Quote Originally Posted by teigyr View Post
One last thing re HRM's (and somebody correct me if I'm wrong) but I believe they don't register every beat. If my heart speeds up, it takes my HRM a bit to catch up to it, same goes for slowing. I've had cases where it'll go up to 174 and I KNOW it isn't still up there and it invariably goes back down. It could just be my make/model too.
I think it depends on the make. I have a Sigma, and I don't like it - heart rate seems to be all over the place and I don't like the watch. It was bought as a cheap stopgap while I saved up enough for the Polar or Suunto that I really want.