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 HRM Reliability, not as advertised Oct 21, 2009
Sigma Sport, a German Company is producing very good bike computers which I and my family used to equip our bicycles with. 2 years ago I bought a HRM Sigma balance with a few essential features. I was not satified with the touch sensors arraged on a ring around the display, because I did not really feel when it was taking the finger push. Another flaw I discovered that the data link between the breast strap and the watch failed to work occationally without having any glue why. Due to a report in a bike magazine I decided to buy this PC 15. On this HRM the buttons are much better to push and clearly to recognize but I find the menu for the features that you can choose to be displayed confusing and not very easy to find. Again I discovered that the Data link failed to work sometimes for a couple of minutes and I have no read-out. Why I cannot tell. The spot under the sensors were always wet from my sweat. I think this is a general Sigma manufacturing flaw. I have sent the PC 15 to Sigma to have it checked. They denied any discrepancy but they have sent me a new breast band(?)
Loosing data while you were running, biking or walking messes up the total results and the end of the training.
 poor Sep 24, 2009
Bought this monitor and found the instructions on setting the watch up very hard to understand and follow. In addition in a few days it stop working and was sent back to Amazon. Ordered a Polar RS-100.
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 Why Spend More? Aug 12, 2009
This watch does everything you need for personal training and is an unbeatable value, especially considering that it fully beats the features of competing watches costing 30 dollars more.
The included chest transmitter belt is easy to adjust and comfortable to wear, quickly linking up with the watch and maintaining a signal throughout long workouts. The HRM automatically sets up your optimal training zones based on the initial interview and audibly alerts you as you go from zone to zone during workouts, although I found the visual zone indicator to be a bit on the small side to quickly glance at if mounted to bike handlebars. The watch gives you a per-workout and overall statistics which are very helpful and complete.
The only minor aspects that prevent me from giving this HRM five stars is the decent but not perfect build & aesthetics of the body/strap, and instruction manual & watch menu interface that could use some more refinement. This is certainly not a deal-breaker though, and you quickly get used to the interface with repeated use.
Good stuff: thanks for pro fitness equipment affordable, Sigma!
Works well Jul 25, 2009
I have the PC15 for already a couple of months, using it in the Gym mainly.
The watch is well built and solid. I wear it daily though it is not the nicest watch seen. It works fine with no prolems so far.
Pros
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The minimal set of features I needed is supported. This set consists of HR, Cals, HR zones, % of max HR, Tansmitter's compatibility to Gym equipment.
Max HR and avg HR measurements are also given.
Cons
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Menu navigation- Navigation is hard to control while at workout. Switching between displays requires attention as normally more than 5 steps are needed with 2 buttons to control.
Back light - light stays on for about 3 seconds only. After that it turns off even if you are still not done with the menu's buttons. You'll have to push the backlight button again.No automatic light on.My old Polar was much better in that sense.
Watch - No week's day, no seconds.
Stopper - There is actually no real stopper inside. Resolution is of seconds, no fractions. After 10hrs the resolution degrades to minutes. It takes about 10 buttons push to get to the stopper from the main menu. In case of no signal (if strap is off) the stopper display switches to the main time/date display.
Lap Counter- No heart rate measurements per a lap, only time/lap.
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sigma PC 15 watch Jul 23, 2009
This was the first product that I purchase off of the internet that I felt is JUNK! I can kick myself for throwing away the box. The chest ban the is use fails over 50% of the time. I e-mailed the mfg. and was told to water down the contacts. That worked for less then fifteen seconds and received a no signal read out on the watch. Do yourself a favor and go to consumer report let this company rate the product first before purchasing. I will sell this watch for $10.00 because that is the only module that works. BYER BE WARE!
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