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Donna D.
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Heart Rate Monitor Recommendations

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Hey Friends....anyone have an ideas of heart rate monitors to recommend? Suggestions welcome.

Thanks,
Donna

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  • Peter D.
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    I just got a Timex Personal Trainer heart rate monitor because it was one of the least expensive and it had good reviews on Amazon. I've only used it once, but it worked fine. Mine cost $41. But so many of the more serious runner athletes seem to be using a Garmin, either a 305 or 405 model, I think. I'm using RunKeeper on my iPhone, but I decided not to get the one that interfaces with that, which cost over $100 for the heart rate monitor and transmitter thing, until I know that I'm really going to like using a heart rate monitor.

    posted 5 months ago

  • Neil W.PRO
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    Since you're a cyclist- I'd reccomend any of the garmin edge computers- they're a HR and a bike computer in one and generally awesome.

    Putting the bike stuff to the side, the HR function of it are great- you can set your own goals and alarms, gives you accurate calorie counting and some models will even give you a graph of your HR against the zones, while you ride.

    Afterwards you can upload to their website in order to look at it further. Combining it with other bike computer stuff means you can look at how your HR varied with speed or on hills etc.

    Here's one of mine, with all the functions enabled, so you can see what I mean:

    http://connect.garmin.com/activity/126923634

    posted 5 months ago

  • Donna D.
    Donna D. Sendmail

    Thank you for responding. Ooops...Neil, I am a walker. I had cyclist on my profile. Just changed that. Does that change your comments?

    Have a super day,
    Donna

    posted 5 months ago

  • Donna D.
    Donna D. Sendmail

    Hope to hear from you again!

    posted 5 months ago | edited 5 months ago

  • Donna D.
    Donna D. Sendmail

    Hello Peter,
    Thank you for your quick response. I will take a look at those you suggested.
    Enjoy your day,
    Donna

    posted 5 months ago

  • Neil W.PRO
    Neil W. Sendmail

    It does, but I'd still reccommend garmin, maybe just not the edge range.

    posted 5 months ago

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