Reebok HRM, Comments about

03-03-2005, 10:56 AM

Fellow Fitness Folks

Recently bought a Reebok Active Trainer HRM. I've read feedback about
problems but it was on clearance so I thought I give it a try.

First the good news - The transmitter, which has user replaceable battery,
seems to work fine and is Polar compatible. I've worn it to the gym and it
works with all the equipment [treadmills,bikes, elliptical etc] that have
the polar symbol.

The wrist-watch monitor, unfortunately has most of the problems I've heard
about when they first came out a couple of years ago. I would have thought
it would have been fixed by now. Most annoying, cause it's the point I most
want it, it reads erratically and high when I begin to jog fast and will
quickly reset to non-monitor mode. It will occasionally stop reading even
when I'm just resting. This failures happen at the same time a polar
monitor is reading everything just fine so I know it's not the transmitter.

Probably should have bought a Polar but I didn't like the 'no user battery
replacement' policy of Polar. Anyone know what other brands/models have
transmitters that work with gym equipment?

For what it's worth

Bob