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Bowflex Pro Trainer XT Heart Rate Monitor review

  • Price Paid:$29.00
  • User rating:
    (4.8)
  • Would buy again from this company: Yes
  • Used product for: 1 months
  • # of logged workouts:

"A great deal for me. Looks like a great product for a beginner triathlete. For advanced users they would probably want more functions, but I love being able to exercise and see my current heart rate and current calories burned. Definitely worth my money."joestop74

(5)

Ease of installation

This is a bowflex watch with a chest belt transmitter unit.

(4)

Ease of use

Fair. New product for me so there was a learning curve. This watch with chest belt has the following features: Time, Alarm, Stopwatch, countdown, heart rate (with zone setting features), 1 mile fitness test, calculates calories burned with dozens of workout settings (running, cycling, etc); 12 memories; shows BMI. The heart rate zone setting is a function I haven't used yet. When workout is complete it will tell you avg heart rate, but not max.

(5)

Quality of Construction

Great so far. No problems with watch or chest belt.

(5)

Fit

No problems here.

(5)

Comfort

Chest belt is quite comfortable. When exercising I don't even notice it.

(5)

Adjustability

Great. Both watch and belt adjust to any size that would cover most people I'm sure.

(5)

Durability

So far so good.

(5)

Value

This was regularly $130, but got it on sale for $29. So great deal so far.

(4)

Appearance

Watch is a bit clunky looking but that's probably true for most watches/heart rate monitors.

(5)

Performance

Everything has worked great so far.

Strengths

Average heart rate, calories burned, stopwatch with splits, very comfortable. Allows you to set your age, weight, height.

Weakness

No max heart rate measured. Zone setting is a bit confusing for me. To start exercise calculations you have to start the stop watch and then switch to a different mode to see your calories burned (not a big deal).
** No GPS

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