- Chest-strap-free heart rate monitor and calorimeter that wears around the forearm
- Delivers the benefits of heart rate monitoring without uncomfortable chest strap
- Shows current heart rate, maximum and minimum heart rates, and average heart rate
- Calculates calories burned based on personal profile and heart rate
- Includes fat burning and cardio target zones; powered by AAA batteries
Product Description
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 litera… More >>
Impact Sports ePulse Strapless Heart Rate Monitor Watch and Calorimeter
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#1 by W. Glickstein on February 8, 2010 - 5:56 am
not only is this item a piece of junk this company is not a good company to deal with they hang up there customers they are rude
i will never buy anything from these people again ONLY SHOP AMAZON
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by golf lover on February 8, 2010 - 7:02 am
Great product, great price. Purchased for Christmas and given as a gift and was very pleased.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by D. Hurlbut on February 8, 2010 - 9:19 am
I like the ease of use. It’s quick to put on and use with out the fuss of a chest strap. It’s relatively comfortable to wear. So if you want to monitor your heart rate while your in bed it’s quick and easy to use, also the brightly lit display is readable in a dark bed room.
I don’t like the lack of functionally. For 100 bucks I’d expcet a lot more functionality, the computer has no functions beyond the calorie counter, timer, and heart rate. The display is hard to see in full sunlight and you have to shade it with your hand to see the display. The battery life is a lot shorter than advertised, 5-6 hours of use total before the battery’s go dead not 20. Seriously for 30 bucks you can get a computer that gives you target heart rate monitoring with alarms, highest rate, lowest rate, average heart rate + a lot more and you wont have to buy battery’s every three days. So for a serious athlete this product will not be as good for training as a chest strap monitor with a quarts display computer.
Overall if you want something just to see your heart rate while your sitting around the house, indoor exercising, or short workout sessions, and you hate the chest strap then you might like this product.
Rating: 2 / 5
#4 by Candace Beauchamp on February 8, 2010 - 10:54 am
I was looking for some way to monitor my heart rate during workouts with my trainer and while walking, biking, etc. The watches that you touch really don’t work well because you have to stop what you are doing, so I was looking for a continuous monitoring system. I got a chest strap system. Now, I’m not a small lady, but it did fit. The problem? It doesn’t stay put and it’s itchy. (granted, everything is itchy to me, but seriously, who comes up with these ideas?). I was looking around on Amazon and saw this one… so I ordered it and hoped for the best.
I must say, this is MUCH more comfortable. It straps to my lower arm under the elbow and the display is nice and big so I can always see what my heart rate is. It does get a little itchy after 45 minutes or so, but I’m super sensitive to everything. I also sometimes have a hard time getting it positioned correctly, but I’m getting better at this over time. It has a sensor bad that has to sit properly to pick up your heart rate (and it does have a blue light that comes on when you’ve done it correctly).
Let me say that I have only used this for heart rate monitoring and nothing else, so I can’t speak to the other things it does, but it’s been perfect for my needs.
I highly recommend this product, it has been absolutely wonderful!
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by J. Tsai on February 8, 2010 - 12:23 pm
I have used this heart rate monitor for about 2 months now.
I believe the device works fine when your heart rate is steady — e.g., when jogging at constant pace.
However, the count is off by a large margin (between 20 – 30 per minute) for interval training.
It appears that ePulse has difficulty calculating / obtaining data when the heart rate increases at a drastic rate.
To test, I wore both ePulse and my 6+ year old chest strap monitor at the same time. During the interval exercise, the chest strap monitor reports around 170, while ePulse reports 140 – 150, and sometimes even continue to DECREASE while I am pushing at 100%. On the contrary, ePulse would report a RISE of my heart rate when I am taking a water break, when my heart rate was obviously slowing down.
I believe either ePulse’s sensor or the software could be flawed when calculating / sensing / extrapolating drastically variable heart rate during interval training.
I have resorted back to my old chest strapped monitor and using online calculator to calculate calorie burned.
I’d like to hear from Impact Sports about potential solution to this problem.
Rating: 2 / 5