I do a cardio dance class and I burn a lot of calories, but the watch says much less. . How do I get it to measure accurately?
2012674
Sorry, Jessica; I could never get mine to work. Lots of folks tried...we finally broke it altogether. I'm sure someone more tech-smart could use it very well. M
2012675
You need to make sure it is tight enough on your wrist. If it's not, it won't read accurately.
10009
No heart rate monitor is required. It will read your heart rate while on your wrist. It tracks your calories by how much it estimates based on your movements. So even if you dont wear it, you will find estimated calorie burn in your watch. If you are looking for actual calorie burn while work out then this watch is not helpful. Also step counter is not accurate. It sense based upon the movement of your hand not step.
316420
Unfortunately, you cannot see calories burned during the workout while the chrono is running. When you hit stop, you can scroll to "review" and hit the start/lap button until it shows "total cal."
1308166
It is not "truly 100% accurate" but cose enough for most people's needs. A device that accurately measures your calorie burn is expensive and cumbersome and would need to measure more than just your heart rate.
709295
Hi Sylvia, It takes some getting used to and Polar is very hard to reach on phone. I had better luck online but still they don't answer my questions fully. I don't see any BMI indicator on watch or instruction booklet, so my answer would be no body fat calulator on this watch
443515
Simple answer NO, I do not like this trainer watch for that reason. It has 3 sesnitivity levels and they are either off by too much distance for high sensitivity lor to little for moderate or low sensitivity. And I mean off by a LOT.
667504
I took mine to DR's office to compare wrist unit to Dr's measurement. Low number was right on the money. Upper number read 6 higher on wrist unit.If you buy one, do the same thing. If you don't like the accuracy, return the unit.
1443863
You have to wear to the heart strap detector to measure your heart rate and hence calculate the calories. I hope this helps.
1443864
If you remain active while wearing the monitor it will calculate calories burned. Just remember the strap runs on a watch type battery and longer it calculates information the faster the battery will expire.
282747
I use it for spinning, aerobics, Zumba, everything I do in the gym. Can't be 100% sure how accurate it cause I have nothing to judge it against. Because it's measuring the beat through your chest it is certainly more accurate the using a watch version and measuring the BPM through your finger.
1171277
call customer service # in your book, sounds like you need to re calibrate it. LOL Get ready take to a gym, you need like 300 lbs of weight to calibrate.
1466556
exercise machines are wrong when it comes to the total calories burned. I'd go by what the heart monitor says. It sucks I know. I made the same mistake. I thought i was burning 600 calories on my elliptical and was eating according to burning that many calories and gained weight.
1466555
What is computed by machines is typically wrong, as it over estimates what your fitness level, weight, etc are. The HRM takes into account your body type, fitness level and heart rate and calculates from there. Typically you can get the transmitter to work with both the watch and the machine, but I'd still rely on the watch for your cals burned.
1196042
Mine got misplaced in the move so I can't measure it, but I have an average wrist & it fits me fine. Your monitor is correct, it's purple. Not too hard to get it going. It measures your pulse, so if you can get your pulse up bagging-then it'll record that.
1946117
It DOES show calories burned. The two people below are wrong. After you completed the workout you get a summary of how long the work was, how long you were in the "zone" (set up by you), avg hr, max hr, calories burned. I had this watch for about 4 years now.
262328
It seems to measure your calories burned based on you checking your heartrate. I have noticed while in the midst of exercising and I check my heartrate with the watch, after it gets a clear read on my heart, the calories burned display shows either more or less calories in the totals.
536596
Hello. I have a small wrist also. There are lots of holes in the band so you will be able to adjust it. It is a neat watch. I wear it all the time. I love how it counts my steps and calories. I believe you will like this if you get it.