Mio Heart Rate Monitor

Mio heart rate monitors (HRMs) are very popular among female exercisers for their strapless design and technology. In 1999, the founder of Mio, a mother of three, was struggling to shed post pregnancy weight gain when she came up with the idea of producing strapless heart rate monitors with integrated calorie management system. Mio was born.

Being strapless means that you cannot have continuous heart rate monitoring. You need to put your fingers on the wrist watch sensors for a few seconds before it registers your current heart rate. For certain types of sport, this may not be possible, in which case your only solution is to get a heart rate monitor with a chest strap. However, for many sports, there are often short breaks between exercises when it is possible to stop for a few seconds to take your heart rate. In that case strapless heart rate monitors are just perfect. No chest strap means no possible discomfort. For many people it is well worth it.

Unlike many strapless heart rate monitors on the market, Mio heart rate monitors are ECG accurate i.e. they measure electrical activities of the heart to determine your heart rate. Many other strapless heart rate monitors (particular the very cheap ones) use optical sensing technology to detect blood pulses going through your finger and are therefore not very accurate. Mio HRMs are much more accurate than those crude devices.

You can find more specific info about the individual models by following the relevant links below:

Model	Type	Main Features
Mio Wave	Basic	Strapless. Heart rate on demand.
Mio Sport	Basic	Strapless. Heart rate on demand. Calories burnt during exercise.
Mio Shape	Basic	Strapless. Heart rate on demand. Calories burnt during exercise. Addtional calorie management features.
Mio Shape Elite	Basic/Intermediate	Strapless. Heart rate on demand. Calories burnt during exercise. Advanced calorie management. Countdown timer. Heart rate recovery measurement.
Mio Ultimate	Intermediate	Strapless. Heart rate on demand. Can also be used with chest strap. Heart rate training zone. Ave/max heart rates. Time above/below/in target zones. Calories burnt during exercise. Fat burnt. Countdown timer. Heart rate recovery measurement. 16 lap memory.

Note: Please refer to the Mio Sport page for Mio Sport Select and Mio Sport Select Petite models. Please refer to the Mio Shape page for Mio Shape Select, Mio Shape Select Petite, Mio Classic Select, Mio Classic Select Petite models.

Mio has a new line of heart rate monitors in its Eurofit series. The Eurofit series all have interchangeable watch bands and user changeable batteries.

The Eurofit series:

Model	Type	Main Features
Mio Breeze	Basic	Strapless. Heart rate on demand. Countdown timer.
Mio Drive	Basic	Strapless. Heart rate on demand. Multiple countdown timers. Calories burnt during exercise.
Mio Motiva	Basic/Intermediate	Strapless. Heart rate on demand. Multiple countdown timers. Calories burnt during exercise. Advanced calorie management. Heart rate recovery measurement.

Please visit Mio's official web site for more information.

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