 - Recalls activity time and average, peak, and minimum heart rate
- Elastic chest strap transmits heart EKG to wristwatch; user-replaceable battery
- Automatic activity timer keeps track of exercise time
- 12- and 24-hour time as well as with month and date display
- INDIGLO backlighting, 30-meter water resistance rating
List Price: $49.95
Lowest Price: $28.00 
Product Description: Recalls activity time and average, peak, and minimum heart rate / Splash resistant / Elastic Chest Band for accurate beats per minute Elastic strap fits chest sizes from 25 inches to 53 inches Water-resistant 30m (sensor will not provide accurate heart rates when under water) INDIGLO night-light backlight Watch with 12/24 hour time and month/date display 2 year average battery life (battery is replaceable) One year warranty Amazon.com Product Description: The affordable, entry-level Timex T5G941 is great for those just starting out with heart rate monitoring. This digital wristwatch-style monitor continuously tracks your heart rate via a comfortable, elastic chest strap (which fists chest sizes from 25 to 53 inches). The large, easy-to-read display recalls your activity time and average, peak, and minimum heart rate, and it includes 12/24 hour time and month/date display. It also features INDIGLO night light backlighting for use at night, up to 2 years of battery life, perforated rubbers strap, and water resistance to 30 meters (100 feet)--enabling it to withstand splashes and accidental dunks into the water, but not suitable for swimming.
Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-07-03
Really good Heart Rate Monitor for the price
This heart rate monitor works great. It gives continuous heart rate info and also sends info to other workout equipment. Large digital read out so I can leave my glasses behind. Very good for the price. I would buy it again. Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-30
It misreads when you are on aero bars of your bike
I am preparing for a triathlon and when I bike (no matter what I do) starts underestimating the heart rate 30-40 bpm while I am mostly doing 135+. It's been more than a year. For running and other sports it works fine. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-27
Promises kept
It is increasingly rare these days to find a product that performs exactly as promised; this one does! It is easy to use and I have had absolutely no problems with it. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-22
Good Value for the Money
I am very happy with my Timex heart-rate-monitor watch. I was considering a heart-rate watch that did not require a chest strap, but after a few visits to the health club, I realized that two fingers placed on a watch to get heart rate just couldn't do it. At my Bally's gym, there are several brand new $8,000 stair-climber and treadmill machines, with built in grips to measure heart rate. Yet even using these sophisticated hand grips, it takes sometimes 30 seconds for these multi-thousand-dollar machines to calculate and display my heart rate. That is with two sweaty hands and lots of contact on big metal plates. So my guess is that with a tiny watch and two dry fingers it would take even longer to get a heart rate. With this Timex watch, the elastic (back) and rubber (front) chest strap is comfortable and stays in place. Once it is on I don't feel it, and I forget completely about it. Then for the rest of the time I am wearing it, I have an accurate and immediate display of my heart rate on the watch, without ever having to touch the watch to see what my heart rate is. And all the machines at the gym marked "Polar" pick up on my chest strap radio transmissions and display my heart rate, even though the chest strap is Timex. Highly recommended. For the under-$40 price that I paid, I think this little gadget is terrific. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-10
Worth Much MoreThan I Paid
My Timex Heart Monitor arrived today and, after a quick read of the enclosed instructions, I strapped on the watch and the sensor unit and headed for the Oz fitness center.
The Timex seemed to work perfectly. It was consistent first with my resting pulse rate. And at the gym the Star Trec Treadmill picked up the signal and registered the same as it did yesterday when I didn't have the Timex unit.
I'm 70 years old. It was really great to NOT have to grab the treadmill sensors with both hands to check my pulse while jogging 6+MPH. The new Star Trec treadmill picked up the Timex signal and displayed my heart rate so I didn't even have to look at the watch. Of course it comes in handy on the rowing machine and the torso machine, acting as an incentive to push to my maximum heart rate.
It may be that the watch battery (or more likely the sensor battery) will run down after a couple of months of daily use. I don't actually know how long the batteries will last or how resilient the unit is to abuse.
I hope it will outlast the cheap but comfortable plastic watch band. Now that I have used it once I don't want to jog, bicycle, or go the gym without it. |
