Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15054 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Mio
• Model: 0018US-Red
• Released on: 2007-09-10
• Dimensions: 4.00" h x 4.00" w x 4.00" l, .50 pounds

Features

• Sleek heart rate monitor watch designed for fitness enthusiasts
• Provides on-demand, accurate ECG heart rate readings without chest strap
• Tracks personalized heart rate, percent of max heart rate, and total calories
• Five exercise timers: count up, count down, warmup, walk/run, and repeat
• Integrates Mio's 3,500 Calorie Countdown program; 1-year warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
Designed for fitness enthusiasts who want to maximize their workouts with on-demand, accurate ECG heart rate readings without a chest strap, the Mio Drive heart rate monitor watch is an ideal workout companion, tracking such information as your personalized heart rate, percentage of maximum heart rate, and total calories burned. Specific features include five exercise timers (count up, count down, count down with warmup, walk/run, and repeat), Mio's 3,500 Calorie Countdown program, and a user-accessible battery hatch. As a bonus, the watch comes with the MioSense Guide for Healthy Living, a booklet that includes information on health, nutrition, diet, fitness, and exercise, along with carb and calorie tables at the back for easy reference.

The Drive offers ECG accurate heart rate monitoring without a chest strap.

Key Features:

• On demand, ECG accurate heart rate monitoring without a chest strap
• Calculates calories burned during exercise
• Visual indicator of exertion level
• Percentage of maximum heart rate
• Get results faster with the MIO 3500 Calorie Club program
• Five exercise timers: Count up, Count down, Count up with warm-up, Walk/Run and Repeat
• User accessible battery hatch

About Mio
The story of Mio began in 1999 when it was created by entrepreneur and mother of three, Liz Dickinson. Like many of us, Liz balances family and career, leaving little time for fitness. After several unsuccessful attempts to achieve her fitness goals and shed the pregnancy weight-gain of her third child, Liz turned to a personal trainer for advice. While working with a trainer, Liz realized the key to getting in shape and staying in shape is to practice smart eating habits, monitoring calorie intake, and using a heart rate monitor to ensure that she exercises at the right level. Liz realized there wasn't a product available on the market that would easily help her follow her trainer’s advice.

Liz didn't have time to read labels and carry a calorie journal in her purse, nor did she have much patience for the uncomfortable chest strap she had to wear to get her heart rate. She knew there had to be a better way, so Liz used her technology and marketing savvy to create Mio, the world’s first heart rate monitor to work without a chest strap. And, it didn't stop with just heart rate, as Mio also has a patented calorie management system that offers a straightforward approach to managing your diet. With the help of Mio and a balanced diet, Liz was able to shed those unwanted pounds and gain the benefits that come with improved fitness: more energy, more vitality, and less stress, and help many others do the same with the creation of Mio's products.

Customer Reviews

Mio Drive - For the Fitness Enthusiast
The Mio Drive is one of the newer exercise watches on the market this holiday season. Its sleek, understated design makes it a perfect choice for the man or woman in your life who wants great fitness tools, but also fashion. The red, black, and silver design is very classy and is likely to withstand the test of time.

My favorite feature on the watch is the dual interval "run/walk" timer. This is a great way for people who are new to exercise to start up a running regime.

The watch also has a large display that features the time, date, and your name. And, of course, it's a convenient way to take your heart rate without a chest strap.

My only critique is that the monitor doesn't always calculate my heart rate quickly when I'm running. It could be that I am jostling around too much or that the band is a little too large (Mio also sells monitors in petite sizes for women or people with smaller wrists...).

Overall, though, I'm impressed thus far and I recommend the Mio Drive.

Unsatisfactory
I was hoping I could monitor my heart rate during exercise. Unfortunately, I was never able to get a reading on a consistent basis. Directions are to pace 2 fingers on the heart sensors and wait for a readout. I could usually get a readout when resting, but could rarely get ane during exercise. The watch indicated it was taking a reading, but would rarely go into display mode.

Against my better judgement
I was not convinced there is a watch on the market at all that will monitor heart rate as well as a chest strap model - but I wanted to give it a chance. I purchased the watch against my better judgement and against the odd of baseline feedback. I just really wanted a watch that would not require a chest strap, I thought it would be too cumbsersome and I would not wear it - I checked feedback on all makes and models for this type of watch is pretty consistent (hit and miss but not stellar) and this seemed to rate above or at least a little better than the rest.

I tried the watch, while it was easy to set up, had great features, and the concept is dang cool to watch yourself burn off a pound of weight - I wanted to measure my workout to see where I was during spin class etc. as far as burning and heart rate and this just did not do it. I have to say I think it hurt my work out, not enhanced it. I would have to nearly slow down or stop so much to get a reading "IF" I was able to get one at all.

The watch is very big, cumbersome and not for a women.. Women CAN wear it, but not comfortably - I would have kept the watch had it at least had comfort because of the other features, but honestly, I had to take it off mid-class and it went straight back into the box to be sold.

I dont bash the quality, again, the concept and timing features are very user friendly and beneficial, but.. if you are looking specifically to guage your heart rate when working out - suck it up and buy the chest strap. I have to..

My best, C