| | |  | Electronics | Home » » Oregon Scientific OR-SE102 Heart Rate Monitor Watch | | | | | | | Description: | | Heart Rate Monitor Watch- Oregon Scientific heart rate monitor watch- Includes vibration alert - Monitors fitness levels heart rate readings calculates calories burned and alerts you when you exceed your target heart rate zone- 99h:59m:59s Stopwatch with count-up timer- Unique tap-on lens technology holds your display for 10 seconds (quickly change and view your workout data simply by tapping the lens)- Displays current average and percentage heart rate readings-Calculates fitness index and minimum/maximum heart rate when you enter exercise data into the watch- Clock calendar and alarm with backlight-Water resistant up to 50 meters (163 feet)- Includes splash proof chest belt- Includes lithium batteries for the watch and the chest belt- Black with silver trim - Box dimensions: 10.5"L x 9.5"W x 1.75"HORSE102 | | | Features: | |
• Heart Rate Zone Alert - Upper and Lower Zones
• Visual and audio alert
• Calories burned
• Instant Percentage Heart Rate (%HR)
• User profile: Gender, Age, Height, Weight, Exercise Habit, and Fitness Index
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 10.2 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.4 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.3 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.5 pounds | | Package Length:
| 10.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 17 reviews |
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| To see price, add to cart. | New | | | To see price, add to cart. | New | | | To see price, add to cart. | New | | | To see price, add to cart. | New | | | $22.99 | Used
- Mint | | | $33.00 | Used
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| To see price, add to cart. | New | | | To see price, add to cart. | New | | | To see price, add to cart. | New | | | To see price, add to cart. | New | | | $34.76 | New | | | $36.81 | New | | | $38.34 | New | | | $41.88 | New | | | $42.43 | New | | | $42.99 | New | | | $43.89 | New | | | $44.29 | New | | | $44.96 | New | | | $45.41 | New | | | $46.25 | New | | | $48.72 | New | | | $49.95 | New | | | $50.30 | New | | | $51.00 | New | | | $51.95 | New | | | $52.00 | New | | | $38.54 | New | | | $53.85 | New | | | $55.00 | New | |
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| $22.99 | Used
- Mint | | | $33.00 | Used
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39 of 40 found the following review helpful:
 Basic features, value priced.Jan 04, 2011
By Dave
I bought this model online from Walmart's web site. This is the least expensive heart rate monitor I could find that includes a chest-strap plus watch.
If you want accurate heart rate, you have to go with a model that has a chest strap! These are the kind that get an electrical reading, like an EKG. Heart rate monitors that work just off your wrist are less accurate.
Wrist-worn monitors that you have to touch with the finger-tip of your opposite hand, the ones that get a reading off the fingertip, are worthless.
The watch is definitely a man's watch, and looks like it would be too big for a very small-boned person (child or small woman.)
Both the watch and the chest strap require a CR-2032 battery. (One battery each, two in total.) These are pretty standard and inexpensive. This model comes with the 2 batteries already installed. Take the strap off and rinse it and dry it when you are done with your workout to save battery life.
You need to wet the contacts on the chest strap to get a reading. This will be done automatically as you begin to sweat, but if you want a reading right away, use a little bit of saliva. Plain tap water doesn't conduct electricity well, as it has no salt as saliva and sweat do.
Features on the watch are basic: regular watch, stop watch, heart rate monitor with instant and average rates. The "instant rate" is probably a 5-second moving average. The "average rate" is over the time you are running the stopwatch, or have entered heart-rate mode (not sure which.) Plus it shows your heart rate as a percent of maximum, based on 220 minus your age.
You program it (initially set it up) with your birthdate, height, weight and the current date.
The chest-strap broadcasts a wireless signal to the watch. It's also standard enough that the treadmills, stationary bicycles, and elliptical machines in my gym also pick it up and read more or less correctly. Half the time, the exercise machine is off (lower) by 1 beat/minute, which I attribute to differences in rounding.
The printed instructions that came with the product were not written by a person whose native language is English. Parts are kind of hard to understand, but I eventually got it.
Some of the stopwatch functions, especially as it relates to heart-rate mode, aren't optimum, but you eventually figure it out. (IE, you can start/stop the stopwatch while in heart-rate mode, but you can't reset the stopwatch while in heart-rate mode, you have to exit out and go to stopwatch mode to reset.)
