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Timex IronMan 50 Lap Heart Rate Monitor
Product Description
User Reviews
Submitted by
hwhishon5
a Weekend Warrior
from Peoria, IL, USA Date Reviewed: September 19, 2011 Strengths: Easy to use, quick to link up and run Heart rates Weaknesses: Complete and I mean complete garbage. My watch completely soaked itself while swimming a triathalon which was the first and only time I submersed the watch. The watch itself if bumped chipped and scratched like it was made out putty. After wearing the watch daily for just a few weeks, it started to look so bad, I took it off and only used it when training. My main training is cycling. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: The Next One Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $110.00 Purchased At: Dick's Similar Products Used: I had to go back to my sette watch/hrm I have had for 3 going on 4 years now that I paid 7.95 for and still works flawlessly and looks better than this one after just a few months. Bike Setup: Pivot 429
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CADLAC
a Weekend Warrior
from Highlands Ranch, CO USA Date Reviewed: May 2, 2011 Strengths: Looks Good Weaknesses: I just want an HRM that works. Put it on, touch the start button and it works. Not this one! Still looking for a simple HRM "that just works" when you want it too. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $50.00 Purchased At: Big 5 Similar Products Used: Polar Bike Setup: Not the best
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GARY CALVER
a Cross Country Rider
from LONDON ONTARIO CANADA Date Reviewed: December 27, 2010 Strengths: EASY TO READ AND OPERATE Weaknesses: LOSES SIGNAL EVEN WITH A FULL SWEAT ON. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: QUIET PAVED ROADS Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $100.00 Purchased At: sportchek Similar Products Used: I have a GARMIN forrunner but the h/r numbers are too small to read. I AM LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT PRODUCT Bike Setup: TREK CARBON FIBRE ROAD BIKE, AND OLD CENTURION DAVE SCOTT IRONMAN TRI?/ROAD BIKE. Both are great bikes 
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Carlos Rivera
a Weekend Warrior
from USA Date Reviewed: November 13, 2009 Strengths: Good value for the features it has. Weaknesses: It is a bit ugly watch... Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Any, really Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Price Paid: $100.00 Purchased At: Christmast gift Similar Products Used: 100 lap Ironman Timex wrist watch Bike Setup: No bike, I use this on the tradmill and on tracks. 
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Gene
a Weekend Warrior
from London Date Reviewed: June 2, 2009 Strengths: Very easy to use and check split times. Works very well as a basic watch/stop watch etc. Weaknesses: Worked well for the first year. Now everytime I use it to check my average heart rate and max heart rate, the max heart rate is always 240 beats per minutes, which is obviously incorrect and screws up my average heart rate reading. I looked this issue up on the net and it seems that this is quite commmon with Timex heart rate monitors, and other users of the devices have not managed to get it fixed. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $120.00 Purchased At: Amazon Similar Products Used: My first heart rate monitor. Bike Setup: Crappy hybird as mine other bike was stolen. 
Submitted by
OldNick
a Cross Country Rider
from Perth Australia Date Reviewed: June 22, 2008 Strengths: Works well as a watch. Has lots of features Weaknesses: The wait for it! ....sensor. Hopeless. Takes up to 5 minutes and many fiddlings and button presses to start up. Readings of 30BPM (come in Miguel )Has dropped out on my wife's during a ride. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: mybackyard Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $120.00 Purchased At: heartmonitors Similar Products Used: None Bike Setup: Pretty much stock 2008 Giant Yukon.
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chewyadri
a Weekend Warrior
from el paso tx Date Reviewed: June 8, 2008 Strengths: As a busy working mom, it measures time outs as well as how long something is in the oven to how long you worked out. Its a cool looking functional watch that offers a chronograh as well as timer and review functions. The heart rate monitor is an extra feature plus a nice incentive to remember to exercise. Weaknesses: I don't think the calorie burn count is accurate at all. But inaccurate or not, it gives me a number to measure and compare the intensity of the different styles of running such as short distance, long distance or interval as well as compare strength training and high intensity to low intensity workouts. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: anything by a golf course Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $70.00 Purchased At: Some outlet store Similar Products Used: Tis wa a first since I bought a watch with a heart rate monitor versus a heart rate monitor with a watch. Bike Setup: The garage, I'm a runner.
