I want this for my daughter to monitor her heart rate. Not for workouts! Does the heart rate display ONLY when you touch the face?
371592
Yes, you have to touch the bezel of the touch while the back of the watch is pressed against the wrist.
371593
Yes the heart rate monitor only works when you touch the face, I would not recommend this watch for regular monitoring of the heart. It's designed for working out. I suppose if I felt my heart felt a bit irregular I might think to use this as a guide line or idea, but certainly would follow up with a true medical device or my doctor. I have been extremely satisfied with this watch for working out, but if I needed something to monitor my heart rate for medical purposes I would not use this watch. Hope this helps
371594
It only works when you touch the silver around the face. It will read on any bare skin like your arms when crossed or on your bare leg.
1700115
It depends on what you mean by not exercising. It does monitor heart rate as low as 69 beats a minute. But I doubt if it will go down to a really low reading, I haven't tried that. It doesn't monitor sleep, which may be what you are trying to find out.
1868452
When you are using it as a heart rate monitor it is in that mode (you have to push a button to get it there) all it does is monitor you heart rate. You just have to look at it. No recall needed. The chest strap communicates to the watch constantly.
1299175
No, just heart rate. It has a zone feature also keeps time when not used as monitor
1860564
No. However, I have had 2 (different colors) for more than a year - both still measure pulse accurately whether sitting or working out. Occasionally, I have to allow it to reset, if I have checked my pulse often during a workout. Not a big deal. I have overall been very pleased with mine.
2276136
No, it is pretty much a generic looking watch.....but, I do not recommend it! It only works about every 5 times you touch it and I am sending back for a refund! I bought just for the Heart Rate feature and I am very dissapointed.
993331
Yes. It will display the heart rate. No straps. It uses optical sensor on the backside of watch which is flush with your wrist. They claim the accuracy is 1%. If you do not want to connect via bluetooth to an app, you don't have to.
45834
No. You have to place the index and middle fingers on the sensors that are next to the watch display. In a few seconds it will show the value of your heartbeat and the percentage relative to the maximum for your age.
805472
Negative. The watch already has a heart rate monitor. You can display real time info when using the exercise function.
316271
It only counts them as you put your heart rate in. It is very sensitive so you cant move your arm around while you are trying to capture your heart rate, I actually have to stop running for a minute and press the buttons to get a reading. It will then calculate the calories burned based on the time elapsed at the heart rate that you captured, so for example if you run for thirty minutes you would need to stop a couple times during your run to get a heart rate reading and if you stop the timer before your last heart rate reading it will not calculate those calories. So long story longer I like it to get and "idea" of my calories but it is a pain to stop several times to get the heart rate reading and I question how truly accurate it is since it is not real time for the heart rate only when you actually press the buttons to capture the heart rate...but I hate chest straps so this is the next best thing for me. Hope that helps
2116245
No, you can only display heart rate on one screen. I actually use a Polar receiver (watch) to receive the signals from the Omron Chest strap. The polar readout allows you display stop watch, heart rate and calories burned on one screen. The polar receivers are good, but the transmitters are worthless. They go defective after about a month and battery replacement doesn't solve the problem. The Omron transmitters are good quality.
2234974
No, unless I have missed something which I don't think I have. The heart rate moniter is just that. There is a palm contact type built into the handle grips that ok for a quick check or when you are using the lower handles ( which I rarely do)It comes with a wireless chest strap that has a readout on the screen but is not interactive with the resistance programming.I really like the machine, there are four of us using it on a regular basis.
2211593
It comes with a strap with this piece that you snap on it and wear it in the middle of your chest. They actually sent me a new one because it just wasn't working right and I still have the same problem. Basically, I cannot see the calories burned while I am working out and that is the main reason I wear this monitor. I really want to see how hard I'm working out during my workouts. I can't see the true calories burned until I end the workout.
38447
Sorry, silly question. It's not a heart rate monitor.Just an activity tracker.http://forum.polar.fi/showthread.php?s=5080dad3b7bc0e2387ee6e1e9bc60fd6&t;=1634
404753
It does show low and high heart rate.I think it does alarm when you exceed I have it turned off
318103
I find that the heart rate monitor works quite well. Sometimes it takes a little longer than normal because of it changing while I am working out, etc.And sometimes if I am super sweaty I have to wipe some sweat off first for it to work.
1579040
The watch comes with a sensor and chest strap to monitor your heart rate, but you can choose to not wear the sensor and use it as a watch only if you wish. Cory is right; although the heart rate is accurately recorded, the calories burned is not. Don't rely on it for that.