Acumen EON Basix Plus Heart Rate Monitor Watch
Sunday, February 21st, 2010 at
8:33 am
- Great for use as a fitness tool and an everyday watch.
- Advanced Calorie Counter
- Features Alarm and Clock Display
- Water Resistant
- Ez Set Target Zones
Product Description
Advanced Calorie, EZ Set Target Zone, Replaceable Batteries, Daily Alarm, Records and Recalls time in Zones, Memory Recall
Acumen EON Basix Plus Heart Rate Monitor Watch
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Filed under: Heart Rate Monitors
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I am on my third acumen eon basix plus. The 2nd one we mistakenly packed in a bag we checked
at the airport, and the watch magically disappeared.
The HRM has a shakey reputation. I love the heart rate monitor (HRM). I buy it because it has:
time in target zone
time above target zone
time below target zone.
In my research, the acumen basix plus is the only HRM that offers those three times.
Other HRM have variations on “times they maintain”, but I personally think the three
that are needed are the “times” on the basix plus.
My first lasted about 4 years. The strap got a little weak and I guess I needed to change
a battery – I don’t remember. But at that point, I just bought a new one. The 2nd one lasted
until we packed it in the bag.
whatever you get, enjoy ur walk/run/ride!
david – Texas
Rating: 5 / 6
I bought this as a replacement for the Timex HRM that stopped working after about a year. While the Acumen does a good job, it’s certainly much harder to use. The instructions are not easy to follow at all and it took me a long time to figure out how to reset it after each session. The other big problem is that the heart rate and the calories consumed are displayed on different screens, so if you use those two measures during a workout (as I do) then you have to keep pressing buttons while working out. Also, the “fitness level” number it is uses isn’t very helpful. And unlike the Timex, I have to scroll through the displays to see the outcomes of the last workout.
Rating: 2 / 6
I was satisfied with this product for the first 28 days I used it. On the 29th, the watch display went bizerk and then died entirely.
Rating: 1 / 6
This is my first HR Monitor and I was initially very happy with the price and ease of use. However after about 3 mos. it began to malfunction indicating my HR was 200+ even while I was at rest. The only thing I can figure out is something happened while using it in the pool for my training (chlorine levels?? suggested by one website I found). The timing was particularly poor as it stopped working 1 week before my 1st triathlon and I was forced to purchase another monitor to use, so I probably won’t even pursue a return. I guess I got what I paid for.
Rating: 3 / 6
Their delivery took forever (3? weeks) and I am having difficultly getting the sending unit (chest band) to transmit to the watch receiver. As of yet it hasn’t worked however, I have not given up yet, but it has been over a 45 minutes of fuss’en with what seems to be a simple device.
Rating: 2 / 6