Customer Reviews

Nike Unisex SM0030-001 Triax Elite Heart Rate Monitor Watch

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A feature rich product offering Mac OSX compatiblity, distance and HRM data combined into graphs. Overall I found the product let down by quality control issues. The first watch I got had to be returned due to the USB pod simply not working at all. Kudos to Amazon for replacing it promtly. The second watch worked for a while - about 200km - then started to give intermittant HRM readings. Overall I found the HRM strap needed to be tighter than my Polar and that the reading did require that I wet the pads everytime before starting my run.

The other thing that the Polar range has over Nike is that when you run at night it's easy to just bring the Polar up to your chest and the light comes on - not with Nikes best - It requires you know which of the 5 buttons to press, to get the light on - easy if you do it right, but you can accidently stop the run recording if you press the wrong button in the dark while running.

Buy lots of CR2032 batteries because you need to change them often. I have already changed the watch and the HRM battery in the first 175km, and the watch was set to power saving mode.

Although it works OK with OSX 10.4.9 the Nike software has not been updated since 2004 - that's 3 years - of no new driver or feature support - pretty good indication that Nike has moved it's attention elsewhere. The monitor area is poorly used with a small 9" window opens up on your 20" Mac which cannot be enlarged - then you get small little graphs you can hardly see. My advise is, if you buy a few spare parts like a HRM, footpod and USB unit then it should give you good data - otherwise expect to take it back under warranty - while you can.

As a lifelong runner, I have used many training aids of various types and from many different manufacturers. The most useful training aid I have ever used is a heart rate monitor. Of the several different heart rate monitors I have used over the years, this Nike monitor is by far the best. It has all of the features that you would expect, but then the ultimate tie-breaker is the computer interface which allows you to tailor your own workouts, schedule them, track your progress by synchronizing the field data, and then you can upload all of this to nike's website. In addition to all of these great things, the little things like an offset watch face really earn the user's appreciation. This is a great product.

Es un excelente monitor cardiaco pero al entrar al agua esto cambia completamente, a diferencia del anterior Nike C8 que usaba antes, este pierde la señal del cinturon muy frecuentemente, diria yo que funciona solo el 40% de las veces, esto es realmente incomodo debido a que al mirar el reloj para ver en que frecuencia cardiaca se encuentra no se sabe si subir o no la intencidad del ejercicio para mantenerse en el ritmo deseado.
Tal parece que la tecnologia del Triax Elite es mas atrazada que el C8. Esto resulta inaudito siendo el Triax Elite un reloj supuestamente mas avanzado.