Timex Ironman T59761 Midsize 30-Lap Digital Fitness Heart Rate Monitor Watch

This product is extremely difficult to figure out. I can't understand the directions. It has many features but no one I know can figure how to use them. I am looking for someone who has this watch who can help me. It seems to be reliable and keeps time. . . but the rest I have yet to figure out.

It wasn't clear until I got it that it was designed for women - the description as provided should be clearer.

I just got this watch the week before Christmas and I've used it for 3-4 workouts. I used to own a polar so it took me a lil' while to learn the features, but it does seen to work very well. The lap options are cool. I also like the fact that it measures your heart rate even when you are not excercising, whereas the polar HRMs only measured if the HR was above a certain number of beats per minute. My only issue is that the calories seem too high. E.g. I'm a 148 pound woman and ran 3.5 miles and the watch says I burned 478 calories, which seems pretty high... It might be that it keeps measuring when I'm cooling down; the fact is that the calories burned don't seem to add up right...

This watch is as good as it looks. I'm using it along with "Buh Bumb Conductivity Cream for heart rate monitor chest transmitters" (also available here on Amazon) and between the two I've never had even a momentary blip or out of expected heart rate range reading - ever. The ability to customize the display on various screens is great, and the small size of the watch (so that it can be marketed as unisex) is actually very helpful in not getting in the way of hand/arm movement during workouts.

The only improvement I'd make is that the tabs on the ends of the strap for connecting the transmitter unfasten way too easily - often coming right off on one side while I'm trying to attach the other side to put it on. This can be very frustrating. My own remedy for this is to put some poster tack (silly putty like substance for hanging posters) in the gap between the strap's tabs and the transmitter - this makes the gap between the two smaller and so less likely to have them come apart unintentionally. But ideally I'd like to see them improve the method for connecting the strap to the transmitter, so that it would only disconnect when you are actually trying to take it off!

Great product! Easy to use, good looking and the heart beat sensor is precise and sensitive.My wife runs three times a week and she loves to wear this watch. The display has large digits which makes it easy to read even at night. I own a Timex Ironan heart rate monitor too and I damaged the sensor dropping it on the ground. Luckly I have found out that the sensor is the same type that came with my wife's watch so I can use hers when she is not running.