Suunto T4 Heart Rate Monitor and Fitness Trainer Watch (Black) | 
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| Brand: Suunto Category: Sports Department: Unisex-adult
List Price: $219.99 Buy New: $197.95 You Save: $22.04 (10%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 12 reviews Sales Rank: 5484
Color: Black Memorabilia: No Batteries Included: Yes Size: 000 Shipping Weight (lbs): 4 Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 5.2 x 3.3
MPN: SS012691110 Model: ss012691110 black UPC: 045235401550 EAN: 0045235401550 ASIN: B000H1GBMI
Release Date: September 15, 2006 Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Promotion: Save $10.00 when you spend $50.00 or more on Qualifying Items offered by Amazon.com. Enter code BMLSPORT at checkout. Terms and Conditions Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Wrist-top computer with special training feature for monitoring your progress | | • | Gauges current, average, and maximum heart rate and real-time calories burned | | • | Suunto Coach mode generates 5-day plan for improving aerobic condition | | • | Compatible with Foot Pod, Bike Pod, and GPS Pod; dual time, data, and alarm modes | | • | Water-resistant to 100 feet; user-replaceable battery; 2-year warranty |
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Amazon.com Product Description Designed for athletes in training, the Suunto T4 wrist-top computer monitors your progress and makes intelligent workout recommendations for frequency, duration, and intensity. The unit is built around the Suunto Coach feature, which generates a five- day plan for improving your aerobic condition. Employing Training Effect technology, it tells you which days to work out with information on duration and intensity. If you accept a recommended workout, the T4 guides you through the session to make sure you receive the proper training load. If you decline a recommended workout in favor of a rest day or non-recommended workout, however, the T4 continues to monitor and adapt by adjusting your five-day plan accordingly. The unit is also compatible with Suunto's various speed- and distance-measuring pods, including the Foot Pod, Bike Pod, and GPS Pod (all sold separately). Each model offers its own functions: the Foot Pod measures your foot speed in seconds or miles per hour, while the Bike Pod gauges your cycling speed and distance. The GPS Pod, meanwhile, employs a global positioning system to track speed and distance across a wide variety of outdoor activities, including hiking, cycling, cross-country skiing, inline skating, and kayaking. Other T4 details include measurements for heart rate, calories burned, and distance; a three-tier zone training system with alarms; and a wristwatch with dual time, date, and alarm modes. 
An ideal training companion, the T4 monitors your progress and makes intelligent workout recommendations for frequency, duration, and intensity. | T4 Details: - Suunto Coach mode (adaptive training advisor)
- Real-time training effect
- Measures current heart rate, average heart rate, and maximum heart rate
- Gauges real-time calories burned
- 3-tier zone training system with alarms
- Two adjustable HR limits with alarms
- Speed and distance with optional Foot Pod, Bike Pod, or GPS Pod
- Compatible with PC Pod
- Dual time, date, and alarm
- Log memory for 15 workouts
- Stopwatch with 50 split laps
- Interval timer
- User-replaceable battery
- HR belt with error-free ANT transmission technology
- Water-resistant to 100 feet
- Interchangeable straps
About Suunto Suunto was founded in 1936 by outdoors man and a keen orienteering enthusiast, Tuomas Vohlonen, who had long been bothered by a problem: the inaccuracy of traditional dry compasses and their lack of steady needle operation. Being an engineer with an inventive turn of mind, he discovered and patented the production method for a much steadier needle, better readings, and a new level of accuracy. By 1950 the company was exporting compasses to over 50 countries around the world, including Canada and the United States. In 1952, Helsinki was hosting the Olympic Games, and the torches carried to light the Olympic flame were Suunto products. The next step was improving the stability and accuracy of marine compasses. The first marine compass, the Suunto K-12, was launched onto the market in 1953. In 1957, Suunto started manufacturing hypsometers, which measure the height of trees. In the 1960s, the compass range grew further and Suunto introduced its first diving compass--initiated by the divers themselves. A British sports diver attached a Suunto compass to his wrist and found that the device also worked underwater. Thanks to his feedback and initiatives, the new business category was found. Suunto's exports and business grew steadily and Suunto then focused on combining its strength in precision mechanics with new skills in electronics. Accuracy, reliability, and ruggedness have been Suunto's key values from the very beginning of the company history. Today, Suunto is a leading designer and manufacturer of sports instruments for training, diving, mountaineering, hiking, skiing, sailing, and golf. True to its roots, Suunto is today the world's biggest compass manufacturer. Prized for their design, accuracy and dependability, Suunto sports instruments combine the aesthetics and functionality of watches with sport-specific computers that help athletes at all levels analyze and improve performance. Headquartered in Vantaa, Finland, Suunto employs more than 500 people worldwide and distributes its products to nearly 60 countries. The company is a subsidiary of Helsinki-based Amer Sports Corporation with the sister brands Wilson, Salomon, Atomic, Precor, and Mavic.
