I used one for years, but on my walks when recovering the monitor part fell out of my watch band so I am now left with a watch band, chest strap and no monitor in the watch!!! LOL. The monitor was at least 10 years old and was great. Most machines that have heart rate monitors built in use the Polar brand. Our bike at the office has(had) it and I can(could) wear my chest strap and get a read off the bike(until they lost the adapter on the bike when we moved our office!!
Our elliptical has the capability but we didn't get that adapeter with it. Anyway, I like them but I tend to just do a count on my neck for 10 seconds and as long as I hit between 24-27 beats I feel I am doing good. Not as accurate as the monitor but close enough for me and a little cheaper!!
You can't go wrong with polar.
Good luck,
Bill
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Spinal Cord Stimulator Implant 6/11/03; Discetomy 12/89; L3-S1(3 level) ADR, August 7th, 2004 by Bertagnoli in Vienna, Austria.
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