Polar F55M Heart Rate Monitors

Advantages: Just like having your own personal trainer
Disadvantages: A little tricky to work out to start with

...Polar RS100 Heart Rate Monitor This is the second heart rate monitor that i have bought, the first one was years ago and on the rare occaision it did pick up your pulse it went completely wrong if you were near anything electrical or any other heart rate monitors. Bearing this in mind i was a liitle wary of getting another but i have currently started training to complete a half marathon and depending on how well it goes i may enter a full marathon so i thought it was high time i got myself kitted out. I have to say, times have definately changed, this monitor just everything you could ever ask (except for the running)! The Polar RS100 heart rate monitor has its own code to avoid unwanted interference meaning you can be in a room with ten other monitors and yours is the only pulse it picks up It features an easy press lap... Read review

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Advantages: Compact, Cheap, Robust
Disadvantages: Tricky to use

...for your forks. Has all the functions required for a heart rate monitor computer. Robust design. Can give you daily, weekly, monthly totals of your mileage. NEGATIVES Can be tricky to operate if you are not "computer/technological" literate. Fitting and removing computer from handlebar mount can be tricky. Magnet doesn't fit very securely to wheel spokes. CONCLUSION For what it costs, this is a very nice wireless, HR monitor cycle computer. It does everything you want and is from a very reputable company. It has proved to be very robust and does execatly what I want. Would recommend if you want a Low Price cycle computer that reads your heart rate.... Read review

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Advantages: the best way to train for a marathon
Disadvantages: it is expensive

...The Polar M52 is one of the expensive heart rate monitor. In Germany you have to pay 299,- German Marks( 150 Dollar). This price will frighten a lot people to buy this product. But this price also say's for whom this Polar M52 is good. For somebody who makes sports twice a month it will not repay. For people who are training regularly, for example sportsman who are training for a marathon,like me, i can absolutely recommend this product. I running a marathon twice a year, but every time it is very difficult to find the right speed. Every marathon athlete knows that a second you wins at the beginning can get minutes you loose at the finish. Of course you can also check your speed with your clock every kilometer, but this is much more difficult. Because with your heart rate monitor you only check your pulse and so you... Read review

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