hrm with no chest strap

i saw tha myself . if you do get any info can you post your findings here ,,, thanks plodzilla

Csrunner1 said:

greetings:

recently ran across an ad for one of these in a magazine (non running). was wondering if any of
you have used one of these and how well they work. it's simply a watch type device (hrm) you wear
and you touch two spots on the face of it to get the heart rate. granted, would be a bit more
difficult than the traditional hrm but are they accurate? ad, of course, claims they are, within
1-1.5 bpm.

comments? pros & cons?

tia, cs

The problem is that it is kind of hard to run while you are constantly touching the face of your
watch with the fingers of the opposite hand. Throws your balance off.... throws your stride off....

But, if you don't do that, the strapless units don't measure your heart rate. It seems rather
useless to wear a HRM that doesn't measure your heart rate.

But I suppose it depends on why you want to use it, and how often you want to measure.

I use my HRM primarily to keep my slow runs slow. That is, I set a ceiling on the HR, and slow down
whenever it starts beeping. To do that, it has to be measuring constantly. So I use a regular Polar
unit, with a chest strap.

The chest strap took a little getting-used-to. But it really is not inconvenient or uncomfortable.

Steve

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The problem is that it is kind of hard to run while you are constantly touching the face of
your watch with the fingers of the opposite hand. Throws your balance off.... throws your
stride off....

But, if you don't do that, the strapless units don't measure your heart rate. It seems rather
useless to wear a HRM that doesn't measure your heart rate.

But I suppose it depends on why you want to use it, and how often you want to measure.

I use my HRM primarily to keep my slow runs slow. That is, I set a ceiling on the HR, and slow
down whenever it starts beeping. To do that, it has to be measuring constantly. So I use a regular
Polar unit, with a chest strap.

The chest strap took a little getting-used-to. But it really is not inconvenient or uncomfortable.

Agreed. I tried one of those things long ago, and found I was constantly touching it, which throws
everything off. Having the constant read out from a chest-belt style HRM is much more useful than
the 'touch' type. Modern chest belts are very light and comfortable (I use a Reebok and a Polar),
and you'll get used to wearing one very quickly. It's well worth the tiny bit of effort to put one
on before you run.