Want To Get Fit? Consider the Garmin FR60 Fitness and Heart Rate Monitor Watch

In our review of the Garmin Forerunner 60 we were pleasantly surprised by the range of features provided at a price point that was well within reach. This watch features several colors and is sized for both genders, it features a few assorted versions that contain distinct capabilities that we intend to delve into in greater description.

Equipped with a foot pod to give you distance and speed this watch makes a versatile training companion. This watch will furthermore synchronize to a cadence and speed sensor for bicycling and render precise information for that also.

Turn on the Garmin Forerunner 60, program a few features and you are out the door training. Depress the enter button and put in your pounds, height, gender, athletic ability from one to ten, plus several more key pieces of information and it’s time to exercise.

Our review team strongly advises those that purchase the watch to proceed directly to this video link – FR60 Training Videos – and attain access to training clips that provide you with essential training. During a recent vacation to the desert southwest these clips helped my spouse out significantly with the basic functions of her FR60 and truly decreased the training period usually required with programming time.

During an eight mile hike among the canyons of the desert my wife discovered the mileage shown by the foot pod to be very precise plus uniform with map metrics. She tested zones, heart rate and Virtual Partner and found all these features to be working as well.

Black is the color of the basic unit in women’s and men’s band sizes, which sells for ninety-nine dollars and provides a monitor and a chest band. The basic model is useful for athletes that need fundamental pulse measurement and don’t need PC data transfer of their pulse feedback, and in addition don’t require other metrics.

A second FR60 model equipped with a wireless data transfer stick is available in women’s lilac and red with grey for the men. What comes in the box is the monitor, the strap and the wireless data transfer stick and it sells for $199. This version includes the added benefit of downloading your training sessions to Garmin’s website for future scrutiny.

The next package is bundles for both genders, the bundles are black and pick up the foot pod to let you gauge both pace and mileage when walking, hiking, or running. The Forerunner 60 bundle sells for one hundred ninety-nine dollars and comes with the watch, the chest strap, a USB stick and the foot pod.

The Garmin FR60 Limited bundles are identical to the black bundles but the watches have a sportier color scheme – pink and white for women and then blue with grey for men. These also retail for $199 and includes the same capabilities as the black Forerunner 60 bundle.

There exists the ability to purchase bicycling cadence and speed apparatus or running foot pods to all of the many versions of the Forerunner 60 at a future time should you determine you would like increased information for cycling or running.

Foot pods and speed and cadence sensors need to be calibrated to be accurate so make sure you read the instructions or make use of Garmin’s training videos prior to use.

All FR60 watch packages include the Virtual Partner element, this needs running foot pods or cadence and speed sensors, and lets you to determine a tempo for a certain route or mileage and continually monitor, on the FR60′s face, how you match the cadence desired. This is exceptional.

Versatility is what convinced us to give this heart rate monitor 4.25 stars on a five scale.