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Spo 5500 Blue Finger Pulse Oximeter
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars EXCELLENT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT-HAD MY DOCTOR COMPARE IT TO HIS, WE WERE ONLY ONE DIGIT OFF ON TWO DIFFERENT CHECKS.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars Now I can track my SpO2 levels and pulse when I want where I want.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    1.0 Star Pulse reading seems to vary by 15%-20% on successive reads.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    1.0 Star I bought this thing but returned it because results were completely useless.
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Nonin 9500 Onyx Digital Finger Pulse Oximeter
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars it's clear read-out concurs with other oxygen measurements i have taken at health facilities from time to time.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars so while they may fine for a fairly healthy individual they just aren't worth the money when it comes to those with very compromised systems.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars the staff also thought mine belonged to the hospital and kept trying to take it away, so if you get one keep a very close eye on it if you take it to the hospital or if health care staff come to the
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i've dropped it on a tile floor twice and last night i accidently left it in my pocket when i put my pants in the washing machine.
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Positives: Nice Water Resistance, Good Reliability
Polar M61 Heart Rate Monitor (Size Small 27 36" Chest) Comes with Free Travel Case
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars i use it together with their web-based training diary / planner tool to plan and record my exercise sessions.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars it probably has more bells and whistles than i needed, but nice to have as i want to expand my workout later.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i use it for walking, and cycling.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars a push of the main button allows me to scroll through my ride info: time exercising, time in the zone, average heart rate during the exercise, calories burned and percent of fat burned.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars it does what i was looking for; telling me what my hr is while exercising and giving me an average hr per workout session.
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The Stresseraser (HC001)
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  1. from Starshine, www.drugstore.com
    5.0 Stars describe yourself: athleticbest uses: stressed out momspros: easy to use, portableprimary use: personalbottom line: recommended[...] i find that the product is able to help me settle my mind, calm my
  2. from Maggiemae, www.drugstore.com
    4.0 Stars describe yourself: average healthbest uses: home use, hypertension, irregular heart beat, professionalspros: easy to useprimary use: personalbottom line: recommendedi use to calm my self down when
  3. from Maggiemae, www.drugstore.com
    4.0 Stars it is very portable and easy to use.
  4. from Starshine, www.drugstore.com
    5.0 Stars i hope that she can begin to learn to manage stressors at an early age and avoid the pitfalls of life and the health consequences as a result.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars stress really does affect your life negatively and can cause health problems if steps are not taken to change it.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Accuracy
Polar M61 Heart Rate Monitor Watch HRM Polar M61
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars It's so nice to know how many calories and fat you have burned from a workout.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars I use it for walking, and cycling.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars It does what I was looking for; telling me what my HR is while exercising and giving me an average HR per workout session.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars I use it together with their web-based training diary / planner tool to plan and record my exercise sessions.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars A push of the main button allows me to scroll through my ride info: time exercising, time in the zone, average heart rate during the exercise, calories burned and percent of fat burned.
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Polar F4 Heart Rate Monitor Watch
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars its easier to use than the f6 was and if your main goal is to monitor while you are working out this is a great product.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars the heart rate monitor will be picked up on the machines at the gym also displaying it there.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars also, the chest strap if moved won't read your heart rate.....which if you are exercising and not paying complete attention to it.....
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars she uses it on every workout to help maintain her proper heart rate.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars while biking it was easy to continually monitor my heart rate.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Accuracy, Comfortable
Polar F4 Heart Rate Monitor for Women
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  1. from www.overstock.com
    5.0 Stars it is so easy to use and gives you a lot of information about your work out, such as your range of heart rate, length of workout, calories burned and more!
  2. from www.overstock.com
    5.0 Stars "just joined a gym about a month ago & i use this monitor with the gym equipment, i love it because i don't have to hold onto the heart-rate monitors on the equipment & can do my own thing.
  3. from www.overstock.com
    5.0 Stars "i purchased the heart rate monitor to see how many calories i burned during my spinning class.
  4. from www.overstock.com
    5.0 Stars i can also see a summary of calories burned, how long i worked out and average heart rate.
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Positives: Great Reliability
Polar FlowLink Computer Interface
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  1. from tetonka911, rei.com
    4.0 Stars the polar website has limited usefulness, but it is nice to track your workouts.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars i am satisfied with the ease of use of geting the data transferred from my ft7 heart monitor watch but am disappointed that it doesn't capture as much data as i was expecting.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i love it and keeps me motivated to keep working out everyday.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars the calendar shows the dates the european way, meaning that it will display the date as "day.month" (for example, 06.05 for may 6th).
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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Display
Oregon Scientific HR102 Heart Rate Monitor Watch HR102
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  1. from www.pricegrabber.com
    5.0 Stars but it would be great if it had a % of work out in target hear rate zone.
  2. from www.pricegrabber.com
    4.0 Stars weaknesses: lack of % of workout in target heart rate zone
  3. from shopping.yahoo.com
    5.0 Stars i needed an accurate heart rate monitor to use in the gym because i was getting very inaccurate rates from the built in hand grips on the machines.
  4. from www.circuitcity.com
    4.5 Stars it interfaces with units on gym treadmills and auto reads out pulse to screen on treadmill.
  5. from www.circuitcity.com
    5.0 Stars i used it at the gym today and love it...it's more convenient than the monitors that are built into the equipment.
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Omron Heart Rate Monitor HR100C
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  1. from Jerry, www.drugstore.com
    5.0 Stars it's waterproof design allows for use while swimming.
  2. from www.drugstore.com
    4.0 Stars so far this monitor has been reliable and easy to use.
  3. from www.drugstore.com
    5.0 Stars i purchased the omron because it got the best reviews on consumer reports as being reliable and easy to use and it was inexpensive.
