| | |  | Timex Heart Rate Monitors | | Home » » | | | | | | | Description: | | From Timex arrives the ultimate training partner for health and fitness enthusiasts alike. Input your target fitness heartrate zone and you will be kept on course with audible alert and visual in-zone indication on screen. The 27-lap memoryrecall and calorie expenditure mean this is the ultimate for heart rate training both during and after workout. This Timex watch gives the user heart rate analysis for one session by displaying minimum, average and peak heart rate, arguably the most important factors of each training session. Heart rate can either be viewed as percentage of maximum heart rate or simply by the heart rate beats per minute. Digital transmission allows the user to train in a gym environment within close proximity to other heart rate monitor users without experiencing any interference. With a heart rate monitor using analog transmission, it is possible that the user may have inaccurate readings of heart rate. Crossover interference is when the signals for two or more heart rate transmitters interfere with each other. The Target Fitness Heart Rate Monitor allows you to train without being interrupted. The user also has the option to download the heart rate data to a PC by purchasing the Timex Data Recorder 2. This is a software package solution that can assist data control of fitness progression over time. Features: Time and date, Chronograph with lap and split, One top pusher for mindless lap and split, 27-Lap memory recall, Countdown stop timer, 1-Alarm, INDIGLO® night-light, Water-resistant 30m, Workout summary mode, Calorie expenditure, Digital transmission signal, Recalls minimum, average and peak heart rate, View heart rate as % Max or Beats per minute (BPM), 5-Auto and 1-manual heart rate zones with Time-in-zone recall, Recovery zone, Audible and pointer zone alert, Owner replaceable battery on chest strap, Data Recorder 2 compatible | | | Features: | |
• Sports timing watch with heart rate monitoring; sized for both men and women
• Chest strap heart rate monitor works with watch to provide target zones and time in zone
• Recovery heart rate timer; displays calories burned
• 100-hour chronograph; 27-lap memory; 100-hour countdown timer
• Watch is water resistant to 50 meters (165 feet); up to 3.5-year battery life
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 9.5 inches | | Product Width:
| 1.75 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.5 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.3 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 3.5 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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 Perfect exercise companianSep 05, 2008
I love this watch. I've had it for about 3 weeks now and it does it's job perfectly. I love the zone system. It allows me to run much farther and for longer than I have before because I don't exhaust myself by running faster than my body can manage. The beeping feature (that can be turned off) that features two tone beeps to let you know whether you need to slow down or speed up to stay in your zone allows you to pace yourself without having to look at the watch. This model features a bar at the top of the display that shows the lower and upper limits of the zone you want to be in and where you are within (or outside) the zone. This is particularly useful if you decide to turn the two tone beeps off. Not all heart rate monitors from Timex feature this.
The batteries on the chest strap and the watch can be replaced by the user - an uncommon feature I believe.
The chest strap is quite comfortable and picks up signals very well - my wife tried it and she had no trouble with it either (the strap sits on the lower side of the chest). I found that if I put it on about 15 min before I exercised, my body would generate the sweat needed for good pickup.
Some reviewers have commented that the indiglo feature where the numerals light up (rather than the face) made for difficult reading. I found that if I tilted the watch slightly (rather than place the face at right angles to the line of sight), the numerals were clearly visible. I think I prefer this to the old method of lighting the face.
It is a fairly handsome watch - a bit on the thick side (about 14 mm x 42 mm or so wide) - perfect for a man even for daily wear but certainly large for a woman.
It took me a while to decide on buying this watch. Lack of clear size information (their midsize, large and extra large size indications are meaningless) on the Timex website meant that I had to scour shops and call customer service a couple of times to have them measure the watches for me.
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4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Very Poor Display. Faint, Thin and Angle-Sensitive. Poor Night Light. Otherwise OKNov 04, 2007
The reason I bought this was the heart rate function. The display falls woefully short in that area. The heart rate digits should be in a bolder font. Reading it while exercising requires good light and just the right angle. Otherwise you are done in by reflections and/or a dimmed-out display. A bolder font would help a lot. I still read the phone book or the stock market page of the paper without glasses, so my eyesight is not to blame. The display picture here shows it as easier to read than it is in the real world.
When I am running or cycling, I want to read it at a glance, not struggle. What were they thinking? Did they test this in a well-lit gym only? Some people exercise outdoors under all conditions. On the bike, it is bad enough to have to look down at my wrist and rotate it to the right angle, but with this Timex, I have to raise my left hand up closer to my eyes. Sweat in the eyes coupounds the problem. I have even considered somehow mounting the watch on the handlebars of my bike at just the right angle so I can read it without dangerous distractions.
The night light feature is all wrong. It is the opposite of other digital devices, and displays a dark field with fuzzy lighter digits. It is particularly difficult to read on awakening in a dark bedroom. Just trying to figure out what time it is often makes me more awake than I really want to be. Reading a lighted watch shouldn't be so difficult. This is so lame.
I would recommend this only for those who exercise in a well-lighted gym and don't get sweat in their eyes, or those who exercise only under the best outdoor conditions.
With an easier to read heart display and a conventional night illumination, I would give this five stars.
I am returning it and looking for a brand with a better display.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 It is okOct 22, 2007
The watch is ok to me. I am not the smartest when it comes to gadgetry so I have a difficult time getting the heart rate monitor to work. Other features to the watch are good.
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