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Dallas
a Racer
from Fayetteville, Arkansas Date Reviewed: May 3, 2007 Strengths: Decent Watch, nice cosmetics Weaknesses: HRM rarely works. The only time is has worked for a full ride was when it was raining, otherwise it only works for maybe 15min tops Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $120.00 Purchased At: heartratemonitor.com Similar Products Used: none Bike Setup: Specialized Tarmac 
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Lynda Racey
a Cross Country Rider
from Plymouth MI USA Date Reviewed: May 23, 2006 Strengths: Easy to set up, perfect for smaller writsts, lots of features for the price Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Porcupine Rim, Moab Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month Price Paid: $56.00 Purchased At: heartratemonitor.com Similar Products Used: Sports Instruments ECG and Pro 9 line Bike Setup: Titus Racerx Guru Chron Alu
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Bert
a Weekend Warrior
from Okotoks, Alberta Date Reviewed: May 7, 2005 Strengths: looks sporty Weaknesses: Frequently looses signal (ERR reading). Erratic reading! On my two most recent rides I had readings of 136,138,124,110, and 90 all within 5 minutes and still at same cadence and terraine. A piece of junk. I replaced battery in transmitter and receiver with no improvement! Lots of moisture for contact. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $90.00 Purchased At: Mountain Equipement C0-OP Similar Products Used: Vetta (older model that lasted about 6 years and had many more features). I have now purchased a Polar A5 - $95.00
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Dan
a Cross Country Rider
from Salt Lake City Date Reviewed: April 3, 2005 Strengths: Nice Setup. Nice velcro strap. Easy to use. Weaknesses: I sent it back to Timex two times. It would just shut off for no apparent reason and was unable to be rescusitated [sp?] by even a watch shop. Eventually I got a replacement. It's been working fine for 3 months. The HRM does have some readings issues like the other reviewers wrote, but it has only affected me a few times. Overall kinda annoying but liveable for under 50 bucks. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: Wasatch Crest Duration Product Used: 1 Year Price Paid: $45.00 Purchased At: Road Rider, cyclocross racer, mountain fiend Similar Products Used: Polars Bike Setup: SC Superlight, Lemond Poprad
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Dave
a Cross Country Rider
from Dallas, Texas USA Date Reviewed: March 1, 2005 Strengths: Great watch, good heart rate monitor! Weaknesses: Must have good contact with chest (don't they all). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: North Shore Grapevine Lake Duration Product Used: More than 3 years Purchased At: Can not remember Similar Products Used: Speedo HR Monitor Bike Setup: Trek
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dawg_man
a Weekend Warrior
from halifax Date Reviewed: October 24, 2004 Strengths: not too bad as a normal watch, but thats about it. Weaknesses: like others have said: -sometimes it works but often doesn't -sometimes displays bizzare heart rates such as 41 or 57 when climbing up a hill (obviously my heart would be at 141 or 157) -Almost impossible to get a max heart rate while running. It will cut out entirely for some reason. It seems to fail when the upper abdominal muscles are flexed (what a pos). Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 6 months Price Paid: $65.00
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Mike
from Snellville, Georgia, USA Date Reviewed: September 3, 2004 Strengths: 1.Strap holds watch on wrist..miraculously Weaknesses: 1.HRM does not function 50-60% of the time (averages are way off) (Gel does not improve reception) 2.Cannot display current time & lap time 3. Software very buggy HRM will turn on when recovering HRM averages requiring it be shut off or draw battery low. 4. Bezel is not scratch resistant. 5. Manually depressing the split timer while watch is dsplaying signal lost causes the watch to ignore the lap time entry. This happens ALOT forcing you to always check that the lap is entered. 6.Scroll and set buttons have had the surface coloring wear off and now look like trash 7. The indigo light, while cute, takes too long of a button press to reach "stay on longer" mode and once there times out faster than the time it took to hold the button to get it in that mode in the first place. 8. Does not record max HR or Min HR over the training period. 9. HR strap pinches hair on chest. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Duration Product Used: 2 Years Price Paid: $85.00 Similar Products Used: Polar S610 Bike Setup: Runner Only
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Tim
a Weekend Warrior
from Ashburn, VA Date Reviewed: July 22, 2004 Strengths: Provides all the relevant HRM functions, time in zone, high and lows and allows you to choose your limits. Weaknesses: Doesn't work... Mine reset itself several times while on rides. I had to stop, set all the values again, and continue. Bottom Line: Expand full review >>Favorite Trail: fountain head Duration Product Used: 3 months Price Paid: $90.00 Purchased At: Eastbay Similar Products Used: Polar A1 Bike Setup: Schwinn Moab
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