Subject: new heart rate monitor - to strap or not to strap I had a cheaper sportline model with the one touch heart rate, which was fairly accurate...it worked fairly well until the battery died and I tried to replace it...:/
bottom line, I'm in the market for a new one, and I'm exploring my options...the guy at sport authority was absolutely useless today...I asked him some questions and he basically just read the backs of the packages... "duh" I had already done that....
anyway, I'm debating between the strap/strapless now....I wear a strap on my recumbent exercise bike at home and don't hate it...I am a bigger clydes guy though so I'm not sure I want the strap long term. one benefit of the strap though is that it is kind of awkward on the bike to take the HR, and requires a bit of a slow down
some features I'm looking for:
Chrono with interval timing
HR average
HR Zone monitoring
lap counter?
I've looked at the MIO brands online, which are closest to what I'm looking for here. I'd also like to not pay a fortune for it...my wife is already annoyed with the amount I'm spending on my bike this spring...:D
Edited by nato 2008-03-16 8:07 PM
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