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Impact Sports ePulse Strapless Heart Rate Monitor Watch and Calorimeter | 
| Brand: Impact Sports
Category: Sports
List Price: $129.95
Buy New: $99.88
as of 11/27/2009 14:10 CST details
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 932
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 15 x 2 x 0.8
MPN: ePulse
Model: EP1
UPC: 689076933766
EAN: 0689076933766
ASIN: B0019ZDIOK
Release Date: April 15, 2008
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| Features:
| • | Chest-strap-free heart rate monitor and calorimeter that wears around the forearm | | • | Delivers the benefits of heart rate monitoring without uncomfortable chest strap | | • | Shows current heart rate, maximum and minimum heart rates, and average heart rate | | • | Calculates calories burned based on personal profile and heart rate | | • | Includes fat burning and cardio target zones; powered by AAA batteries |
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Product Description
Impact Sports Technologies introduces the world s first armband heart rate monitor and calorimeter the ePulse Until now dynamic heart rate monitors required an uncomfortable chest strap and special watch practically restricting their use to serious athletes
Amazon.com Product Description
Dynamic heart rate monitors have traditionally required an uncomfortable chest strap and compatible watch, practically restricting their use to serious athletes. Enter the ePulse, the world's first armband heart rate monitor and calorimeter. Known as the "people's fitness monitor," the ePulse makes it practical and convenient for anyone who is interested in tracking calories burned to enjoy the benefits of heart rate monitoring while performing literally any type of activity, from running to walking to simply doing daily chores. The ePulse works by integrating light sensor and microchip technology--the same type used in hospital heart rate monitors--to accurately read the pulse from the forearm. Once on your arm, the ePulse continuously acquires and shows your current exercise heart rate while calculating calories burned based on your heart rate and personal profile. If you use the ePulse several times a day, it automatically compiles your calories burned into a grand daily total, including when your activities consist of moving around the office or doing work around the house. The ePulse also measures your basic metabolic rate (BMR), which is a prediction of how many calories you will burn based on your personal data input, and then adds your daily calories burned to show your total caloric burn for a day. This function is particularly useful for people who are trying to count calories and lose weight through a program of diet and exercise. In addition, the ePulse handles a number of basic calculations, including elapsed exercise time, average heart rate, and minimum and maximum heart rates. People with specific training goals can further use the ePulse to calculate optimal heart rate exercise zones for both burning fat and boosting cardio conditioning. The ePulse will then provide a target high and low range for your heart rate, with a green LED light telling you when you're in the target zone. The real advantage of the ePulse, however, is its chest-strap-free design. At best, chest straps are an annoyance, and at worst are so uncomfortable that they alienate many people from using this type of valuable training and fitness tool. Women in particular report sensitivity to chest straps, and many won't use heart rate monitors as a result. The ePulse, by contrast, is comfortable for both men and women, allowing users to easily regulate their workout intensity and better attain specific fitness or weight management goals. The ePulse--which incorporates an easy-to-ready day/night LED display and is powered by AAA batteries--requires no programming to immediately display heart rate data. The ePulse excels during the following activities: general fitness, aerobics, running, tennis, racquetball, golf, resistance training, weight loss monitoring, weightlifting, and daily chores.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 39
 terrible! huge disappointment! nothing works as advertised October 23, 2009
Lamia666 (NC , USA)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Am I the only one? I had gotten this with the hope of monitoring my calorie expenditure during p90x workouts. I am not 'standard ' size meaning that I'm only 111 lbs, 5 4' -so basically the standard predictions of calorie expenditure are regrettably way off for me.
In any case, none-I mean none of the functions work. I turned it on, it read my heart rate but there on I could not proceed to step 2 or 3 as directed. I pressed the menu and all it does is cause the heart rate to start flashing. I pressed data to access other functions, again same thing. I pressed it twice as directed nothing. Finally I accessed the personal data entry function . It starts with displaying 'gender' but then when I press menu it still flashes the same 'gendr' whereas the book says it's supposed to let me choose between female/male. Nothing ever happens, it is completely stuck. The keys are just not responsive. I worked on it for close to 2 hours to no avail. Waste of time, waste of money. I am returning the product asap and I will try out the replacement, just in case this device was faulty and I just got unlucky but if I have the same issue, that is if the buttons do not work at all I will go with Mio or the Polar brand. What drew me was the personal data entry as the standard 150 lb 5 7 that comes with most equipment is way off for me, whereas 'normal folks' burn 700 calories little midgets (hey folks you're the ones calling anyone below the 5 7 mark a midget and get this I am a WOMAN) I only burn around 250 or so (so no it is not FUN to be this tiny, nothing ever fits, everything is always loose, and one has to continuously shop xs petites). However, if I cannot use it beyond reading the heart rate-why should I dish out 100 usd for it when I can get a heart rate monitor for 30 $ or so? And it's false advertising, poor technology or design that none of the buttons are responsive-and there's only two so it's not rocket science. I will update and be honest-if the replacement sent next week works as directed, I will provide another review.
