Garmin fenix® 3 GPS multisport watch Performer bundle with heart rate chest strap £294.41
Basic features:
• Smart Notifications: Display of incoming calls, texts and emails when connected to your smartphone (via Bluetooth)
• negative mode display
• white background light for use at night
• pace alert, time alert, distance alert and vibration alert
• music features
• find my phone
• remote control of the optionally available Garmin VIRB action camera (item no. 2099044)
• time (12/24 hour format) and calendar (day/date)
• daily alarm
• compass
• route navigation (track and waypoint navigation; including TracBack™ feature)
• display of Points of Interests
• graphic track display
• creation of own routes on the PC with Garmin BaseCamp™ (compatible with Windows XP SP3/Mac OS 10.6 or later/also available as iOS app)
• different sport profiles: Alpine skiing, snowboarding, triathlon, hiking, running, cycling, swimming and indoor training
• automatic multisport
• trail running feature (automatic switch between running and climbing; display of metres in altitude covered)
• gale warning (display of changing weather via the barometer)
Running features:
• speed / average speed / distance / lap distance / pace / average pace / lap pace etc.
• running/walking mode
• VO2max estimation (determines the endurance performance; requires the optional HRM-Run heart rate chest strap, item no. 2098577)
• recovery advisor
• recovery check (checks the actual recovery status during the first minutes of your run)
• race predictor
• running dynamics: cadence per minute, ground contact time, vertical movement of the upper body
• Virtual Pacer™ (compares current pace to target)
• integrated accelerometer (measures distance for indoor training without requiring a running sensor)
• Personal records
Also has Cycling features, Running and cycling features, Swimming features,
Activity Tracker features, Garmin Connect™ features and Garmin Connect IQ™ features
Garmin Forerunner 235 GPS watch £256.91
When using the Garmin Forerunner 235 GPS watch, there’s no need for a heart rate chest strap. An optical sensor measures your heart rate at the wrist in real time and displays the beats per minute or the heart rate zone in colour.
Running features:
• heart rate measurement at the wrist via an optical sensor (a chest strap is thus not required): heart rate, heart rate zone, heart rate based determination of the calories burned
• Virtual Pacer: compares current pace to target
• Virtual Partner: train against a digital person
• Virtual Racer: compete against the speed/distance of previous activities or against other users
• Auto-Pause: pauses and resumes timer based on speed, e.g. when stopping at a traffic light
• Auto-Lap: automatically counts the number of laps
• Auto-Scroll: automatic display of data pages during training
• extensive training: create own training sessions
• integrated accelerometer allows for training indoors
• pace
• pace alert
• time/distance alert
• lap pace / average pace
• current speed / lap speed / average speed
• recovery advisor
• expected finishing time
• interval training: set training and recovery intervals
• Training Effect: measures impact of an activity on your aerobic fitness
Mio Alpha 2 (Pink) Heart Rate Sport Watch £109.95
Equip yourself with the performance data you need to meet your training demands and maximize your workout efficiency. Mio ALPHA 2 places the industry’s most accurate wrist-based heart rate monitor at arm’s length, and helps you track your distance, calorie burn, and pace at a glance.
ALPHAs are built to endure. Whether you’re training on land or underwater, the rugged, sport proof engineering of Mio ALPHA 2 can endure all training conditions, so you can track your heart rate with peak precision, in real-time, all the time. No chest straps here. Water resistant up to 30m/3 ATM/100 ft.
Mio ALPHA 2 delivers maximum performance in ultimate comfort. Its soft, durable silicone strap ensures a snug and comfortable fit — and with no need for a chest strap, you’ll be more comfortable than ever.
Every Mio Performance Wearable contains our award-winning Optical Heart Rate Technology. No matter what speed you’re training at, this patented technology can sense the volume of blood beneath your skin, and immediately apply world-class algorithms to measure your heart’s rhythm and display your heart rate in the moment.
Features:
– Precision heart rate taken at wrist, no chest strap needed
– Configurable heart rate zones with multi colored LED to indicate current zone
– Bluetooth Smart connectivity to iPhone and Android fitness apps
– Accelerometer-based pace, distance and calories
Fitbit CHARGE HR £104.99
Continuous wrist-based monitoring of your heart rate and analysis of your activities all day long.
Record your workouts.
Meet your goals. Use Exercise Mode to easily record workouts, see real-time exercise stats and have summaries automatically appear on your Fitbit dashboard. Use MobileRun in the Fitbit app to see pace, distance, splits and routes..
Soleus Pulse HRM £100.95
Lose the chest strap with the Soleus Pulse wrist based HRM. Go strapless–It’s okay, we won’t tell.
The Soleus Pulse measures your heart rate while on your wrist. It allows zone training and has a 3D accelerometer that counts your calories, steps, and distance. Set goals and keep track of your progress.
Features:
– Heart Rate Monitor
– Optical Sensor (wrist based)
– HRM zones
– 3D accelerometer
– Distance & Pace
– Step counter & Daily step target
– 6 interval timers
– Calories burned
– 1/100 sec chronograph
– 30 run x 100 lap data storage
– 5 alarms
– EL backlight
– Rechargeable battery
– 30m water resistant
GARMIN FORERUNNER 15 HRM £99.99
OCCASIONAL athletes who want a heart rate monitor to track their distance, heart rate and exercise. In addition to basic features such as distance, calorie, heart rate and pace, the Forerunner 15 HRM is an everyday companion to count your steps and alert you when you stay inactive for too long.
TomTom Runner GPS Watch £87.92
See your detailed running metrics at-a-glance.
Stay motivated and reach your running goals with the TomTom Runner GPS watch. Get easy access to the information you need to track your progress and boost your performance. Sync, analyse and share your stats on popular sport sites or apps.
Polar RS300X Heart Rate Monitor £62.30
For recreational athletes who require all essential heart rate and timing features.
Heart rate – bpm / %: Heart rate is the measurement of the work your heart does. Heart rate can be expressed as the number of beats per minute (bpm) or as a percentage (%) of your maximum heart rate.
Distance – training, lap, and total: Distance (km, mi) can be set and measured in several ways. Training distance tells you the distance traveled during a training session. Lap distance tells you the distance of one lap. Total distance is the distance accumulated since the last reset.
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