Timex T5J031 Unisex Digital Fitness Heart Rate Monitor Watch | 
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| Brand: Timex
Category: Sports
List Price: $89.99
Buy New: $55.00
You Save: $34.99 (39%)
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 119
Color: Grey
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 1.8 x 0.5
Warranty: One-Year Warranty
MPN: T5J031
Model: T5J031
UPC: 753048265206
EAN: 0753048265206
ASIN: B000P8VWRC
Release Date: July 23, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Sports timing watch with heart rate monitoring; sized for both men and women | | • | Chest strap heart rate monitor works with watch to provide target zones and time in zone | | • | Recovery heart rate timer; displays calories burned | | • | 100-hour chronograph; 27-lap memory; 100-hour countdown timer | | • | Watch is water resistant to 50 meters (165 feet); up to 2-year battery life |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Combining stylish looks with power sport timing and heart rate monitoring features, this mid-sized Timex Digital Fitness watch (model T5J031) can be worn by both men and women. It features a chest strap heart rate monitor, easily accessible function buttons, durable resin case, and comfortable resin strap with a stylish tapered profile. For integrating heart rate monitoring into your training, this watch enables you to track your avareage heart rate and pre-set target heart rate zones with data for time spent within that zone and alarms. It can also display data for calories burned and offers a recovery timer that measures your heart rate after a timed recovery during or after your workout. Sport timing features include: - 100-hour chronograph with lap and split, either in large digits
- 27-lap memory with average heart rate per laps
- 100-hour countdown timer
- Alarm with 5-minute backup
- Month/day/date display with 12/24-hour time
- 3.5-year battery life
The Indiglo night-light uniformly lights the surface of the watch dial using patented blue electroluminescent lighting technology. It uses less battery power than most other watch illumination systems, enabling your watch battery to last longer. The Night Mode feature allows you to illuminate the Indiglo night-light for 3 seconds with any button press, regardless of the mode or function. The watch is water resistant to 50 meters (165 feet)--suitable for swimming but not for diving. All Timex heart rate monitor sensors have batteries that can be replaced by consumers without requiring them to be returned to the manufacturer.
Product Description
From Timex arrives the ultimate training partner for health and fitness enthusiasts alike. Input your target fitness heartrate zone and you will be kept on course with audible alert and visual in-zone indication on screen. The 27-lap memoryrecall and calorie expenditure mean this is the ultimate for heart rate training both during and after workout. This Timex watch gives the user heart rate analysis for one session by displaying minimum, average and peak heart rate, arguably the most important factors of each training session. Heart rate can either be viewed as percentage of maximum heart rate or simply by the heart rate beats per minute. Digital transmission allows the user to train in a gym environment within close proximity to other heart rate monitor users without experiencing any interference. With a heart rate monitor using analog transmission, it is possible that the user may have inaccurate readings of heart rate. Crossover interference is when the signals for two or more heart rate transmitters interfere with each other. The Target Fitness Heart Rate Monitor allows you to train without being interrupted. The user also has the option to download the heart rate data to a PC by purchasing the Timex Data Recorder 2. This is a software package solution that can assist data control of fitness progression over time. Features: Time and date, Chronograph with lap and split, One top pusher for mindless lap and split, 27-Lap memory recall, Countdown stop timer, 1-Alarm, INDIGLO night-light, Water-resistant 30m, Workout summary mode, Calorie expenditure, Digital transmission signal, Recalls minimum, average and peak heart rate, View heart rate as % Max or Beats per minute (BPM), 5-Auto and 1-manual heart rate zones with Time-in-zone recall, Recovery zone, Audible and pointer zone alert, Owner replaceable battery on chest strap, Data Recorder 2 compatible
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
Your New Training Partner August 19, 2008
Do you exercise because you need to and not because you love to? Are there about a million things you'd rather be doing than exercising? Are you basically a couch potato who has taken up an exercise program because you know you needed to?
If you are the type described above, then you want to make sure that you get the most out of each and every exercise session. You know, so you get the best return for the amount of time and effort that you're investing. And, if you're one of those who has been out of shape for quite some time, you could certainly give yourself a little bit of safety margin by monitoring your heart rate while you work out. Because, you see, if you're not accustomed to exercise, you are not a good judge of the intensity that your body is working. Too much can hurt you. So, what do you need to get around those problems that your humble reviewer, Ctian, mentioned above? The simplest way is to keep track of your heart rate. And this product will do just that.
