Buy Walking VideosBeurer Finally Available in the States
I first heard about Breurer heart rate monitors from Gear Live. Like so many gadgets blogs, they talk about products that are just impossible to buy in the United States. Two years later, it looks like they are finally available through Amazon.com.
You can understand why I might be interested in the PM60 Beurer watch because it looks so good. It’s the kind of watch that I could wear at the gym AND to a nice event. Most heart rate monitors look like ugly digital watches, but this one is as pretty as any of the best digital watches out there. Sure the Nike watches might look almost as good, but their bands are irreplaceable, so you only get to enjoy them for a year at most before you have to toss them out (couple of years if you baby the band like I have on my Nike Imara).
Long ago, I wrote a blog entry about what I wanted from a watch:
I wanted A LOT of things from a watch and to this day, I have never been able to find one that does them all. Even this watch from Beurer falls short, but I’m willing to give it a try. You can see the complete line of Beurer heart rate monitors here:
I can’t buy it in the States yet, but I love the PM110. Instead of a chest strap, it uses an optical sensor on the hand to track heart rate. Many watches use that sort of sensor, but they are impractical to use while running. Since the sensor is strapped to the hand so perfectly, it would be able to track your heart rate consistently.
I’m even a little excited about their Weight Management System:
It has a heart rate monitor, a scale and a foot pod that tracks your workouts like a Nike+. They all communicate with each other and it all goes into a software program on your PC computer. Here’s a video showing it.
Congratulations to Breurer for making the jump to the United States! I’m looking forward to seeing what they have to offer!
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