Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor | 
| Brand: Omron
Category: Health And Beauty
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  255 reviews
Sales Rank: 32
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.2 x 2.2
MPN: HR-100C
Model: HR-100C
UPC: 073796710033
EAN: 0073796710033
ASIN: B000A5CEUO
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Heart rate monitor is easy to program | | • | Comfortable to wear with ventilated watch band | | • | Helps maintain a proper heart rate with a high/low heart rate alarm | | • | Chest transmitter belt sends data to the receiver at a distance of up to 98 feet (30 meters) | | • | Built with a backlight function, time of day display, and daily reminder alarm |
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Product Description
Knowing your heart rate is important because if you are working out too hard, your activity can become counter productive and strain muscles. To achieve an effective workout, no matter what the aerobic activity, you must maintain your heart rate at a proper level for a minimum of 20 minutes. The proper level is generally 65%-85% of your maximum heart rate. Mounting bracket to mount watch receiver to most treadmills and bicycles Time of day display and daily reminderalarm feature 1 year warranty
Amazon.com Product Description
The Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor is easy to program and a cinch to wear with a ventilated watch band. Knowing your heart rate is important because if you're working out too hard, your activity can actually become counter productive and strain or damage muscles. 
Monitor your heart rate with Omron's HR-100C. View larger. | To achieve an effective workout, no matter what the aerobic activity, you must maintain your heart rate at a proper level for a minimum of 20 minutes. In general, the proper level falls between 65 percent-85 percent of your maximum heart rate. To ensure you don't drop above or below your proper level, the HR-100C is built with an alarm option that indicates low and high heart rates. Omron includes a chest transmitter belt with the wristwatch-style monitor. This transmitter sends data to the receiver on your wrist at a distance up to 98 feet (30 meters). The HR-100C is built with a backlight function for exercising after nightfall, and it also displays time of day and a daily reminder alarm feature. Also included is a mounting bracket that makes it easy to attach the watch receiver to most treadmills and bicycles and a soft, zippered storage case.
What's in the Box
HR-100C hear rate monitor, chest transmitter, mounting bracket, and zippered storage case. | Compare Omron Fitness Monitors |  | 
HB-400 | 
HB-500 | 
HBF-306 | 
HR-100 | | Measurement | - Body fat percentage
- Body mass index
- Weight
| - Body fat percentage
- Visceral fat level
- Skeletal muscle percentage
- Resting metabolism
- Body mass index
- Weight
| - Body fat percentage
- Body mass index
| | | Product Placement | Flat level floor | Flat level floor | Hold in front of body | Watch on wrist
Transmitter around chest | | Memory | 4 person profile
with previous reading | 4 person profile
1/7/30/90 day(s) memory | 9 person profile | None | | Warranty | 1 Year | 1 Year | 1 Year | 1 Year | | Batteries | 4 "AA" (included) | 4 "AA" (included) | 2 "AA" (included) | 2 CR2032 3 volt (included) | | Estimated Battery Life | Approx. 1 year
(when used four times a day) | Approx. 1 year
(when used four times a day) | Approx. 1 year
(when used four times a day) | Approx. 1 year
(varies depending on storage and use) |
Q&A - Fitness Monitors
What is the Bioelectrical Impedance Method?
Bioelectrical Impedance (BI) is considered one of the most accurate and accessible methods of screening body fat. Muscles, blood vessels and bones are body tissues having a high water content that conduct electricity easily. Body fat is tissue that has little electric conductivity. The monitor sends an extremely weak electrical current through your body to determine the amount of fat tissue. Theweakelectrical current is not felt while operating the Body Fat Analyzer. The monitoris calculated by a formula thatincludes five factors; electric resistance,height,weight,ageandgender.
What is visceral fat?
Visceral fat is located around the organs. Too much visceral fat is thought to be closely linked to increased level of fat in the bloodstream, which can lead to common conditions such as high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Sedentary life style causes excess visceral fat, and exercise can reduce it quicker than subcutaneous fat (fat located under skin).
What is resting metabolism?
Resting metabolism is the energy to maintain vital functions and it counts 60 to 70% of total energy consumption. Knowing your resting metabolism can help your dietplan. If you can increase daily activity while keeping food intake at resting metabolism level, you can lose weight.
What is skeletal muscle?
Skeletal muscle is muscle attached to the bones that is used to move the body. If you do weight loss without exercise, you may lose skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle is important to maintain your resting metabolism as well as your functionality. Monitoring skeletal muscle during weight loss is key to avoid weight rebound in the future.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 250 more reviews...
 Not what I hoped for May 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'll break this down quickly - pros and cons:
Pros:
* The heart rate monitor works with the cardio equipment and the gym and my heart rate pops up on the screen. The watch reads about the same, so it IS accurate.
* The battery in the monitor is easy to change.
* As a woman I don't need the attaching strap. I just slip the monitor under my bra.
* The monitor is comfortable to wear.
* The monitor battery lasts a long time.
* The watch does everything a stopwatch would do - time, date, stopwatch, split time, etc.
Cons:
* The watch arrived with a dead battery so I had to change it before I could even wear it.
* The watch battery can only be changed by a jeweler or someone else who really knows what they are doing. If it is not changed by a jeweler, the warranty is void.
* The watch EATS batteries like crazy. I don't have the time to get it changed properly every time it dies. After the second time I gave up on the watch and just use the monitor now.
* Watch and monitor take the flat lithium batteries that are costly.
* The watch mounter does not work on most cardio equipment; it's simply too small. I quickly found it totally useless in the gym.
I went with this brand because I own an Omron scale and pedometer and am very happy with both, but this product disappointed me. Can't they make the watch battery easier to change? In short, there has got to be a better product than this. If I could do it over, I'd buy something else.
 Never got it to fit my needs May 5, 2008
I am fairly tech savy, but this one threw me for a loop. I consider this monitor user UNfriendly. I never was able to get to the point where I could monitor my heart rate for more than just a few minutes. I think my monitor was probably defective...it was hard to tell because it seemed much more complicated than it needed to be.
I have great praise for Amazon because of the ease of returning this item...a truly great company with excellent customer service.
great for the price May 5, 2008
I bought this product to get a general idea of where my heart rate sits while I am working out. Straight out of the box I was able to strap on the chest strap and get working. The only problem that I have had is when I am at the gym and someone else around me is wearing one the signals will get crossed and the heart rate will fluctuate. This is not a big deal for me as I am trying to get an overall feel for how my heart performs. If you are serious about tracking your heart rate it may be worth the money to buy one that has a protected signal to avoid those fluctuations. But for the money this is an awesome product
Omron Heart Monitor May 3, 2008
I like it. It is easy to use with one exception...the backlight causes the numbers to fade away. So you can not look at your watch in the dark that is probably the biggest flaw in the watch.
 Omron HR-100C review May 2, 2008
A great product at a good price. It is easy to use and very accurate compared to a built-in monitor on my treadmill. Instructions are straight forward and easy.
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