Heart Rate Review: The Suunto T3c Heart Rate Watch [Part 2]

Heart Rate Monitors today are an integral part of fitness and weight loss workouts now days. They help give the users an edge in their training. Whether you are a professional athlete or an average Joe, with the help of a heart rate monitor, you will be able to get the maximum benefit from any workout. Workouts that involve running, swimming, weights and even skiing are all covered by this amazing training tool. One of the biggest rivals to the Polar Brand has been Suunto. Suunto is better versed with other tools such as diving computers and outdoor instruments. Their experiences from these other industries have allowed them to excel in the heart rate watch market. Here is a review on one of their spectacular monitors, the Suunto T3c.

Suunto T3c: Inside Look

The Suunto T3c is a heart rate watch that truly merges style and functionality. With so much to offer, this Suunto heart watch is one of the top training tools available today. This is a versatile watch that comes in a polished contemporary black color and gives current heart rate, averages and also the amount of calories that is burnt during your workouts. The Training Effect function is a new feature that gives measurements on how hard your body is working and will tell you if you need to step up your efforts.

To pair other Suunto accessories, such as the heart rate belt and the optional training pod, with accuracy of data is the Digital Ant Transmission technology. This also ensures that training data form the watch is not compromised by other wireless devices.

Other features include dual time and date display, an alarm feature, a handy stopwatch, spilt times with a memory of up to 50, a memory capacity of 50 logs, heart rate zones and even limit indicators, button lock and a calendar clock. The Suunto T3c heart rate watch is also water resistant to a depth of 50 meters and has a user replaceable battery. Like most other Suunto heart rate monitors, the T3c comes with a two year warranty.

User Reviews

User reviews according to Amazon.com have mostly been favorable with an average rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars. Reliability is the biggest talking point to this monitor and the comfort of both the watch on the wrists and the belt around the chest. One user summed up the Suunto T3c as a sleek and discrete profile with display options that are perfect. It is easy to set-up and use.

The Suunto Tc3 just like the Polar RS800 is great heart rate monitor watches that are sure to be around for a while. If you are looking to really get going in your workouts, either one will suit you fine. The Polar RS800 is however a little bit more costly than the Suunto T3c but is well worth it.