Product Description The Suunto t4 is equipped with Suunto Coach to your changing physiology, making on-target workout recommendations for achieving your goals. Designed for athletes in training, the Suunto t4 monitors your progress and makes intelligent workout recommendations for frequency, duration and intensity. Using the Suunto Coach feature, the Suunto t4 generates a 5-day plan for improving your aerobic condition. Employing Training Effect technology, it tells you which days to workout with information on duration and intensity. The Suunto t4 will guide you through the session to make sure you receive the proper training load. Salient t4 features include Training Effect, heart rate, calories burned, and speed and distance with optional Suunto PODs. Equipped with optional PC POD and Training Manager Lite PC software, you can transfer data to your PC and easily maintain a personal training log. 2 adjustable HR limits with alarms Speed and distance with optional Foot POD, Bike POD, MTB POD or GPS POD Compatible with PC POD Dual time, date and alarm Log memory for 15 workouts Stopwatch with 50 split laps Interval timer User-replaceable battery HR Belt with error-free ANT transmission technology Water resistant to 30m (100 feet) Interchangeable bands
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Aesthetically poor but nice functions July 18, 2008 Like many posts, the most disappointing thing about the Suunto T4 is the poor protection on the face of the watch. It is easily scuffed up and truth be told looks kind of cheap. It doesn't look like a high performance tool and is just not a nice looking device to wear as a watch during the day. The band is flimsy and awkward as well. Make no mistake, that if you use this for any consistent type of training/running that you will have to replace the watchband with something sturdier and more sweat resistant. However, if you are strictly in it for the features, this watch has it all. The Coach feature is the highlight, where it calculates how effective your workout is and plans out how hard you should go the next few days. It helps plan the intensity and makes sure you get enough rest and don't overtrain. The watch isn't very intuitive as there are lots of functions and the buttons you have to push to get to the right screen are confusing and sometimes maddening. However, with any device there is a learning curve. The manual isn't as straightforward as one would like but between that and experimenting, and some patience the payoff is great as this is a pretty sophisticated training tool once you get acclimated to it. I've had it for two weeks and everyday find something cool about the watch. If you can get over the aesthetics, it is worth buying.
This a whole training computer May 3, 2008 This watch is a whole computer, it allows you to save your training, heart beat, calories consumed, distance you walk or run, etc. besides, it tells you what kind of training you have to do, and more, on the other hand, it is fragile, you have to be carefull to avoid damage on it.
Ok August 7, 2007 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The functions are great. The design needs some work. The buttons get inadvertently pushed all the time, and the cloth strap is awful.
Suunto T4 trainer April 11, 2007 4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I rate this item with four (4) stars because it is fully functional and user friendly. However, the watch comes with a very cheap cloth band that doesn't stay tight (because the band is not secured to the watch with a seem or weld) and the face is not scratch-resistant or recessed. (on the second day wearing the watch I got a big scratch across the face). Overall, this watch is worth the buy with an additional strap (the rubber one) and a scratch-resistant face.
Good, could be better foir the $$$ February 24, 2007 34 out of 35 found this review helpful
My background: running since 1985, 8 yrs of XC, 9 marathons. I've been using HRM's for training for years and have tried Nike, Polar, Freestyle and Timex HRM's. I was intrigued by the buzz this watch was getting in some of the running and outdoors magazines, so I picked up the T4. Here are my thoughts:
1. The band looks cool, but that cool white stripe is grey and dingy two months later. It also constantly slips and requires readjustment. Nylon bands also get wet and stay wet until you take them off...a pain if you wear your watch all the time like me.
2. The crystal is not recessed/does not have a rubber buffer around it...as is typical on most running watches. This means the crystal is unprotected and the face is more scratched after two months than many of my older watches.
3. The "coach" function is neat, but it's not that much of a revelation really...probably some simple algorythm that comes up with a training progress rate based on how long you're working out at what heart rate. Good for a beginner, but nothing a serious athlete can't figure out on his/her own based on the principles of HRM training.
4. The HRM itself has been inconsistent...on my last several runs the HR reading has been way below where it should be (ie 90 when it should be at 130...) then, out of the blue, it pops up to a more reasonable reading. Then it freezes without explanation. Not something you want to deal with during an interval workout or hard run where your pace/HR matters. 5. After years of mostly Nike and Timex, it just isn't intuitive or easy to use. The menus are hard to navigate on the fly. This is my fault though, I guess I need to try harder.
6. The split display when the chrono is on is cool...you can choose between a variety of displays: calories burned, HR, time since last split, average heart rate, etc. My only beef with this is that if you stop during a split, and then restart, it shows you your time since you restarted, it doesn't keep tracking your split time. Kind of inconvenient when in the middle of an interval.
Anyway, for what it's worth, those are my thoughts. Nike remains probably the best for running features, although I've had reliability problems with Nike (short battery life and cheap bands), Timex is probably the most reliable for the bucks. I just don't think this one was worth the price tag. On race day I'll probably break out an older, more reliable HRM.
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