Mio Sport Heart Rate Monitor

Mio Sport Heart Rate Monitor

The Mio Sport heart rate monitor is a simple to use strapless heart rate monitor with ECG accurate measurements. It does not have a chest strap transmitter and requires that you put two fingers on the sensors on the wrist watch to measure your heart rate. Hence it measures heart rate on demand, rather than continuously. It is one model up from the Mio Wave model.

Its main features are:

Strapless (no chest strap), on demand heart rate monitoring
Heart rate displayed as beats per minutes and percentage of your maximum heart rate
Calories consumption during exercise calculated based on age, gender and weight and heart rate readings
Stop watch with basic lap/split time functionality
Basic time keeping: time, date, alarm (if set), hourly chime (if set)
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Note that the features in bold above show the features found in Mio Sport but not in Mio Wave.

There are 2 variants of the Mio Sport heart rate monitor: Mio Sport Select and Mio Sport Select Petite. The have exactly the same functionality as the Mio Sport with the exceptions noted in the table below:

Mio Sport Select Mio Sport Select Petite

Mio Sport Select Heart Rate Monitor Mio Sport Select Petite Heart Rate Monitor

Interchangeable watch band Interchangeable watch band
For wrists sized 6-3/4 inches or smaller

You can buy optional additional interchangeable watch bands to customize Mio Sport Select and Mio Sport Select Petite's look, allowing you to choose a color that represents your style. The petite version is, as its name implies, for women with smaller wrists less than 6-3/4 inches in size.

Summary

The Mio Sport and its variants will do the job if continuous heart rate monitoring is not required. It is a simple and easy to use heart rate monitor with a calorie counter and popular among women.