Customer Reviews

MIO Shape Heart Rate Monitor Watch

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(9)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(11)

 

 

I like this watch because you don't need the chest strap and it is very affordable. It is easy to use but sometimes it cannot detect my pulse while running so I just stop for a few seconds and then try again. It seems very accurate with the heart rate readings. I like all of it's features including the calorie counter and expenditure. Very helpful if you are trying to lose weight and can compare calories in versus what you are burning with exercise. Glad I bought it.

This watch is very awesome! Its affordable, no chest strap and accurate. I lost my very expensive Polar, so I decided to get one of these. Once you know how to set it, its very easy to use. I love the fact that I can press the two buttons to read my pulse as opposed to using an uncomfortable chest strap. I highly recommend it!

I found the watch/monitor to be excellent for what it does. I only need to check my pulse and not monitor it for downloads to a computer later. I have no trouble during a workout placing my two fingers on the watch for 3-5 seconds to read my pulse. It is exactly what I need to ensure that I am getting into my aerobic zone. Not having a chest strap is a big plus for me.

Good to measure your heart rate occasionally. But not when you are working out. Battery drains pretty fast too. I have to change the batteries after 3 months. And I only use it like twice per the weekend.

This watch is much slower than the other Mio watches. I have this and a select (that I paid even less for at wally world). The select reads my heart rate about twice as fast as this one. My wife is using this one right now and says it is ok but can be tough to get a reading out of at times. All in all, I say go select if getting a mio. Also check around for prices because this watch is normally priced $20 cheaper at other stores and the select is $10 cheaper than this one at other stores.

The watch provides a quick way to check heart rate and get an estimate of calories burned. You have to be able to use both hands for 2-10 sec to check your heart rate.

We have returned this three times (We really wanted it to work) but have yet to get one that the light worked on. Since most of our workouts are indoors or at night after work the light is a key feature. We wound up calling Mio directly and they were good enough to send us a free battery to see if that was the issue. It wasn't. So they offered to send us a new watch. A CHEAPER WATCH THAN THE MODEL WE BOUGHT. Unacceptable Amazon..unacceptable Mio!

I ordered a Mio heart rate monitor watch for Christmas for my wife. She opened it and read the instructions on how to set it. The display showed the time, etc. She pushed a button. A light came on, a light went out. The display went out. Dead. Either the battery went dead or the watch was defective.

We returned it and asked for a replacement. It arrived. Nothing showed in the display area but a swatch of grey. Battery dead or defective as it did nothing at all. We have returned that and asked for a refund. I won't purchase this product again as I have an ample supply of dead watches.

The first one sent had a dead battery, and ironically the next one sent kept fading as well but i was able to take it to the gym for one work out and honestly found it near impossible to get a reading while working out or even simply sitting. It said that some people w/a low pulse or slow rate have difficulties reading, however, i am certainly NOT in that group and was very disappointed that it didnt read except for 2 times during the 30 or so times i tried while working out. amazon of course was great but this product was not. I am now going to shoot for the chest strap as they are supposed to be more accurate anyway.

I have just received my SECOND BROKEN WATCH - completely inoperable. Either MIO is dumping bad product via Amazon, or MIO has serious tech difficulties to get through. Absurd.