HRM died on me, looking at Sigma Sport PC14 and Timex Marathon...

[Preston Crawford]

Any opinions on which is going to be better quality? I've been Polar for
years, but they've dropped their Pacer product.

Preston

 

[GaryG]

"Preston Crawford" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Any opinions on which is going to be better quality? I've been Polar for
> years, but they've dropped their Pacer product.
>
> Preston

I just bought a Sigma Sport PC14. Initial impressions - the watch part is
pretty large (not an issue if it's mounted on the handlebars, but might be
an issue on the wrist). Setup is fairly intuitive.

The main thing I don't like is that it does NOT show time "In", "Below", and
"Above" your target HR zone. If I knew this when I ordered, I probably
wouldn't have purchased this unit.

But, the price was right ($49.95 from Nashbar).

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[Preston Crawford]

On 2005-08-05, GaryG <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Preston Crawford" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Any opinions on which is going to be better quality? I've been Polar for
>> years, but they've dropped their Pacer product.
>>
>> Preston
>
> I just bought a Sigma Sport PC14. Initial impressions - the watch part is
> pretty large (not an issue if it's mounted on the handlebars, but might be
> an issue on the wrist). Setup is fairly intuitive.
>
> The main thing I don't like is that it does NOT show time "In", "Below", and
> "Above" your target HR zone. If I knew this when I ordered, I probably
> wouldn't have purchased this unit.
>
> But, the price was right ($49.95 from Nashbar).

Yeah, I saw the size and it's a bit disconcerting to me. It looks really
big and I have big arms and wrists. The heart rate zone issue isn't so
much of a problem for me. I just mostly want to make sure I'm not
wearing a Flava Flav clock around as an HRM. The Timex is definitely
friendlier as a watch, but doesn't say ECG reliable, so I don't know how
good the quality is, you know.

Preston

 

[David White]

I am a fairly recent user of the PC14 which I got a Nashbar for about $30. So
far, I am very happy with it. I do note that occasionally the heart rate drops
to zero suddenly. Sometimes it comes back quickkly, sometimes not for a while.
At first I thought it was related to possible movement of the chest transmitter
but no. I believe I read of others having this (perhaps on road bike review).
Still for $30 I am happy and it is user servicable.

Preston Crawford wrote:

> Any opinions on which is going to be better quality? I've been Polar for
> years, but they've dropped their Pacer product.
>
> Preston

 

[DNO]

I have a PC1600 - It has all of the features I need including Time
in/above/below zone, average and max HR, calorie counter etc. I
actually got mine for $29.99 at Performance (locally in the Bay Area) -
I am not sure why the price was so low, but I was not complaining at
the checkout.

One side benefit of the Sigma - I actually bought this as an exchange
for a Polar s-150 HRM, which I found suffered from horrible
interference and inaccurate readings, the Sigma has fixed that and is
much easier to use also. I highly recommend them, especially for the
price

 

[DNO]

I have a PC1600 - It has all of the features I need including Time
in/above/below zone, average and max HR, calorie counter etc. I
actually got mine for $29.99 at Performance (locally in the Bay Area) -
I am not sure why the price was so low, but I was not complaining at
the checkout.

One side benefit of the Sigma - I actually bought this as an exchange
for a Polar s-150 HRM, which I found suffered from horrible
interference and inaccurate readings, the Sigma has fixed that and is
much easier to use also. I highly recommend them, especially for the
price