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Please Read This First! It will save you time.

If you are looking to buy a heart rate monitor watch but not sure which one, you have come to the right site. This page gives you hints about how to use this site in a time effective manner as we know that everyone is busy and short of time.

If you are new to heart rate monitors, take a look at the HRM Overview page first.

If you roughly know which product you would like, say the Polar F6, you should also take a look at the preceding model F4 and the following model F11. You can navigate between models using the links at the bottom of the page. Maybe the F4 is perfectly adequate for your needs. Maybe you discover that the F11 has some essential features that you can really do with.

To help you with this, parts of the feature list are bolded to show the additional features of the current model (against the preceding model). What you are interested in are the differences between the models, and knowing them helps you make a decision.

You don't have to read the full pages if you are short of time, just scan through the feature lists and note the differences in bold. It is simple and quick.

If you want to get a Nike heart rate monitor, say, but you don't know which one. Here are the steps you can take. Start with the manufacturer's page, in this case, the Nike page. The first model in the series is the Nike C3. Take a look at the feature list. Next look at the C5, but only scan the bolded parts of the C5 feature list to know the differences. Likewise for the C6, C8 and so on until you reach the end of the series. Because you are NOT reading the whole pages, but merely scanning through the bolded parts of the feature lists, this should not take you too much time at all. At the end of it you can really have a good feel about the capabilities of each model and it can help you make a more informed decision.

Remember that unlike a PC, if you buy the wrong heart rate monitor, it is difficult to upgrade its capabilities. If a monitor does not take laps or give you a calorie count, you can't buy additional components to make it do so. This is unlike a PC where you can buy a barebone unit, and add additional components easily later on. So it pays to choose a HRM with care and get it right first time.

If you are interested in a specific type of heart rate monitor, check out the Which Heart Rate Monitor page first. If you are looking for a strapless heart rate monitor, then clicking on the relevant link takes you to a page listing the various strapless heart rate monitors. Take it from there.

To find out what new pages have been added to the site recently, click on the What's New? link on the navigation bar.

For a final check, take a look the Heart Rate Monitor Reviews page. There is a review page for each manufacturer, and on that page you will find user ratings on each model and links which take you directly to the user reviews on Amazon. Despite what the manufacturer says, the users often have a different story to tell. So it is worth reading the user reviews just to make sure.

This is an information site and does not sell any heart rate monitors. However, you will find many advertising links from heart rate monitor sellers scattered throughout the web site. The links are served according to the content of the page i.e. the advertising links are likely to be highly relevant to what you are viewing.

If you still can't find what you are looking for, use the search box on the navigation bar, located on the left hand side of every page.

Good luck to finding and buying your heart rate monitor!

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