Nike Women's Imara Heart Rate Monitor Watch
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Description of Nike Women's Imara Heart Rate Monitor Watch
IMARA HRMWe make watches for you. So we talked to you. Added only what you needed. Took your needs to heart. In the end we came up with Imara HRM a monitor that's intrinsically female and inherently Nike. She was the goddess of victory after all.50m water resistanceAccurate heart rate dataBattery hatch on watch and chest strap / Easy replacementChronograph / Time your workout track calories burnedProgrammable target heart rate zone with audible out-of-zone alertStainless-steel bezel / DurableTime date alarm 2 time zonesTwo-segment interval timer / For run/walk programs and hard/easy training Product : NIKE IMARA HRM WATCH W/ CHEST STRAP Manufacturer : SPORTSBEAT INC/REEBOK Manufacturer Part No : 1-NK-C10 UPC : 884802850618Svelte, sporty, and stylishly subdued, the Nike Imara HRM women's digital watch offers enough flair to match your contemporary casual couture. It also offers basic chronograph timing features coupled with an accurate heart rate monitor, which enables you to keep track of your cardio training with a programmable heart rate zone (via the included chest strap) and an audible alert when your readings are out of that zone. Two countdown timers help you time alternate between hard and easy for interval training or run/walk events. It also provides two time zones, date display, and one alarm.
The Imara's black watch case and pre-curved polyurethane strap have a sleek, narrow profile with a durable, highly polished silver stainless steel bezel. Other features include a stylish, oversized stainless steel buckle, water resistance to 50 meters (165 feet), one-touch backlighting, scratch-resistant mineral glass crystal, and a battery hatch on the backplate for easy battery replacement.
About Nike
Nike watches are built to endure extreme outdoor conditions without missing a beat and they adhere to the company's founding mission statement: to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world. And as Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman would add--if you have a body, you're an athlete. Ever since the fateful day in 1971 when University of Oregon track coach Bowerman poured rubber into his wife's waffle iron, technological innovation has been the spark that lights Nike's fire. The Waffle outsole transformed the running world and soon after Nike Air evolved Nike's revolutionary impact on sports. Beyond shoes--from watches and eyewear to carry gear and even socks--Nike is committed to giving athletes of every make, model and body style, who compete and recreate in ways never before imagined, the very best performance product. Here are just a few important dates in Nike's journey:
- American record-holder Steve Prefontaine becomes the first major track athlete to wear Nike brand shoes in 1973.
- At the 1976 Olympic Trials, Nike shoes are seen in abundance for the first time--worn by young, rising stars in both middle- and long-distance events.
- The first athlete to win an Olympic medal wearing Nike shoes is British runner, Steve Ovett in the 1980 Moscow Games
- The Just Do It advertising campaign began in 1988, and is now ensconced in the Americana exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum.
Sports reviews of Nike Women's Imara Heart Rate Monitor Watch
Customer Review: expect better from a brand like nike!
Sport shop rating: 2 Stars
A heart rate monitor is an item that I wouldn't' want to buy again and again. I mean it's one of those things that you buy once and definitely expect it to work for at least a couple of years and maybe more if you are not a serious athlete.
My usage was not minimal. I used it to go to the gym on an average of 4 times/week. After about 5-6 months of regular use the band's buckle broke. The plastic buckle is kind of small and I could easily see that it couldn't have taken more load, it was kind of cheap. But I attached the band together with superglue and made it work somehow! I used it for a few more months and it was pretty good but after a few days I started noticing that it sometimes wouldn't pick up my heart rate and when it did, it would seem way off. I mean after using it for about 8 months, I knew approx what my heart rate was for a specific activity. And then one day it just gave up completely! So there you go...barely used it for the entire year. On the flip side, the features were easy to use.
I don't like wasting my time and money on buying the same things repetitively. I wouldn't recommend this product.
Customer Review: Really disappointed - this isn't made to last
Sport shop rating: 1 Stars
I got this watch in about April of 2007. I used it roughly 2 to 5 times a week for probably about 30 minutes to 2.5 hours at a time on each day, never doing anything underwater but just regular aerobic exercise and resistance training.
The heart rate function worked decently well and tracked calories as stated. Like other reviews have said though, it is very sensitive to others around you that may also be wearing one and get really thrown off. Same with walking/jogging my dogs around the neighborhood, there were times that my heartrate would go to the 60 bpm range and then after half a block jump to the 200 bpm range - way off.
In about September 2007, my heart rate would not go past 100 even though I would be working very hard. I thought it was a dying battery so I replaced those. That didn't help. I went back to the store where I got it and tried it with a chest strap from a brand new one, and it worked just fine. Turns out the transmitter from the chest strap just GAVE OUT. REALLY? I was appalled because I spent a little over $100 for this watch. LUCKILY, the store felt bad for me and just swapped it out for a new one.
A few months later, in April of 2008, the SAME thing happened and all of a sudden the chest strap stopped transmitting my heart rate to my watch. I went back to the store and again they were willing to give me another new one rather than make me go through the trouble of sending the watch and chest strap back to the manufacturer for a repair under the warranty.
What a hassle. I was saved from wasting my money on this thing only because the store I bought it from was so generous. Otherwise it would have been $100 down the drain on both watches. I'm expecting this THIRD EXACT SAME watch to breakdown a few months from now too, to continue the trend.
I should have invested a little more money into a heart rate monitor and gotten a Polar, which most of my colleagues have and NONE of them have had the terrible experience I have had with the Imara.
Customer Review: VERY dissatisfied with this watch
Sport shop rating: 1 Stars
I got this watch in about April of 2007. I used it roughly 2 to 5 times a week for probably about 30 minutes to 2.5 hours at a time on each day, never doing anything underwater but just regular aerobic exercise and resistance training.
The heart rate function worked decently well and tracked calories as stated. Like other reviews have said though, it is very sensitive to others around you that may also be wearing one and get really thrown off. Same with walking/jogging my dogs around the neighborhood, there were times that my heartrate would go to the 60 bpm range and then after half a block jump to the 200 bpm range - way off.
In about September 2007, my heart rate would not go past 100 even though I would be working very hard. I thought it was a dying battery so I replaced those. That didn't help. I went back to the store where I got it and tried it with a chest strap from a brand new one, and it worked just fine. Turns out the transmitter from the chest strap just GAVE OUT. REALLY? I was appalled because I spent a little over $100 for this watch. LUCKILY, the store felt bad for me and just swapped it out for a new one.
A few months later, in April of 2008, the SAME thing happened and all of a sudden the chest strap stopped transmitting my heart rate to my watch. I went back to the store and again they were willing to give me another new one rather than make me go through the trouble of sending the watch and chest strap back to the manufacturer for a repair under the warranty.
What a hassle. I was saved from wasting my money on this thing only because the store I bought it from was so generous. Otherwise it would have been $100 down the drain on both watches. I'm expecting this THIRD EXACT SAME watch to breakdown a few months from now too, to continue the trend.
I should have invested a little more money into a heart rate monitor and gotten a Polar, which most of my colleagues have and NONE of them have had the terrible experience I have had with the Imara.
Customer Review: Customer service is HORRIBLE!
Sport shop rating: 1 Stars
Have used the Imara for years. Actually love the watch and its features. Found it to be very accurate. However....it's wonderful as long as you don't encounter a problem. Dealing with customer service is like pulling teeth! Being an idiot must be a prerequisite for working there! All i needed was a simple gasket to be replaced in the watch itself. After emailing and phoning them several times....they sent me the gasket for the transmitter....TWICE! I quit. Looking at Polar right now.