Heart rate monitor for Oregon 300?

[wahoowad]

I see some references to the Oregon 300 supporting a heart rate monitor but don't see a Garmin monior that says it works with the 300. Is anybody using one? Which one and how well does it work?

[NordicMan]

Where are those references you found, in the owners manual? On the Garmin website?

[Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hide]

I see some references to the Oregon 300 supporting a heart rate monitor but don't see a Garmin monior that says it works with the 300. Is anybody using one? Which one and how well does it work?

Heart Rate Monitor

[+splashy]

Try using polar and the Oregon 300 track.

Load the track in Sporttracks

 

http://www.zonefivesoftware.com/SportTracks/

 

Give it 2 weeks, it's a VERY nice program, with diagrams, mapdisplay of your track and much more.

[+Map Monkey]

I have the HR monitor from Garmin, this version:

 

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=10996

 

 

It works well, displays nicely on the Oregon.

 

mm

[Barrikady]

I have the HR monitor from Garmin, this version:

 

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=10996

 

It works well, displays nicely on the Oregon.

 

mm

I have the same HRM, and I use it with the Oregon 300. It works fine.

[wahoowad]

Thanks for the links, folks. I know absolutely nothing about heart rate monitors other than you can use them to determine calories burned. I did not realize they had to be worn around your chest. I would use mine at work when I take breaks and go for fitness walks. I would not want to wear it under my shirt all day, and taking the time to go into the restroom, remove shirt, strap it on, and put my shirt back on would be cumbersome. Are there any heartrate monitors that strap to a wrist? I am naive and thought that was how they all worked for some reason.

[+splashy]

If you do walks it's very easy 400-500 cal max max an hour, you don't need a heartrate monitor for that.

Maybe some work on your wrist I don't really know, but the leading brands are all chest.

Also, if you are on a very dry place, you really have to move\sweat else the strap gets dry and it stops transmitting data.

[wahoowad]

I have some interesting walks around work, some more strenuous than others. I choose the one I want depending on how many calories I need to burn that day as well as the time and interest factor. Some involve a good number of stairs, others up and down hills. Most are not flat ground so my heartrate fluctuates. Wouldn't my weight and fitness level also dictate the rate at which I burn? I thought a monitor would help over estimating. I just thought it would be fun to see what the heartrate monitor says.

[Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hide]

I have some interesting walks around work, some more strenuous than others. I choose the one I want depending on how many calories I need to burn that day as well as the time and interest factor. Some involve a good number of stairs, others up and down hills. Most are not flat ground so my heartrate fluctuates. Wouldn't my weight and fitness level also dictate the rate at which I burn? I thought a monitor would help over estimating. I just thought it would be fun to see what the heartrate monitor says.

 

You're right - it is fun to keep track of this kind of info, then see it through Garmin Connect, etc.

[+splashy]

IF you mean walking and you are healthy the rate won't be more then 115, you don't need a monitor for this, just feel your wrist for 15 seconds and you know the rate.

Your weight is a minor factor, if you are to heavy you can't go fast.

If you use the program I said before, you fill in all the data like age weight , this together with the gps track gives a good picture of your training. They have plugins, one is for calories.

[wahoowad]

A lot of my walks are inside and I do not get a GPS signal. I work for an organization with a massive sprawling facility and I have some pretty lengthy routes inside, especially when I go up a few flights of stairs and walk back the way I came, just on a different floor. Also incorporate parking garages where I can walk a lot of laps going up the rampways and also the stairwells. I have tried to estimate the distances and stuff but thought a monitor would be pretty accurate.

[+splashy]

To burn calories while walking you have to walk fast, so the real calories might be burnt on the stairs then, try to climb at least 4 floors at a time.

 

Read these and find the 220-age rule as a start.

 

http://www.polar.fi/en/training_with_polar...cles/get_active

 

http://www.polar.fi/en/training_with_polar...imum_heart_rate

 

also, calorie calc

http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

 

Not sure where you live, see fry's, else they will have it at home.

http://www.frys.com/search?search_type=reg...&submit.y=0

Edited January 26, 2010 by splashy

[+Map Monkey]

If you are walking predominantely, then a pedometer is a cheap and useful investment.

 

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[+splashy]

See the fry's link.

[wahoowad]

Those Polar links make me want a heart rate monitor!

[+Rifty]

Can this HRM for the Oregon cope if the gps is still, ie Oregon is being used with HRM on a treadmill ?

 

(Would be looking to use HRM outside on bike and indoor on treadmill where there is no change in distance).

 

And does anyone know the difference between a 010-10997-02 and 010-10997-00 : both claim to be Oregon 300 compatable ?

 

Cheers.