Which Polar HRM for club Life Fitness equipment?

[John White]

I'd like to get a wireless heart rate monitor to use at my gym
on Life Fitness cardio equipment. I've looked at the Life
Fitness site, but haven't found anything but the most generic
statements about Polar HRM equipment compatibility. I'm not
really looking for anything beyond something which will
collect HR information from my body and transmit it to the
Life Fitness equipment. Any suggestions? Will just anything
that comes with a wireless chest strap work? Does the bike
need to have special equipment on it to receive the info or do
all modern models have it built-in?

[John]

>johnjohn-gg@triceratops.com (John White)

wrote:
>Will just anything that comes with a wireless chest
>strap work?

No, many transmit on their own frequency. If Polar is
mentioned via Life Fitness then it's the one to spend money
on. The low end model sounds like all you need and they are
often for sale around $39.00.

John

[B. Peg]

The transmit range is short, maybe 4 feet. Shouldn't be a
problem. Fwiw, I really like the data recording ability
(mine's the 410 I think) that allows me to off-load the info
into PC Coach to see if I'm getting lazy.

B~

[John White]

jc88@aol.comnomail (John) wrote in message
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> >johnjohn-gg@triceratops.com (John White)
>
> wrote:
> >Will just anything that comes with a wireless chest
> >strap work?
>
> No, many transmit on their own frequency. If Polar is
> mentioned via Life Fitness then it's the one to spend
> money on.

Sorry if I wasn't being clear. I was wondering whether any
Polar model would do, or whether I needed to buy a specific
model that was compatible with Life Fitness equipment.

> The low end model sounds like all you need and they are
> often for sale around $39.00.

Well, the A1 model retails for $50. I'll give it a try and
report back.

[John White]

johnjohn-gg@triceratops.com (John White) wrote in message
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> [Can I use the cheapest Polar Heart Rate Monitor (model A1)
> with my gym's Life Fitness equipment, or do I need a
> specific model to be compatible with Life Fitness commercial
> equipment?]

So I bought the Polar A1 at Sport's Chalet (they take it to
the limit) for $50 and tried it on my gym's Life Fitness
recumbant bikes. Worked just fine. Didn't even bother taking
the watch section, just the chest monitor and strap.

FYI.

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John White