Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor

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Product Features

• Heart rate monitor is easy to program
• Comfortable to wear with ventilated watch band
• Helps maintain a proper heart rate with a high/low heart rate alarm
• Chest transmitter belt sends data to the receiver at a distance of up to 98 feet (30 meters)
• Built with a backlight function, time of day display, and daily reminder alarm

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Omron HR-100C Heart Rate Monitor is easy to program and a cinch to wear with a ventilated watch band. Knowing your heart rate is important because if you're working out too hard, your activity can actually become counter productive and strain or damage muscles.

Monitor your heart rate with Omron's HR-100C. View larger.

To achieve an effective workout, no matter what the aerobic activity, you must maintain your heart rate at a proper level for a minimum of 20 minutes. In general, the proper level falls between 65 percent-85 percent of your maximum heart rate. To ensure you don't drop above or below your proper level, the HR-100C is built with an alarm option that indicates low and high heart rates.

Omron includes a chest transmitter belt with the wristwatch-style monitor. This transmitter sends data to the receiver on your wrist at a distance up to 98 feet (30 meters). The HR-100C is built with a backlight function for exercising after nightfall, and it also displays time of day and a daily reminder alarm feature. Also included is a mounting bracket that makes it easy to attach the watch receiver to most treadmills and bicycles and a soft, zippered storage case.

What's in the Box
HR-100C hear rate monitor, chest transmitter, mounting bracket, and zippered storage case.

Compare Omron Fitness Monitors
	HB-400	HB-500	HBF-306	HR-100
Measurement	Body fat percentage Body mass index Weight	Body fat percentage Visceral fat level Skeletal muscle percentage Resting metabolism Body mass index Weight	Body fat percentage Body mass index	Heart rate and pulse
Product Placement	Flat level floor	Flat level floor	Hold in front of body	Watch on wrist Transmitter around chest
Memory	4 person profile with previous reading	4 person profile 1/7/30/90 day(s) memory	9 person profile	None
Warranty	1 Year	1 Year	1 Year	1 Year
Batteries	4 "AA" (included)	4 "AA" (included)	2 "AA" (included)	2 CR2032 3 volt (included)
Estimated Battery Life	Approx. 1 year (when used four times a day)	Approx. 1 year (when used four times a day)	Approx. 1 year (when used four times a day)	Approx. 1 year (varies depending on storage and use)

Q&A - Fitness Monitors

What is the Bioelectrical Impedance Method?
Bioelectrical Impedance (BI) is considered one of the most accurate and accessible methods of screening body fat. Muscles, blood vessels and bones are body tissues having a high water content that conduct electricity easily. Body fat is tissue that has little electric conductivity. The monitor sends an extremely weak electrical current through your body to determine the amount of fat tissue. The weak electrical current is not felt while operating the Body Fat Analyzer. The monitor is calculated by a formula that includes five factors; electric resistance, height, weight, age and gender.
What is visceral fat?
Visceral fat is located around the organs. Too much visceral fat is thought to be closely linked to increased level of fat in the bloodstream, which can lead to common conditions such as high cholesterol, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Sedentary life style causes excess visceral fat, and exercise can reduce it quicker than subcutaneous fat (fat located under skin).
What is resting metabolism?
Resting metabolism is the energy to maintain vital functions and it counts 60 to 70% of total energy consumption. Knowing your resting metabolism can help your dietplan. If you can increase daily activity while keeping food intake at resting metabolism level, you can lose weight.
What is skeletal muscle?
Skeletal muscle is muscle attached to the bones that is used to move the body. If you do weight loss without exercise, you may lose skeletal muscle. Skeletal muscle is important to maintain your resting metabolism as well as your functionality. Monitoring skeletal muscle during weight loss is key to avoid weight rebound in the future.

Product Description

Accurate Heart Rate Readings Instantly Displayed On Watch Receiver While Wearing Transmitter Alarm Option To Indicate High & Low Personal Heart Rate Limits Mounting Bracket Included To Allow Watch Receiver To Be Displayed On Most Treadmills & Bicycles Adjustable Transmitter Strip Fits Torso 12" - 44" For Added Comfort Water Resistant Watch & Transmitter Approximately To 30 M Stopwatch Function, Time/day Display, Backlight & Storage Case

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 3 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000A5CEUO
• Item model number: HR-100C
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (548 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #73 in Health & Personal Care (See Bestsellers in Health & Personal Care)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

539 of 543 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does exactly what I need it to do!, April 26, 2006

By	Favorite Children's Books (FLA USA) - See all my reviews

Being a person who hasn't ever joined a gym, I never knew stuff like this existed. I was very interested in this item because I've been walking for exercise but wasn't really sure I was reaching my target heart rate consistently.

The monitor, which displays the time as well as your heart rate on a watch, works in conjuction with a gizmo that you strap around yourself, just under your chest. (I will tell you, since I was concerned about this, that it's hardly noticeable once it's in place...it's a 12" or so long piece of plastic with an adjustable elastic strap...not very bulky at all!) The monitor also features a stopwatch and an alarm, so that after you set your minimum & maximum desired heart rates, you can be alerted when you are out of range. The alarm is a "beep-beep" that I can hear over the book on tape I drag along with me. Your heart rate is updated every second or two so you will always know if you need to pick up the pace a bit.

Although I have not yet had to do so, the chest strap has a removable backing, and you apparently can change the battery yourself (this is a big deal, I guess, since some of the more expensive monitors require that you send them to the factory for a battery change). The elastic strap is also completely removable, which makes it very easy to wash (and you will need to if you're exercising!).

The monitor comes packaged in a small, zippered carrying case, and includes an attachment that allows you to place it on a bicycle handlebar.

This does everything I need it to, and I recommend it for anyone who is just getting started in an exercise program.

213 of 216 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good product for active users, April 5, 2006

By	nwall (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

Good:
- Works as advertised
- Easy to setup
- Rugged and well constructed

Bad:
- Wrist watch does not start receiving heart rate unless you are sweating at lot/apply a lot of water on the strap and your chest
- In a gym setting, there seems to be interference from electrical equipment (treadmills, etc) and the monitor works intermittently
- If there are other users w/ heart-rate monitors in the vicinity, their readings and my readings overlap causing some amount of confusion

179 of 187 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent monitor, November 4, 2005

By	A. Forbus (Kerrville, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This was my first heart rate monitor & I am very pleased with it. Did not require a lot of instruction. The chest strap is comfortable. Occasionally the monitor does not immediately pick up an accurate rate when first put on - but after a few seconds you are ready to go. I will be ordering another for my mother. Excellent product for the price.