Sports Instruments PRO 7 Heart Rate Monitor

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Product Features

• Full-function heart rate monitor watch includes time of day, dual time zone settings, day/date, calendar, and alarm with snooze function
• Automatic memory stores all the information from your last workout
• A simple interface of words and arrows in the bottom line of the display guides you through every function of the watch
• Designed to simplify the operation of the watch, the Smartmode System selectively deactivates certain displays of the watch when they are not needed
• Quickview Zone Memory allows you to track the amount of time you have accumulated in each training zone at the touch of a button

Product Description

Product Description
The Pro 7 heart rate monitor from Sports Instruments is designed for the serious athlete who desires comprehensive feedback to meet serious training demands. Using contemporary training theory to deliver detailed heart rate data, this heart rate monitor functions with an intuitive, easy-to-use format. Using either lactate threshold or maximum heart rate, the Pro 7 automatically establishes and tracks your workout by using five individual training zones, all while displaying your current zone information in real time. The Pro 7 also features a memory function for storing all information from your workout. Stored information includes time spent in all five training zones; percentage of time in each zone, workload index of the workout; and average, maximum, and ending heart rate for each lap and split.

Watch Functions:

• Time of day
• Dual time zone settings
• Day/date with 50-year perpetual calendar
• 24-hour daily alarm with "snooze" function

Heart Rate Functions:

• Instantaneous heart rate
• Percentage of maximum and anaerobic threshold heart rate
• Five-automatically programmed training zones
• Real-time training zone display
• Training zone alarm

Timing/Training Functions:

• Chronograph: 100-lap, 200-hour
• Chronograph view: Lap/total time or split times

Memory Functions:

• Heart rate ranges for each training zone
• Total time spent in each training zone
• Percentage of time spent in each training zone
• Average, maximum, and ending heart rate for each lap and split
• Average and maximum heart rate for total workout

Other Functions:

• Workload index
• Advanced programming window
• Ultra-night glow

About Sports Instruments
Sports Instruments was founded with the vision of creating the finest sport-specific, performance enhancing monitors in the world. Every Sports Instruments monitor combines superior technology, simple operation, and sophisticated design to provide the most accurate, most relevant information with quick and easy access to each function.

Product Description
Features: 5-Zone Automatic Programming; Workout Memory; Advanced Programming Window; Smartmode System; Quickview Zone Memory. Watch Functions: Time of Day; Dual Time Zone Settings; Day/Date with 50-year Perpetual Calendar; 24-hour Daily Alarm with "Snooze" function. Heart Rate Functions: Instantaneous Heart Rate; Percentage of Maximum and Anaerobic Threshold Heart Rate; 5-Automatically Programmed Training Zones; Real Time Training Zone Display; Training Zone Alarm. Timing/Training Functions: Chronograph: 100-Lap 200-Hour; Chronograph View: Lap/Total Time or Split Times. Memory Functions: Heart Rate Ranges for Each Training Zone; Total Time Spent in Each Training Zone; Percentage of Time Spent in Each Training Zone; Average, Maximum and Ending Heart Rate for each Lap and Split; Average and Maximum Heart Rate for Total Workout. Other Functions: Workload Index; Advanced Programming Window; Ultra-NightGlow.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EPKAGK
• Item model number: 114232
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,619 in Sports & Outdoors (See Bestsellers in Sports & Outdoors)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sports Instruments products were produced in 2003 or earlier, February 12, 2007

By	Gary Coffrin (San Jose, California, USA) - See all my reviews

Sports Instruments (SI) was a Utah based company with 3-4 employees that was sold to Bell Sports in 2004 (and Bell Sports was later sold to Easton Sports in 2006). SI's activities had slowed, and it is reasonable to believe that Sports Instruments Pro, Fit and ECG Heart Rate Wristwatches were last produced in 2003 or earlier. Products were made in Asia by a reputable factory.

Designer and competitive masters athlete Bill Corliss created products with an intelligently designed user interface that was easy to use. The Pro 7 and Pro 9 Hear Rate Wristwatches provided detailed and valuable data for the serious athlete. The Fit and the earlier ECG Fitness Heart Rate Wristwatches had fewer advanced features. The chest transmitter should work with most fitness equipment designed to work with the Polar standard.

If you buy an SI watch, you should know that the original batteries are at the end of their shelf life. Unless the seller has recently replaced batteries, you will quickly or immediately face the burden and cost of dealing with battery issues.

Replacing the watch batteries is too difficult for most consumers. Even a professional repair person must use care to maker certain that the parts are precisely returned to the original positions to maintain water resistance. Expect to pay $9-20 to have the watch battery replaced, and tell your repair person you want the product to keep its water resistance. The battery on the wireless chest transmitter may be less drained than the watch's and is user replaceable, a nice feature. The chest transmitter's CR2032 3-volt lithium battery should be available for under $4. Total outlay for 2 batteries: $13-24.

The Sports Instruments Pro, Fit and ECG products are closeouts with manufacturing dates of 2003 or earlier. If you are willing to deal with battery replacement issues, make certain that you get a good enough price to justify the added repair burdens ... and that you get good information about how to obtain warranty service from a brand that is no longer produced.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Used 3 times, like it, came with dead battery, March 1, 2008

By	Peter (Lagrangeville, NY United States) - See all my reviews

Watch arrived dead. Returned. What looks like the same watch came back working now. Could well be just the battery as the earlier reviewer suggests.

I've used this watch with snowshoes, exercise bike and snowblowing teh driveway. It splits the exercise time into 5 zones based on heartrate and tells you the time (and percent) spent in each zone. Very nice. Lets me compare the workout of the exercise bike (known load) to other activities (like shovelling teh driveway)).

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love my SI monitors!, July 14, 2008

By	Lynda (Cedar Rapids, Iowa USA) - See all my reviews

I own the ECG5, 7, and 9 and love them all! I did receive my last one with a dead battery, but that really wasn't a big deal to me--a quick trip to my local jewelers and I was set to go. I also own a Polar F6 and have to say that the SI monitors are far superior. The chest strap is much more comfortable and the monitors themselves have a lot more functionality and are easier to program than the F6, in my opinion. My favorite SI monitor is the 5 as I like the lap data capture better on this one than the 7 and 9. I wish the other reviewers would have commented more on the features instead of mainly their feelings about the batteries.