's simple, yes, but it does what it's supposed to do. It doesn't record any data, upload it to your pc, or do anything other than report your heart rate. For those of you who want detailed data, avg. hr, max hr. then this unit is not for you.

I run a lot of hills and believe that my avg. hr. would be misleading given that my hr. tends to drop into the low aerobic zone down hill and will climb into the 90%-100% range on the hardest incline. I suppose if you're running on a flat track then the avg. would be a good way of measuring the hr you spent most of your time at. The max hr function would be helpful only for those who are testing themselves to find their max. When I tested myself I pretty much knew when to check the watch.

I find the reading to be very stable while running - I have never seen a blip of 0 or 260 or anything unusual - the reading is always very stable and moves around by 5bpm or so on a flat grade. The monitor has a heart in the upper right corner of the display that seems to flash when it's receiving a reading, if it stops flashing that that seems to indicate that the watch is no longer receiving a signal. It's easy to set the high and low thresholds and when you are above or below your set zone an arrow appears above or below the heart to indicate that you're too high or too low. The watch can beep when you're out of your zone but I don't use this function given that I'm usually listening to music while running. The readings seem to fluctuate much more before I start my run; my wife is a nurse and has taken my pulse and we find the monitor to be accurate.

The strap is easily adjusted, comfy, and *very* easy to put on. There is no scratchy velcro. I am a thin build (6'1" 172lbs) and can't believe there'd be anyone thin enough that the strap would be too large. The unit works ok if you don't moisten the strips with spit or water but has consistently worked flawlessly if you moisten it before you go. I do have a fairly hairy chest, no apparent interference. I don't use it at the gym so I don't know how bad the crosstalk would be with other units.

I am very happy with it, it works as advertised. At $30 it's a no brainer! I would be tempted to get something like the forerunner 50 that used hr and a foot pod but at $130 that's just too pricey. For a basic hr monitor this can't be beat, you are sacrificing some of the fancy bells and whistles but you are not sacrificing quality or functionality - it works flawlessly every time. The watch does have a blue back light, a stopwatch, the date and time. You can easily switch back and forth between any display and the hr monitor with the push of the red button. I find that I only need the stop watch, the time and date seem pointless given that I will only be wearing this watch while running.

My only quibble is that the instructions suggest you base your training zones on a percentage of your max hr. I would advocate that you use the Karvonen Formula that uses the max hr in addition to your resting hr.

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useful, easy to use

Inuse within 5 minutes of opening the box. useful since it also keeps time. the wireless monitor that reads to the watch is is easy to apply and remove without discomfort.

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Works great!

This product was just as described and exactly what I was looking for. It's descreet enough you could wear it all day and nooone would know.

Handy Item

This heart rate monitor works great. I can exercise anywhere now and know I am going at a rate that will benefit my overall health. No more staying on one machine at the gym. I can move around and change exercises as frequently as desired, hopefully preventing repetititve injuries. This is much better for my joints. I like it very much!

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