As a new technology at $90, I carefully read all the reviews to date, and even with all the grips I decided to purchase it. The medical dude who said that he put it on, pushed the button and it worked, and match up to his other equipment was the one that sold me. I would like to add my 2 cents on the complaints that I read:
1) it is uncomfortable or the batteries are too heavy: maybe a bit noticeable in both departments during the first minute or so, but that is about it. You don't need to wrap it too tight.
2) it does not calibrate quickly: In my tests it calibrated just as fast as the Planet Fitness machines I use, a tolerable wait of about 20 seconds. I did notice that if I turned it off while on a fitness machine, and then turned it back on when I was already in the "red zone", it does take longer to catch up to a peaked heart rate. No big deal to me, I will turn it on at the beginning of a work out. PS: it was right-on with those machines throughout my interval training.
3) The manual was not adequate: I did have a bit of trouble figuring out demand mode described on pages 10 and 11 so I wrote an e-mail to user support and got a well written response the same afternoon. That is great user support in my book. Their response is pasted at the end of my review.
4) sun light make it hard to read: I have not tried it outside yet but I am sure it is no worse then my car radio which I do have to shade with a hand from time to time.
User support response:
To switch from "Continuous" to "On Demand" mode you must go into your personal data settings. This can be done by rapidly double clicking the "data" button (about as fast as you would double-click a computer mouse) and scrolling through the settings until you reach "view". From there, press the "mode" button until it reads "demand", press the "data" button again, scroll back to the main read out and your pulse will no longer display continuously. I hope this helps, feel free to email again if you have any further questions. Also, we suggest using the ePulse with Energizer Lithium batteries which will give it a 70 hour life in continuous mode.
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