Just Better Health

Customer Reviews:
OK at best
The heart rate loses its signal allot and also acts erratic with huge swings in beats per minute.

Great Product
Product is great! Exactly what I was looking for, and because I bought it on Amazon, it was less expensive!!! AAA++++

Good quality at a good price.
I own an Omron blood pressure monitor and an Omron pedometer in addition to the HR-100C heart rate monitor and I find all three to be good quality products. I use the heart rate monitor when I exercise on an exercycle (the monitor that came with the Schwinn exercycle stopped working years ago), and keeping an eye on it motivates me to work harder to get into a specific target zone. Using it has taught me that although I may feel that I am working out at the level I want, my heart rate doesn’t necessarily reflect that, and I actually need to be pushing harder. So the feedback the 100C gives me about what is actually happening with one aspect of my physiology versus what I may imagine is happening is most helpful to me.

There exist some electronic devices that I am either too lazy or too dense to program, but I found the Omron 100C watch incredibly easy to set up. This may be partly due to the fact that Omron’s manuals are, in my experience, clearly written. I own some electronic products that I can’t use unless I remind myself how by referring to the manual, but the 100C is for me intuitive. If I push the wrong button when trying to get the heart monitor readout to appear, it’s not a problem, for it does not create a situation where I have to go through umpteen steps to undo something. I just press another button until I see the readout I need. The same is the case with setting the alarm and turning it on and off. It’s simple and intuitive enough that I don’t need to consult the instruction manual.

I do find the watch’s light a tad feint, but it’s bright enough to see in dim light or the dark and that’s all that matters, and maybe it was designed to be dim to conserve battery power. The rubber accessory that comes with the 100C that allows the user to put the watch on the handlebars of a bike, etc., is very convenient and sturdy.

I compared the heart rate reading I got on the 100C matched against the heart rate reading I got on my Omron blood pressure monitor (which is model HEM-780) by wearing each at the same time and the readings I got differed by two beats (one was 75 and the other 77 as I recall). That is close enough to be of no concern to me. I’ve owned and regularly used the 100C for nearly a month, and I’ve had no problems with it. I consider Omron a trustworthy name and I am pleased with their products, and I am pleased with the HR-100C and recommend it to anyone who wants a fairly inexpensive heart rate monitor made by a reliable manufacturer.

Cheap and functional
Works well, seems quite durable too.

You have to get a snug fit around your chest, but unlike the manual advises it was not necessary for me to lube up the contact points with liquid (thank God, that would be awkward).

I’ve used it at my desk, at the gym, and it tracks pretty well with a delay of a mere one or two seconds. This item is ideal if you want the simple basics that work well and durably, without having to pay extra money for frills.

Omron Heart Rate Monitor
This is a great device for monitoring your heart rate during exercise. The price is great too!