heart rate monitor

Polar  - by far the best

Massive range so they will bound to have what you need

I like my Timex with 100 lap memory.  Relatively inexpensive (<$70) and the strap battery is easily replaceable.

My only complaint is that it doesn't always like it when I run directly under power lines.

Mark

I have had a Timex and currently have a Polar HR and a Garmin 405 HR

The one I use 95% of the time is the Garmin because is can give you feed back of HR, speed, cadence and a few other things second by second once you upload it to the CPU.

I use the polar when I run on the tread mill. 

 The polar is a little more responsive. IE. HR is every second I believe while the Garmin is about every 2. I could be wrong about this but.... They are both good units the Garmin just gives me data points to look at.

I had a Polar, which I loved until it died (the battery wore out and I made the mistake of getting the battery replaced by a local shop rather than sending it in - I didn't want to wait.......)

Any way, I'm just about to replace it and debating between a garmin and a Polar

I like the fact that the Garmin gives you the data points and that you can upload it into your training log - but I think it may be overkill for me

not sure what to do

this seems like a good thread to jump into