Heart Rate monitor help.

[Tallbutbuxomly]

Hi All

New to this area. Need to get a heart rate monitor. Its a really easy one this.

All I need is a heart rate monitor to wear while I swim which I can then download the details time distance and obv heart rate to my laptop to a diary as it were to track my fitness progress. In the end I will be moving to weight and cycle training (gym) which will also need tracking.

Any ideas?

[dangerousB]

Have a look at Garmin's site . . . http://www.garmin.com/en-GB - as far as I know, if you want to record heart data you'll have to go for their 310 or 910XT which aren't exactly cheap (approx £200 & £300ish respectively).

If it's just swim data you want (indoor, not open water), their Garmin swim is excellent and not too dear at just over a hundred quid - I can vouch for that piece of kit as I've got one!

[madbadger]

You cannot wear the heart rate monitor on the 910 while swimming. Possibly the same for the other one.

[nick s]

madbadger said:

You cannot wear the heart rate monitor on the 910 while swimming. Possibly the same for the other one.

correct. I have the 310, and whilst the watch is waterproof, the Heart rate monitor is not!

[Tallbutbuxomly]

Think i a am going to go with a polar FT7.

100 quid roughly all in but also does everything I need or want it to.

[fandango_c]

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/

This is a very good site for heart rate monitor reviews.