Sports Instruments PRO 9 Heart Rate Monitor
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List Price: $119.99
Our Price: $25.00
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Manufacturer: Sports Instruments
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Batteries Included: 1
Binding: Sports
Brand: Sports Instruments
Department: unisex-adult
EAN: 0768686762062
Feature: includes one heart rate monitor
Label: Sports Instruments
Manufacturer: Sports Instruments
Model: 114233
Publisher: Sports Instruments
Studio: Sports Instruments
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Features
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includes one heart rate monitor
Five Auto-program traing zones
Five memory files with ride time, average and max hour and time in each zone
Intuitive menu-based navigation
Workload index (calories)
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Editorial Reviews for Sports Instruments PRO 9 Heart Rate Monitor
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This stylish monitor tracks your workout using five individual training zones, based on your lactate threshold or maximum heart rate. Records time spent in all training zones, percentage of time in each zone, workload index for each workout and average/maximum/ending heart rate for each lap and split. Automatic memory stores complete information from your last five workouts. Dual interval timers can be linked to the lap chronograph to create on/off intervals. Expanded stopwatch makes tracking your time easier than ever.
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Consumer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Good watch great price
Comment: I purchased this watch for $21 through amazon from performance bike. Contrary to others, it arrived in fine working order no problems with dead batteries. In fact this watch only searches for a heart rate signal when you tell it to rather than constant searching as other watches do. This means you have to hit a button when you want it to start searching for your hr signal but also means the batteries should last longer.
At the price I paid, the watch simply can't be beaten. I think anywhere up to $50 or so it is a solid buy and just assume you need to replace the batteries.
One particularly nice aspect is that you can define your own hr zones and display hr as a number, % of max hr or % of AT hr that you can enter yourself. The % of at hr is a very nice feature if you are into these things.
There is also a workload calculation that gives a comparison of one workout to the next so you can tell if today's long easy run was more stress for your heart than yesterday's short hard intervals.
Another nice feature is the time in zones readout with several different levels available. This makes it particularly valuable for use with trainingpeaks.com, sport tracks software or other similar workout tracking software.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Great Heart Rate Monitor - After battery replacement
Comment: Initially, I purchased this product from my local bike shop for $120. After getting it home and opening the package, I realized that the watch/monitor was totally dead. I contacted the manufacturer who stated the battery was dead and that it needed to be replaced. The manufacturer wanted me to send them the unit and they would replace the battery for free. But, since I already paid $120 for the unit, I did not want to incur the cost of shipping the unit on top of that.
I returned the unit and found it at Amazon for $75. After reading other reviews about the product, it seems that all of these units were made in 2003 and the batteries are pretty much guaranteed to be dead. I ordered the product from Amazon realizing that I would have to replace the battery. Once I got the unit, the battery was indeed dead. I found the replacement battery at Wal-mart for < $10. I did replace the battery myself (this is not recommended by the manufacturer), but a jeweler or any place that changes general watch batteries can perform the battery change.
Overall, I am very happy with the unit since having the battery replaced. It has quite a few nice features and the Amazon price was far less than the local bike shop price (even including the cost of the battery replacement).
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not user friendly at all
Comment: I purchased this product since it looked like it had good capabilities for a very attractive price. After reading the manual and trying to set it up for 20 minutes, I gave up in frustration. I'm returning it and looking for a Polar, which has many user recommendations.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Follow Your Heart
Comment: Sports Instruments Pro 9 Heart Rate Monitor
The Sports Instruments Pro 9 is a wireless heart monitor with chest strap. It has many features and functions, and the basic functions are easy to use. Beyond that, you will need to study the manual. In addition to working wirelessly, it will communicate with gym equipment set up for a wireless heart monitor, including the Precor C-842 exercise bike.
The Pro 9 is attractive, and tracks your workout using five individual training zones, based on your lactate threshold or maximum heart rate. Lactate threshold requires medical tests or an educated guess, so I am using maximum heart rate.
The Pro 9 allows you to choose a variety of display modes. My two favorites are heart rate and zone, or the zone and percentage of maximum heart rate. The display is as easy to read as it appears to be in the photograph. And I am over 50, so I can't deal with tiny numbers.
The Pro 9 is a step up from the Pro 7, and stores a record of time spent in all 5 training zones, percentage of time in each zone, workload index for each workout and average/maximum/ending heart rate for each lap and split for the last 5 workouts. (The Pro 7 records only one workout/set of data).
The Pro 9 has dual interval timers which can be linked to the lap chronograph to create on/off intervals. In addition to the heart rate monitor and timer features, it has a clock, so you can ride without your regular watch and still know the time (and date). And if you're out longer than planned, it has a backlight, so it can be read when it's dark outside.
The Pro 9 does NOT do calorie counting or cycling functions, so it does not replace a cyclocomputer. (I like the Cateye Astrale 8). I wouldn't ordinarily wear a digital watch, but for cycling, the Pro 9 is great looking, and a valuable asset to any workout. Knowing your heart rate enables you to maximize the results of your workout.
Finally, the Pro 9 is waterproof, so you can get off the bike and head to the shower while still monitoring your heart recovery rate.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Dead Battery
Comment: Having heard rumor that the company has not made this device in some time, I contacted tech. support. They confirmed that was the case , but stated that over the last six months they had been replacing batteries in thousands of units and anything on the market should be ok. Guess what? Mine came with a dead battery. This was replaced at no charge.
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