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Guide to Buying the Best Heart Rate Monitor
Which is the best model? All depends on personal preference, such is the range of features now available. But here is a summary of what Consumer Reports journal said in February 2009, in a major report on exercise equipment: Heart-rate monitor. The top-rated chest-strap type is Timex Personal Trainer 5G971 At Amazon.com, the Timex recommended by Consumer Reports regularly vies with
the Omron HR-100C Along with Timex, Acumen, Sportline and Omron, other reputable companies that make fairly basic models include Polar, Garmin, Suunto, CardioSport, Oregon Scientific and MIO. In addition, Nike sells several monitors aimed at the fashion-conscious. Moving further up the high-tech scale, such companies as Polar, Garmin, Timex and Suunto make devices that can cost hundreds of dollars and which offer all kinds of sophisticated functions. Examples are Garmin's runaway best selling Forerunner 305 GPS Receiver With Heart Rate Monitor Check out my report, Heart Rate Watches - Helping You Choose, for guidance on which are the key features to look for. Company websites are also a useful resource. They are of course actively promoting their products, but nowadays they often also provide much useful general guidance. Polar in particular offers a Training with Polar page, with links to many useful resources. Online searches will lead you to reviews of some of the more popular monitors. But with so many models on offer, it is difficult to find comprehensive reviews that objectively compare many of them. Otherwise, I strongly recommend that you check out all the customer reviews at Amazon.com For example, the Garmin Forerunner 305 has attracted more than 1,000 customer reviews, an amazing number, with 90% of them four-star or five-star reviews. The Omron HR-100C Amazon.com has initiated a series of "stores" for its most popular brands, and these are highly recommended, as they provide the most up-to-date information on promotions and special offers, along with reviews and details of new products. * Polar store I have written a series of reports on the most popular models, summarizing what reviewers say about them: Acumen Heart Rate Monitor December 1st, 2009
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Heart rate monitors have entered the mainstream for fitness training, with a flood of new models and a vast amount of information resources. Previously in this space I presented links to some of these resources, only to find them quickly become out-dated. So my advice is that you do your own online searches. 
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