- Versatile heart rate monitor watch in contemporary black color
- Displays current heart rate, average heart rate, and calories burned
- Training Effect function measures how hard your body is working
- Includes Suunto heart rate belt; dual-time, date, and alarm functions
- Interference-free digital ANT transmission; water-resistant to 100 feet; 2-year warranty
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You're sweating, your heart is racing, and all your hard work is starting to pay off. What's your next move? If you're smart, you'll take the guesswork out of your training with the Suunto t3 heart rate monitor watch. Bundled with a Suunto heart rate belt, the t3 lets you accurately monitor your real-time heart rate, average heart rate, and calorie consumption. The watch also tracks your real-time Training Effect, a quick and accurate measurement of how hard your body is working at any given moment. By knowing your Training Effect, you'll enjoy a more intimate understanding of your body's workout "sweet spot," an essential tidbit if you want to achieve your targets without setting yourself back by under- or over-training.
The Training Effect works intuitively: The watch first notes the info from your personal fitness profile, and then analyzes your physiological progress and translates the data into a simple one-to-five scale. For example, if you want to improve your aerobic fitness at a moderate tempo, you should exercise until your TE meter reads between 3.0 and 3.9, two to four times per week. To improve your aerobic condition more rapidly--but without the risk of over-training--you should push yourself harder once or twice per week, so your TE meter reads 4.0 to 4.9, with a few recovery sessions in the TE 1.0 to 2.0 range. The Training Effect is relative to each individual. While a novice runner might achieve a TE of 4.0 on a four-mile jog, a professional runner might have to complete an uphill marathon to get the same reading. In other words, both runners will have to exercise hard to achieve a TE of 4.0.
The Suunto t3 also offers interference-free digital ANT transmission, making it easy to pair your heart rate monitor with the HR belt and an optional Suunto training pod. Training pods are small units that attach to such items as a running shoe or a bike to calculate your speed and distance while you exercise. Pods are ideal for athletes who aren't satisfied with half-hearted training efforts, but really want to monitor their training routines down to the last detail. Finally, the t3 includes a training logbook that compiles your progress and personal stats. You can even conduct a more thorough analysis of your workouts by using the Suunto Training Manager Lite software.
Specifications:
- Color: Black
- Stopwatch: Yes
- Max number of split times in memory: 50
- Timers (interval and warm-up): Yes
- Average heart rate: Real time
- Training effect: Real time
- Calories: Real time
- ANT digital coded signal: Yes
- Memory capacity: 15 logs
- HR limits and HR zones: Yes
- Suunto heart rate belt: Yes
- Suunto comfort belt: Compatible, sold separately
- Suunto memory belt: Compatible, sold separately
- Water resistance: 100 feet
- Selectable metric/imperial units: Yes
- Menu-based user interface: Yes
- Dot-matrix display: Yes
- Backlight type: Electro-luminescent display
- User-replaceable strap: Yes
- Software: Suunto Training Manager Lite
- Low battery warning: Yes
- User-replaceable battery: Yes
- Button lock: Yes
- Compatible with pods: Yes
- Watch: 12/24 hour
- Calendar clock: Yes
- Dual time: Yes
- Daily alarms: 1
Manufacturer's Warranty
Two-year warranty
About Suunto
Suunto was founded in 1936 by outdoors man and a keen orienteering enthusiast, Tuomas Vohlonen, who had long been bothered by a problem: the inaccuracy of traditional dry compasses and their lack of steady needle operation. Being an engineer with an inventive turn of mind, he discovered and patented the production method for a much steadier needle, better readings, and a new level of accuracy. By 1950 the company was exporting compasses to over 50 countries around the world, including Canada and the United States. In 1952, Helsinki was hosting the Olympic Games, and the torches carried to light the Olympic flame were Suunto products. The next step was improving the stability and accuracy of marine compasses. The first marine compass, the Suunto K-12, was launched onto the market in 1953. In 1957, Suunto started manufacturing hypsometers, which measure the height of trees.
In the 1960s, the compass range grew further and Suunto introduced its first diving compass--initiated by the divers themselves. A British sports diver attached a Suunto compass to his wrist and found that the device also worked underwater. Thanks to his feedback and initiatives, the new business category was found. Suunto's exports and business grew steadily and Suunto then focused on combining its strength in precision mechanics with new skills in electronics. Accuracy, reliability, and ruggedness have been Suunto's key values from the very beginning of the company history.
Today, Suunto is a leading designer and manufacturer of sports instruments for training, diving, mountaineering, hiking, skiing, sailing, and golf. True to its roots, Suunto is today the world's biggest compass manufacturer. Prized for their design, accuracy and dependability, Suunto sports instruments combine the aesthetics and functionality of watches with sport-specific computers that help athletes at all levels analyze and improve performance. Headquartered in Vantaa, Finland, Suunto employs more than 500 people worldwide and distributes its products to nearly 60 countries. The company is a subsidiary of Helsinki-based Amer Sports Corporation with the sister brands Wilson, Salomon, Atomic, Precor, and Mavic.
