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Heart Rate Monitors

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Tiggia Jan 2016 6:06pm, 6 Jan 2016 13,649 posts	Quote Pin Tiggia Hi Asking for hubby... What's the most accurate HRM these days? He's got an old Garmin and is ready for an upgrade Ta!
fetcheveryone Jan 2016 6:21pm, 6 Jan 2016 16,858 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone Personally, I like the optical ones - mine is a TomTom Multisport Cardio. It seems to be pretty good, with the occasional senior moment.
Tiggia Jan 2016 6:43pm, 6 Jan 2016 13,650 posts	Quote Pin Tiggia Is that a wrist jobbie?
fetcheveryone Jan 2016 6:53pm, 6 Jan 2016 16,859 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone Yeah. Optical = a sensor under the watch that reads the pulse from your wrist.
LazyDaisy Jan 2016 7:37pm, 6 Jan 2016 12,896 posts	Quote Pin LazyDaisy I like the one in my new Garmin 225, but I have no idea how accurate it is. The graph it produces looks plausible, at least.
Tiggia Jan 2016 8:55pm, 6 Jan 2016 13,651 posts	Quote Pin Tiggia Thanks. He's tempted by the Tomtom... but he also was looking at a v800 Polar. He's wanting to get into HR training - told him to get his arse back on here
Red Squirrel Jan 2016 10:58pm, 6 Jan 2016 18,922 posts	Quote Pin Red Squirrel I've had my Polar T31 for 6-8 years and it's been really good. I expect they don't make that model any more.