Timex Ironman Road Trainer Heart Rate Monitor Watch, Black/Silver/Blue, Mid Size

This is my fourth heart rate monitor in 12 years. By far the best so far.

Pros:

Intuitive menus.

Easy to read large display.

Easy to change priority display in dual display mode. See heart rate in large view or split/lap time.

Easy to select target heart rate zone for workout planned.

Easy to review workout data.

Actually comes with a book on heart rate training principles.

Cons:

Chest strap is rather short. I'm not a big guy but had to extend the strap to its longest length. May not fit people with large chest.

Only captures time spent in target zone. Other monitors I had also captured time above and below target zone, which can also be useful.

I finally got a heart rate monitor after searching a long time. It seemed every time I would decide on one and then go to buy it a couple days later, it would disappear or cost a lot more. This monitor is nice after you get the hang of it, which took me a little while. It picked up a signal pretty quickly and the chest strap stayed on nicely. The calories burned seemed way to high, which disappointed me. It said i burned 680 calories during a 50 minute Jillian video. While, I was in zone 3-4 mostly, it still seems like an overstatement. Overall, it does it's core job and the zone feature is really handy.

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Like this watch. Borderline love it. Like the size, reliable hrm readings, easy to learn programming. But after about a year of use the band broke. Good luck finding a replacement on-line. I took it back to where I bought it -they had to ship it off to Timex repair. It took about 3 months, but I did eventually get the watch back with a new band. Now, after about 2 months of use, the band has broken again. Bummer.

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I had bought and used this watch before. After about two years, the HR monitor didn't work, it would just read a HR of 240. (I have read other reviewers have this problem as well) I really needed a HR monitor to train for the triathlon season and so I decided to send my old monitor to timex for repair and bought a less expensive version to use in the meantime. Well, the less expensive version was NOT at all what I needed so I returned it for this item. I loved my old one and this version is much the same. It is easy to use and the data is easy to read. I also love that you can view your HR and the chrono timer at the same time. (The less expensive version did not have this feature, it was one or the other.) I am a competitive, recreational triathlete and I feel like this monitor is a great tool to help me train smarter. You can customize your zones or just enter your max HR and the watch will set them for you. It also had a recovery mode that I find useful. And after your workout you can review time, average HR, time in zone, and calories burned (I've read some people feel this is inaccurate but I think it's good for a general idea of calories expended. I don't expect it to be exact.)You can also activate an alarm to sound when you are out of your target HR zone.

Useful features, great price, valuable training tool. We'll see hoe long the HR monitor accurately works but at this price, I feel like I got my moneys worth.I highly recommend.

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I bought this watch mostly for the heart rate monitor. However, I really like everything about it. The heart rate monitor does a nice job during my workouts. It takes a few minutes to display the actual heart rate accurately, but once it is working, I find it very accurate. I really like the target heart rate zone monitor and the calories burned reading also. Another plus is the dual time zone feature which worked out well on my recent vacation to Australia. At a touch of a button, I could see what time it was back home. I have a very small wrist, so the band is a bit large. I have to wear it in the smallest hole possible, but it does fit at this setting. Overall, I am very happy with this watch.

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