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On Tue, 3 Oct 1995 rsantana@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu wrote:
> From: (Tina Hicks)
> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 10:56:37 -0500
> Subject: [endurance] heart monitors
>
> okay - we've been through trucks, saddles, and boots. What about heart
> monitors?? Do any of you use them? Are they useful? What brand(s) would you
> recommend? There seem to be so many out now it's hard to tell the
> differences between them.
>
> Tina Hicks, hickst@puzzler.nichols.com
> Andy -the behavior offering, waiting for a click, dal
> 7 cats, one dippy Arab (that's redundant isn't it?), and one husband
>
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> The lines above the asterisks are copied from the digest. This is my reply!
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> The heart rate monitor that seems to be the most popular is the V-MAX models
> based on POLAR components. The maker of this unit is Roger Rittenhouse and he
> is the ONLY authorized OEM for POLAR units.
> You will find others selling the POLAR Human Heart monitors as if they are
> horse heart monitors but the components are not the same nor as useful for horses.
> The V-MAX comes in a basic and an enduro model at a bit higher cost.
> The Basic has heart rate only while the Enduro has a watch and several
> training features such as recovery alarms and timers you can use for
> training and at vet stops.
> I use the Enduro model while my wife is satisfied with the Basic.
> In a vet check I start my stop watch as soon as I get my official P&R
> time. Then I know how my time is doing. I have also caught several timers
> whose clocks are not synchronized with the P&R people (another topic).
> Imitators will try to sell you a POLAR component system using a "wireless"
> transmitter system claiming you don't have to use electrode patches. While it
> is true those units do not require electrodes the method of applying the
> transmitter to the girth is very crude and often causes inoperation of the
> transmitter. I know of several users of this type who are very unhappy.
> The V-MAX uses a transmitter that you must connect 2 electrodes to in order
> to pick up the heart signals. The transmitter then sends the signals to the wrist unit
> via low power radio waves.
> Where to get the V-MAX??
> The Australian Connection
> 916-791-1542
> Supplier of Fine Endurance Equipment
>
>
> Ray Santana
> UC Davis Medical Center
> Network Operations
>
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