I am looking at buying my first heartrate monitor for workouts, and I would like to educate myself a bit on what is available on the market. So, I am looking to the clutchfan community for any experiences/advice they may have with these products.... A co-worker recommended Polar F7/T3 combo, but I am not sure that is the one for me. Any guidance you guys have regarding this would be greatly appreciated... I willing to spend b/w $100-200, and am more concerned about functionality/quality than bells/whistles.
This is below your price range, but it gets the job done without any issues and has good reviews to boot. I too considered more expensive/fancy HRMs, but ended up going with this one and have no regrets about it.
Don't buy Garmin. Their soft "premium" strap is awful. Tons of issues with mine, and other family members/ friends that have Garmin. When it works it's great. It just doesn't very often.
Thanks for the input guys. It is much appreciated. I've been doing some online research and heard the same thing about Garmin.
I got the Polar FT7 for x-mas and it's been good for me. I've been using it 4-5 times a week and it's held up nicely so far. I thought the chest strap would be more annoying but I forget it's there after a couple of minutes. I will add that one of the cool features is that if you are on a treadmill, stationary bike, etc, your watch will sync and display your heart rate on the machine.
