Impact Sports ePulse Strapless Heart Rate Monitor Watch and Calorimeter
ePulse is the world’s first armband-only continuous heart rate monitor and calorimeter. Until now continuous heart rate monitors required an uncomfortable chest strap and special watch, essentially restricting their use to serious athletes. ePulse, the “People’s Personal Fitness Assistant” now makes it practical and convenient for anyone who exercises or is interested in tracking calories burned to obtain the benefits of heart rate monitoring while conducting literally any type of activity from running to walking or simply doing daily chores. The ePulse brings the benefits of continuous heart rate monitoring to everyone with its ease of use and convenience. This is accomplished via sophisticated integration of light sensor and microprocessor technology (like that used in hospital heart rate monitors) that allows the ePulse to accurately read the pulse from the forearm. The ePulse is lightweight and features an easily read day/night LED display. It is powered by standard AAA batteries. ePulse requires no programming to immediately display heart rate, and with a simple input of personal data, it will also calculate calories burned and target exercise zones including in-zone alerts. ePulse works equally well for both men and women. This innovative product addresses the prevailing issue other heart rate monitors struggle to overcome�.the wearing of a chest strap! At best, chest straps are an annoyance and at worst, are so uncomfortable that they discourage many people from utilizing this type of valuable training and fitness tool. In particular, women seem very sensitive to chest straps and many won’t use heart rate monitors due to this physical requirement. Now, ePulse comfortably conveys heart rate (and other important data) allowing anyone to easily regulate their workout intensity and better attain specific fitness or weight management goals with the touch of a finger.
Impact Sports ePulse Strapless Heart Rate Monitor Watch and Calorimeter Reviews.
I put my new ePulse monitor through some tough paces this weekend. I started on Friday with an intense 40-minute workout with my personal trainer, mainly lower body and aerobics, and found the device to be very accurate and reliable. Over the weekend I played two rounds of golf in the heat using my cart but with a lot of walking and climbing around the rocks and roughs, places where one is not supposed to venture during golf. I wore the unit the whole time, both days, and had inputted my personal information to the device. Here are my observations:
1. Golf day one: 4 hr 55 min, temperature range 92-104 F, total caloric burn 833 cal, range of pulse rate was between 59 and 105
Golf day two: 5 hr 1 min, temperature range 90-99 F, total caloric burn of 842 cal, range of pulse rate was between 56 and 102
(Note: I kept the unit on continuous monitor so I could watch the data)
2. The armband is non-intrusive. Once it’s on a few minutes you don’t even think about it, while on first inspection it looks “bulky” it’s actually light and unobtrusive. I actually put it on pretty light and only once did is slip during a wild drive swing.
3. It was hot and I got pretty sweaty. No problems were encountered with the sweat or the armband staying put. Except when I looked at the readout it was out of sight and out of mine.
4. The unit was really easy to read except in bright, direct sunlight. In direct sun and wearing sunglasses one needs to shield the screen with ones hand. Still, it was very readable.
5. I never once noticed a missed beat or had to reset or maneuver the unit to get continuous readings. Seems very stable and accurate. In my case anyway, precise location of the sensor was not required.
6. Battery consumption was about 50% with new energizer batteries each day (again using continuous monitoring not the on-daman feature). Although, it was still running well even after the screen told me to replace the batteries.
My conclusions are that the ePulse has set a new state of the art in fitness monitoring, is an excellent exercise and health tool and is totally usable for anyone wanting pulse rate and caloric burn info. The other functions likewise will be very valuable to many users. Battery life is a bit short but when the unit is used in the “on-demand” mode this becomes a non-issue. The direct sun impact on the readout is not a huge problem when compared to the ease of use and performance. All of this good stuff and NO CHEST STRAP required!
A VERY HAPPY ePulse user.
I bought this monitor because it was the only non-chest strap monitor that had good reviews. I was not disappointed.
I checked the accuracy against a known source, and found it to be accurate to the beat. Also, it kept pace exactly with a two-handed Stairmaster heart rate monitor.
During my normal 90-minute weight workout, it never missed a beat. It’s apparently not affected by sweating, or by bending of the forearms.
This has been a valuable tool, allowing me to stay above my ideal workout heart range while lifting weights…not always easy.
I also use it to create aerobic workouts in unknown environments, such as climbing sand dunes.
I used some of the other functions (such as total calorie burn) and they worked fine…but after the novelty of those wore off I had little use for them. I needed a heart rate monitor, and that’s what I use it for.
I’d recommend it.