[darkpuppet]

naz,Apr 4 2008, 01:02 AM Wrote:i want it to measure my heart rate accurately, and alert when me when i am in my target heart rate zone.  i want to be able to manually specify the upper and lower bounds of the target zone

whatever does that reliable at the lowest price would be the one for me... i was thinking polar's basic model?

a nice to have is calorie tracking, but that's not a big deal

any suggestions?

thanks!
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Calorie tracking is handy if you tend to eat whatever happens to cross paths with your mouth.

For what you want, a Polar FS3 would probably suffice. All of the polar monitors will track your heartrate accurately and you can find one for under $90US..

For $10 more, you should be able to find a polar F4 which will also track calories. So if you think tracking calories is worth $10, go the F4..