Best Heart Rate Monitors for Cardio, Counting Calories, Measuring Burned Calories

i bought this product so that i could workout (cardio) without having to hold the heart rate sensors.

i use it to make sure i'm in my target heart range for my cardio workouts.

the chest band didn't irritate me during cardio or weight workouts, and most of the cardio equipment at the gym displayed the heart rate, just like the watch.

but when i have to use a treadmill without a heart moniter, the watch attaches to the handle bars nicely so i can stay within the cardiovasular range for my age and weight.

the strap is probably the same as all others and occasionally when i switch from doing cardio to weight training the clasp will pop apart, but that only happens occassionally.

the transmitter works with the machines at the gym so if i'm doing cardio there, i don't have to wear the watch (though when i did wear the watch i noticed that the number of calories burned differed

first, if you buy one of these be aware that it's extremely easy to accidently wipe out all the personal and cardio info it stores.

okay, so that had more to do with counting calories than it did with wearing a heart rate monitor, but this gadget tallies the calories i've burned so that i have a good sense of how much i can eat.

accurate heart rate given during cardio.

but in the middle of your cardio routine you have to stop enough to use the two fingers from your free hand to press on the watch you are wearing and it takes a few seconds (5) to give you the read