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This Bowflex strapless heart rate monitor offers heart rate without having to use a chest belt by touching the sensor buttons on the watch. Accurate heart rate anytime.

User Reviews about Bowflex Fit Trainer 10M Strapless Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Black)

Decent for the price. But, all I wanted was a heart monitor. It comes with stop watch, time, timer, ... I simply need something to check my heart rate while doing intense cardio. Sadly, it does not do that well!

It is bandless. That is good. But, when we are told to check our heart rate on the exercise video, my test is unreliable and takes twice as long as the instructor and video class.

You must put 2 fingers on two buttons. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it does not. Sometimes I have to do it 3 times. Do I push too hard? Too soft? Is it just a poor product? I am not sure. It works, but I am not that pleased with it.

I got a Bowflex thinking it would be better designed for work outs. Wrong! -- Heart Rate Monitor

I purchased this product and received it about 1 week ago.

Initially, I was disappointed with the performance. During the initial two days, I was only able to achieve a success rate of perhaps 25% when taking readings. Sometimes it would operate properly and I'd be able to get 5 readings in a row. Other times, nothing seemed to work. I moved my fingers, spit on my fingers, varied the contact patch of my fingers. Nothing. I was feeling like some of the other "one star" ratings here.

After some usage, and reading of the manual, I think that I can pass some tips onto folks who may be interested in the product. I've altered how I wear the watch and how I touch the pad. I'm now up to a consistent 95% readings whenever I want.

1) The manual indicates that the back face of the watch (stainless steel?) is one of the sensing surfaces! This needs to make good contact with either the outside of your wrist, or if you're a hairy Neanderthal like me, rotate it to the inside of your wrist. Making good contact against skin is critical. After rotating it to the inside of my wrist, my percentage of readings spiked from 25% to about 80%.

2) The manual indicates that muscle noise can affect the accuracy and ability to get a reading. If I'm moving my fingers around or moving my wrist, I rarely get a reading. Hold them still and I get a higher hit-rate.

3) Do not press too hard with your fingers! Just light enough to trigger the reading seems to be the trick for me. I use the pad area almost exactly where I'm typing on my fore-finger.

4) Do not rest or touch your hands together when doing a reading. It doesn't seem to measure between the two fingers, but perhaps measuring between fore-finger and opposite wrist. If I allow skin contact with my hands taking a reading, my percentage of readings goes down.

Now that I've got this down, I'm happy with it. I was initially thinking I'd be sending it back, but now it works great.

Good luck -- Tips for usage

The product seemed like it worked ok as long as your not moving. The problem is, I was trying to keep my heart rate up and needed to know that I was in my zone while I was working out. If it had to stop moving to get it to register my heart rate, then it would start to slow down before I could get a reading. But the company was very obliging to return it when it didn't work like I wanted it to. -- Bowflex Fit Trainer HR Monitor

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