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Impact Sports ePulse Strapless Heart Rate Monitor Watch and Calorimeter | 
| Brand: Impact Sports Technologies
Category: Sports
List Price: $129.95
Buy New: $99.75
as of 9/7/2010 23:30 CDT details
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New (5) Used (2) from $79.99
Seller: Isokinetics, Inc.
Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 3130
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 15 x 2 x 0.8
MPN: 91612
Model: EP1
UPC: 689076933766
EAN: 0689076933766
ASIN: B0019ZDIOK
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Chest-strap-free heart rate monitor and calorimeter that wears around the forearm | | • | Delivers the benefits of heart rate monitoring without uncomfortable chest strap | | • | Shows current heart rate, maximum and minimum heart rates, and average heart rate | | • | Calculates calories burned based on personal profile and heart rate | | • | Includes fat burning and cardio target zones; powered by AAA batteries |
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Product Description
Regulate your workout intensity and attain your fitness goals. This heart rate monitor fits comfortably around the forearm, no chest strap needed.
Amazon.com Product Description
Dynamic heart rate monitors have traditionally required an uncomfortable chest strap and compatible watch, practically restricting their use to serious athletes. Enter the ePulse, the world's first armband heart rate monitor and calorimeter. Known as the "people's fitness monitor," the ePulse makes it practical and convenient for anyone who is interested in tracking calories burned to enjoy the benefits of heart rate monitoring while performing literally any type of activity, from running to walking to simply doing daily chores. The ePulse works by integrating light sensor and microchip technology--the same type used in hospital heart rate monitors--to accurately read the pulse from the forearm. Once on your arm, the ePulse continuously acquires and shows your current exercise heart rate while calculating calories burned based on your heart rate and personal profile. If you use the ePulse several times a day, it automatically compiles your calories burned into a grand daily total, including when your activities consist of moving around the office or doing work around the house. The ePulse also measures your basic metabolic rate (BMR), which is a prediction of how many calories you will burn based on your personal data input, and then adds your daily calories burned to show your total caloric burn for a day. This function is particularly useful for people who are trying to count calories and lose weight through a program of diet and exercise. In addition, the ePulse handles a number of basic calculations, including elapsed exercise time, average heart rate, and minimum and maximum heart rates. People with specific training goals can further use the ePulse to calculate optimal heart rate exercise zones for both burning fat and boosting cardio conditioning. The ePulse will then provide a target high and low range for your heart rate, with a green LED light telling you when you're in the target zone. The real advantage of the ePulse, however, is its chest-strap-free design. At best, chest straps are an annoyance, and at worst are so uncomfortable that they alienate many people from using this type of valuable training and fitness tool. Women in particular report sensitivity to chest straps, and many won't use heart rate monitors as a result. The ePulse, by contrast, is comfortable for both men and women, allowing users to easily regulate their workout intensity and better attain specific fitness or weight management goals. The ePulse--which incorporates an easy-to-ready day/night LED display and is powered by AAA batteries--requires no programming to immediately display heart rate data. The ePulse excels during the following activities: general fitness, aerobics, running, tennis, racquetball, golf, resistance training, weight loss monitoring, weightlifting, and daily chores.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 New State of the Art August 20, 2008
William V. Botts (Las Vegas, NV USA)
60 out of 64 found this review helpful
I put my new ePulse monitor through some tough paces this weekend. I started on Friday with an intense 40-minute workout with my personal trainer, mainly lower body and aerobics, and found the device to be very accurate and reliable. Over the weekend I played two rounds of golf in the heat using my cart but with a lot of walking and climbing around the rocks and roughs, places where one is not supposed to venture during golf. I wore the unit the whole time, both days, and had inputted my personal information to the device. Here are my observations:
1. Golf day one: 4 hr 55 min, temperature range 92-104 F, total caloric burn 833 cal, range of pulse rate was between 59 and 105
Golf day two: 5 hr 1 min, temperature range 90-99 F, total caloric burn of 842 cal, range of pulse rate was between 56 and 102
(Note: I kept the unit on continuous monitor so I could watch the data)
2. The armband is non-intrusive. Once it's on a few minutes you don't even think about it, while on first inspection it looks "bulky" it's actually light and unobtrusive. I actually put it on pretty light and only once did is slip during a wild drive swing.
