Cheap HRMS

kingrollo
kingrollo Posts: 3,198
edited February 2011 in Road buying advice
I am after a really cheap HRM ......The cheapest I have found is £15 from decathlon anyone used this ?

Seen some on ebay for £10 - again anybody used these ?

Any other suggestions for cheap HRM

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  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    I got mine from Lloyds Chemist for a tenner. Downside for me is that the main display is the time and the HR figure is a smaller number in the right hand corner. I need to wear my reading glasses to read it, which isn't practical while on the bike.

    Been 100% reliable though as long as the sensor contacts are moist (I lick them when I put the chest strap on) You can scroll through current, max, min, average HR. I've thought I could mount it on the bars for use on a turbo, when reading glasses wouldn't be a problem.

    Lack of a turbo is more of an issue though
  • frazerbrown
    frazerbrown Posts: 64
    IME cheap heart rate monitors are false economy, I went for years buying a succession of cheap/ budget HR monitors which always failed to deliver one way or another. I've finally bought a Polar HR and quite frankly it's worth the money. Furthermore, I probably spent more buying budget ones, than if I had just shelled out in the first place!
    I compared Amazon and Polar's own website and got a basic level FT4, which a quick google search has brought up for less than £70 a min ago!

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