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 Great buy! April 10, 2009
Kevin Noonan Jr. (Asgard, OK USA)
115 out of 120 found this review helpful
As far as its role as a watch, this bowflew product gets the job done, unlike other strapless-heart-rate-monitor watches, this one actually looks like a normal digital watch, I don't know about you, but I want a strapless one because I want to wear it in PUBLIC without a strap around my chest, and since I am in public, I don't want everyone who passes by to say, what kind of watch is THAT? Thus leading to an unwanted 2 minute conversation.
Now then, the watch aspect features everything you need, a backround light, day of the week, month/day, time, alarm, stopwatch(called a chronograph), a countdown timer(which beeps every second for the last 5 seconds and then 3 times at zero and then for another 10 seconds) and of course your heart rate.
There are numerous features that resolve around the heart rate function, which you can display by holding down the bottom center silver button for 5 seconds(the sensor is where a battery is on a normal watch, up against the wrist). You can set a heart rate zone, which is down automatically for you based off your gender and age, though you can manually set your own. This is EXTREMELY useful, if say, you want to get into that "fat burning zone" which for me is about 130bpm, you can set the bottom and top bars for what ever beats you want, if you are in the "zone" your HR will appear along with one beep(though you must manually take your HR by holding down the button for 5 secs), if your higher or lower than the "zone" it will beep twice and then show your HR with either a H or a L accordingly.
A nice little feature is that along with your HR it will show your relative HR, which is to say, the percentage that you are pushing yourself, so when an exercise says "go 80%" for such and such time, you can now actually SEE what HR is that percentage, based on your age ex. My "maximum" (safe, anyway) HR is 200bpm, so if my HR while say, walking is 100bpm, the display will show "100bpm 50%" to indicate my relative HR. Very useful.
This brings me to the last feature of this watch, the calorie counter. Based on your current HR(The manual says to take it just prior to using this) (sidenote: manual is very simple, yet detailed and very helpful) this timer will show, other than a timer, the amount of calories you have burned based on your HR, haven't used it much, but it could prove very handy in the future.
Now for the bad stuff, there is one more useless feature I forgot to mention, the dual time function, basically, you can set any time you want, besides the "actual" time, maybe for time zones or something, but you can change mins and secs too, I don't know, seems pointless to me, whatever. My only other gripe is that I am not 100% confident in the accuracy of the monitor. It could just be that because of its short monitoring interval(5 secs) it is overly-sensitive, for example, while sitting here, my HR is 64bpm, but if I stand up its 84, even though I didn't really do anything, same thing if your just sitting somewhere and breathing(unlikely right? :D ) your HR picks up a bit on the inhale and drops on the exhale, these "inaccuracies" disappear however, during exercise, since the heart is beating faster, thus greatly lessening the affects of say, standing up and breathing.(and don't wear it too tight, this can make your bpm higher than it really is, inversly for too loose)
For those of you who decided to skip my overly detailed review(hey, I was the first one, after all) and just want a blunt answer, yes, this thing is great, yes I highly reccomend it and yes, you should get one(hopefully in a different color, so I don't run into people with the same watch as me ;) )
fun with fitness July 6, 2009
graffitiglenn (usa)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
the bowflex watch looks good. that is a plus.
it really works with only one finger if need be, the bottom sensor.
it has many good features like target heart rate that when set to your stats will beep you when you check it and your target rate is too low or too high.
i just like monitoring my heart rate. it shows me where i am at and either speed up or down to increase or decrease my heart rate.
this is a must for optimum workout with cardio benefits.
this monitor is strapless and makes it easy to use from walking to biking.
i am glad i bought and use this watch. makes me want to exercise.
go exercise with benifits.
Gets the job done September 15, 2009
R. Morris (Southern US)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've looked at a few of these watches, and I'm glad I decided on this one. I'm 6'3" 250lbs and this thing fits like a glove on my wrist.
It says to put two fingers (one on each button) on the watch for a few seconds and poof you get your heart rate. Well that's pretty much it, and it does what it says. But.. being a guy I didn't read the instructions lol, and I only used one finger at first. Well the result was it worked the same with one finger or two. It may not work with one finger 100% of the time, but after reading the directions.. using two fingers wasn't that bad even when working out... for me anyway.
looks ok but as soon as I'm done working out it goes back in my desk so style wise I don't really care. I haven't had it stall or take a long time or anything, IMO it's perfect for me and my workouts. A big bonus for me is I don't have a strap cutting in my chest because none of them are long enough for me without an extension, so that's pretty awesome.
Price wise I was shocked, it's a Bowflex, and you don't even need a payment plan! lol
Great watch! August 20, 2009
Tony Ayala (Romeoville, IL)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This watch works great. I can use it to exercise, walk or even when I paintball. It is very sturdy and I plan on it lasting a long time.
The best for what it is December 22, 2009
H. D. Renshaw (Sioux City, Iowa)
I hate wearing those chest bands, but I do wear one when I exercize. This little watch is excellent for those on the go checks of pulse rate when you don't have time to count as you finger your wrist. It's not perfect, but it is great for what it is.
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