Sports Instruments Pro 9 Heart Rate Monitor review
- Price Paid:$35.00
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User rating:(4.4)
- Would buy again from this company: Yes
- Used product for: 1 months
- # of logged workouts:
"This seems to be a reasonable priced, full featured heart rate monitor. Time will tell ho it hold up but based on construction I would say it will do just fine."idahodan
Quality of Construction
Only had this one for a month but my previous SI product has held up well for 2 years (other than replacing batteries).
Comfort
Chest strap and wrist watch both are very comfortable to wear.
Durability
Seems fine after a month. TIme will tell.
Value
Great price. I bought this off ebay, but looking at new prices it is still a great price.
Appearance
Looks good enough to wear when not training. Maybe not with a suit and tie but in casual wear, sure.
Performance
Not a glitch in the first month.
Strengths
It will calculate 5 training zones based either on LT or MHR. Apparently the zone methodolgy is based on Friel's methods. The zones lined up pretty good with those calculated on this site using my field test LT. Was within 1 or 2 BPM. It has 200 laps, dual programable countdown timers for intervals, etc. It also keeps 7 days of work out history.
Weakness
You cant shut off the beep! Really my only complaint. Every single time you press a button, it beeps. Is nice to confirm that the lap button has been pushed, but when retrieving data from a workout it kinda sucks.
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- workouts logged
- 0 miles / 0 hours logged
Ease of use
A little bit of set up. Once you are used to the menu system Sports Instruments uses it is very easy.