Bascially, which one should I get?
I like playing with information on the computer, but I can live without it if the watch stores stuff that I can record manually.
I think I really just want one to monitor how hard I am working and help me to make my hard work outs hard and my easy runs easy.
But if anyone has found that their HRM has helped them in other ways, that would be useful too!!
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I still think simpler is better - I know they can record your heartrate every few seconds, and plot a graph with it that looks very pretty - but does it make you a faster runner ?
No computer downloading though.
Should be here by the end of the week - hurrah!!!! The blurb (granted, is supposed to sell the product) makes it sound like it has everything I could possibly want at less than £50 and it looks beautiful too.
I have found though that shops are useless for these things!!! Everyone only seems to sell polar (I also found out that I say the word "polar" like a wally.... "po-laar"!) and nothing else and since polar ones need to be sent away for battery changes then forget that for a bag of chips!
Will let you know how I go with dhb - I am looking forward to it!
I tried using a cheaper heart rate monitor from Maplin before I got my polar but for some reason everytime I sweated on the monitor strap it broke.
I have had cheap HRM's in past but have not been happy with them. You could not get my 610 off me for love nor money!
Cougie - re your point, does it make me faster? No - but it does let you know where you pushed to hard and where you let it slip after an event.
OK - I am a bit of a geek and love my gadgets...
Was the DHB 19 any good - I'm thinking of getting one myself!
Cheers
DJ