Nike Triax C8 Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Blue / Black)
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Description of Nike Triax C8 Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Blue / Black)
Nike Triax C8 Heart Rate Monitor unisex watch has ECG-accurate - provides accurate heart rate data, (target heart rate zone is programmable with an audible out-of-zone alert), 50 lap memory provides lap time, split time, and average heart rate for each lap count, data mode recalls timing/lap memory, total time in target zone, and average heart rate for each saved lap/run, view button accesses pulse and chrono modes, "S"-shaped design curves around the wrist for improved comfort and an easy read, ergonomic chest transmitter enhances comfort, Nike Electrolite for one-touch backlighting, mineral glass crystal is scratch-resistant, and battery hatch on watch and chest strap offers easy battery replacement. This watch is water resistant to 50 meters (165 feet).Sports reviews of Nike Triax C8 Heart Rate Monitor Watch (Blue / Black)
Customer Review: Watch and monitor work well.
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
The product has worked well for me. The only "hitch" if you want to call it that, is that you have to wet the back of the heart monitor before you put it on so it will read. Once you begin to exercise and therefore sweat, the monitor continues to work. It also works will all the equipment at my gym, so that means you can look at the much larger display on the exercise machine to see your heart rate. Overall, I do like it. Plus I've worn the watch as a normal watch when I've left mine at home and it looks fine for everyday wear.Customer Review: C8 is an "8"
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
Great runners watch. I've had none of the problems with the chest band that everyone complans about. Just be careful when you take it off I suppose is all you need to be aware of. This until doesnt count calories burned which I wished it did. i know the C6 does, but it would be nice if this one did too. programming is a little tedious but once you figure it out, its not a big deal.Customer Review: I'm still waiting to get my refund
Sport shop rating: 4 Stars
I didn't receive the product. I reached the supplier who showed all her understastanding and promised to cooperate once the C8 Nike watch returns to her. However neither the heart rate monitor nor the money are back with me.
Please DO something ! I have already placed my comments regarding this situation but no one took action on my behalf.
Regards , Sylvia
Customer Review: Basic watch, does the job
Sport shop rating: 3 Stars
I have been running seriously for the past 5 years, 4 to 5 times a week, preparing for weekend races, half and full marathons. I've had a more expensive watch from Timex with GPS and a lot of functions but very soon you realize that you don't need all the bells and whistles. To train properly, you just need a reliable heart rate monitor, a good display of split times and HR, and readable after workout statistics (lap times, split times, HR per lap). This watch has all that and little more (HR zones that nobody really uses with more experience). On my wish list, I would have liked to have on the display the three pieces of information: lap time, cumulative time, and HR as you can only see two of these at the same time. During a long race, when you reach a mile marker, it is important to know how fast you've ran the last mile, how long you've ran so far, and your current HR.
By the way my favorite Timex watch died on me as I tried to replace the battery myself; I was tired of paying someone $20 to put in a $3 battery but I learned my lesson... You can google how to do that but something must be definitively loose as the watch randomly reboots in the middle of a workout (and you lose all data...). The Triax C8 (2008) seems to let the user change the battery as there's a slot in the back to open the watch with the help of a coin.
The only con so far after 3 months of use is the wristband. The watch is very difficult to remove as the extremity of band kind of widens out completely unnecessarily, so I had to trim that out. That helps but that's not the end of this annoyance. The metallic buckle is shaped weirdly and the rubber band gets stuck in it (a lot of friction). If you're tired and not really thinking about anything else but a nice bath, you tend to rush and pull hard on that band. That reaps the metallic buckle off the band; this has happened twice so far. Be extremely careful if that happens as the axle holding the buckle on the band is made of two tiny metallic pieces and a tinier spring in between... It is very easy to lose one of these three pieces, I've just been very lucky not to. If you lose a part, it'd be disastrous as you can't replace the band (it is part of the body of the watch -- stupid design). I guess you could always try to find an understanding jeweler to try to fix things...
Customer Review: If you are over 40.......
Sport shop rating: 3 Stars
If you have that 40 year old reach to read things be careful the button descriptors on this product are in small print. Otherwise as a heart rate monitor this seems to be working well. I use primarily in the gym and the monitor has great range as far as I can see my rate on the adjacent machines if others are not using monitors as well. My boyfriend keeps me in check that way!