Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor

This heart monitor works well and gives you great feedback about how hard you are working so that you can tell if you are in the low aerobic, high aerobic, or anaerobic zone. It's really comfortable to wear. Note, however, if you are small, you may need to tuck the chest band up under your sports bra to get it to stay in place. I have no problem doing that.

My main complaint is that it arrives with a dead battery in the watch. I thought this was a fluke, and liked the monitor so much that I ordered a second one as a gift for someone else...but it ALSO arrived with a dead watch battery. You have to take the watch to a jeweler to get the battery replaced. It's a pain and annoying, but the monitor does seem to work great once you get it.

Oh, one other caveat - there does seem to be interference with our stairmaster. You can't keep the watch on your arm if you hold on near the stairmaster display. It won't read. You have to take it off and attach it somewhere away from the display. I believe it is some kind of electronic interference.

Great product! I wanted a simple, easy to use, inexpensive heartrate monitor. It is accurate, and perfect to keep my heart rate in the fat-burning zone, or in the aerobic zone, whichever I choose for my workout. I love the little alarm beep to tell me if I have dropped too low, or am going too high, without having to look at the watch all the time.

I purchased this item to provide data on aerobic activity. I ride a bicycle for aerobics. The bicycle computers which offer a pulse monitor are much more expensive, and I prefer the bicycle computer I now have. While I cannot comment on longevity (I've only had it a couple of weeks), thusfar it has performed flawlessly. Last week I used my stationary bicycle instead of the my regular bicycle for a workout. I wore the Omron while using the stationary bicycle. The rates shown by the monitor on the bicycle and the Omron were within 1 or 2 beats. I am satisfied with the product.

Does excellent job of reporting heart rate. Includes watch and alarm for maximum and minimum rates. Simplicity plus makes it good for me

I've never used a heart rate monitor while running before, and now I am not sure why I did not try this sooner. The monitor works flawlessly every time. Simple design with everything you need (monitor, stopwatch, time, etc...).

I was worried at first that the sensor strap would be uncomfortable (I had never worn one before, and everything annoys me when I run), but it was not bad at all! 2 minutes into my run I already forget I am still wearing it, and it never slides off or anything.

I highly recommend this products to the runners out there!!!