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Polar RS100 Heart Rate Monitor and Stopwatch

Polar RS100 Heart Rate Monitor and Stopwatch

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Brand: Polar
Category: Sports
Department: unisex-adult

List Price: $119.95
Buy New: $98.95
as of 11/27/2009 00:24 CST details
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 reviews
Sales Rank: 282

Color: Black
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Clothing Size: One Size
Size: One Size
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5.1 x 3.1

MPN: 90030907
Model: 90030907
UPC: 725882309071
EAN: 0725882309071
ASIN: B000FW3Z6O

Release Date: June 1, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Features:
  • Improve your training with watch-style heart rate monitor with stopwatch functionality
  • Monitor your intensity level to ensure you achieve the desired goal for each workout
  • Calculates the amount of total exercise time spent in your personal target zone
  • Comes with Polar T31 coded transmitter, which prevents interference from other nearby monitors
  • Backed by a 2-year warranty

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Product Description
The perfect accessory for fitness runners, the Polar® RS100 heart rate monitor offers valuable feedback that can help improve your workout program. The wireless monitor includes a stopwatch that allows you to track your average heart rate and time for each lap. The Polar OwnCal® feature counts and displays your calorie expenditure during one or over several exercise sessions. Updates can easily be downloaded through the Polar UpLink Tool.

Amazon.com Product Description
In order to reach your fitness goals, you need to exercise at the right intensity. The Polar RS100 wrist heart rate monitor helps you to easily and accurately measure your heart rate to help you get to just the right intensity or your exertion level. This basic HRM features added stopwatch and time-of-day watch features as well as extra-large digits for easy readability. The Time in Target Zone feature calculates the amount of total exercise time spent in your personal target zone. You can use this feature together with the Total Exercise Time to determine the effectiveness of your exercise program.

The RS100 displays heart rate as beats per minute (beats per minute) and as a percentage of the maximum heart rate. The Target Zone feature can be set manually or automatically (for age/weight), and the RS100 provides visual and auditory alarms when you've moved away from the zone. Other features include dual time zone, alarm with snooze, and water resistance to 50 meters.

It's a great choice for using in large groups, where other exercisers might be using wireless training gear that could interfere with your own signal. The RS100's coded transmission prevents crosstalk with other monitors so you'll get a personalized workout--even in a class environment. It also includes the following exclusive Polar features:

  • Polar OwnCal: This feature shows your energy expenditure during one exercise session as well as your accumulated kilocalories during several exercise sessions. You can set daily and weekly exercise goals in terms of calorie expenditure with the OwnCal feature. Because the OwnCal tracks both the energy expenditure during one exercise session and the accumulated kilocalories during a longer time e.g. one week, it helps in achieving both short term and long term goals.
  • Polar OwnZone: This feature guides you through an appropriate warm-up routine and automatically determines a safe and effective exercise heart rate zone--your OwnZone--while taking into account your current physical condition.

Manufacturer's Warranty
The original purchaser of this heart rate monitor is backed by a limited warranty that states that this product that the product will be free from defects in material or workmanship for two years from the date of purchase.

Note:
Polar heart rate monitors are precision instruments; consumers are not advised to change their own battery. Polar recommends that all service be done by an authorized Polar Service Center which will include a warranty for 90 days on repairs and 6 months for batteries.

About Polar
The first EKG accurate wireless heart rate monitor was invented by Polar back in 1977 as a training tool for the Finnish National Cross Country Ski Team. The concept of "intensity training" by heart rate swept the athletic world in the eighties. By the 1990s, individuals were looking to heart rate monitors not only for performance training needs, but also for achieving everyday fitness goals. Today, the same concept of heart rate training is being used by world-class athletes as well as everyday people trying to lose weight. Polar is the leading brand among consumers, coaches, and personal trainers worldwide and the company is committed to not only producing the best products, but also being the leading educator on the benefits of heart rate based exercise.




Customer Reviews:
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4 out of 5 stars Review Polar RS100   November 18, 2009
Martin Fisher (Houston)
Very practical and good relationship between quality/price of the product. Relatively easy to use and hasall the functions I need for monitoring my weekly jogging performance


5 out of 5 stars Super product   November 14, 2009
D. Beldon (St Louis)
I had never used a heart rate monitor before and now I wont run without it. The feedback I get on run is great and helps me challenge myself towards the end of my run. The buttons on it are very intuitive. Very easy to start, get the lap splits, see you total time, lap time, number of laps, and see what time it is. This is a very good choice for a watch and heart rate monitor.


5 out of 5 stars Polar RS100 my first HR monitor   November 8, 2009
Jack (NC)
I'm real happy I finally got around to buying one of these. I think the calories burned is perhaps as much as 100 per hour low, based on my comparing it with an ACSM formula, but that's no matter as long as its consistent. I like knowing what percentage of my heart rate I'm working at; it's gets me to work a little harder than I might otherwise on days when I don't have as much energy as others. It's comfortable and very easy to put on and take off.


3 out of 5 stars Good, but could be simpler   October 19, 2009
Ricardo A. Souza (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

It's a great heart rate monitor, but it's a little complicated.

I think they could make it easier to use, but it has some cool features.



1 out of 5 stars Biker in DC   September 22, 2009
G. Gaboury (Washington DC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

The HRM malfunctioned during first use - a four hour ride. Polar seems to be having some QA problems.

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