Customer Reviews

SIGMA PC9 Heart Rate Monitor Watch

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This is a very nice heart rate monitor for a good price. I have used it for mountain biking, hiking, walking and weight training. Similarly as complicated as other brands when you first start to use it in terms of figuring out how to access all the features. I had some trouble with it a few months after I bought it (training manager stopped working correctly), but the online service center at sigmasport.com was very responsive.

I bought this after many comparisons and reading reviews about hrm's on the web. I thought I was getting a classy looking petite watch. Not so. The first thing I noticed was how large it really is. It's rectangular shape is about 2.25" x 1.5" x .5" high. My wrist is 7" (female), and I am not a petite person. The rectangular shape was actually wider (or longer) than my wrist and so when you join the straps underneath your wrist, I had spaces where it didn't even touch my wrist because the of the length of the rectangle shape of the watch. And it is rigid, so it does not curve with your wrist. The features seem ok, but I didn't actually use it. It did take me reading the manual several times just to find out how to get to the settings menu. After that, it was self explanatory. The chest strap seemed of good quality. I especially liked that you can change the battery yourself! I am returning this and will be looking for something less bulky for me.

I got this for training in the winter for cross country skiing. I didn't really like it, but I had to get one so I wouldn't be over training. I have a very small wrist, and the watch was uncomfortable to wear. It isn't that stylish either, so I only wore it when I was training, and not as a watch because it was so ugly! A few days ago I was using it during track practice and it said I had no signal, so I took it off and tried for ten minutes to get it to work, and it hasn't worked since. I am thinking I am going to get a new one. I don't like how it doesn't have seconds or a light for the watch setting, and how you can't see your previous workouts. I wouldn't get this, and if anyone knows how to get it to start working please tell me!

After doing some research, obviously not enough, I purchased this watch. It's on the lower end of the scale in price, which is what I wanted, but you get what you paid for.

I didn't have any problems with it other than having to change the watch battery immediately after purchasing it(it came dead), until recently, when the number of times it could get no signal increased ridiculously, and nothing I could figure out would get the signal, than bam, I'd have a reading, and then the heart rate numbers would jump erradically or not at all, no matter how hard I pushed or slowed down. I changed batteries, and the problems continue. .. I'm now on the lookout for a new HRM, which is frustrating.

It seems like a decent watch with good functions! However, it keeps losing signal and starts beeping as your heart rate shows zero, that is so annoying especially when you are in between a work out, as you need to tug your belt closer to your chest or moist under the belt etc. It gets very annoying pretty soon!

The monitor works very well most of the time, though at times I don't get a signal for a few minutes.

The software on the watch is somewhat complex and it takes some time to learn how to switch between functions.