Ok so Amazon sent me a replacement and indeed the first item was non-functional and defective. I sent it back.
HOWEVER, once again there seems to be a problem with this one. The calories do not add up-the dcal or daily calories that is supposed to be the total of exercise calories starts from ZERO every time I turn it on. So essentially the reset function is useless as every time you turn it off counts as a reset. The only way one can tally it is to remember or put the cals in an excel spreadsheet. One could potentially not turn the device off but like others have noted it eats up the batteries pretty fast, not sure if it would last on the on demand mode.
Does anybody else have the same issue? Ok, it measures the cals fine and it's consistent with devices at the gym-the fancy treadmills and bikes that let you input personal data like height, weight, age, gender,-the heart rate too is consistent plus or minus 1-2 beats with these devices, all of which is GOOD.
However, the battery consumption is a huge issue for someone who exercises everyday for several hours-it basically means a battery or two batteries per day! And the fact that calories are not stored and when turned off is really troubling. In that case, why is there a daily reset? I am wondering if I got yet another faulty device-that the normal devices aren't supposed to set exercise calories to zero when turned off unless the daily reset is used?
 Not very accurate with interval training October 17, 2009
J. Tsai
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have used this heart rate monitor for about 2 months now.
I believe the device works fine when your heart rate is steady -- e.g., when jogging at constant pace.
However, the count is off by a large margin (between 20 - 30 per minute) for interval training.
It appears that ePulse has difficulty calculating / obtaining data when the heart rate increases at a drastic rate.
To test, I wore both ePulse and my 6+ year old chest strap monitor at the same time. During the interval exercise, the chest strap monitor reports around 170, while ePulse reports 140 - 150, and sometimes even continue to DECREASE while I am pushing at 100%. On the contrary, ePulse would report a RISE of my heart rate when I am taking a water break, when my heart rate was obviously slowing down.
I believe either ePulse's sensor or the software could be flawed when calculating / sensing / extrapolating drastically variable heart rate during interval training.
I have resorted back to my old chest strapped monitor and using online calculator to calculate calorie burned.
I'd like to hear from Impact Sports about potential solution to this problem.
Works as Promised October 11, 2009
Brian C. Mullins (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This monitor works well for me - walking, cycling and moderate jogging. I don't know how suitable it would be for more vigorous sports. It seems to be accurate and, at least to me, much easier to use than a chest strap monitor. My only suggestion are that the display be changed to a LCD which would be easier to read in bright sunlight and would probably provide longer battery life. I also think that having the battery box on the inside of the armband is awkward and somewhat uncomfortable. This is a good device, but could be even better with some design changes.
Not for the serious althete October 11, 2009
D. Hurlbut (California)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I like the ease of use. It's quick to put on and use with out the fuss of a chest strap. It's relatively comfortable to wear. So if you want to monitor your heart rate while your in bed it's quick and easy to use, also the brightly lit display is readable in a dark bed room.
I don't like the lack of functionally. For 100 bucks I'd expcet a lot more functionality, the computer has no functions beyond the calorie counter, timer, and heart rate. The display is hard to see in full sunlight and you have to shade it with your hand to see the display. The battery life is a lot shorter than advertised, 5-6 hours of use total before the battery's go dead not 20. Seriously for 30 bucks you can get a computer that gives you target heart rate monitoring with alarms, highest rate, lowest rate, average heart rate + a lot more and you wont have to buy battery's every three days. So for a serious athlete this product will not be as good for training as a chest strap monitor with a quarts display computer.
Overall if you want something just to see your heart rate while your sitting around the house, indoor exercising, or short workout sessions, and you hate the chest strap then you might like this product.
epulse October 7, 2009
Lesley A. Davis (Auburn, MA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
E pulse is a great workout tool, especially for the aging Baby Boomers who need readers to see a watch type pulse meter. There are no straps to go around your chest and the display is huge and illuminated. Love it!
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