I need to buy a new heart rate monitor. My current one works well but it is dead basic. It doesn’t track average heart rate or really do anything other than just tell you your current heart rate. Here is the criteria I’m looking for (I’ll build the list as I go on):
- Stop watch with laps
- Track heart rate and average heart rate at each lap and overall
- a programmable timer that I can set to beep and remind me when I should do something, like eat during a long run/ride
- I’d like to be able to extract the data easily to a computer
- I don’t want to spend a ton of money on it
- Needs to work for swimming
Optional:
- Warning beep if my heart rate moves above a set threshold
I’ll update this as my research progresses.
UPDATE (1/13/2010): I chose the Timex T5J031 it seems to have all the features I was looking for at the right price point. It does need an additional component to record data, but I’ll wait to get that at a later date. I’ll post a review once I get a chance to use it a little.