Timex T5G941 Heart Rate Monitor Watch

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Product Features

• Recalls activity time and average, peak, and minimum heart rate
• Elastic chest strap transmits heart EKG to wristwatch; user-replaceable battery
• Automatic activity timer keeps track of exercise time
• 12- and 24-hour time as well as with month and date display
• INDIGLO backlighting, 30-meter water resistance rating

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The affordable, entry-level Timex T5G941 is great for those just starting out with heart rate monitoring. This digital wristwatch-style monitor continuously tracks your heart rate via a comfortable, elastic chest strap (which fists chest sizes from 25 to 53 inches). The large, easy-to-read display recalls your activity time and average, peak, and minimum heart rate, and it includes 12/24 hour time and month/date display. It also features INDIGLO night light backlighting, up to 2 years of battery life, and is water resistant to 30 meters (100 feet)--enabling it to withstand splashes and accidental dunks into the water, but not suitable for swimming.

Product Description

From Timex, this watch delivers a bounty gauged to help you track your health and vital signs with ease. It presents on a lightweight resin band that fastens securely with a buckle and features a gray dial with digital numerals. A resin bezel is marked with the setting and recall indicator. The timepiece measure heart rate, recalls activity time, and comes with a heart rate sensor strap. The case measures 38 millimeters. An Indiglo night light aids with nighttime activity, and the quartz-powered movement makes this a reliable piece of equipment. It is water resistant to a depth of 100 feet.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000F5WB66
• Item model number: T5G941
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (77 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #272 in Sports & Outdoors (See Bestsellers in Sports & Outdoors)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Works Inconsistently, April 1, 2008

By	D. Baker - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had this HRM for about 2 months and it worked fine for during that time period. This is a low end HRM without a lot of features but it was all I really needed.

Recently, it has started to quit working during some workouts. During some runs when my heart rate is high (above 175) it just quits. Other days it seems to work fine. It is very annoying when it quits in the middle of a workout so you lose your time as well as the heart rate information. If it keeps acting up, I will probably return it to Timex. They charge a $7.00 postage and handling fee to return it.

61 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great, January 12, 2008

By	Dana Chaney (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I wanted a heart rate monitor to use for general exercise and fitness. I bought four of the Timex monitors, one for myself and three for Christmas gifts. I have used mine several times and it works fine. The machines I use at my athletic club pick up the heart rate signal automatically so I can see the heart rate without looking at the watch. I wear the watch to record the length of the workout, the average heart rate, and the maximum. I like this amount of information; I don't want to download training information to a computer and I don't want calorie information since that would probably be inaccurate anyway; that is, you get the same calorie count for a 110 woman as a 230 pound man (me). There is a small exercise booklet that comes with the watch and monitor that gives some useful information to correlate your heart rate and length of workout with your fitness level. You can use this to calculate points for the workout and compare that with the range of points you should be accumulating every week for various activities like running a 10K or a marathon. Putting the monitor strap on is only a minor inconvenience. I have had no read-out problems. The wrist watch works as a watch when not showing heart rate. This is an excellent product for the price.

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth Much MoreThan I Paid, June 10, 2008

By	WILLIAM MCLEAN (Medford, OR USA) - See all my reviews

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My Timex Heart Monitor arrived today and, after a quick read of the enclosed instructions, I strapped on the watch and the sensor unit and headed for the Oz fitness center.

The Timex seemed to work perfectly. It was consistent first with my resting pulse rate. And at the gym the Star Trec Treadmill picked up the signal and registered the same as it did yesterday when I didn't have the Timex unit.

I'm 70 years old. It was really great to NOT have to grab the treadmill sensors with both hands to check my pulse while jogging 6+MPH. The new Star Trec treadmill picked up the Timex signal and displayed my heart rate so I didn't even have to look at the watch. Of course it comes in handy on the rowing machine and the torso machine, acting as an incentive to push to my maximum heart rate.

It may be that the watch battery (or more likely the sensor battery) will run down after a couple of months of daily use. I don't actually know how long the batteries will last or how resilient the unit is to abuse.
I hope it will outlast the cheap but comfortable plastic watch band. Now that I have used it once I don't want to jog, bicycle, or go the gym without it.