3. It was hot and I got pretty sweaty. No problems were encountered with the sweat or the armband staying put. Except when I looked at the readout it was out of sight and out of mine.
4. The unit was really easy to read except in bright, direct sunlight. In direct sun and wearing sunglasses one needs to shield the screen with ones hand. Still, it was very readable.
5. I never once noticed a missed beat or had to reset or maneuver the unit to get continuous readings. Seems very stable and accurate. In my case anyway, precise location of the sensor was not required.
6. Battery consumption was about 50% with new energizer batteries each day (again using continuous monitoring not the on-daman feature). Although, it was still running well even after the screen told me to replace the batteries.
My conclusions are that the ePulse has set a new state of the art in fitness monitoring, is an excellent exercise and health tool and is totally usable for anyone wanting pulse rate and caloric burn info. The other functions likewise will be very valuable to many users. Battery life is a bit short but when the unit is used in the "on-demand" mode this becomes a non-issue. The direct sun impact on the readout is not a huge problem when compared to the ease of use and performance. All of this good stuff and NO CHEST STRAP required!
A VERY HAPPY ePulse user.
Great Monitor May 5, 2009
L. Harrison (Punta del Este)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought this monitor because it was the only non-chest strap monitor that had good reviews. I was not disappointed.
I checked the accuracy against a known source, and found it to be accurate to the beat. Also, it kept pace exactly with a two-handed Stairmaster heart rate monitor.
During my normal 90-minute weight workout, it never missed a beat. It's apparently not affected by sweating, or by bending of the forearms.
This has been a valuable tool, allowing me to stay above my ideal workout heart range while lifting weights...not always easy.
I also use it to create aerobic workouts in unknown environments, such as climbing sand dunes.
I used some of the other functions (such as total calorie burn) and they worked fine...but after the novelty of those wore off I had little use for them. I needed a heart rate monitor, and that's what I use it for.
I'd recommend it.
I never write reviews .. but I had to for this really cool device. August 21, 2009
D. Rudnay (Cincinnati, OH)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I started on a path to weight loss in January 2009. I bought a scale, a pedometer, and fell in love with www.sparkpeople.com. I bought a few games for the Wii and in June I purchased the ePulse. All of these tools have helped me to lose 73 pounds so far. It's amazing. And this wonderful gadget is perfect for giving you accurate information regarding the calories you burn.
I wore it for a week straight (about 10 hours a day) to record & learn what my "normal" activity rate is. With that information I was able to come up with the right number of calories I need to consume in order to lose the weight. It's been a great success. I have used it to tell me how many calories I burn while gardening, housecleaning, painting, washing the car, working out with the Wii and countless other activities. It's become a huge part of my weight loss journey.
Impact Sports Technologies is a great company as well. I had a question on how the ePulse figures the math and when I called customer service I got the information I needed right away. Last Saturday a sensor on the ePulse went bad. I emailed the company & they quickly replied that they would send out a replacement and a SASE to return my ePulse. I got the replacement in no time flat & I couldn't be happier. This tool has helped me not only lose weight, but it's helped to keep me motivated to do more. I'd highly recommend it to anyone looking for a reasonably priced, accurate & effective caloriemeter and heart rate monitor.
Excellent Weight Loss Tool October 13, 2008
Cardio Crazy (Monterey, CA.)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
I started using the ePulse in early August to help me increase the intensity of my workouts and to log my calories burned. Separately I also logged my caloric intake. The most useful ePulse metrics for me were the fat burning heart rate range and the daily calories burned. I wore it during my cardio-tennis classes, aerobic classes and running. The measurements were consistent and the armband was comfortable and non-intrusive. The ePulse was a very effective tool for me to achieve my weight loss goal. I highly recommend it.
Comfortable and Accurate Device April 8, 2009
T. Henry (Connecticut, USA)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
I purchased this product to use instead of a Polar type device that reads electical signals. I have a pacemaker implant and was getting false readings from the Polar device as well as the handles on the aerobic equipment at the gym. I have used this almost daily for the last month and find that it is very accurate, its much more comfortable than the chest strap types, and the large LED display can be read without reading glasses. If you want basic heart rate functions, this should be considered. If you have a pacemaker, the Polar company does not recommend their device because of the transmitter next to your heart, and you will not get false readings from the pacemaker electrical signals.
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