Heart Rate Monitors

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Tiggia Jan 2016 6:06pm, 6 Jan 2016 13649 posts	0 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 16858 posts	0 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 13650 posts	0 Tiggia Is that a wrist jobbie?
fetcheveryone Jan 2016 6:53pm, 6 Jan 2016 16859 posts	0 fetcheveryone Yeah. Optical = a sensor under the watch that reads the pulse from your wrist.
LazyDaisy Jan 2016 7:37pm, 6 Jan 2016 12896 posts	0 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 13651 posts	0 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 18922 posts	0 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.