Polar FT60

Does anyone train with a heart rate monitor or even specifically a Polar FT60? Do you know if it has a magnet in the chest strap? I tried contacting Polar, but they're located in Finland. No 800# (Grrrr....). Thanks!!
Tracie

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Polar

by hjfarr - 2011-04-06 04:04:51

I was told by Boston scientific, the manufacturer of my PM that Polars had been tested & are safe. I sometimes have to wear the strap moved to my right with the left sensor over the area where the right sensor normally is positioned & the right sensor around my right side. This keeps it from picking up impulses from the PM & overcounting.

I have a Polar

by heartu - 2011-04-06 08:04:17

I think mine if the Polar F7 and I have used it for a year and no problems with the chest strap. (my chest strap is the flexible one and not the more rigid one).

Hope that helps.

Magnet in monitor

by ElectricFrank - 2011-04-07 03:04:54

There is no reason any monitor would have a magnet. There was some concern early on that the wireless transmitter that sends the heart info to the wrist display could interfere with the pacer, but it has far less signal that a cell phone or other wireless devices.

As mentioned you may need to move it around a bit to get a proper reading. The pacer causes an additional blip from the pacemaker which can cause the monitor to read double. If you get a strange reading, don't panic. Just check your wrist pulse the old manual way and verify what is really happening.

frank

Polar Not Useful

by len613 - 2011-04-07 12:04:10

I founnd the Polar not useful even begore getting my pacemaker. When I ran in streets, under transmission lines (prevelent in my neighborhood), I usually got an incorrect reading far larger than the actual one.

It works better in a gym when the machines are Polar compatible but, even there, the reading will often jump up to an impossibly high value.

I wrote Polar an email asking if they made a model that could filter the power-line eletromagnetic field but they never responded.

I found the best way to monitor your exertion is to listen to your body. If you are short of breath and struggling, slow down.

Len

Good way to do it

by ElectricFrank - 2011-04-08 01:04:15

Len,
I totally agree. I find that simply being aware of my body's response to exercise really works the best. Even if a monitor is accurate it still doesn't tell us where we are at any given time.

This is why I won't let them set my upper pacing limit to a value keyed to my age. I insist it be set to 150bpm which is way above my 80yr rate, but I take responsibility for keeping it reasonable. Heck that's what I did before getting a pacer anyway.

best,

frank

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Today I explained everything to my doctor, he set my lower rate back to 80 and I felt an immediate improvement.