  4. from Disk, www.drugstore.com
    5.0 Stars it sends signals that are picked up by the octane elliptical exerciser i use at the gym, making my use of that machine more reliable.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars this product does everything that it claims to do.....it is comfortable to wear and fits well around my rather large male chest....i compared the readings and they are accurate every time.....i
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Positives: Easy To Use, Comfortable, Great Accuracy
Pulseox 5500 Finger Pulse Oximeter
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars The only setback is it will not pick up a readiing if the finger is cold.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    1.0 Star Pulse reading seems to vary by 15%-20% on successive reads.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    1.0 Star Bought this item following heart surgery for pulmonary hypertension.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    2.0 Stars I ordered this pulse ox for very occassional use.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    1.0 Star The idea was that a finger pulse oximeter would help me to determine when my father needs additional oxygen.
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Polar S625X Heart Rate Monitor Hrm Health Aids Polar S625X
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  1. from shopping.yahoo.com
    5.0 Stars to get the most out of it you really need to study how to train using the heart rate zones.
  2. from shopping.yahoo.com
    5.0 Stars also included with the watch, polar includes their polar performance software to log and analyze the workout data.
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Positives: Good Display, Nice Water Resistance, Easy To Use
Physi Cal Miowave Heart Rate Monitor & Calorie Watch
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  1. from www.walmart.com
    4.0 Stars MIO is a good brand for heart rate watches, accurate and reliable.
  2. from www.walmart.com
    5.0 Stars I gave this as a gift and the person to whom I gave it has had nothing but Rave reviews for this watch.
  3. from www.walmart.com
    5.0 Stars I love it, I can't workout without it.
  4. from www.walmart.com
    1.0 Star first one worked ok for 3 weeks.
  5. from www.walmart.com
    2.0 Stars I just got this watch a few weeks ago and if you are going to use it as a watch it works great.
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MF 180 Finger Heart Rate Monitor
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars After reading other reviews, I'm wondering if the manufacturer has improved their sensor because I almost always get a good reading and it is very close to or exactly the same as other heart monitors I compare it with around the gym (the kind on the ...
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars I only use the basic function - real-time heart rate.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars I have had no problem with this pulse monitor.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars I love this monitor.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    2.0 Stars "DO NOT USE WHEN BICYCLING." This is printed on the back of the MF-180 package.
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Drive Medical Fingertip Pulse Oximeter (Drive Medical)
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  1. from by Ben from Saint Paul Minnesota, www.allegromedical.com
    4.0 Stars small and easy to use
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars very simple to use and accurate.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars nifty item, easy to use and affordable.
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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Accuracy
V Tens Plus
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars Got it for my husband who had severe pain due to rotator cuff problems and it worked far better than the drugs that the doctor gave him.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars I also have several other Derek Alexander leather bags/purses that are all the best quality vs.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars I would like to take a moment to thank Medical Products Online and to let others know about my heath issues and the purchase of my TwinStim Plus.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars In addition to the comments in the other reviews, I would add that the shape of this purse is perfect for electronic devises.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    1.0 Star If you live outside USA, don't buy this product because you'll have customs problems and neither medical products nor Amazon will refund the cost of this product.
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Polar Wearlink M XL
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars being flexible and all makes it easier to storage it your pocket when your finish training or if you are traveling.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars this fabric strap transmitter might also be a better option for women, who may already be dealing with an underwire bra at the gym.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i still haven't had to change the battery out even after 200+ hours of triathlon training and exercise bootcamps.
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REEBOK STRAPLESS SERIES HEART RATE MONITOR WATCH SILVER
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars my reebok fitwatch was a great product for about 9 months until the screen stopped working properly and now it only displays gibberish.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i just like to check my heart rate while exercising and have compared it when to other monitors, and it is accurate within one number.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars i used it on several cardio machines in the gym and found that the hr was very similar, with in 2 beats, to the machines built in monitor.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars as i am starting to train for my next marathon, i thought it would be a good idea to get a heart rate monitor watch.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars although it doesn't monitor your heart constantly (you have to stop and recheck your pulse rate from time to time) it is still good while exercising to see if your heart rate is up.
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Positives: Nice Accuracy, Comfortable, Easy To Use
Cardo Heart Rate Monitor
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  1. from pjfktz, www.pricegrabber.com
    5.0 Stars Strengths: Provides a very accurate pulse rate for individuals that need to use it for exercising or those that are providing home health care for the sick.
  2. from www.pricegrabber.com
    5.0 Stars great device to monitor pulse of people that are sick, as well as those who are exercising.
  3. from shopping.yahoo.com
    5.0 Stars but other than that it was a very reliable and easy to use phone
  4. from shopping.yahoo.com
    5.0 Stars but other than that it was a very reliable and easy to use phonepermalink
  5. from shopping.yahoo.com
    5.0 Stars nokia is always reliable, and so is cingular.
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Positives: Excellent Reliability
Mio Shape Select Heart Monitor Watch
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  1. from www.walmart.com
    4.0 Stars it is water resistant to 10 meters so that is also a plus to the high physically active person.
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    4.0 Stars weaknesses: not very good water proof.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars it will also become more useful when i'll be exercising on my own, without a monitor.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars it's easy to use, i recommend reading the instructions, and it's nice to check out my heart rate other than using the cardio machines at the gym that probably aren't calibrated correctly.
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Positives: Great Water Resistance
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