Citan, your humble author (Yes, I've always dreamed of being a best-selling author), is basically in good shape. However, Eighteen months of playing video games and forgoing exercise has caused him to gain 12 pounds. And to make matters worse, guess where most of those extra poundages went! In any case, wanting to get the most efficiency out of every workout (because Citan is unabashedly lazy), this "author" came to the conclusion that the best way to do that is to cut back on carbohydrates and to start a walking program. Cutting back carbs basically mean cutting back on pasta, rice, breads, and sweets. The walking/jogging bit would normally be straightforward, except it's summer and the temperature outside is right around 100 degrees! So, the key is to get the most out of every walking/jogging session. And the way to do that is to monitor your heart rate.
By now you have read the many other excellent reviews of this product. You already know it is very good and that it works. The key to getting accurate, reliable heart rate readings is to make sure that the chest strap and the sensors are worn properly. Citan does not recommend that you use spit/saliva to moisten the sensors. Yuck! Plain tap water works fine. However, for the sake of convenience, Citan invested in a bottle of Ultrasound Gel to use in place of water. The cost is about $5 for a 9 ounce bottle. Ok, basically, a bottle should last for years. Moisten the sensors, attach the strap, and you are good to go.
I would have given the product 5-stars, but for the fact that the night light does not stay on long enough for me to read all of the data that I need to read without having to constantly hold down the Indiglo button. You see, Citan would rather replace the battery more often if he can just keep the illumination long enough. Battery life, to me, is no big deal as long as the battery replacement isn't too costly.
You'll be happy to know that your friend, Citan, has lost 5 pounds over the last six weeks on his program. And without undue suffering, I might add. Citan eats quite well and does not starve himself. Citan also does not spend ten hours per week working out, either. Aside from cutting back on the carbs, Citan walks regularly four times per week. Each walking session lasts from 45-50 minutes at Zone 2 levels of intensity, as measured by the Timex. Citan is in relatively good shape, so basically, to get to Zone 2, he has to actually run every few minutes. He cannot just walk fast and get his heart rate up to his needed level of intensity.
In short, this Timex is a handy tool for those who want to monitor their exercise session. Quite frankly, I am surprised that more doctors do not recommend them to out-of-shape people who are about to start an exercise program.
 Great product August 18, 2008
I had purchased a strapless heart monitor just a week or so before I bought this one. It was almost useless in monitoring my heart rate, however, since it seemed to rarely give readings when asked. So I decided to upgrade to this Timex. I am so glad I did. Since my first monitor was not that helpful, I was immediately happy with this new one. I can enter specific information about my body (weight, age, resting heart rate, maximum heart rate) easily, and because it has that information, it can come up with accurate readings of how many calories I burn. Plus, it seems to stand up well to daily use. I recommend this product to anyone who is serious about exercising and monitoring their heart rate.
Great product for the price August 5, 2008
I bought this watch in June to help me with a running program that required a heart rate monitor. After reading reviews on Amazon for a number of watches, I bought this one and have been thrilled with it -- so much so that I bought one for my wife and talked my sister into buying one as well as she trains for a 10 mile race. This one does all of the basic functions that you want in a heart rate monitor -- tracking your heart rate with minimums and maximums, giving you 6 heart rate zones to choose from, warning you when you are outside of your target zone, etc. I used it within hours of unpacking the box. What it doesn't do is allow you to download your workout onto a computer after you are done, and it doesn't really have a good interval function that automatically takes you through a cycle of intervals -- you can get both of those functions on other watches, but for the price this one is does all of the basic stuff at a very good rate. I've lost 10 pounds in six weeks just using this watch, so I'd highly recommend it.
 Disappointed - might have been good but not water resistant July 26, 2008
I was looking forward to using this for running. I liked the combination of features, the style, ease of use. I jumped in the pool after my second run with it. When I got out there was water in the crystal. I hadn't pushed any buttons while in the pool and was never more than a couple feet under. My previous Timex's never had this problem.
Don't hit gym without it! July 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the best fitness gadget! I love it! I only recently started exercising again, and have found the HRM to be invaluable. When I first started jogging, I could only manage 20 mins before I felt like I was going to collapse! With the HRM, I immediately saw that I was over doing it. I was able to ease back on my speed until my rate dropped back into "the zone". Consequently, I could go for 45 minutes (burning more calories in the process!). I also love that it calculates the calories I'm burning off. I don't know if it's an accurate number, but it gives a great guide to which activities work best for me. Oh, and I find the strap is perfectly comfortable.
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