MioPINK Motiva Heart Rate Monitor Watch
Sold exclusively online through , Mio has created this special edition MioPINK heart rate montitor watch and will donate 10% of the retail sales price to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The Motiva strapless EKG heart rate watch is a premium fitness tool and is ideal for individuals with lifestyle goals who want the latest and greatest technologies and fashion trends. A full-feature sports watch, the Motiva displays time, date, alarm, exercise timer, and offers a backlit display. In addition to monitoring your heart rate–whether during exercise or throughout the day–the watch offers a patented calorie management system which allows you to track calorie intake throughout the day and calories burned during exercise against a daily calorie target. Key Features:Watch Display: Time, date, weekday, backlight, and your name or initials Alarm: Settable daily alarm Net Calories In: Displays and records daily calorie intake to 9999 kcal; tracks net balance Exercise … >>> Special Offers & Product Promotions
Here’s my review as a long-term Mio user. I didn’t erase my initial gut reaction, which is below it.
As time goes on, I love this thing more and more. I actually wear it pretty consistently- but then, I have an active job, as opposed to lugging it around in an office setting. I can’t go to the gym without it. I would re-rate it 6 stars, if I could. It’s a lot more user-friendly than my old Polar monitor. I do occasionally miss the chest strap, when I am doing things like rowing and cycling, but I guess it’s extra incentive to become more coordinated.
People do ask you about it, particularly when you wear it with the eye-catching colored straps. I had one guy come up to me and ask me if I was wearing a wrist communicator, and I am pretty sure we were miles away from the nearest Star Trek convention.
It’s called “Motiva” for a reason- not only does it motivate me, my exercise buddies now ask me “How many calories have we burned?” instead of “What time is it?” and are now shopping for Motivas of their own. That’s a pretty ringing endorsement!
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Old review:
I have been looking at the Mio watches for awhile. I knew I wanted something that could monitor exercise, and had calorie counting features. Initially, I read reviews about the earlier versions, and they mentioned that women might want the petite version. I am not a small woman- I like bigger jewelry that makes a statement, so I wasn’t too worried about the Mio Heart Rate Monitor/Watches being overpowering on me.
Then I got this thing, and it is huge. HUGE, to the point of being obnoxious. Not only does it dwarf my fairly strapping hands and wrists, it even looks seriously substantial on my husband, who is 6′5″. I am not sure who could pull it off without looking like a dork, except perhaps for Shaquille O’Neill, and then obviously not with the pink interchangeable strap. Since this was intended to be something that was for all day every day wear, at least by me, I am not sure if it’s going to fly.
I haven’t used it yet, but plan to incorporate it into my workouts starting tomorrow. I hope it makes up for its clunkiness with superb monitoring and tracking, because if not, I am taking advantage of the Amazon return policy and getting a more petite version.
Good things so far- easy to program, pretty intuitive after initial setup, and there is an extra watch band which is black and charcoal in case you don’t feel like Barbie on any particular day.
Bad- Bigger than a breadbox, which is bad for anything that you wear on your wrist.
Update: I like this thing more, the more I use it. It can be a pain to have to press down on the sensors, after the old chest strap on my Polar monitor, but it is a lot more accessible- just press some buttons rather than wear a chest strap all day. I actually give it four stars, deducting one, because, once again, the thing is massive.
I LOVE my Motiva! I’ve had it for a couple of months now and my favorite thing is the ability to track how much energy you’ve expended in order to loose one pound of weight. This really is motivational for me, I have a weekly goal and my Motiva encourages me all they way. As other reviewers have mentioned, the watch is large, I wouldn’t really call it a fashion statement, but I only wear it when I’m working out, so the size has never bothered me. The only negative thing I can say about my Motiva, is there are a lot of steps to reset the tracking programs and when I’ve lost weight and entered in the new info, the one pound tracker will reset itself. This could totally be “user error,” but it’s happened to me a couple of times, so I’m still trying to figure it all out. Overall I would highly recommend this product if you need a good heart rate monitor and a little extra encouragement.
I love my new watch! It does everything I hoped it would, it’s athletic and pink. I looked at it and was a little leary because other reviews said it was too big, but I like sporty watches anyway, so I took the chance. I am so glad I did. I love the 3500 calorie program and the accuracy of the calories burned. On the fashion side of things, I have had so many women tell me how much they like it.