Best Heart Rate Monitors for Workouts

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.

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.

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.

it's very easy to use and i can feel confident knowing that i'm exercising within my ideal heart rate.

the heart rate monitor will be picked up on the machines at the gym also displaying it there.

she uses it on every workout to help maintain her proper heart rate.

it's fun being able to see my heart rate while i'm exercising.

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

often in order for it to measure my rate a have to stop walking for a few seconds while it attain rate.

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.

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.

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.

- included download software lets you export workouts in a csv spreadsheet for better analysis (and backup your entire workout db in .mdb format)

great for a visual reference of your workout.

the c8 also came with a little stand for the monitor that i put on my elliptical trainer.

i have been running seriously for the past 5 years, 4 to 5 times a week, preparing for weekend races, half and full marathons.

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.