Best Heart Rate Monitors for Workouts

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1 RECOMMENDED by 177 people for WORKOUTS
Omron Heart Rate Monitor HR100C
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$49.00 Est. at Amazon
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    5.0 Stars work on your own safe zone, enjoy your workout, use the omron product to keep your heart rate on control.
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    4.0 Stars a very good product for the cost - provides everything as advertised & a very good basic heart monitor that includes compatibility with my gym's equipment.
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    5.0 Stars it helps give me the necessary info that i need during my jogging sessions and i look forward to many2 years ahead jogging with this wonderful product.
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    5.0 Stars i also noticed that while wearing it, the monitor transmits to gym equipment (bikes, ellipticals, etc) so you don't have to check the watch all the time, neat.
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    5.0 Stars it's very easy to use and i can feel confident knowing that i'm exercising within my ideal heart rate.
Positives: Comfortable, Easy To Use, Nice Accuracy
2 RECOMMENDED by 33 people for WORKOUTS
Polar F4 Heart Rate Monitor Watch
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    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.
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    4.0 Stars the heart rate monitor will be picked up on the machines at the gym also displaying it there.
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    5.0 Stars she uses it on every workout to help maintain her proper heart rate.
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    4.0 Stars it's fun being able to see my heart rate while i'm exercising.
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    5.0 Stars i love the calories burned feature of the monitor, it validated something i've long suspected - the elliptical machines at my gym overestimate calories burned by approximately 30% and the treadmills
Positives: Comfortable, Great Accuracy, Easy To Use
3 RECOMMENDED by 36 people for WORKOUTS
REEBOK STRAPLESS SERIES HEART RATE MONITOR WATCH SILVER
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    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.
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    4.0 Stars often in order for it to measure my rate a have to stop walking for a few seconds while it attain rate.
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    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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    5.0 Stars i was doubtful if a heart rate monitor without a body strap would work, but my wife assures me that she has had it tested at her gym and it is extremly accurate.
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    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.
Positives: Easy To Use, Great Accuracy
4 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for WORKOUTS
Oregon Scientific SmartSync Heart Rate Logger with PC Download
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    4.0 Stars so far though, the unit does what it claims to do and that is give me second by second heart rate information during my workouts.
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    4.0 Stars - included download software lets you export workouts in a csv spreadsheet for better analysis (and backup your entire workout db in .mdb format)
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    3.0 Stars great for a visual reference of your workout.
Positives: Excellent Display
5 RECOMMENDED by 2 people for WORKOUTS
Nike Triax C8 Heart Rate Monitor SM0017 044 Watch
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    4.0 Stars i am addicted to seeing my heart rate on tek (gym at work) and precore (gold's gym) fitness equipment.
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    4.0 Stars the c8 also came with a little stand for the monitor that i put on my elliptical trainer.
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    3.0 Stars i have been running seriously for the past 5 years, 4 to 5 times a week, preparing for weekend races, half and full marathons.
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    3.0 Stars i use primarily in the gym and the monitor has great range as far as i can see my rate on the adjacent machines if others are not using monitors as well.
Positives: Great Accuracy, Great Display
 
Mitac Mio Shape Elite Hrm Watch
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    3.0 Stars to start with, i have 20/10 vision (better than average) and in normal light,lighting at the gym, or in my basement where i run the treadmill the numbers are almost impossible to read.
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    2.0 Stars i used it a lot last summer while training for my first 5k.
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    5.0 Stars it even has one that matches a walk/run program they promote in the little book that comes with the watch.
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    4.0 Stars i have found erratic heart rate readings and some difficulty managing all the functions especially during a workout.
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    5.0 Stars i could always push myself harder after every workout because of its features.
Positives: Easy To Use, Good Accuracy
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