Product Description

Accurate Heart Rate Readings Instantly Displayed On Watch Receiver While Wearing Transmitter Alarm Option To Indicate High & Low Personal Heart Rate Limits Mounting Bracket Included To Allow Watch Receiver To Be Displayed On Most Treadmills & Bicycles Adjustable Transmitter Strip Fits Torso 12" - 44" For Added Comfort Water Resistant Watch & Transmitter Approximately To 30 M Stopwatch Function, Time/day Display, Backlight & Storage Case

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42 in Health and Beauty
• Brand: Omron
• Model: HR-100C
• Released on: 2005-07-01
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 3.00" h x 5.00" w x 8.00" l, .50 pounds

Features

• Heart rate monitor is easy to program
• Comfortable to wear with ventilated watch band
• Helps maintain a proper heart rate with a high/low heart rate alarm
• Chest transmitter belt sends data to the receiver at a distance of up to 98 feet (30 meters)
• Built with a backlight function, time of day display, and daily reminder alarm

Customer Reviews

Does exactly what I need it to do!
Being a person who hasn't ever joined a gym, I never knew stuff like this existed. I was very interested in this item because I've been walking for exercise but wasn't really sure I was reaching my target heart rate consistently.

The monitor, which displays the time as well as your heart rate on a watch, works in conjuction with a gizmo that you strap around yourself, just under your chest. (I will tell you, since I was concerned about this, that it's hardly noticeable once it's in place...it's a 12" or so long piece of plastic with an adjustable elastic strap...not very bulky at all!) The monitor also features a stopwatch and an alarm, so that after you set your minimum & maximum desired heart rates, you can be alerted when you are out of range. The alarm is a "beep-beep" that I can hear over the book on tape I drag along with me. Your heart rate is updated every second or two so you will always know if you need to pick up the pace a bit.

Although I have not yet had to do so, the chest strap has a removable backing, and you apparently can change the battery yourself (this is a big deal, I guess, since some of the more expensive monitors require that you send them to the factory for a battery change). The elastic strap is also completely removable, which makes it very easy to wash (and you will need to if you're exercising!).

The monitor comes packaged in a small, zippered carrying case, and includes an attachment that allows you to place it on a bicycle handlebar.

This does everything I need it to, and I recommend it for anyone who is just getting started in an exercise program.

Good product for active users
Good:
- Works as advertised
- Easy to setup
- Rugged and well constructed

Bad:
- Wrist watch does not start receiving heart rate unless you are sweating at lot/apply a lot of water on the strap and your chest
- In a gym setting, there seems to be interference from electrical equipment (treadmills, etc) and the monitor works intermittently
- If there are other users w/ heart-rate monitors in the vicinity, their readings and my readings overlap causing some amount of confusion

Excellent monitor
This was my first heart rate monitor & I am very pleased with it. Did not require a lot of instruction. The chest strap is comfortable. Occasionally the monitor does not immediately pick up an accurate rate when first put on - but after a few seconds you are ready to go. I will be ordering another for my mother. Excellent product for the price.