Product Description
Suunto T3 is more than a heart rate monitor. The Suunto T3 helps you maximize results by providing real-time information on the training effect of your workout. Transcending the conventional heart rate monitor, the Suunto T3 logs your workouts, tracks your physiological progress, and displays training effect, the cardiovascular benefit of your workout on a simple, on-to-five scale. Are you over or under training? Sweating hard enough to each your goals? The suunto T3 knows and tells. It also tells heart rate, calories burned, and speed and distance with optional Suunto PODs. Additional functions include dual time, date alarm, and stopwatch with splits and laps. Equipped with optional PC POD and software, you can transfer data to our PC and easily maintain a personal training log
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great watch,
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This review is from: Suunto t3 Heart Rate Monitor and Fitness Trainer Watch (Black) (Apparel)
I traded in my Polar and waited for this watch to be released. I had doubts about the Training Effect feature, but after using it a couple times at the gym, it works great and helps to push me to make sure I get a good workout. The only drawback is that the face of the watch is plastic and may scratch, but I guess that is what you get for a watch under $200. So far though, I am very happy with the watch and its features, its very easy to use and since it has a 3 line display, you can get all the information you need while working out without hitting the buttons all the time. Both batteries can be user replaced which is nice and the belt has no crosstalk with the other machines, ie. other gym equipment. I would definitely suggest this watch if you are serious about getting into shape or monitoring your workouts. The other nice thing is that you can switch out the bands if you don't like a certain color or want to change the looks of the watch.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Value for a HRM!,
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This review is from: Suunto t3 Heart Rate Monitor and Fitness Trainer Watch (Black) (Apparel)
This is a beautiful, functional HRM that is a perfect companion to your workouts. I previously had a cheap Sports Instruments ECG3 HRM, and although it got me my heart rate and calories burned (the latter is inaccurate), that was about the only thing it could do and I often had disconnects between the ECG3 watch and chest strap (interference I think). This Suunto, on the other hand is perfect in reception, plus it keeps a nice 15-day log of your workouts so you can really analyze how well you are training over time. I too was curious about the Training Effect (TE) that was advertised, but I think it does give a fairly good indicator of how hard you are working out. TE takes not only heart rate into account, but I believe also the time spent in the workout along with your age/weight and activity level (which it automatically increments with more activity). I was a little surprised that I got to a TE level of 5 (the max) on my first couple hour-long bike rides, but I guess it's in the right ballpark, as I was really pushing hard and needed recovery days afterwards. As you've probably already read, this HRM also has traditional zones, avg/peak HR, and calories. Speaking of zones, if you notice on the face of the watch, heart rate and TE are displayed on the circumference of the dial .. this is a very intuitive user interface for these numbers because you can visually see which zone you are in and your TE (a picture's worth a thousand words....).Construction of the watch is fine .. I was worried about the plastic face at the beginning, but so far it is doing well, and I only wear this while working out on a bike or an elliptical and not as my daily watch (I require mineral glass for my daily watch). Unless I crash and eat the pavement hard, I think it should be fine. Now, you'll notice that there are 3 different bands for the T3. Get this one in the review (the matte black rubber)! It's soft, very comfortable to wear (compared to the stiff band on the the ECG3), and maintenence free. The other shiny black plastic band requires trimming (!), while the fabric band will stay wet... I have also researched Polar models (a friend of mine has a high-end version for biking), but not only are they much more expensive, the batteries are not user-replaceable in the strap, and they don't have the graphical indicators around the dial that I mentioned above .. they are very numerically oriented. As such, I highly recommend this T3 model if you are active and want to improve your stamina. I am very satisfied and happy with this purchase. Btw, I also have a Nike Oregon Series Alti watch, which I used to wear while climbing to gauge the altitude, but that was the only piece of information I needed from that watch (and it's a bit chunky for my wrist)... now with this T3, I can pace up the hills without killing myself :)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good watch, bad quality crystal,
By Venus Casteel "Venus326" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Suunto t3 Heart Rate Monitor and Fitness Trainer Watch (Black) (Apparel)
This watch is a very excellent product with all the bells and whistles possibly needed to train at a higher level. My husband has not used it yet with any of the pods to get an even more accurate reading, but I have no doubt it will be an extra bonus to look forward to.My biggest complaint would be the quality of the watch crystal face. We had read other reviews for a different model of this same watch stating how fragile the glass is to scratches. We decided not to buy the other model for this reason, BUT not even 2 days into wearing this watch and there is already a noticeable scratch on the crystal. He has not even taken it to the gym yet. I can tell you there is no one more careful with the handle and care of watches than my husband. We are disappointed that for such a pricey "superior" sports watch Suunto could not make the crystal more scratch resistant especially considering this watch is to be worn by athletes during rigorous sports training.
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