If you're serious about losing weight or cardio conditioning, you need a heart rate monitor for bio-feedback, and for pacing yourself to get optimum results from your cardio workout.
I go running by myself, and I don't use a GPS, so I don't know my actual speed during the run. Using this heart-rate monitor gave me the needed _feedback_ of how hard I was pushing myself. I was able to make serious improvement once I started using it.
If you use gym equipment (treadmill, cycle, elliptical, stairs) that doesn't have a built-in heart rate monitor with handles, this is great. And, even if it does have the heart-rate handles, this lets you work out without having to keep hold of the handles to get a readout!
The rule of thumb (check with your doctor or trainer first) is to get your heart rate at 80% of your maximum (where max = 220 minus age) for at least 30 minutes/day, at least 4 times/week. If you don't get to at least 80%, then you're not getting a good heart/lung improvement from your exercise. Get to 80% for 30 minutes (4 times/week), and your heart muscle will get stronger, increase its capacity to pump blood, and your lung capacity and lung efficiency will increase, and your resting heart rate will lower.
As you get in shape (over months or years), you will likely "graduate" to 85% to 90% (or more) of your "maximum heart rate." But again, check with your doctor or trainer to see if you can safely do that. After 1.5 years of working out, I was no longer breathing hard when I reached 80%, so I had to go to 85%, and then 90%.
Also, the "220 minus age" formula for "max heart rate" is an ESTIMATE for general use. It is not exact for each person. Healthy people, once they are in shape, can often go higher as a maximum. Some healthy-and-in-shape people have a maximum that is LOWER than "220 minus age".
As with most health matters, DON'T RELY ON JUST WHAT YOU READ ON THE INTERNET. Including this. ;-) Please, check with a doctor or professional trainer. And especially, if you are overweight and out-of-shape, or haven't exercised in years, CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR before starting an exercise regimen.
17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Great HRm1Oct 15, 2007
By J. Thompson
I love this heart rate monitor! It's a perfect fit between not enough features and so many it's confusing. The tap lens to view feature it great. I can set the watch to show stopwatch and current heart rate so I can have continual monitoring. Then I can just tap the lens to view the average heart rate (or any of several options, ave HR is just the one I chose.)
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
It's goodMay 01, 2010
By Devin L. Chambers
I like this heart rate monitor. It's not a bulky sized watch but has a big enough screen to see all the features. The chest strap is not uncomfortable and I can hardly tell it's there once I'm going. As far as knowing your calorie burn, if you enter your weight, height, age and have the heart rate monitor watching your heart rate, it WILL give you an accurate reading. You just need to make sure you set all of those functions. I do plan to test it along with the treadmill at the gym to see if there is a difference but I have tested the heart rate on this watch and a previously used one I have and they are dead on each other and the other does not have a chest strap. I think it is well worth the money!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 It kinda worksNov 25, 2011
By drew
i have owned this product since april and it is now almost december. this seems like a very decent product with minor quality problems which can be quite frustrating. the tap on lens feature has never worked, not one time, even when new. this is a very minor problem because it is a feature i would not probably use anyway. the second problem is the buttons are quite unresponsive on the watch part which can be quite frustrating. i have had no desire to smash the product due to frustration but have come close, which makes my heart rate go up, during which you can tell the monitor is quite accurate. despite the quality problems i feel like i got a good deal, paid $25 at gander mtn.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Fine for a man, not so much for a womanOct 05, 2010
By Pat Stone
My wife and I both walk/jog/run on the treadmill every day, and we wanted a more accurate monitor than the built-in one offered. With the sensors positioned correctly, and with good body contact, this works very well, although occasionally and momentarily, readings fluctuate wildly.
The instruction manual shows how and where to place the chest strap--obviously, for a man, and almost impossible for a woman. So she's found a way to position the sensor unit in her bra to ensure pretty reliable sensor contacts. Still, though, readings can fluctuate on occasion.
In summary, it gives an accurate reading of pulse rate most of the time, and seems well constructed. 4 stars, if you're male; 3 stars, if you're female. We appreciate that the battery for the chest strap is replaceable, and is the same type as used in the watch unit.
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