Heart Rate Monitor Reviews

Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor

This is Omron’s only heart rate monitor product, yet it is – according to Amazon.com's ever-changing statistics – often the most popular heart rate monitor on the market.

It is difficult to find objective reviews of heart rate monitors on the internet, though commercial websites like Amazon.com and Epinions.com carry numerous user reviews.

A useful article, Buyer's guide to heart rate monitors, is at the Road Cycling UK website. It advises:

Functions you should be looking for are: average heart rate, maximum heart rate, a stopwatch, target zones with or without an alarm, calorie consumption, and possibly computer download ability. You should also be looking at the comfort of the chest strap – this has to be worn next to your skin for hours at a time so make sure it’s comfortable.

The Omron HR-100C is included in a list of the top 10 heart rate monitors, in an article at the Men’s Health section of the About.com web portal.

Omron’s own promotional material for the Omron HR-100C heart rate monitor says:

The Omron Heart Rate Monitor will act as your personal coach to help you increase the effectiveness of your exercise program by monitoring and quantifying your results every step of the way.

Features:

• Water resistant watch and chest transmitter belt to 98 feet (30 meters)
• Easy to program monitor with ventilated watch band
• Backlight function
• Alarm option for low and high heart rates
• Mounting bracket to mount watch receiver to most treadmills and bicycles

* Get the Latest Price on the Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor.

Updated: November 9th, 2007

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