Got a leaflet today in freebie paper for Lloyds pharmacy's , they are advertising a heart rate monitor for £9.99 usual price £29.99 -anyone know if they are any good? they are LLoyds own make

Thanks for any info

 

Pretty much do what they say on the tin. At £9.99 that sounds like a good price and let's face it, it isn't going to need the technowizadry of a NASA computer to monitor heart rate. Therefore it should be reliable too.

 

My mate bought one and its fine and a bargin at £9.99

 

reason i asked is that i remember reading somewhere a bit ago that some of the cheap ones sometimes can loose the signal between ur heart and the readout bit on ur wrist-mind u when im cycling hard i can feel the brick inside my chest swinging

 

think i will have to have a butchers down the chemist tomorrow then-thanks

 

my missus got one.. works fine.. tried it on me as I was watchin' footy.. we scored.. rate went up.. checked again.. rate droppped as play 'cooled'..
so its 'All Good' for a tenner

 

You can wear it when you take up the challenge that you were given!

Hob **** anyone?

 

will it be able to get a reading in such a short time tho

 

Would prove it's worth for a tenner wouldn't it!

 

but what if it didn't work in that amount of time-how would i explain back to girl in shop why i didn't want or need it anymore

 

Well I think we could get a refund under the Sale of Goods Act. Under the Fitness for Purpose rule. Although you would have to do the explaining!

 

perhaps i would need to show prove

 

Yes that would be evidence first HAND!

 

would take her both hands if you please

 

Hmmm you exaggerating again?

 

Lets face it, if it isn't any good, you are going to be one very worried punter after a few uses.
Yve

 

good thinking batman

 

For £10 I got a blood pressure monitor that also does heart rate and a 40 page memory

 

i want one i can use on me bike tho

 

I hope it isn't one of the wrist cuff types, as if it is I wouldn't trust it's BP readings. I had a play with one of those and managed to get readings varying from 185/40 to 90/75 within a 5 minute period. This wasn't due to me moving/exercising or anything at the time, and I know my BP is usually extremely consistent at about 120/60, so it wasn't due to me about to die either!

Going back on topic; I'm always a firm believer in heart rate monitors for exercising purposes, and a cheap one is fine (unless you're into proper serious training for something where the pricier ones with logs and alarms etc would be handy). The cheapest ones might not send enough signal strength for e.g. a rowing machine with a sensor to pick up (it might lose signal at the back of every stroke), but it should be fine with the wrist-watch type receiver that it comes supplied with.

 

They use the same one at my G.P

 

It is a wrist type cuff and they are renowned for inaccurate readings. The upper arm cuff types are far more reliable.

My normal BP is 120 and when I tried my friend's wrist cuff one it said 176 at the first go and 97 at the second!

Les

 

well i went to Lloyds today and brought one-put it on and sat down and according to it-i'm dead-once or twice it got my heartbeat but 99% of the time im dead according to it-will give it another go tomorrow when i exercise but so far its not to good.

 

Hairy arms?

 

 

Sorry, is it the one that sense on the wrist or does it have chest pads too?

In which case...hairy chest?

 

sensor strap that goes round your chest

 

Try dampening the bit that goes against your chest with saliva or water or similar. Many people don't get a good signal from the heart when th device is dry. When you start exercising, the sweat ensures suitable conductivity