bladesufc1 Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 can anybody recommend a good heart rate monitor? id like 1 which also downloads the info to a PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phawley Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 I have one on my android phone, works perfect and stores the results. It was a free download by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladesufc1 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 I have one on my android phone, works perfect and stores the results. It was a free download by the way. a heart rate monitor? wouldn't you need a strap? i have a calorie monitor for bikin on my phone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthedog Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 Polar and Garmin both do very good ones. Have a look on Amazon - good prices and plenty of reviews. Without knowing your budget it's very hard to recommend one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phawley Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 a heart rate monitor? wouldn't you need a strap? i have a calorie monitor for bikin on my phone No a heart rate monitor measures heart rate ie. beats per minute, you are thinking of blood pressure, the heart rate monitor uses the flash light feature on the android same as the ones that they clip on to your finger in hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladesufc1 Posted April 2, 2012 Author Share Posted April 2, 2012 Polar and Garmin both do very good ones. Have a look on Amazon - good prices and plenty of reviews. Without knowing your budget it's very hard to recommend one! £50.00 upwards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaFoot Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 No a heart rate monitor measures heart rate ie. beats per minute, you are thinking of blood pressure, the heart rate monitor uses the flash light feature on the android same as the ones that they clip on to your finger in hospital. To get one that measures your heart rate during exercise you'd buy one with a chest strap. It transmits BPM to the watch to keep track of performance during exercise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthedog Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 £50.00 upwards Polar FT4M looks like the best bet. Ugly as sin but then it's not meant to be a fashion watch! Regarding the Android app... I downloaded one of those and tried it against my proper HRM (Polar). At rest, my Polar was clocking around 60-65 bpm, the app was displaying 75ish. After exercise, the Polar showed 150 (and falling) while the app didn't think I'd gone over 130. Not at all accurate and a complete gimmick. You certainly get what you pay for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phawley Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Well I have tested my android app against the normal method ie. feeling for the pulse and counting the heartbeats and found it to be 100% accurate, also last week I was at the Northern General and showed it to a nurse who also found it to be accurate. I agree that if you want to check your pulse whilst jogging etc then the phone method is not viable but for a resting pulse rate it's spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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