Editorial Product Review:Item Description:This is our simplest heart rate monitor. Put on the chest strap and go. Very, very easy. Also, great for group exercise classes. Continuous heart rate display. A simple stopwatch. Tells the time and date. Safe in a swimming pool. No battery hatch or light.
Amazon.com Item Description:Perfect for beginning runners and working out at the gym, the Nike Triax C3 keeps track of your training time as well as your fitness level with the included heart rate monitor chest strap. It features basic chronograph timing features (with one alarm and 12/24-hour time) and accurate heart rate measurement. The watch case and co-molded polyurethane strap form a unique S-shaped design that curves comfortably around your wrist for an improved fit and quicker reading of the time. Other features include Nike Electrolite one-touch backlighting, water resistance to 50 meters (165 feet), and a battery hatch on watch and chest strap for easy battery replacement.
About Nike Nike watches are built to endure extreme outdoor conditions without missing a beat and they adhere to the company's founding mission statement: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world. And as Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman would add--if you have a body, you're an athlete. Ever since the fateful day in 1971 when University of Oregon track coach Bowerman poured rubber into his wife's waffle iron, technological innovation has been the spark that lights Nike's fire. The Waffle outsole transformed the running world and soon after Nike Air evolved Nike's revolutionary impact on sports. Beyond shoes--from watches and eyewear to carry gear and even socks--Nike is committed to giving athletes of every make, model and body style, who compete and recreate in ways never before imagined, the very best performance product. Here are just a few important dates in Nike's journey:
- American record-holder Steve Prefontaine becomes the first major track athlete to wear Nike brand shoes in 1973.
- At the 1976 Olympic Trials, Nike shoes are seen in abundance for the first time--worn by young, rising stars in both middle- and long-distance events.
- The first athlete to win an Olympic medal wearing Nike shoes is British runner, Steve Ovett in the 1980 Moscow Games
- The Just Do It advertising campaign began in 1988, and is now ensconced in the Americana exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum.
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Buyer Reviews
Average Buyer Rating:
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Excellent monitor, Dangerous software!
This Nike heart rate monitor is exactly what I wanted in such a device; constant monitoring, comfortable wearing, reasonable price, and a two-year warranty!
However, the enclosed CD-ROM really shocked me with its heart rate calculator. The calculator uses the simple formula of 220 minus ones age to arrive at the recommended exercise heart rates; these are at 26 bpm to 59 bpm higher than newer studies recommend! Please enter "heart rate" on Wikipedia to see these newer formulae.
This issue is the only reason that I am entering my opinion here, as I regard it as potentially dangerous to many users of this monitor! So, use your better judgement and enjoy your workout!
Customer Rating: -
Nice Monitor
I bought this to replace a Reebok strapless heart rate monitor which was horrible. It was over $100 and was inaccurate, not to mention big and heavy on your wrist. This Nike monitor is nice. It looks good and is comfortable but best of all it gives constant accurate readings.
The included chest strap is comfortable and stays in place. I don't notice it and the bulge under your shirt is not conspicuous. This device has been a great tool for my running. I also use it as a watch everyday. It is very basic, and thus very easy to use. The user manual is small. You can find a PDF version online. This device has just 2 buttons and using it is very straight forward.
The chest strap can be opened so if the battery dies you may replace it yourself, but Nike says that the heart rate monitor itself needs to be sent to them if the battery dies. That sounds like an inconvenience so if that happens I will probably take it elsewhere. When the chest strap makes contact with your skin, it makes a ticking noise. You can only hear it in a quiet room (I don't hear it when I run) and other people will not notice unless they get right next to your chest and listen to it.
This device has a chronograph feature but it only displays seconds, not milliseconds. It has a 12 or 24 hour clock but no second display or date. It does not have an alarm and cannot beep or make noise. There is no light. It is very basic and simple.
Conclusion: Accurate, easy to use, comfortable, attractive. What else could you ask for. Well I would like a light and an alarm which explains the 4 star rating. Nevertheless, I still use this as my watch and heart rate monitor. It works well and has had no glitches so far (unlike my previous Reebok HRM). It was susrprisingly cheap and I recommend it.
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Monitor is great, service from Famous Brand Watches Awful
This product is great. Seller not so great. I paid for expedited shipping to receive it before Father's Day. Fedex was given the wrong shipping address (I verified I had submitted correctly on several receipts). I had to go to another city and pick up the item at FedEx so he could have it for Father's Day. I contacted Famous Brand Watches in 3 different emails with no response at all. Fedex would not refund the expedited shipping directly to me, only to them and they haven't returned any of my emailed messages. I'm out the expedited shipping charge and the gas that it took to track it down.
Great product, but buy it from someone other than this seller.
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Great Basic Heart Rate Monitor
I had been hesistant about heart rate monitors because many of them seemed so hard to understand. If you are just starting out with a fitness program or want the "simple" things in a heart rate monitor, this is the one. Not complicated to use at all and gives you great readings. Definately recommended!!